Master Bedroom Progress

Ya know when you have a plan for a room or project and then you steer off course for the silliest little thing and it blows the whole thing up in your face? Yeah, me too. You’ll quickly realize why I called this “progress”. I haven’t been able to wrap my head around my master bedroom and have been wingin it ever since I bought a duvet because it was on sale. Let me tell you my friends, DO NOT settle for something just because it is on sale! Don’t get me wrong. I love a good sale and this room is lovely. It would make a lot of people VERY happy. I recognize that. I ALSO recognize the fact that as I get older, the more of a brat I have become. I wants what I wants and this ain’t it! So here is a view of the progression of the room.

The first thing that I did was get actual night stands. You say dresser, I say nightstand. I also got these loverly lamps that I am IN. LOVE. WITH. Needless to say, those won’t be changing.

Here is the duvet that I bought. I actually purchased this one in an attempt to recover from buying the wrong one before this one. (Have no fear, those are BOTH gone and I FINALLY have the one I wanted in the first place) If you take a peek at the nightstand, those are the lamps that I replaced.

Curtains Part I

Curtains Part II

Aaaah yes. That’s better! But there was something missing. A STENCIL! duh!

I moved my nursery glider into the corner and I love it! It also had a fiddle leaf fig friend. For a while.

Now this dresser lives there. She’s a beaut right? Except I hate the knobs and she’s getting another makeover. SOON! I’ll be posting about that later when it’s done for reals.

And finally, here is the stencil wall that I slapped up there. Call me crazy, but I’m painting over it in about a month. I LOVE the stencil, but I hate the colors and the direction that this room went. For ME. I’ve been in a transitional state recently where I’m wanting to go a little more modern and a little less tradition. Lets call it Moditional. I already have several things in line to help with my bedroom facelift Part 501. There’s much to do and I’ll be posting along the way.

1. Replace Duvet-check

2. Paint the walls-

3. Re-stencil the wall (yup. I said re-stencil)

4. Re-finish the dresser again

5. Make new throw pillows with the super awesome fabric that I recently purchased

6. Well I think that’s it. I think there are just 5. 5 BIG things, but still just 5

Source List for THIS version

1. Bed-purchased through a hunting forum that The Hubs belongs to 

2. Duvet-Pottery Barn Cynthia Palampore 

3. Lamps-HomeGoods 

4. Curtains Part I- HomeGoods

5. Curtains Part II-HomeGoods 

6. Nursery Glider- Purchased on Facebook 

7. Bamboo Dresser-Craigslist 

8. School House original painting on a cabinet door- Wedding gift that I go through phases of loving and right now is definitely one of them.

Finding Your YOU in Design

As you all may know, tastes change and styles evolve. Since we purchased our home about a year and a half ago, I've been struggling to find my style. I've been scouring blogs and magazines trying to decide who I am in terms of design. I tried going in this direction following Mandi from Vintage Revivals. 

SEE! Shower Curtain. (I should post my tutorial on that.) I just took it down because it's too much for me and not because the bathroom isn't large. (it doesn't really look like this at all anymore and this was the "After" for a while, but I digress. . .

I even entered her crazy room makeover giveaway in hopes that she would come and crazify my house. Turns out, that's not for me. Wanna know how I know? Well I followed the advice of said Mandi and started listening to the inner ME and not what was cool and hip going on in blogland. Although I think her style is Mandilicious, it's not for me. I started by hanging a few different colored picture frames up in my family room to add some pizzazz  I. Could. Not. Handle. It. Sounds ridiculous, I know. What's the harm in a few different colors!?!

 I couldn't do it. Fortunately, the picture frames ended up being the least expensive way possible to find out that I need serenity in my home. I can be fun and crazy elsewhere, but my home needs to be a bit more Ballard and a little less Urban. That doesn't mean bland and boring, just a little more sophisticated or something like that. As soon as I figured this out, I felt kinda old, but I got over it though and redesigned what I want my master to be. When I look at this moodboard it makes me take a deep breath and relax just thinking about relaxing there. Without further ado,

My Master Moodboard

Obviously these are just the main pieces and only the jumping off point. I would however, like it to be as close to this as possible.

Through this whole process, I learned a very valuable lesson. It's so simple and stands the test of time. Be true to yourself. If you are a little more Rock n Roll than Country, EMBRACE it! But if you're more Ballard than Urban, settle in and allow your mature side take over a little while for sanity's sake. It's okay to be you.

New Master Shopping List

Wall Color-Still BM Edgecomb Gray (It's pretty much my favorite and it's already on the walls.

Headboard- Home Decorators Collection Notched Headboard with Nailhead Trim

Bedding-Pottery Barn Wells Palampore in Blue {I've loved this bedding for years. Still not sure why I don't own it yet-side note part ii- I love this in ivory for Christmas time cause I'm cool like that}

Nightstands-Ballard Designs Torino Demilune {these are my inspiration but I would love to find a vintage/flea market version of this}

Accent Chair- Ballard Designs

Window Panels- Ballard Designs Chloe in Aqua

Dresser- I already have a dresser that I previously painted Mint. It's turning a vintage cream. 

