The Master Bedroom, week two of the ORC

Welcome to week two of the One Room Challenge. This week has been a bit slow in the progress stage of our master bedroom. We did have Spring break, Easter and a fun trip to Philadelphia so we'll blame the 'not much progress' on that. I hope you had a good Easter too. I do want to share more of my plans with you and some of the items I will be working on. 

The bench is something we've owned for awhile but it's going to now get a different look with lime waxing the legs and a cushion top. I think it will look good at the end of our bed. The big help here is I'm 'shopping' my house or playing the 'let's rearrange the furniture game.' The chair is something I got at a barn sale for $5 and felt like I should rescue it. However, this pretty thing has been sitting in the basement for awhile now so hopefully, I'll have time to recover it and paint the legs and arms. 

I could use this mirror in here, we've had it too for awhile now. The gold frame needs to be glued but was a great thrift store find. 

The bed will get a headboard and I found this great graphic to help me decide on the shape. I'm thinking we'll do the Belgrave style or the Grosvenor. 

I keep thinking about this headboard with the nail head trim. Amazing right? 

Now for some pillow talk. Pillows with some color will be important for the room to get a snazzy pop of color. I'm thinking a lumbar pillow might be really great. I'm still working on the fabrics so I'm sure I will show you next week. 

Here's my To do list:

-Lengthen the curtains

-Make Roman shades

-Paint lamps (already own) coral

-New (woven) baskets for side tables

-Distress dresser and put on new hardware 

-DIY Headboard with nailhead trim

-Distress bench (already own) and upholster

-DIY shadow boxes

-Print black and white pictures of our family and places we love

-Sew pillow covers

That's it for me today. Be sure to check out the ORC linkers and the designers who have some inspiring ideas and projects.

Closet Evaluation

Do you have a closet like this?  I do and its not working for me anymore. Folks, this is a crazy mess that needs some help. The plan is to make it into an amazing, super-duper, organized, sophisticated... craft closet. Our closet is between the kitchen and dining room at the bottom of the stairs. My girls and I love to do crafts and I need a place to house some fabric, wrapping paper, ribbons- you know all that kind of stuff. Here are some ideas that are helping inspire my design decisions.

                                        Beneath My Heart


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Every one of these images shows some real beauty and organization that I'm hoping to achieve in our closet. I'm still in the beginning phases of this project, but I'm excited for it to be a place where we can find things easily.

As you can see we started the very beginning phases. More to come on this project. I hope you have a great Friday! Thanks for stopping by.

The Blank Wall

Since we moved into our house I find myself sitting in a room kind of like Meg Ryan in, You've Got Mail. This is the part in the movie she's evaluating her life and getting a new perspective sitting on the floor. Sometimes its good to get a new perspective by sitting in the room and visualize what you are going to do with your space and how you want it to feel.

We decided early on that our living room was a perfect space for a library.  I mean c'mone what are you going to do with a long blank wall in a living room? Why stack it with books please! Thus begins our journey into the D.I.Y of making a bookshelf. This is not for the faint hearted! It might take awhile, but it will get done!

This is what we are starting with- the big blank wall. The living room is on the left when you walk into our home.

Now for some library/bookshelf inspiration:

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                                                              Better Homes and Gardens

Forever Cottage

                                                             Bridget Beari designs

I have a ton more images of libraries and bookshelves on Pintrest. Let the adventure begin!