There has been a lot of work going on in our master bedroom. And if you have seen this picture, you can understand why.
(The furniture in this picture is not ours. It was the previous homeowners.)
First, we tore down all of the drywall, thus removing the wallpaper. This allowed us to re-insulate the entire room, remove the built in window air conditioner and re-size the closet.
Then, we took out the carpeting which revealed beautiful hardwood floors (ok, we knew they were there before we purchased the place). The floors were in amazing condition. Although, I suppose that's what happens when you install hardwood floors and then immediately cover them in ugly carpeting. Why, just WHY, do people do this? What is the point? But we are grateful because after 50+ years they were brand spakin new. There was no real need to have them refinished. But I have always loved dark hardwood, and it's easier to do it before we loaded the house with all of our wears and furniture.
We removed all of the oversized shoe molding that the builder was trying to pass off as real molding.
The we primed the room. And filled it will all of our furniture because we were sick of sleeping on the floor in the den.
(I need to get all of the pictures off my old phone!)
We lived with it likes this for a while.
Romantic, right? I know you are probably really jealous at this point. I mean, it's completely normal to have a night stand just chilling in the middle of your room and a sweet spotlight lamp for mood lighting. (Also, please note the fan)
I had an old sleigh bed from my old house.
Which was great considering the enormity of the bedroom. Really - I needed something ginormous just so it wouldn't be swallowed up in that room. But the reality is, new bedroom is much smaller than old bedroom, and it just wasn't going to work in this space.
So I found this bed on Overstock.com
It spoke to me. It all of it's tuffeted goodness. I had actually planned on making my own tuffted bed. But let's face it - there is so much more important things to do in this house than construct a bed. Plus, I got a for $379.99 PLUS 20% off and FREE shipping. I figured when calculating the cost of the materials including, lumber, fabric, buttons, etc plus my time, I wouldn't be able to make it for much less than this. And clicking that button was oh so easy. (It took me and Krys about 1.5 hours to put together.)
These were my inspiration photos for our bedroom:
Color and Tufted headboard
I think from this blog but I cannot find the original.
Mirrors and lamps (Oh how I wish I could have the chandelier)
Again, having trouble finding the original source but the best I can tell it's from Skinny Mom
I love the overflowing linens. I feel like it could swallow me up and I would be happy never being seen again.
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And the closet pinspiration
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And little more color love
Some where on this site maybe.
Our bedroom looks NOTHING like any of these. But we are well on our way. Here are a couple in progress pictures.
The bed is a lovely color. But it just hides on that wall. (Those are the box springs pilled along the window, we were trying to decide if we were happy with the platform bed or if we would miss the box of springs. We don't)
Check out the Helicopter Fan.
Can you guess who picked that one out? I didn't think I would like it, but in the end it adds a lot of drama to the room.
So I decided to add a little color
I even took the time to cover the new bed
The "finished" product
(With a sleepy puppy)
The room is no where near done, but you can see the progress. What a difference the color on the one wall makes. It's much more romantic.
I can't wait for the final revel.
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