GirlsLife.com - Redo your room: Let there be light!

Summer’s a great time to redo your room. Before you start from zero, remember that a couple small changes can make you, um, see things in a new light.

Then switch around some furniture, pop up a couple cute new snaps in some frames and, viola! A new room that cost you nearly nothin’!

All A-flutter

A rounded glass table lamp with a sunny color and butterfly-inspired design gives off a cool summer glow.

Knubbig Table Lamp, $17, ikea.com

Think Outside the Box
Expand your horizons and pick up a quirky, to go carton-inspired desk lamp. Adds an eclectic touch!

Carryout Lamp, $20, target.com

Float On
Colorful paper lanterns put a modern spin on things.

Paper Lantern, $20, JCPenney

Outdoorsy Glow

Want to accent a nautical theme in your room? A sea-worthy lamp shines the light on your vacay pics and seashell collection. Leave it one place, or use it to hunt for stuff you’ve lost under your bed.

Lanterns, $39, potterybarnkids.com

Leaf it Be
A modern, nature-inspired chandelier is perf if you’re looking for a minimalist vibe.

Thru the Trees Chandelier, $30, urbanoutfitters.com

BY KATIE ABBONDANZA & JESS HOFMANN ON 6/19/2009 7:00:00 AM

i have been really wanting 2 redo my room 4 like years after i moved into my new house ( 3 years ago in July) but its just so blah and it kinda looks like a 3rd graders room. it has like a white stripe thing made of wood like 3/4 of the way up the wall and the bottom is a cute light purple and so i wanted the top to be like dark purple to make it sickly insanely awersome, right? and then my mom is all ,ok i'll go get the paint tonight and your dad can paint it this weekend. so she comes home and doesnt let me see the paint until after my dad is done painting and then i go into my room and its PINK!!! like hideous, 3rd grader pink!!! i wanted the purple to make it loke more teenagery but now it mwent frum 3rd grader just to like 4th grader( even tho my 4th grade sisters room looks more mature than mine but watevs)HELP!! my roo mis hideous and it needs serious redecorating but i cant even move my bed from where it is cuz im not supposed 2 put it in front of a window but the only pretty spot to put it is where these 2 big windows are!! my room is hideous and i've had the same furniture no joke since i wuz 3 (a whole decade!!!)and my mom keeps saying that i dont need new furniture but mine has like cinderella stickers and like flowers and crayon marks all over it!! uuugggghhh and then shge decides to go buy my sister and brother new furniture cuz they need it even tho they SERIOUSLY get new furniture ever 2 years or less. but my room is ssoooo ugly and it needs serious help