Master Bedroom Makeover Madness

I have completed my master bedroom makeover - at least for now.  I only have two projects left on my plate - to build a new headboard (can't do it until I can work outside again) and to find a new bedspread, duvet cover and/or quilt.  I had hoped to find a new bedspread right away, but I haven't seen anything that I liked yet.

The room is 11 x 15 and has baseboard heaters against the walls and doors to the outside, the hallway, the bathroom and the closet - it was very hard to figure out a layout that doesn't block the heaters and doesn't feel like a bowling alley!

So here are the befores and afters:

B E F O R E S

I didn't mind the orange when I first moved in.  It felt cheerful and I liked it with all the white.

      

During the summer, I moved the desk into this position to try and fill up some of the excess space in the room. 

As time went on, I became more and more dissatisfied with the orange.  Every time I thought of painting, it tired me out - until now!  I also desperately wanted to lose the bowling alley feel...

Welcome to my new master bedroom!!

A F T E R S

Everything is freshly painted - oh but this is a part-way through the process shot.  Notice the benches haven't been "France-i-fied" yet

I also painted the closet doors the same warm white as all the furniture.

The new cushion on the chair is a sequined Christmas cushion I bought on sale for 94 cents with a new reversible cover I sewed from a patterned tea towel (also bought on sale) and some leftover fabric from a pair of taupe velvet drapes I had shortened.

Here's the reverse side

                                       

The nightstands look sooooo much better now!

I picked up a string of battery powered mini lights and some grapevine balls after Christmas and decided to use them together with this cloche to create my own little night light. A little piece of burlap and a tiny black ribbon finish it off.  It looks really pretty lit up at night :)

I jerry-rigged a queen sized headboard so I could place the bed a foot away from the wall and not totally block off the baseboard heater.  

The headboard has a quilt draped over it to hide the fact that it is not wide enough for a king sized bed.  Very makeshift, but I can't build a new headboard until the cold weather is over and I can use my workshop again...

I really want to add some bedding with pattern and colours to punch up the room, so if anyone has any ideas of what colours would work well please share!!

     B E F O R E

 A F T E R 

Complete with my newly built headboard from a vintage door.

Whew - what an odyssey this makeover has been!  The energy flows better with this new furniture layout and I sleep better, too!   So happy :)

To see how I built the new headboard, click HERE
To see ALL the projects from the Master Bedroom Makeover Madness, click HERE 

Have a great week!

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