Bedroom Reveal

Our master bedroom redo is done! And by done, I mean it’s mostly done, but we’ll probably keep tweaking it for months because that is our idea of fun. This past weekend, we hung up some art, dyed a blanket, and installed the cellular shades. As I sit here and edit the photos, I realize how not great they are. It’s quite likely because SOMEONE kept photo bombing despite my best efforts to keep her in the background (see last photo). One day soon I will take the time to do a proper house tour, and that will most definitely include better bedroom photos. I just knew all twenty of our readers were sitting at home biting their nails waiting for the final photos of our bedroom, so I couldn’t keep you all waiting.

A view of the head board shelf

 

 

See that nice clean brown blanket I dyed? Yeah, Lola gave us a hairball on it that same night. Thanks, cat!

 

 

Check out those new shades, no more paper on the windows!

 

 

A little detail of Granby Bullseye without his glaring light…the Amsterdam bike garage photo is by David.

 

Here is a final look at our to-do list, and an estimated price breakdown for each completed task:

• Fill screw holes and sand the headboard – Headboard wood and supplies were $130
• Install baseboard at wall patch area, install quarter round throughout the room – We already had these
• PAINT – headboard will be white, walls will be white and Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue, trim will be white,touch up paint on trim and at edges – Benjamin Moore Natura in Palladian Blue was $60, Primer and roller pads $20, We already had the white semi-gloss trim paint by Mythic
• Find an attractive extension cord/power strip for our lamp, it will be hidden behind the headboard
• Buy the FJELLSE pine bed from Ikea, chop off the head board, sand, paint it white, spray paint screws – $50
• Buy plastic bins for headboard storage
• Move the two file cabinets down to the basement – Free man labor, thanks David
• New window treatments, probably some inconspicuous white cellular shades – $100 for off-the-shelf blackout cellular shades by Allen + Roth at Lowes
• Rework existing wall art and restyle the headboard contents – $10 for gesso and posterboard
• Maybe a new duvet cover, and dye existing off-white duvet covers and blankets – idye packs are $3 each
• We need to do something about the Ikea Poang, new cushion cover?
• Find a couple of decorative pillows – the orange chinoiserie pillow was a gift from my Mom, but I’d like one more pillow
• Maybe a neutral jute or striped rug, eventually

Total spent so far, $375 (rounded up) – Not too shabby for a new bed, window treatments, and paint job

BONUS PRIZE! You also get to see what else we hung up this weekend. There are no more frames on our floors upstairs, it’s a good feeling after a year of nothing on the walls. We actually had too much to hang, so some is stashed away for future switches. Not that diplomas are wall art, but they are funny when hung in bathrooms. I credit our Chicago friends, Matt and Joey, with the diploma in bathroom idea. Maybe in our next house.

 

Our upstairs hallway gained a gallery wall

 

 

Estelle’s big girl room is inching toward completion, next project is a cool headboard for her…

 

 

The animal prints were found at the Golden Nugget Flea Market in July.

 

The photo bomber seems pretty pooped, and so am I! We have fun plans for Labor Day weekend, and I hope you all do too. We will surely have good material for a blog post next week, or you can stay tuned via Instagram @southfeasterdelphia for more instant gratification.

Stephanie

 

 

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