Master Bedroom Redo
If you have just started following along, we bought a temporary house to live in while we renovate our main house. It started out as “That 80s Show”, but slowly I am making it over in hopes of selling it when we are able to move back to our permanent digs. I am also hoping to make a little profit in the process to offset the cost of living out of our real home for so long. If you would like to see the rooms I’ve completed thus far, take a peek on the “ASuzieHouse” page found on the top header.
For the past week, I’ve been working on a cosmetic makeover in the master bedroom. Finally, I’m sort of done. I say sort of because I am still deciding on a beautiful antique candle chandelier I have in a box and whether or not I am going to put it up. It requires poking a hole in the ceiling, which means when I move out of here, because I would not leave that heirloom, I would have to repair the ceiling and repaint the whole thing again. I’m not sure I want to ever paint another ceiling, so I’m thinking I can live without it. But I have been known to change my mind! If I do, I’ll post an update.
So, what I started with was an odd blue room, with an even odder dark blue ceiling. Prior to moving in, I painted it a softer blue and returned the ceiling to white (it took several coats to cover that dark blue!). I don’t have pictures of the before before, but here’s what it looked like last week when I began the makeover:
You will notice the lovely black lacquer furniture, which looked great when we had it in the city condo we were living in just previous to this house. It’s not so great in the UrbanCountryStyle house!
So I decided to countrify the room and furniture using accessories only (because furniture refinishing is not my strongpoint). I switched out the lampshades, added a jute area rug under the bed, some baskets to the night tables, new bedding and pillows mixed with my existing linens, and my beautiful gate headboard that I have had for years. I think UrbanCountryStyle has now been achieved!
I’m loving how this has come together. It’s taken furniture with some pretty sharp lines and softened the whole grouping. I also love how the baskets hide the pile of books the Mr. and I always have under our night table. Now, if only I could figure out how to disguise the TV! When I stayed at the Plaza in New York this past fall, they had a gold picture frame around theirs with beautiful light sconces on either side. The TV looked like artwork! I’ll have to consider that. But for now, I’m happy and looking forward to finishing the tiny master bathroom that is just awaiting my tile guy to show up. I can’t wait to show you when we’re done!
From my house and home to you and yours,
Love,
Suzie
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I thought I had commented on this earlier, but I love this post. It goes to show how you can mix and match and change out simple, inexpensive things (like lamp shades) and get a whole new feel to a room!
I love when I don’t have to spend a lot of money and can change the feel of a room or a piece of furniture. And countrification of a city stuff is my favorite way to transform.
i love your bedroom, so romantic, i would like to sleep there x
Thanks Fanny! I am in love with my gates and how it all came together.
Have a great day!
Suzie
Gorgeous bed frame!!!!
Thank you! I love that gate. It really changes up the look of the room and even though it’s cold hard steel, it’s lines just soften everything.
Have a great evening Raquel!
Suzie
Looks great Suzie. You can get the custom made TV (or Computer Monitor) frames at Michael’s. They do look great. My sister Erin has a beautiful scarf that matches her decor that she drapes casually over her tv screen as she doesn’t like the TV being the centre of her room. Her tv is not mounted on the wall, it sits on a table.
Thanks Rhonda!
I had no idea about Michaels. I had the outlets moved up on the wall behind the TV to mount it on there, but then I forgot all about the stupid digital cable box. If the TV is on the wall, then what do I do with that box? If I leave it on the dresser, you will then see the wire run up the wall into the back of the TV. Grrrr! So for now, I have stuffed the box underneath the TV (not sure if it will overheat or blow up from doing this ;/ ) and the whole thing sits on my dresser. I’m going to go check out Michaels next week though because I want to have a way to mount my iPad on the wall in front of the treadmill so I can watch Netflix shows and maybe even run!
Have a nice evening!
Suzie
I love it!!! The metal frame makes such a difference :) Well done, Suzy!!! This has inspired ideas for when we finally get a place!
Thanks Kate. Goodness knows, you should be able to find some amazing gates in your neck of the woods! I think I told you already, but I saw a gate bed frame at a store here in Van and they wanted $10,000 for it! Saved myself $9,500 or so by buying a real gate from an architectural salvage place and having the builder install it on the wall.
Have a good evening!
Suzie