This bedroom. LOL. It has continued to undergo transformation over the last 1.5 years. It started and stopped, at least twice. The first time was when I realized we didn’t have the money or energy to switch out the old carpet. So I “fixed” it with a new quilt. Story here: Settling.
Then – our friends gifted us an unused gift card that paid for the bulk of a new carpet and we embarked on a redo. Story here: Bedroom re-do. Except that it never felt done.
Then – One day my friend Diane was over giving me some suggestions for my living room. I mentioned that I really wanted to fix my room, but I wanted a white metal headboard and they are ridiculously expensive. A day or two later she sent me a Craigslist link with a brass headboard. We bought it and I got busy painting it white.
Over the course of the spring and summer we built other things when time and budget allowed. I got very familiar with Pinterest, thanks to Diane, and had lots of new ideas.
I also painted the formerly (and short-lived) purple walls to match the first two. I had to guess the color because the old can didn’t have a label. It turned out fine. *PHEW*
NOTHING happened over night.
We had trips to Costa Rica and Canada (twice) and camping. We had birthdays and friends from Oregon visits and a kitchen redo. We had football and soccer and baseball schedules. We had a leaky roof, a dying van, and a lawn tractor fire. We had life.
And then there was the bedspread hunt.
We have a history of not paying too much for bedding and I didn’t want to change that. I didn’t hate the spread we had and wasn’t going to change it just to change it. I waited for a good deal.
We had a few attempts.
And then Walmart to the rescue!
And the curtain hunt began.
And while there are still a few decor ideas up our sleeves, I’m going to call it pretty-sorta-done.
With the emphasis on pretty.
With the emphasis on pretty.
The hanging, mirrored, jewelry case was a Mother’s Day gift and perfect for me and this room.
The bedskirt is a story of ridiculous splurging after ruling out making it myself. On rare occasions I will willingly pay to not have to do something ourselves (especially if it seems it would cost more time than we have).
The bedskirt is a story of ridiculous splurging after ruling out making it myself. On rare occasions I will willingly pay to not have to do something ourselves (especially if it seems it would cost more time than we have).
I LOVE my bedroom. I love it. John is very happy with it, too. I get such a happy, rest-filled feeling in there. We have purposed to keep it very clean and so far it is working out. We don’t do school in there anymore, either. It’s a refuge in a busy house in a busy life.
Matthew 8:24
And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
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