Master Bedroom Reveal

well guys... with our internet out for exactly 26 days I found plenty of time to "get to work" on our master bedroom. 

First thing I did was plan... for ohhhhh 3 years.... then when I couldn't entirely decide what I was wanting I began to do what I do best. I collected pictures of inspiration rooms!!

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Don't tell me you haven't seen at least 10 of them, they were kinda starting to take over my life. 

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But to appreciate the after you must know the before.

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shall we?

{please note these are nasty iphone photo's and i apologize for the dingy quality}

 Recently a very dear friend of mine found a "treasure" and quickly called to share her find. 

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Someone living near them was throwing out 6 perfectly fine windows!!!

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I immediately begged with everything in me agreed to take two of them off her hands and my wheels began spinning.

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I wanted mirrors, so i googled, and blogged and found out about a paint Krylon makes called Looking Glass paint.

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It is not a true mirror when completed but after 5 light coats of paint it definately renders a mirrored like look. 

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Once the windows were hung I had a slight vision and where the room was headed.

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my wonderful mommy made my pinch pleated drapes for me for christmas.

and they are a story in and of themselves....

you see we had been looking at fabric for quite some time and just weren't finding anything..

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until....

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a trip to ikea!!

the Lenda drapes were exactly what I wanted; a slight variant of color with a subtle tick in the fabric... however they needed the pinch at the top.

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after lots of ripping apart and investing only a minor fortune into doctor's flannel and lining voila, here they are!!

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The rods and rings I stained but they are the Allen Roth collection from Lowe's

{are these walls not screaming for some crown molding?? only room in the house without any, wierd huh?}

Some of you are probably wondering why I have a baby bassinet in my bedroom.

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As I briefly mentioned before another dear friend of mine is allowing me the privledge of watching her sweet baby girl!! Baby C will be with us 2 days a week starting thursday till mommy is out of school for the year. {her mommy teaches 4th grade}

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So, we will need a place for Baby C to nap and I found this bassinet at a children's consignment sale for $35.00 and I just couldn't pass that up!

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Hoping to recover the bumpers with a white linen fabric and make an inverted pleat skirt to cover the frame.

*as you can see from the picture I tried to make a bumper out of some leftover minky dot I had laying around. Not only was mine to short and squatty it resembles a neck roll. Who knows, maybe I will go buy some rice to put in it and make it just that, a neck roll.

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Now, back to the room. Here is the view you see when you enter the bedroom from the hallway.

We did remove the mirror which was attached to the dresser for a more "eclectic" feel. My only quam with this collection are the dark slate mats on the pictures.

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do you think they should be white?

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friends who have seen the room in person are all saying different things, I need your help people.

On to the lovely chair in front of the bed, I have always loved this chair, she has a twin sitting at my mom's but her twin broke her leg a few years ago and because of where the break is located the furniture medic is going to charge $165.00 to repair!! OUCH!!

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So for right now the chair stands alone; but not in this fabric.

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what do you think of this??

would you like to see more tone on tone or is this my chance to bring in my pop of color??

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and if I bring in color is it bold and graphic or soft and floral??

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check out her features, she really is a beauty, do I paint her mahogony or leave it?

clearly the room is not fully complete!

{yes, that is a feather on the floor, it comes with the territory of having a feather comforter, mattress pad and feather pillows; alas my work is never done}

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now onto the bed... I have been drooling over the Centsational Girl's stenciled wall for quite some time.

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only problem that stood in my way was there was no stencil to go off of.

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so I bought 2 poster boards and spent a whole naptime drawing out the perfect replica of her image.

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{click on image to go to her post}

I used this small image she shared and began my free-handing.

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{credit centsational girl}

and this is what I came up with.

It took me ALOT longer than it took kate; 18 hours of work to be exact. 

but i am a complete and utter perfectionist sooo whatev... its fine!

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now all i need is a pop of color on the bed and some crown molding at the ceiling.

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here is the other wall of our room. We are lacking about 3 more plates, 

 another trip to Michael's for plate holders. haha.

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Now for the real nitty gritty of the room. 

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The nester has a very similiar sleigh bed to ours.

here is her bed before.

and here it is after.

{click on image to go to post}

holy I am in love is a complete understatement

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here is casey's rebuttle to painting the bed which are very valid points

• the bed is actually really good quality
• just because we got a really nice bed on sale doesn't mean we need to paint it {me "it was on sale, who cares so i don't feel as bad for painting it"
• white?? again?? don't laugh he says this ALOT
• him "the bed has inlaid burlwood" me "so, i still want white", until we got married he had no idea what burlwood was.

So because his points are valid... the bed may remain stained....

*did you notice how similiar our chair's are?? I mean do we shop the same places??  her side tables are in my entry, same bed, same lamps (unintentionally the same, promise), same chair style.. wierd!!

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Now for the bed and regarding adding a pop of color, do I bring in more of the butter yellow, go with blue or try something wild like the brightest kelly green imaginable???

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I think a trip to the fabric store is in order here. 

 and the wreath....

Well 

this is all Jones Design Company's fault.

she would make the stinkin' cutest book-page wreath my eyes have EVER seen!!

{click image to view tutorial}

do I make one of these beauties or...

add a starburst??

{credit unknown. i do apologize for not knowing, I have had this image saved for a few days and forgot to note the origin, if it's yours please forgive me ;/ }

So there you have it, the reveal of the done but not complete master bedroom.

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