Master Bedroom Makeover

I mentioned a few posts ago that I was in the middle of making over my bedroom. Well, it's done...mostly. I have a few more things to do, but I've had a couple of people ask me to post the pics thus far, so I'll point out what's left as I go & update with pics once I get it done.

What's the point of looking at make over pics if you don't see some before right? Here are a few pics of our bedroom before the redo:
Above is when we first moved in before we got a dresser and when Jack was still small enough to sleep in that co-sleeper.
Below is that same space after we got a dresser.
Below is also right after we moved in when our bathrooms still had icky carpet & we were using the world's smallest television for our nightly entertainment. :)Okay now onto the redo. Here are a few of the painting process. (Thank you Jocelyn for spending a whole day helping me paint. You made me & Jeff, who didn't have to paint, VERY happy!)



AFTER


I've always wanted to get Jeff a new night stand (something a bit larger in scale) so I've hesitated ever painting it white to match the other furniture, but as you can see 5 years later there it still is. Hmmm, one day. :)For those of you that read Jeff's blog below is one of the inconveniences he was whining about. He doesn't like his alarm clock/sound machine on this lower area.

On the wall below I ordered a large black and white canvas of the SLC Temple to go there. It hasn't arrived yet, but will soon (I hope).
Here is a pic of my great grandmother's dresser that was in my bedroom all growing up before......and after. I painted it white and added some new glass handles. I actually did this last spring.Here is a slight upgrade on the TV you saw before although my plan is to one day get a flat screen to mount on that wall between the bathroom and my closet. Then I can finally get rid of that eyesore on top of the dresser. :)Here are the pics of my parents and in-laws that I mentioned I was putting together. I now need to blow up our engagement photo to a 5x7 to match the other two. I don't have a digital copy of our engagement photo, nor do we own a scanner, so I'm working on it via my parents.
These yarn balls took me WAY longer to make than they should have. I was an idiot and bought VERY small Styrofoam balls to wrap the yarn around so they took FOREVER! Next time I will start with larger balls.
I kept my same lamp sticks just updating the shade to a white drum shade.
I painted the frame below white (used to be maroon and hold our wedding invitation & a photo...it was a gift from someone at our wedding) and cut out prints from a calendar that I love and then matted them on some grey paper.
I took this frame that was a hand-me-down from my Mom and......turned it into this with a bit of white spray paint, a print I purchased on Etsy & then matted.
Okay two other things that I want to do are buy some material (that I've already picked out on Fabric.com) and make 2 king size pillow cases to go in place of the plain white cases that sit beneath the grey & white stripped ones. The material is yellow (like the Etsy print) and white stripes. Then I found some material that I won't bother trying to describe (too difficult) that I want to cover the white lampshades with. I think the colors in that material will really tie all the colors of the room together. Also the yellow stripped material on the pillows will help tie in the print above the bed.

So there you have it! That's my bedroom redo. I LOVE my new bedroom! Read here to see what Jeff thinks of the new room (4th paragraph down).