Fantasy (inspiration) -vs- Reality (budget)

...A typical teenage girl's bedroom. (missing several pieces of white wicker furniture, sold on Craig's List)






This now "college age" young lady would like her bedroom to look and feel a little more like this:

...but on a budget



Fantasy:

Curved Front Dresser
1920's American
$2800
1st Dibs

Nickel Finish Lacquered Desk
1960s-70s
$2400
1st Dibs

Pair Modern End Tables
USA
$1990
1st Dibs

Two Piece Wood Framed King Size Headboard
upholstered in Dedar fabric
$1800
1st Dibs

Large Blue Ceramic Lamp by Keramis
1940's Belgium
$1450
1st Dibs

Carved Alabaster Lamp
1940 France
$750
1st Dibs

Variable Cube Stacked Lamp
$336
Circa Lighting

Pair "Les Cles" Framed Hermes Scarves
1980's France
$1750
1st Dibs





Reality:

Pair of Lovely Painted Chairs
A contribution from a favorite aunt
$0

Painted Chest With Verdigris Pulls
painted "Natural Element" #1515 Benjamin Moore (same as walls)
$250
Flea Market

Parson Desk With Drawers
$299
West Elm

Harvey Carbon Nightstand
$99.95
cb2

Toulouse Velvet Headboard
$329
Target

Blue Ceramic Lamp
$65
Flea Market

Alabaster Lamp
Contribution from favorite aunt
$0

Stacked Crystal Lamps
$40 pair
Target

Vintage Scarves
$9 each
Ebay


Frames
$200 pair
Black Dog Gallery

Fringed Burlap Curtains
$50 per panel
Burlap Tablecloth with jute fringe
$65
Ballard Designs






There are still things left to purchase; a bed skirt, mirror, art work, accessories, etc. 
But the young college student returns home this weekend and she needs to put her own mark on the space. The bones are there.