So the first part is what the room looked like before we started the project. Blue. Very very blue... including all the trim in the room. Please notice the matching blue radiatior in the far corner. Also notice the ONLY outlet in this room (well practically the only one upstairs at all) in the far left hand corner of this picture. I will call all the walls by the same consistent name for this whole post. Here you see the window wall and the bed wall. We inherited most of the furniture in the picture, but used most of it in the second spare bedroom. Jake was trying to be very helpful here...
Here is the other side of the room from the corner shown in the pic above. That door is to the hallway, please note there is no closet in this room. I will refer to these walls as the door wall and the closet wall (there will be a closet on that wall eventually, I promise).
And here is a close-up of the radiator. We ripped out the boiler system that was a gagillion years old (seriously, Chris always joked it came over on the Mayflower) and replaced it with a forced air system complete with a heat pump and air conditioning. Best thing ever. (Plus, we didn't have to work around them in the house anymore.) So we had a bunch of radiators to get rid of. I placed them on craigslist and they sold last fall. Also, notice in this picture and the pictures above the oak hardwood floor.
And goodbye blue paint!
And the first coat goes on. I repainted the ceiling (it hadn't been painted in ages, so it sucked up the paint) in Chalk from ACE Hardware. The far wall is the bed wall and the one to the left is the door wall. The yellow is Banana Creme, also from ACE. (It was a little bit yellower that what I was originally planning on, but I like the way the finished project turned out. That blue was a bugger to cover up, as seen through the white trim. I also painted the trim Chalk white (which took a few coats, but that blue did dissapear eventually).
And goodbye blue paint!
And the first coat goes on. I repainted the ceiling (it hadn't been painted in ages, so it sucked up the paint) in Chalk from ACE Hardware. The far wall is the bed wall and the one to the left is the door wall. The yellow is Banana Creme, also from ACE. (It was a little bit yellower that what I was originally planning on, but I like the way the finished project turned out. That blue was a bugger to cover up, as seen through the white trim. I also painted the trim Chalk white (which took a few coats, but that blue did dissapear eventually).
Here is the window wall and the closet wall in progress. The 'dips in the ceiling', as Chris just decided they would be called, were a pain to paint a straight line agross. They are actually where the ceiling vaults through our wall... very typical of a house 121 years old.
And again... my little helper, Jake, thinking he needs to help me paint.
And here is were the finished room pictures start.
Here is the before picture of the mirror I found on Craigslist. Hidious coloring, but I saw the potential.
In progress: I painted it first with a flat black spray paint, the used a silver paint marker to highlight all the ridges.
And here it is all done on the door wall.
And here is a close up of the mirror.
And here is how I solved the closet problem.... A closet system from IKEA! Absolutely LOVE! It's the Pax system in black-brown with Uggdal Gray sliding glass doors. I had to go with the 59" system, as the 78" would fit everywhere except for the afore mentioned 'dips in the ceiling'. Boo... and that is why I have shoes on top of my closet (and for some strange reason Chris' old childhood train set). All this black and gray is why I knew I had to paint the walls a light light color...
My other favorite part of the room? Our bed. I fell in love the moment I saw it. It is the Young Classics Queen Bed with Storage made by Aspenhome from Hom Furniture. It's a platform bed, so we didn't have to use the 'box spring' that came with our Sleep Number bed. And, it has underbed storage with 4 cedar lined drawers.
Another view of of the Closet side of the room. Have I said how much I LOVE my closet. Yep, i do!
Here is one of the drawers under our bed opened up. Cedar lined and pretty dang big. Here are 2 of the other sets of duvets I have for our bed. I purposely choose yellow as a paint color for our walls as I view it kind of as a neutral color so I can change up the bedding whenever I feel like it.
Also, please please notice our gorgeous hardwood floors in our bedroom. They were really dull when we first moved in (see one of the first before pictures above), but we had Gino come and refinish it. It's about the only thing we haven't/won't attempt ourselves in our little adventure. We are so happy with the way it turned out, we will have him come and do all our hardwood floors.
Another view of our awesome drawers and floors.
And an open view of my closets. My side of the closet. I love how this is so customizable to whatever you want.... and you may just realize how MANY clothes I actually have here.
And again... my little helper, Jake, thinking he needs to help me paint.
