In the few years we’ve lived here, we’ve completely overhauled the bedroom including every single surface, the windows, the lighting, the outlet plates, and the furniture.
Here are the way-before photos. I want you to know that that brown carpet had mouse chew-holes in it. The original wooden window was rotten. The spackled ceiling was an especially bad idea in an attic bedroom, because you’d bust your knuckles on it every time you got undressed for bed.
Mouse-eaten carpet. Peeling ceiling. Pinkish-brown painted walls. Uselessly tiny closet.
Cruddy discount lighting.
The first thing we did was replace the carpet with an inexpensive, inoffensive, cheap off-white low pile. Hardwood would have been nice, but the floors were sagging around the center beams and the job would have been prohibitively expensive and involved. Next we replaced the window with a nice new energy efficient one that Obama gave us a tax break on.
The remodeling seed was planted when I saw a photo in a magazine of an attic bedroom completely covered in beadboard. The lightness and uniformity improved the look and feel of the tiny space. Plus the time had come to tackle the storage problem. That tiny closet wouldn’t hold all our clothes, so half of them were always stashed around in vintage suitcases or in plastic bags under the bed. The Old Man had the bright idea to wall off the window side of the room, creating his-and-hers closets and a window seat. Track lighting was also The Old Man’s idea.
Ah, sweet closet space. The one on the left is mine, all mine!!!
Track lighting on each angle wall.
Look at those awesome doors. My bedroom looks like a barn now.
I wish I could find a photo of the shiny, black, midcentury modern dressers with metal pulls that we were using before the remodel. Because now those completely-different-looking dressers inhabit the space in the wall where the tiny closet used to be — also The Old Man’s idea. I painted them Cake Batter white to match the rest of the room and ordered the coca-cola bottle colored depression-glass knobs from eBay.
The dresser tucked neatly into the wall.
The room was smaller now, so I commissioned these tiny bedside tables from Andrew’s Reclaimed on Etsy. Andrew makes his furniture out of recycled wood and hardware, and he added ultra-cool insulator knobs that I was unable to zoom in on. I painted the tables Cake Batter white, using only one coat to retain a rustic look.
A perfect nightstand.
The bed with the nightstands.
Of course the window seat was an odd size, so once again Etsy came to the rescue. Busy Bee worker made me a gorgeous window seat cushion in this lovely Waverly fabric.
A lovely window seat.
Ice Bat looks right at home.
The bedroom is all white with touches of orange and turquoise.
The room got dirty from all the painting and sawing.
What fairy princess bed?
Vintage pillowcases.
Just another view of my awesome new bedroom.
Molly's sheepskin rug on the ottoman. Yes, that's right, I bought my cat a sheepskin rug.
The whole room.
Wonderful!
WOW Sharon nicely done! Honored you picked my work for your finishing touches, nice paint finish on the night stands, cozy-looking room throughout!