This is another one of those rooms that I've shared on the blog before, but I'm 99% sure most of you missed it since I did the post in my early blogging days. I also decorated it in my "novice decorator" stage so there are already so many changes I want to make!
But first, here's where we started shortly after moving in:
The wall color was a greenish beige and the trim was a slightly darker shade. The hardwoods were original. We bought a seagrass headboard and stools and two nightstands . The chair, lamps, and rug we moved from our old apartment.
I rearranged the furniture and bought a new rug, curtains, chair, dressers and lamps. We had the hardwoods refinished and I painted the walls a sort of aqua/sea foam color and the trim bright white. To be honest, the wall color ended up being a lot brighter than I was originally planning and it's never sat too well with me. I love the color, but I want something a bit more soothing and neutral for my bedroom.
An improvement? I think so. Done? Not quite. Here are some ideas I have floating around in my head.
1. Repaint the walls. I'm thinking either a beige or a lighter aqua or blue/green shade. The curtains are beige and aqua so I need to stay in that color scheme.
2. Buy a new (smaller) rug. This rug takes up a good portion of the floor and I find myself wishing I saw more of those beautiful hardwoods peaking out. The dogs have also done a number on it with their nails and there are loose threads all over it. It hasn't stopped shedding since the day I bought it and keeping up with the dust balls is an unachievable task!
3. Figure out the TV situation. If it was up to me, there wouldn't be a TV in the bedroom, but Jake likes to fall asleep to it. This TV is really small (19 inches maybe?) so my vision not being that great, I literally have to squint to see it. Jake's solution is a (much) bigger TV. My solution is to get rid of the TV and hang a large mirror over the dresser and add a couple of lamps. The winner is still TBD.
4. I want to change the knobs on the dressers. I'm thinking glass.
5. I moved the chair below to our living room so my plan is to replace it with the other Ballard Slipper Chair I have in "storage" (aka a random spot in my house).
6. Bedding. I love this pintuck duvet, but since we got Striper (the cutest black lab mix who sheds a hair a second) it's not working. Her hair gets stuck in all the little tucks and I find myself using a lint roller to try and get it off! If I go lighter with the walls, I may opt to do something fun and bright with the bedding. We'll see.
7. Add shades. Woven, wood, fabric? Haven't decided yet.
8. Hang a curtain from our closet entrance. I removed the door, but haven't replaced it with anything yet.
9. Add a floor length mirror somewhere.
10. Personalize some more with photos, mementos, etc.
So that's the plan stan. I plan to make these changes in this lifetime - just not quite sure when yet.
Have a great weekend, and if you missed my other "House Tour" posts, catch up here!
