We remodeled and redecorated our master bedroom and I wanted to share the results with you...
First, a little description of the "before" space...the master bedroom and bathroom are the only two rooms on our top floor; it was built as a big loft, bad blue carpet included, had a spiral staircase leading up (more about THAT in a future blog!) and no walk-in closet - can you imagine no walk-in closet?! Here's a look up at the loft from the first floor before we began our re-do:
I took this picture when I was touring the home before we bought it:
(Note the rectangle "window to nowhere" above the bed. Seriously, it looked out over blank space way above our dining room on the first floor - silly!)
And the closets were seriously inadequate! Built for dolls? We couldn't even hang a dress or pair of slacks!:
(This railing overlooked the first floor foyer below.)
Here is what we did...
Built a walk-in closet - yay! We had the open space (where the railing was) filled with a closet.
(Master walk-in closet)
It's very tall and we're utilizing all of the vertical space:
We had the "window to nowhere" filled:
Filling the wall now is an old, metal tin piece that we milk-painted and flanked with two plastic (yep, you'd never know!) candle sconces that I picked up for $2 each! They were originally a brilliant gold color but with a little spray paint, they look shabby chic now!
I updated an old table we had with a little of the same spray paint and now it serves as my nightstand:
Perched atop each of the nightstands sits these pretty lamps I picked up from Home Goods (gawd, I LOVE that store!):
One of my favorite tresures in this space is this lamp I found at Target:
($9 on clearance - gotta love a great bargain!)
We tore out the blue carpet and had neutral carpet installed:
(View as you enter the bedroom and round the corner to the right.)
We had walls installed to close up the loft space. Yay! Our bedroom now has a door and walls:
We switched out the door knobs for these vintage reproductions:
We kept the one "normal" sized closet that is to the right of the bedroom door - just enough room in it for Paul's things:
And we filled the two "nooks:"
I've never decorated a room with so much neutral before because I LOVE color. But because of the odd ceiling angles I decided to go with color on just one wall. I am very pleased with how the black headboard pops against the green:
I think it's very pretty without being too feminne. Not that I'm against fru-fru...check out this bed designed by Moschino at the Maison Moschino hotel in Milan!
(It's a retro ballgown bed - fabu!)
I am in love with our bedroom now - it's a very calming and serene space where the first thing we see when we wake up are the beautiful trees outside the windows. Ahhhh.
Amusing ourselves again:
(Making the bed in my Retro Revival "Cherry Poppin' Mama" apron.)
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6 comments:
Cindy what ah awesome transformation!! I bet if the old homeowners could see it now....they would want it back...lol
Lurve...the green walls with the black!!
Your maid looks familiar....lol
Hugs Cindy from Rick-Rack and Gingham
Like the new look-----very modern/retro or is retro/modern. Good job!
Tis beautiful! I do love the one color pop wall.
what an amazing re-do. I love it!
well done with all ur hard work-im trying to get my hubby at present to help me re-do our house.
from zoe ross
zoenick12@hotmail.com
It looks totally fabulous! I'm jealous of the walk in closet.
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