Before and After: The Master Bedroom (Finally some photos!)
I feel a bit guilty about having taken such a long break from blogging, but then I remember, “Oh yeah. I was RENOVATING a house.”
And so, without further ado, here are the first in a series of before and after pictures.
The Master Bedroom… before.
The closet and the window
First, I tore out all of the carpet to reveal and okay-but-not-great parquet floor
I popped off all of the baseboard and painted walls a very, very pale blue.
My dad helped me lay bamboo floor (which I bought, carried and unloaded all by myself, thank you very much!)
I even learned how to use a nail gun.
Little by little, we covered the whole floor.
The closet was the tricky part.
I got started on the “fun stuff” such as painting the mirror I got at the Habitat ReStore.
My dad helped me make a standing vanity out of recycled Talenti jars
Once the vanity was up, I got started on some cheap upcycled wall art.
I added a bench seat (which I painted and reupholstered, then made super simple pillows to match).
I made a reversible duvet cover out of gray and teal fabric, with teal ties.
Somewhere along the line, PIC moved in and we realized we had WAY TOO MUCH stuff. I also swapped out the original wall art for something a bit more sophisticated (which I’ll explain how I made in tomorrow’s post.)
My brother installed the smoke alarm for me.
And voila!
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12 Responses to “Before and After: The Master Bedroom (Finally some photos!)”
Looks lovely! Great job!
Thanks! Certainly way better than when you guys saw it on January 🙂
Oh, the pain, the pain of realizing that renovations NEVER stop when one owns a home 😉 Welcome to the world of home ownership, a place for proud moments followed by…hmm, now that I’m done with that, maybe I can tackle this? :0
More like, “Actually that looks a lot dumber than it looked in my head… maybe I can re-do it somehow?” LOL
fantastic!!
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Ooh very pretty things 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you! And you’re welcome!
Nicely done. How come no pics.. of PIC? 😉
‘Cause those are the terms we agreed upon 🙂 But thanks!
It looks beautiful! I’m really impressed with you putting in the bamboo floors!
Wait, houses don’t come with smoke detectors?!
Thanks! I think legally houses are probably supposed to come with smoke detectors and this one did but they were really old and didn’t detect carbon monoxide in addition to smoke, hence the upgrade…