Bedroom Quandry

  

I thought I would do some of my own relaxing today and

 ponder the state of our master bedroom while

someone else is nursing an extreme hangover from last

nights festivities (poor poor guy) in this room. 

Well not quite this room, this is how our  bedroom we currently use

as our master  looked  when we moved in.  Wow, it looks pretty scary

but I didn't see it that way then, I was smitten with the ol girl that had become our 

very own big beautiful century home. 

That's my stepson Josh peeking around the corner. What a cutey huh?

Although we have renovated the room by stripping wall paper off 

both the walls and the ceiling and kept the  original plaster, we  removed the  plaster 

 from the outside wall to insulate it and added crown moulding. I

have not given it any sort of attention after that and it shows.

  

We have one more bedroom to overhaul in the future and that will end up being our master and this one will be the office/exercise room so until then I still want to make some changes to this room to get

us by until then.

I did this little sketch a couple of years ago when I thought that we

would stay in this room. I now want it to look a little more

relaxed than this design feels.

Don't you just love dressers as night stands?! In a small bedroom I say they are a must.

Both dressers are cheapo second hand finds and the white one is being replaced by another $20.00 

kijiji find that as it is the exact same size as the dark one. They will both get a coat of paint to match each other. 

I found the chunky mirrors at our Real Canadian Superstore 

grocery store I think for $30.00 each and they may need 

a transformation as well. One thing for sure is the wall colour

has got to go! It's a dark room with east light 

and either needs to get more vibrant or go 

a shade of white. 

We have a new recycled paint line with premixed 

paint colours and I can get a gallon for under $10.00 with

 my staff discount. 

 I really hate east facing

rooms. I find picking paint for them a great challenge as I 

am drawn to cooler lighter colours and they end  up looking

cold or dead in this light.

We bought our antique burled walnut bed I'm guessing 

 maybe 7 years  ago and unfortunately the headboard 

veneer has developed a crack in the veneer due to winter dryness. We finally

invested in a humidifier for our home but the damage is  now done and a repair

would be expensive. Soooo, we are thinking of painting it. I'm just 

so terrified to paint a bed like this and devalue it and yet the wood is not rocking 

our world at all anymore.  I see this style of bed all the time 

painted with a antiqued paint treatment and think they are

just gorgeous and Todd is all for it.

So  I'm curious  what would you do, paint it or sell it and 

get something new to paint that is not an antique? 

What light wall  colours have you successfully used

in east facing rooms, I would love to know.

Please don't judge me on the length of my curtains, that is a 

goof up that I never corrected but will do with these changes.

I found this chair at Value Village years ago for just  $40.00 that  is a stunning

(I mean shocking)

colour of orange that hurts my eyes so I happily  covered it with a vintage

bedspread that I had. This chair is a dead ringer for the the spectacular Sarah Richardson's 

  Elsie Chair  (which retails for $2200.00)  and  I will get it slipcovered one day or maybe even 

reupholstered when funds allow.

I bought the mirror from work and it was  on clearance for  $30.00. 

The footboard has a chippendale style ball and claw foot. I would love

to know how old the bed is. 

I tried to find out but can't seem to get a date. I'm guessing

late 1800's or early 1900's.

I will have to do some more kijiji selling of items I no longer need  as I would like

to have  more modern lamps. I can then move these more feminine lamps that I have had for forever

to the guest room. I just love to reuse and recycle and  love even more

what it does for 

my pocket book!

So tell me is your master bedroom the room you have dreamed of? If it is I would love

to see what you have done or are you just 

like us and just haven't checked it off that great big fat to do list?

Hoping your 2011 is off to a smashing start.

Hugs

Sandra