Master Bedroom - Paint Reveal!

Apologies for the delay in posting the master bedroom paint color.  We just got around to cleaning up the painting supplies and ladders out of our room this morning!

Not all of the photos depict a very accurate portrayal of the color, so even though there are no filters on the photos, they all look slightly different in the daylight.  Also, I took them with my iPhone, because I can't find our camera anywhere!

We love the way it turned out!  It really brightened up our room.  We didn't realize how dreary our bedroom was until we saw this vibrant color on the walls!  We want to put in a thicker baseboard and moulding around the doors and windows, as well as crown moulding, but for now we think it looks great!  

I can't wait to get some things up on the wall.  I have already started collecting pieces for our collage wall, though I expect that will take several months to fully put together before we put them up.

What do you think of the color?

I also daydream about adding these white seersucker tie-up curtains to add to the charm a bit.  I seriously love them.

And, of course, I am still daydreaming about buying this quilt from Etsy.  The good news is, Chris and I agree on this for our bed.  The bad news is, we are saving our pennies to make it happen. :)

Hope your weekend is off to a good start!  Get out and joy it... I know we will!

Master Bedroom

After all that work outside, we think our bedroom deserves a little TLC.  It looks perfectly fine as is, but we want to put our stamp on it.  Also, we want to get it painted so we can actually put things on the walls! Because let's be honest, we have plenty of wall space in our room.  And we are itching to fill it!

I am hoping to turn this vaulted wall into a collage wall.  It will certainly put my creative and DIY skills to the test, but I think I am up for the challenge.  I don't want to just make any old collage wall, either.  I want each piece to have a connection to our lives together.  This one will likely take a while to complete, but I am going to begin collecting pieces for it and will keep you updated with my progress.

This is the view laying in bed.  I seriously want to get a projector for watching movies up on that enormous wall.  Aside from something like that, it will likely remain open.  I am definitely not one that needs to cover every inch of wall space with "stuff."  Simplicity is good for the soul.  Plus, I really want to watch movies up there, so I might have an ulterior motive.

This is a straight on view of the future "collage wall."  (above)

This color was my inspiration when we headed to the paint store last night.  I think it would look beautiful in our room.  Especially with some bright white trim!  (p.s. I might have to convince Chris that we need to paint our bedroom furniture white...)

On a side note, I think the curtains that I loved the most from my Entryway Curtains post, would look lovely with this color in our bedroom.  They are also blackout curtains which would be great.

So here are the colors we got samples of.  We plan on getting the third from the left 25% lightened later today, because I really like that tone, but it's ever so slightly too dark for me.  I am really curious to see what that one looks like compared to the rest.  Also, apologies in advance, it was dark outside when I took this photo, so this is with flash and isn't the true colors as it is in the daylight.

I am really excited about this project.  It's fairly inexpensive, but I think is going to make a huge difference in the room.

We are also talking about doing a quilt for our bed, rather than a duvet.  We have always had a duvet, but like the cozy look that a quilt can bring to the room.  Plus, our bed is enormous, and even king size duvets don't completely cover our mattress.  So hopefully getting a quilt a bit larger than a King will serve us well. This is an Etsy favorite of mine, though I must admit, they are certainly not cheap!  Understandable though, as they are handmade and must take a lot of (wo)man hours to finish one.  If only I knew how to sew! Ha!

I will post a before and after once we finish painting.  What do you think of the color above?  I kind of want to jazz it up a bit, and we are pretty bright and colorful people, so I think it will really suit us. What do you think of the quilt idea?  We are doing a little bit of a cottage-y design to our house, without pigeon-holing ourselves too much, that is.  So I think the quilt goes nicely with that idea.

We still haven't decided what to do with the main wall behind our bed in the bedroom, but hopefully getting some color up in there will inspire us.

Stay tuned for lots more fun projects!  That reminds me... I still need to finish the dining room chairs.  Ugh...

I'm an ADD DIYer, what do you want from me?!

Master Bedroom Dilemma

Ever since we moved into our house, I have been putting the blinders on when it comes to our bedroom. Why?  Because I cannot decide what to do with it!  It's a great size, and has beautiful vaulted ceilings, but I have three different ideas for what I want to do with the main wall behind our bed, and I can't decide which one I like best.  Maybe you can help me narrow it down to two that I can throw out to Chris for his opinion?

Here is our bedroom in its current state.  I need to take a photo with our furniture in it, as this was taken before we even moved in.  But our bed is currently in the middle of these two windows.

I really like a light gray for the wall color.  Or this beautiful blue!  So beautiful.  Though all this photo is doing is making me wish our bedroom furniture was white instead of espresso.  Ha!

My first idea is to put curtains all along the wall behind our bed, wrapping them around on the right side to cover that window as well.  It's a bit more dramatic, but a nice way to make the most of the tall ceilings, etc.

Option number two is to go another dramatic direction and put reclaimed wood planks covering the whole wall behind the bed.  I would finish it off with great curtains on the windows.

And finally, the last option is just putting curtains on the windows, with art or photos above the bed.  This is the more traditional option, and I although I appreciate it, I feel like this is what most bedrooms look like. So I would have to admit that this isn't my first choice.  But it is still a goodie.  So.... as you can see decisions, decisions.  

Which option gets your vote?