Question by Charlotte: how do i decorate my lounge for a girly birthday party?
its my 14th birthday party soon and I’m just having a small sleepover with a few friends, I’m really wanting the lounge (where we’re sleeping ) to be all done up in pink but it has to be quite small things ( ie no painting the walls or buying new sofas ) i was thinking things like something to cover the floor… any ideas… my mind is completely blank.
Thank youu <3
Best answer:
Answer by Ern Extdur
You might not be allowed to replace the sofa but you could cover it with pink sheets/blankets/throws. Or cover it in white and throw pink cushions on it.
A pink sheet could be pinned to the curtains. You could paint patterns on it with pink glitter to make it look more partyfied
Will your parent let you change the light bulb? You could get a pink one or at the very least a soft hue one, this will tone down all the furnishings that don’t fit in with your colour scheme. It doesn’t need to be a very powerful one either since you won’t be reading or anything like that. or take the bulb out of the ceiling light and just use a table lamp. Hang a pink scarf over the lampshade
Try the charity shops for pink furnishings or, if you can’t find any and your mum will let you buy white and dye it (if you do dye you need to make sure that the material will dye and that you buy the correct dye for it – cotton is easiest).
If your mum will let you you might advertise in the local shop asking if anyone is throwing out anything pink that you could use
Buy different colour pink satin ribbons (or wool) and pink balloons and tie them strategically around the room.
Pink floor is difficult because you will need to walk on it and you are probably running out of sheets but what about creating a pink border or a pink walkway using a cheap end-of-line wallpaper. Or cut out large pink flowers, pattern them with pink nail varnish and scatter them over the floor then them pin where they land. These could also go on the backs of doors and/or other surfaces that wouldn’t mark with a bit of sellotape or blutac. And you could use quilts in pink covers to make big ‘bean bags’ to sit on.
The wallpaper could also be cut up to make pink treat bags for your friends or to cover small boxes for the same purpose.
You could get some pink crepe paper and make some paper chains to hang around the room – maybe add some white or a different colour pink so that it doesn’t look too overpowering. As well as the paper chains you could cut and roll long strips of crepe paper and hang it as streamers from the ceiling. Are you any good at crafts? Crepe paper is good for making paper flowers with so you could make a bowl full of these
Pink marshmallows of course!
Hope that this has given you a start or, at least, got your mind going
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