And here is were the finished room pictures start.
We replaced the 121 year old windows with a new custom sized one piece Jeld Wen window. So nice, and they eliminated any drafts.
The window treatments I found from Target a couple years ago. I love how graphic they are.
The curtain rods and tie backs are from Walmart, The Better Homes and Garden collection.
The ceiling fan is from Menards (a favorite place to shop, where the slogan should be 'Spend Big Money at Menards'). It's an LED lighted fan, and let me tell you, do NOT put LED lights on a dimmer. It does not work.
The cedar chest is a hand me down from Gma and Gpa G. (It's still halfway full of thier stuff). Jake loves to sleep on this... instead of 1 of the 2 dog beds in the room.
On the wall to the right of the window is a lovely picture from Stonehenge. I love it!
The empty wall to the left of the window is still looking for that perfect piece of art.
The empty wall to the left of the window is still looking for that perfect piece of art.
Here is the before picture of the mirror I found on Craigslist. Hidious coloring, but I saw the potential.
In progress: I painted it first with a flat black spray paint, the used a silver paint marker to highlight all the ridges.
And here it is all done on the door wall.
Remember that door? It used to be blue... and it took HOURS, upon hours (like 40 hours) to strip it down to bare wood. The plan is to eventually stain it the color of the doors in the rest of the house. We are waiting until the house it completely jacked up first so the doorway straightens itself back out and the door can be plained to fit properly. Maybe then we can also install an old crystal class doorknob as well...
The dresser is the Hemnes 8-drawer dresser from IKEA in black-brown.
The laundry basket on the right is from Pamida.
The laundry basket on the right is from Pamida.
And here is a close up of the mirror.
And here is how I solved the closet problem.... A closet system from IKEA! Absolutely LOVE! It's the Pax system in black-brown with Uggdal Gray sliding glass doors. I had to go with the 59" system, as the 78" would fit everywhere except for the afore mentioned 'dips in the ceiling'. Boo... and that is why I have shoes on top of my closet (and for some strange reason Chris' old childhood train set). All this black and gray is why I knew I had to paint the walls a light light color...
My other favorite part of the room? Our bed. I fell in love the moment I saw it. It is the Young Classics Queen Bed with Storage made by Aspenhome from Hom Furniture. It's a platform bed, so we didn't have to use the 'box spring' that came with our Sleep Number bed. And, it has underbed storage with 4 cedar lined drawers.
The nightstands are the Hemnes Chest with 2 drawers from IKEA in black-brown.
The lights are from Target a few years ago.
The bedding I went with is European style. I came back with the idea and the duvet's themselves after my second trip to see Anne in Germany with Amy. It's 2 twin sized duvets, and then you change out the sheets covering them and your pillow and you get a different look for your room everytime. There are no other sheets besides the fitted sheet on the mattress. This duvet set was a wedding gift from Anne and her family, Jutta and Alu. Having the 2 twin sized duvets is such a nice thing, as we never have to fight for blankets, we each can cuddle up in our own. (Going to a hotel now is a completely different story...)
Another view of of the Closet side of the room. Have I said how much I LOVE my closet. Yep, i do!
Here is one of the drawers under our bed opened up. Cedar lined and pretty dang big. Here are 2 of the other sets of duvets I have for our bed. I purposely choose yellow as a paint color for our walls as I view it kind of as a neutral color so I can change up the bedding whenever I feel like it.
Also, please please notice our gorgeous hardwood floors in our bedroom. They were really dull when we first moved in (see one of the first before pictures above), but we had Gino come and refinish it. It's about the only thing we haven't/won't attempt ourselves in our little adventure. We are so happy with the way it turned out, we will have him come and do all our hardwood floors.
Another view of our awesome drawers and floors.
And an open view of my closets. My side of the closet. I love how this is so customizable to whatever you want.... and you may just realize how MANY clothes I actually have here.
And the other side... I must say that I like the actually drawers from IKEA better than the wire baskets. I choose to try both styles out, but definetly more happy with the drawers.
And that is it! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
it looks awesome. and WOW. that was a lot of blue. lol. enjoy the new room!
ReplyDeleteCome Lord Jesus! I want that closet wall! AWESOME MAKEOVER!!!!
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