Remember When

Remember that one time . . .? This seems to be a quote that The Hubs and I use a lot. We generally don’t use it years down the road, but immediately after something really funny, sad, random or even ridiculously crazy happens. Example. “Hey hun, remember that one time we bet my curtains on our March Madness Brackets because you hated the curtains and you lost!?!” That’s what I said to him as soon as I found out my bracket kicked his bracket’s trash and I got to keep my curtains that I love. hehe. Anywho. . . Remember that one time I showed you this picture

and then nothing happened with it? Well, something happened with it. Here’s what.

So here’s the story with this dresser. My in laws live in a nicer neighborhood than we do. To be expected right? Well with said nicer neighborhood, comes nicer bulk trash. Can you see where I’m going with this? Well one day I was driving to their house and spotted this dresser on the side of the road. Surely they can’t be getting rid of that dresser! Who would put that dresser out on the curb for the garbage man to haul away with his backhoe and giant garbage crushing truck!?! Someone with nicer things than me that considers and vintage Lane dresser with it’s beautiful dovetail drawers and solid wood construction, garbage. That’s who! So while The Hubs was away, I borrowed his sexy truck and enlisted the help of my amazing SIL. We made sure the owners were in fact planning on getting rid of it and loaded it up. The knobs were falling apart and one of the drawers was missing it’s track so it just hung out in the drawer compartment but still works. I LOVE it. And it turned out so pretty too! It’s fabulous what some paint, new knobs and some wood filler will do for such a sad dresser. Here are a few more before and after photos.

You may have also noticed that I have painted the walls as well. They were baby blue. (supposed to be grey originally but it came out blue) So I finally forked out the money to buy my favorite greige (BM Edgecomb Gray) and painted while The Hubs was away one Saturday. It made a HUGE difference as well.

I know it’s hard to tell, but it’s not white. If you read yesterday’s post about my mint green lamps, THAT is what color the dresser is. For whatever reason, I wasn’t able to get the color to translate into pictures. Oh well. I love it. My 3 y/o loves it and The Hubs said it looks nice. Win. Win. Win. Guess what. It's bulk trash there again this week. The Hubs should be afraid. VERY afraid.

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Back in the Saddle

I feel like I’ve been in a project rut lately. Part of that had to do with a rut I was in in real life (as opposed to craft life). So I got out of my funk, and started up my creative thinking again. First thing’s first, I put together a mood board for my Master Bedroom. Surprise surprise, I tweaked it a bit from the one I posed here.  I pinned my new one here via the Olioboard I made for it. Which btw is my new favorite toy! Did I mention, it’s FREE!?! check it out. BUT FIRST, check out my first project for my boudoir starting with the inspiration picture.

It’s an absolutely GORGEOUS lamp and it ought to be for $362.50. Yup! You heard me! $362.50 USD! Just a tad out of my price range, but the color combo of the mint gold and whatever color the shade is.  For a long while now I’ve been working on finding the perfect shape for bed side lamps and settled on Ginger Jar lamps and a favorite. If any of you have looked into these, then you know how pricey they can be like this from Etsy, or these also from Etsy. Not gonna happen. So I found these at a local thrift store. Not an exact match, but I knew I’d be painting them anyway so they were close enough. This is what I ended up with.

The best part about the set? It was $10.86 for the pair! I LOVE thrifting!

I know the shade isn’t an exact match to the inspiration. And I know that the grey stripe will probably bother a lot of you when you first see it. Trust me, I know! I kept texting my sister and a few friends to see what they honestly thought because it was bugging me. Then I decided that I probably didn’t like it because it was so out of my comfort zone. “You CAN’T mix GREY and GOLD!!! It CAN’T be done!!!” Well I tell yo uthat IT CAN! The more I see it, the more I just love it! It was a good first step to take me out of my box and take me towards a more eclectic un-matchy room. I can’t wait to do more!

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Master Bedroom Mood Board

This is my first attempt at an actual mood board so forgive me if it seems a bit amateurish. I feel like I’m finally making progress on my Master since my color revelation. I can’t wait to put my vision to the test. What do you think?

Product List

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore-Edgecomb Gray

Bed: Crate and Barrel Colette DIY

Night Stands: I already have 1 that I posted about here.

Drapery Fabric: Calico Corners-Kalah Blue

Dresser: I have a fabulous dresser that needs to be painted. I’ll tell you her story when I post about the paint job.

Bedding: Pottery Barn Pearl Embroidered (I already own and is no longer available in red)

Red Ikat Pillows: MarthaAndAsh

Green Stripe Pillow: BeStillShop

Chair and Lamp: Urban Outfitters here and here

Artwork: BrittanyBass

Mint, Red and Navy

Master Bedroom Inspiration Session. . . Sometimes this feels like a therapy session. I look at a picture and it’s like a little voice says, “And how does that make you feel?” Well I’ll tell ya. . . Navy, Mint and Red make me VERY happy!!! I can’t even tell you how excited I am right now. Check out the inspiration pics and let me know what you think. I think yes!

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If all of these pictures got together and had a baby it would be the beautiful Master Getaway I know have pictured in my head. I feel like it’s going to burst. I can’t wait to get started and hopefully, FINALLY have a finished product to share. . . eventually.