A little history: About 7 years ago, we bought our first nice bedroom set, along with an expensive bedding set. A few years later, our finances crumbled, and we sold our beautiful bedroom furniture, out of desperation. We kept the bedding though. My dad had an extra dresser and nightstand that he wasn't using, so we've been using that, which is so nice of him! Anyway, for years now, our bedroom has been our least favorite room in the house. No headboard, dated bedding, borrowed furniture. Just blah.
Also, I've been on a mission since Christmas to get my STUFF under control. I was reading this list, one day, written by an awesome Herbalist about how to have a healthy life. One thing he said was, "Get rid of 1/3 of your possessions. Your stuff can drowned you." It was an ah-ha moment for me. It made me realize that I AM drowning in stuff. We already do have a pretty organized house, but we just have too much stuff! So I've been striving to declutter, throw out, give away, sell (which funded a lot of this), and organize what we do want to keep. And I started with the master bedroom, closet and bathroom. Part of feeling orderly, (in my opinion), your surroundings need to be pleasing to the eye, as well. So, to jump to the point here, Rich and I decided it was time to give our room a makeover. He was going to make us a headboard, and I was going to create a peaceful haven that was orderly, new, and pleasing to the eye!
Unfortunately, new furniture was not in the budget, but holy cow, Rich sure pulled off that headboard!
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| This is the back of the headboard, before it was stained. |
Rich designed and built the whole headboard. I just told him what color I wanted him to stain it. He built it in what seemed like half a day. Then each night after work, he did a little staining, and finishing coats. I think it took him about 5 days?? Then we let it sit in the garage to air out for a couple of weeks. (We probably should have waited longer because it still smells like polyurethane). I love how it turned out and seriously, he never ceases to amaze me with his little hidden talents. I'll show ya the finished project, but first, we need to see some before pictures:
That rinkadink nightstand below, is just some thing I found in the clearance section of Target one day. But the far nightstand and dresser, that you can barely see, are my dad's, so please know, I realize they totally don't match the new headboard.
For quite some time now, I've been dreaming of a neutral colored bedroom and white bedding. So that's what we did. I ran everything by Rich to make sure he liked what I was doing. Luckily, he trusts my decorating ideas and likes my taste!
So here is the After:
We'd love to eventually get a chair in that corner by the window.
The ottoman was brought in from our family room.
If I can figure out how to put some window panels up with this bay window, I probably will.
If I can figure out how to put some window panels up with this bay window, I probably will.
You can see here, the nightstand and headboard don't go so well together, but we can deal with it for now.
I now keep my make up/beauty supplies on my dresser. I realize it might be a bit of an eye sore, but it is so functional and I always put my makeup away now. So that's a win for me (and Rich). And this is the spot I do my makeup, so here it stays.
(There's that "stick plant" again that I have mentioned in other posts, Christmas/Valentines). I'm liking it in our room!
A view from Rich's side:
The view from our bathroom (below). Yes, I love white:). We were really trying to achieve a clean, airy, even hotel-like feel in the room. White to me, means order, and cleanliness.
This is not a great picture, due to the lack of sunlight (the unnatural light didn't look good in the pic). But, my closet has been reorganized and cleaned as well. Feels so good! I love these shoe shelves, because our shoes don't fall through the cracks (like those metal rod ones we used to have). The top of the shelf serves as a place to keep our perfume and cologne, as well as a place to put our wedding rings and pocket things. Not pictured, we added more shoe shelves up above for Rich's golf shoe
I made this jewelry holder a couple of months ago, and it has kept my jewelry organized and it's easy to be reminded of what I have because I can see it all at once. I already had the frame. I just added cork board and fabric.
I also found this little dish to corral my earrings. I keep it on my dresser. I'm sure it's probably used to dip bread in oil, or something like that, but I liked that is was white, and unique looking.
Every drawer/basket/bin/cabinet in our room, closet, and bathroom has been cleaned out and organized. We are loving it and our room has never stayed more clean. It's motivating to make our bed and keep it kept up because it's pretty and everything has a designated spot.
One last before and after:
Before:
After:
Love it soooooo much!!!!! Come do mine next!
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