Master Bedroom Redo

For Christmas this year, we decided it was time to ditch the 25 year old mattress and get a new one.  A KING size.  Tom is loving the extra room and I am sleeping so much better! This did mean that we needed new bedding. And of course that snowballed into the start of a master bedroom redo.

First, let's take a walk down memory lane and giggle as we remember life before Pinterest and the DIY era.


Bedding from our wedding registry in our quaint first apartment. $600/month!!!


New house, means new bedding right!? (Didn't know a king was in the near future.  Oops.)

The latest!

 We painted and made the curtains awhile back. The tricky part of finding new bedding was that I refused to repaint or change the curtains leaving us with few options. The quilt, chevron blanket, sweater knit blanket and bedskirt are all from Target.

I made the euro shams out of a $16 twin quilt. That was pretty exciting after looking at some online for $30-50 each. I also sewed the throw pillows.  I don't love the fabric, but it only cost $9 for all three pillows...so those might change if I find something I like more. This project has taught me a lot about sewing! I wish we needed more pillows...haha!!

I painted both nightstands and added new hardware. The paint I picked out at Home Depot was definitely cream.  These look pretty white to me. Ha!! I still like them.  Lamps are from Home Goods, $30 each.

 

The headboard.  Isn't she beautiful? We were able to use the bed frame from our guest bedroom, so that was free, but meant a headboard was "needed." We bought 1"x 6" wood boards for $33 total and reused the stain from our floating shelves. That's it! We took an afternoon to sand, cut and stain the wood, and then a hour to drill directly into the wall the following day. Super easy. We could have saved some time by using one long board per row, but naturally I requested more work from my husband.  

That will be all for a while.  I want to do something with the dresser and lingerie chest, but I can't decide on paint color or refinishing.  And wouldn't a chair look great in that corner of Cole's toys? Also some wall art and a different lamp shade. Ahh the projects never end. It's so fun though!

 

Hello from Cole and "Elmommy" at the Super Bowl party.

 

 

 

New Hobbies Around Here

I am almost a year and a half into this stay-at-home-mom thing. And just recently some new hobbies have shown up around here. Besides crafting and DIY projects of course.  Which are about to explode.  More on that later.

The first random thing is helping some friends design their blogs! Which is only half a hobby, because I use other websites designs first, and then make it all fancy. I helped out Courtney and Kelsy's new crunchy blog, Going Granola and Matt and Rachel's blog too! It's so fun.  Whose can I do next?!!

 

 

Then there is this beautiful machine I received for Christmas. Which was $400 OFF its original price during Amazon's amazing sales in November.  I am in love.  It was pretty intimidating to thread the thing, but I had some materials given to me and passed down which helped get me started. I had no excuses! I am going to a baby shower this weekend and made a hooded towel and some burp cloths!! Tom is already asking me to turn some pants into shorts.  And I can always update our throw pillows. Make some curtains. So pumped!

 

Cole the Giraffe/Dino wanted to say hello.