I'm not sure if y'all remember this or not (although if you don't, you might need a memory check - fyi), but last month I did a series on 31 days of margins (with the Nester). During this series, y'all, I had an epiphany.
What was this epiphany, you ask? Well, it was that I needed a retreat. Preferably a week-long all-inclusive vacation sans children and/or kiddos. But since that was out of the question, I decided my bedroom needed to become my retreat. Or at the very least, it needed to become more than a bed and a dresser and piles of clothing strewn everywhere. Because it was not relaxing or marginful (yes, I just made that word up) to spend all day every day in a chaotic house full of neighborhood kiddos and my own children and then go to my room only to feel like I should start cleaning or doing laundry or do-something-about-all-the-chaos-for-the-love-of-pete.
So I redid my bedroom. The plan was to do it during the series, as part of the series; however, I just finished it this morning so we didn't quite make that deadline. However, I DID do all of this in less than a month, and I spent less than $250. Also, please note that, as per usual, I use the term "I" to loosely refer to Adam doing most of the actual work.
Without any further ado, or apparently shame, here are the "before" pictures of our room.
And now, the "afters." Much better right? Now we just have to keep it clean.
The best part of the room is the plank wall that Adam built for me, and the old door we salvaged from our house during renovations as a headboard. Seriously, I've been looking for the perfect place to put it since we started the renovation, and I informed Adam in no uncertain terms that he best not mess up my door.
As far as actually creating and installing a plank wall, I recommend a handy husband and a good assistant.
I'll give you one guess whose nightstand this is . . .
What was this epiphany, you ask? Well, it was that I needed a retreat. Preferably a week-long all-inclusive vacation sans children and/or kiddos. But since that was out of the question, I decided my bedroom needed to become my retreat. Or at the very least, it needed to become more than a bed and a dresser and piles of clothing strewn everywhere. Because it was not relaxing or marginful (yes, I just made that word up) to spend all day every day in a chaotic house full of neighborhood kiddos and my own children and then go to my room only to feel like I should start cleaning or doing laundry or do-something-about-all-the-chaos-for-the-love-of-pete.
So I redid my bedroom. The plan was to do it during the series, as part of the series; however, I just finished it this morning so we didn't quite make that deadline. However, I DID do all of this in less than a month, and I spent less than $250. Also, please note that, as per usual, I use the term "I" to loosely refer to Adam doing most of the actual work.
Without any further ado, or apparently shame, here are the "before" pictures of our room.
The best part of the room is the plank wall that Adam built for me, and the old door we salvaged from our house during renovations as a headboard. Seriously, I've been looking for the perfect place to put it since we started the renovation, and I informed Adam in no uncertain terms that he best not mess up my door.
As far as actually creating and installing a plank wall, I recommend a handy husband and a good assistant.
I literally just taped this print (from this shop) on the wall with Washi tape and stuck this frame I found at a thrift store up around it, and it's one of my favorite parts of the room. Easy-peasy.
This is one of my favorite pictures I've taken of the Atlanta skyline, I blew it up and stuck another vintage frame around it. I also painted numbers with gold paint pen on the dresser knobs, cause I'm crafty like that.
Ok, ok, I recognize the irony in having a "Live Simply" print hung above a jewelry display . . . hmm.
The curatins are drop cloths and the dresser is a hand-me-down from my sister. The drawers don't necessarily go in and out easily, but anything's better than piles on the floor, right?
On both of the window frames, I hung these little oil paintings in gilded frames. I wanted something quirky, and found them right here after much scouring and searching the antique stores and Etsy shops for something just right.
One of my favorite quotes, on a tiny canvas, from this Etsy shop.
