Bedroom, Before and After

Our master bedroom is still a work in progress, but we have accomplished quite a bit, and I’m enjoying what we’ve done so far.
Here is the before:  builder beige walls, old beat up bed, garage sale lamps purchased in 1998, tired four-year-old quilt.

 After:  Behr Ultra Burnished Metal on walls, new “adult” lamps from JC Penney, new duvet cover, IKEA pillows, bye-bye bed.  Also, much less clutter.  One of the first things my sisters did was help me sort through all the extra stuff in my bedroom.  I didn’t even show you the stacks of magazines and books and baskets full of clean laundry that were there before!

 Before:  no window treatment, awkwardly placed mismatched chair.

After:  new IKEA curtains and rod, chair moved.

Wendy recovered the chair for me, and we moved it to the other side of the room, where a cluttered old bookcase used to be.  We had a hard time finding fabric in the right color gray; this was the best we could find.  It has a little too much green in it (though I think this picture exaggerates it).  It’s still a vast improvement.

I have another element that I’m working on and hope to have done in a day or two.  After that, I need a headboard, a new bedskirt, artwork, a bench or something better scaled to the end of the bed….
In the mean time, we’ll enjoy our new clutter free retreat!