Small to Big & Big to Small

Small to Big:
I'm moving from 2nd grade to 4th grade.

Big to Small:
I'm also moving from a  big room with lots of storage (closets, shelves, cabinets) to a smaller room with less than half of what I had.

How can I handle that? Purging, creativity & getting "bullied" by a very VERY organized teacher! If she tells me to buy, I buy. If she says no, I don't! LOL I am definitely NOT a creative or organized person...so this works well for me!

Of course since storage is a challenge, I purchased a closet and a 5 drawer cart from Walmart ( 2 for 1!!). I have lots of  clear bins. I know I'll be purging some more!

The theme for my new room is basketball (GOOO HEAT!). It is not as easy finding items that are strictly basketball and not combined with other sports. However, I only want basketball!

Googling helps me get my creative juices going on how to implement my ideas. Pinterest is wonderful for this also.  Some ideas I've seen are: Pinterest Basketball Themed Room, and here's another from Pinterest.

I purchased napkins from Dollar Tree with basketballs on it. I'm going to modge podge a filing cabinet with it. Of course it will be in my theme. Since I have only modge podged once...years ago, I looked it up on youtube. I found a great video...and this one shows how to do it and NOT have bubbles & wrinkles in your finished product.

I"m looking for wrapping paper or scrapbook paper to do the filing cabinet...so far, no luck. I did purchase tan colored contact paper to make the "court" I'll be adding basketball accessories to it.

So far, I've purchased items from Big Lots, Dollar Tree, Ebay, Really Good Stuff & Walmart.

I'll post pictures as soon as I get an item done. However, right now, my room is filled with boxes, boxes, clear bins & crates. Wish me luck!