master bedroom redo

one of the last rooms to be pulled together is the master bedroom.  this room originally was the garage.  the previous owners transformed it in to a bonus room, full bath and the laundry room.  there were so many doors coming in to this room.  one from the kitchen, one from the living room, one from the laundry room and one from the bathroom.  we closed off the one going in to the kitchen so we could move the fridge to that space.  the one going in from the living room was wider than a standard door and had no physical door to it.  we had them adjust the size of the opening and moved the door that was attached to the kitchen opening and moved it to the new main door to the bedroom.  this room has a lot of traffic since it's the only way to the backyard currently.  with transforming the garage to a bonus room, the original backdoor from the house now leads to the garage/out building that's attached to the back of the house.  the only way out to the backyard was through a garage door.  with a puppy, we go through the bedroom a lot to take her outback to potty.  so it's been a long time coming to get it to the stage it's at now.

here's the before:

BEFORE

BEFORE

as you can see, there are 2 doors on the right hand side.  the one closest to corner was covered.  the door on the side wall leads to the burgundy bathroom.

after taking out the door that lead to the kitchen, we painted that wall dark grey since that's the wall the bed will be on.  the rest of the walls are light grey (per usual).      

AFTER

we purchased a tempurpedic king bed (yahoo!!  highly recommend the tempurpedic for sure!!) anyway...  the headboard came from target.  then came the purchasing of the bedding.  i believe the sheets are from target and the duvet was found at home goods. the striped grey pillows came from walmart.  the sequin pillow and quote pillow both came from marshall's.  the black blanket was purchased at kohl's.

AFTER

AFTER

AFTER

 the mirrored side table was originally purchased for the living room.  but after getting the puppy cage side table, i moved it to the bedroom.  it was purchased at target.  needing a small dresser, i purchased this black one and a matching side table at walmart. the mirror above it i got at target.  the two small black lamps are touch lamps from walmart.  they really aren't worth purchasing as they both flicker and turn themselves off after being on for a few minutes.  the white lamp on the dresser was given to me by my mom.  the lamp shade used to be khaki and i painted it black.  some fake plants by the alarm clock are from marshall's.  the white fuzzy rug is from marshall's as well.  i purchased another one just like it for the living room.  the floral chair was my great grandmothers.  i left it in its original fabric and stain.  i debated on refinishing it but decided i liked it the way i got it.  the 2 small black pillows on the floral chair were originally outdoor coral pillows that i painted black with regular wall paint.  they are a little crusty feeling but they felt like that before since they're outdoor pillows.  but no one sits in that seat so who's gonna complain?

AFTER

next to the dresser i placed a blanket basket and a laundry hamper.  i wanted a laundry basket to match the blanket basket i got at marshall's.  i found the perfect one at target.

AFTER

 i used an old bookcase to display photos of me and the boyfriend.  you see this bookshelf as soon as you walk in to the bedroom.  most of the frames are old frames i've had lying around the house.  some of the newer ones are from kohl's or target.  the small quote square thing is from kohl's.
 

AFTER

finally, i had storage issues.  like in most rooms in this house.  i had no where to put towels as i stated before.  and some other nicknacks i wanted to store inside the house instead of the garage.  i purchased some wood and brackets from lowe's and hung them where the kitchen door used to be.  the second shelf that barely has anything on it is used for the decorative pillows when the bed isn't made.  i have a hard time just lying them on the floor when it was bedtime.  i used shelving as shoe organizers underneath since we're always stopping by the laundry room to take our shoes off or on.

i'm really happy with the way the room turned out.  hopefully next summer i'll have enough money to put a backdoor in the kitchen so i can take the puppy outback through the kitchen instead of the maze we currently go through now.  a girl can dream!