Master Bedroom Makeover Reveal!

I am ashamed to say that we have lived in this house for a year now, "Happy Homie-versary" to us!, and we had yet to actually DO anything to the upstairs living area which includes our master bedroom.

These are all pictures from before we moved in. And yes! we ended up owners of the vintage bedroom suit!!

The most we've done to the room was move in our bed, a couple of dressers and a bunch of junk! "They" always say that your master bedroom should be a haven for...you know....good rest! :) But it's always just been an after-thought, if that. Even at our old house. Well a week ago, Alanna was super sick and puked in our bed (lovely, right?!) and we went to change the sheets and bedding and it was just pathetic. The before was like a college boy lived there. Grungy comforter, gross pillows - most of which didn't even have a pillow case. Then to top it off, my nightstand was covered in baby junk, bobby pins and used tissues. Seriously....I'm a grown woman. What's so difficult about using a trash can and remembering to dis-bobby-pin my hair before bed??

It was time for a grown-up look and time to make our room special, just for US....so that we can relax and um....sleep...well! ;)

So on Friday, while hubby took the van to get the tires rotated, I pain-stakingly (not really) shopped Marshalls....all alone...in the quiet....no one had to pee, nothing got knocked off the shelves. It was bliss, really. We should rotate the tires more often. I had the tiniest buggy in the entire store, I'm sure of it, and it was piled high with pillows, blankets, sheets....(and clothes and shoes! shhhh!).

This is what I came up with on a limited budget and repurposing things from throughout the house.

Check it out! Grown ups with a grown up bed and fancy pictures on the wall! And it's sooo super comfy. I love a comfy bed. Now if Alanna would only let me SLEEP in said comfy bed.

Jasper was super excited to help me rip the sheets off the bed and clean everything out of the room. (This is a REAL "before" shot!)

This boy will get away with everything. Forever. Because he is that kid. The one that winks and makes you forget he is the biggest stinker on the planet!

  More before pictures. Where the littlest squirt (pretends to) sleep.

See? Borrrrrring!!

But now.... now it's so peaceful.
Every night since has been a little bit more restful knowing that things are in order. There are no stinky tissues covering the table - well until last night when I decided to come down with (another) sinus infection! argh! But it just feels good knowing that at least one room is closer to being done.

My mom recently moved and gave me these curtains. I had forgotten about them when I was picking out the bedding. But they work perfectly. Hubs is so excited to have a dungeon again for sleeping! I think the curtains are totally what transformed the room. I went with a simple & cheap rod from, none other than, Wal-mart. I actually had bought these for the boys room but have yet to get to that project. They were handy, so they were used.

Schweeeeeet little lovies.
(And, yes, this co-sleeper (from Babies R Us) is typically secured against our bed)

This furniture was given to us by my stepdad. It was his mother's and came all the way from Cali. I absolutely fell in love with it while we were there. I love the shapes, the handles, the color of wood is perfect. It holds all my lovelies just perfectly as well.

I knotted up my tights so they would be all nice and neat. Does anyone else do this?

These two. Sigh.
I never knew how much I loved this man until I saw him with our daughter.
He's most definitely my honeysuckle.
And I'm his honeybee.

One more shot of the room....

I love it! I still want to paint the dresser on the left with chalk paint and distress it, I want to add a few rugs for some added color. And I even think I want to do something fun on the far right wall. Maybe some chicken wire, add some white lights to set the mood...again...for sleeping, of course. I'm not done but it is already SO much better than it was before!!

So now you know where I sleep.

And that's a tad creepy....

PRODUCT DETAILS:

You & Me wall art from Hobby Lobby
Always Kiss Me Goodnight wall art from Marshalls
Soft suzanni-style printed, king size blanket from Marshalls
LOVE pillow, Teal throw pillows, Gray over-sized pillows, all from Marshalls
Calvin Klein sheets from Marshalls
Mint Laura Ashely frame from Marshalls
Love You More block art from Marshalls
Petal Candle Holder & Chevron Ring Holder from Marshalls


Repurposed items or things that were already in the room....

Comforter (had on hand) from Ikea
Lamp from Marshalls
Faux Fur Throw from Marshalls (use as a photography prop!)
Oversized Jack (I think) from Marshalls
Vintage Quilt, Quilt Stand & Lamp
Vintage Oversized Mason Jar
Candle Lantern - gifted to me from a client's wedding reception
Bamboo Blinds from Home Depot (I think...because I waffled between there and Overstock.com!)

*Some have asked...no, we do not have a headboard right now. That's another future project! We currently use the base from an old water bed (hello 80's!) so that we have the extra drawers for storage. Could definitely use a bed skirt.

