Dessert, Bedrooms, and UPS

Lets have dessert first, shall we? Thats kind of how I roll anyways.

I'm in the midst of redoing our master disaster, but I'm just too excited not to go ahead and jump right to the best part (the dessert if you will).

How "in the midst of this redo am I" you ask? Well I have 3 walls painted and one of two windows dressed. Guess whats on my to do list for today. 

So lets talk about dessert. I've had my eye on Ana White's farmhouse bed since Christmas. Adam even gave me a pink tool belt for Christmas to dive into this project. Woot! The only problem was, I've never built anything. 

Well...thats not true, in 7th grade I built a model suspension bridge out of scraps. 

Don't be impressed...it sucked.

My parents came out from Boston last week to visit (read:came to see the kids) and my Dad came with his work boots and back belt (how many of you just read that as BLACK belt and not BACK belt? Yeah...he is a ninja, but he's also prone to throwing out is back). Its almost like he knows me or something. So I showed him the plans and we were off! 

Shweet pink tool belt huh? I pretty much used it to hold my cell phone and nails because thats still how I roll.

Project total came in around $170. Not too bad considering its a SOLID.WOOD.BED. This thing is a beast. And I love it!

Shout out to my Momma too for sewing the bolster pillow cover for the new bed while we were working.

The before shot of our bed is ridiculous. It reminds me of UPS, "what can brown do for you?"

Well, brown can show us some detail on that bed finish...take it away UPS!

Two coats of primer + one of white semigloss + sanding + chocolate brown glaze + one coat of Minwax polycoat = love

There is still more to come, nightstands to refinish, walls to decorate (including some jewelry storage ideas and photo displays) and....painting the other 1.5 walls.

Cheap and Indecisive

Has anyone ever heard of Home Reserve? I heard about it a few months ago from another blogger.

I've been looking for a chair to use in our master bedroom makeover. But I'm wanting options. Options people! Fabric, shape, legs, oh....and price. Ha!

The whole concept with the Home Reserve stuff is you pick your shape, and fabric, and then they ship it to you and you assemble it yourselves. Kind of like Ikea, but even cheaper (if you can believe it!) Their chairs start at $179

But I'm a skeptic. I'm not so sure that it would be that comfortable. Or look as good in person as it does online.

They look pretty cool online though!

If nothing else, it was fun playing around online and looking at their stuff.

Gave me some great ideas.

My question is though: has anybody ordered anything through them? Comfortable? Sturdy?

Sometimes you get what you pay for, so who knows!

But I'm also loving the slipper chairs from Target. Those babies start at $209. 

I'd LOVE any input you guys have!

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Home Reserve. This is just girl talk. Trying to shop around and see what works for you. I have not been contacted by this company to discuss their products.

Master Bedroom Mood Board

I made my first ever mood board!

I've had all these ideas floating around my head, and it feels so good to get them out! (You think maybe I freed up some memory space!?) Wouldn't that be nice!

So here's a look at whats been going on up in ol' la cabeza...

I already have the coverlet and bedding shown here (its patiently waiting in the closet to be used in a new room!) 

Quick plug for my bedding. Click that link. Go on. Click it.

See that?! $80 for the bedding? Well one Target day I strolled past the clearance and found it marked down to $20! Can you believe that!? I did a jig in the aisle for sure!

And the leaner mirror (purchased this weekend at WalMart of all places!)

I plan on asking for some of the stuff for Christmas 

Hello Santa, I would love 

two glass table lamps for the nightstands! 

I've been REALLY good this year! 

;)

I've already spied the bench @ CSN

The plans for the Farmhouse canopy bed (which will be painted black to match the bench) @ KnockOff Wood (and husband already has them printed!)

The matchstick blinds and Chandelier @ Lowes

And the curtains @ Ikea

The armoire and nightstands I plan on buying on Craigslist and DIY-ing the distressed paint job as well as the board and batten walls.

The starburst mirror? Maybe something round turned mercury glass like? I don't really need another mirror above the bed, just something to bounce some light around. Hmmm.....

This Mood board now doubles as my Christmas list! Ha!

Its a lot but definitely doable!

So what do you think!?

Master Disaster

Yesterday I decided my room needed a good cleaning. But its never enough for me to just dust and vacuum a room. No, I have to stand in the room, think about what I dislike about it, then fix it. 

Bedroom dilemma? Hand-me-down furniture that dwarfs the entire room!

Free fix? Take the hutch off my dresser (which = one less thing to dust!) and move the dresser into the closet.

Of course it wasn't as easy as just dragging the beast in there myself. I had to raise the rod up 16" so our clothes wouldn't drag on top of the dresser. (See that little patch of duct tape on the wall? Ahh yeah, I've got a small repair added to the "to do" list)

I even rolled all of my husband's ties and put them in a basket that I had floating around the house.

Once again, I couldn't stop there.

I had to rearrange the whole room! My husband was so thrilled when he came home from work and I said, "Hey babe, wanna help me move the bed!?"

Thrilled I tell you.

But he did, and it looks great.

As God would have it that same day, CSN stores offered me the opportunity to do a product review.

How awesome is that?!

I'm thinking...something to get the ball rolling on this bedroom makeover!?

One thing I've always regretted in my decorating, "Not making the bedroom a priority" (Tip a la Nester)

Stay tuned!