Happy Monday friends! I have some fun news to share with you today, I've been asked to partner with EJ's Auction & Consignment to participate in a "Bid on A Budget" room makeover contest!

Which I glad accepted, and love the challenge of making awesome spaces work on a budget. EJ's is giving each of us lifestyle bloggers $500 to bid on and purchase items from their auction house to makeover our spaces.

I will have 4 weeks to shop for items, and then another 4 weeks to decorate and finish my space. Then my finished space will be open for voting and the winner gets $500 cash + $100 credit to EJ's to give away to a lucky blog reader!

Plus, the contest winner will be chosen on my birthday! So obviously, I need to win and I'm gonna need all of you to vote as well!

I attended my first live auction experience a couple weekends ago and it was so much fun! It's a little intense at first I'm not gonna lie. I can totally see how people can really get into going into attending auctions, it's so fun to bid on things and win them!

I already had in mind a price that I wanted to pay, so this was a good practice in self control not to go over budget. They have three live auction rings going on at the same time. Selling anything and everything from large pieces of furniture to baseball trading cards.

I often shop Craigslist and second hand stores for my home anyway, so this was another fun option to explore and I'll for sure be back!

So which room am I going to makeover for this contest?

Well, I went back and forth for a while between my office and some other spaces in our new home. However, Zane has been telling me he wants a "big bed like Ava" for a few weeks now and when I saw a bed come up for auction at EJ's last weekend I just knew I had to get it for him!

I bid on and WON this awesome vintage bed frame.

I've already begun sanding it down and I have big plans for this baby. I'm going to makeover Zane's room from his nursery to a big boy bed, which is sorta breaking this mama's heart a bit but he's also going to be three in December so it's time to make the transition. I can't wait to show you how we're going to transform his space!

Stay tuned, I'll be heading to auction again this weekend and can't wait to take you along. Follow along with me on Instagram @andreamworley or follow EJ's @ejsauction

This contest is brought to you by EJ's Auction & Consignment. I have been given a credit to shop for and makeover a space in my home, but all opinions and thoughts are my own.

Andrea Worley