I believe that's everything! I would say the overhaul cost us around $200 for everything from Marshalls that I purchased during this trip! Not too shabby for a made-over looooooove shack!!

One more time...

Kitchen Curtains

So because we aren't even close to being done with the kitchen, I figure now is the perfect time to pick out curtain fabric!! You know, before you actually paint the cabinets and verify the shade of gray. And before you actually build the barnwood base cabinets to be sure the rustic and retro goes well together.

Curtains first.

Priorities people!

It all started on Pinterest when I found these super cute, but country, crisp and clean cafe curtains with pom poms. This project will be super easy peasy. I know for sure this is the style I want. Sometime airy that will still allow in light and the cute little pom pom trim to just add some extra oomph.

But first....Let me just go ahead and air some of my stubborn personality traits. Ones like.....

• I'm OCD when it comes to a sticky note list...I must rewrite it if I check something off.
• But I couldn't care less about the pile of clutter on my dishwasher.
• I'm very particular about where every single item is on my desk at work, and when the cleaning people come in and move things....argh! Drives me batty.
• But I always, ALWAYS, to my sweet loving husband's demise, leave my clothing tags laying wherever they got pulled off. Sorry babe!

And last but not least, because I only have a few weird, stubborn personality traits..... ;)

• I am such a plain jane. I am tragically scared of patterns and prints and bold colors. I would wear black or gray or white every.single.day of my life if it weren't for the fact that, well, it's boring and that sweet husband gives me a hard time about it. And everyone always buys me pinks and purples when they buy me clothes! 

This fear of color and patterns really is quite the setback to decorating, or making crafts. I used to not be able to stand mixing playdoh together either. But well, four kids later and I'm sort of over that crazy notion!

When we moved into our house about ten years ago, my husband was dead-set on painting every single wall in the house a different color. Every room anyway. And it happened. Magician's Cloak Purple in the front bedroom, some Army shade of green in the Master Bedroom, Country Wine in the Dining Room, Granny Smith Apple Green in the Kitchen, Electric blue in the kids' room, Orangey-orange-orange-orange in the Bathroom. I mean color threw up in this place!

And I HATE it.

So I've gradually worked in some light gray and tan. Oh yeah.

All that to say, while I do love color, I have a hard time committing to it because I'm so afraid I'll hate it a week later. Or that I'll find something better. So not only is it a bold-color-phobia, it's a commitment phobia too. I'll have 17 fabrics in my shopping cart and put everything back but the black and white chevron.

So back to the curtains. I've scoured. I even raided my mom's quilting fabric stash, which is quite impressive! I found a really nice print that I liked - for free. Had a nice limey-greenish-yellow and aqua print of flowers. Nothing too crazy, simple enough.

Took it to the house. Hated it. It looked very 70's pea green with all the light flooding through the windows. So. Back to square one.

Scoured the internet some more. And finally narrowed it down to a few options. Some surprisingly bold, others very typical. Of the twenty tabs open on my computer, I got it down to my favorite six.

Here were my narrowed down choices:

Surprisingly enough, I got these even further narrowed down to TWO!!!!

So I took those two favorites swatches and sent them to my mom along with a fancy schmancy photoshop job of them on a window.

Option One:

 

Josephine in Neutral from Hawthorne Threads

On the window -

Option Two:

Garden Rocket in Turquoise from Hawthorne Threads

On the window -

And here's her comment...

LOVE them both.. how did you do that?  cool! (cause I'm cool mom. you know this. you made me.)

The first one has that clean, simple look (bingo)...
the second looks like an older home to me (cha-ching!!)... and I like that...

I wonder if the print will look that large on the panel... that may make a difference... I see you as the first one (whodathunkit?)... the second is a step out for you (ya reckon?)... but both will be gorgeous... and it's the kitchen.. you want a cheerful look....Accent with some yellow and coral?  PRETTYYYYY...

Ha! See?! They know me so well. But honestly she didn't make a decision either. Just confirmed where I get my wishy washy-ness from!

Wanna know something funny though? I really, I mean REALLY, LOVE the second one. With a name like Garden Rocket, who wouldn't? It adds so much fun. I could even match my red Kitchenaid mixer and my lime green colanders. Oh, don't gasp. I didn't buy the mixer, my hubby did...and the colanders were for someone else but I ended up keeping them because I got a different gift for this person. *eyeroll*

And did even you notice the cute little pom poms I added to the window treatments above?

Whatever I choose...better believe they will be trimmed with the pom poms. They're white. That was an easy choice.

So what do you think? I think I'm going to go with the Rocket Garden Turquoise. Afterall, I am wearing hot pink today! 



(PS. Please don't tell me you love one of the other fabrics more. That will really set things into a tizz!!)