A Comfy Place To Sit In Our Master Bedroom

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Happy February Friends!

On a trip to HomeGoods several months back, I found this modern navy wing chair. The upholstered chair we had in our Master Bedroom at our previous house, didn't quite fit in the corner of our new Master Bedroom as it is about 6" shorter. The funny thing is, that the new chair is about the same size as the other chair (wider at the top,and inch narrower at the arms, same depth), but since it's curvier, it sits in the corner better and fits in the space really well. The other chair ended up in our living room.

Mr. DIY brings home flowers for me occasionally and they looked perfect on the little side table I found awhile back on Wayfair's website. I absconded this cute table from it's previous home in our Guest Room because it looks so perfect next to the blue chair.

We also previously kept a small ottoman in front of the old chair in our room, but it's now in the living room because I use it so often when I sit on the sofa. I think we should add making an ottoman for the Master Bedroom to our project list.
I found the ottoman on sale for $30 on Pier1 at least 10 years ago. Wish I could find another one for less than $100, but I've have looked and had no luck.

I borrowed the little pillow that used to be in the foyer. I moved the chairs that were in the foyer to the mountain cottage kitchen. The vintage chairs are smaller and fit perfectly in our little kitchen. They just need to be repainted, but I think I saved at least $300 because they were repurposed. You can see how I added the pillows to the vintage chairs I found in my grandma's basement and refinished HERE.

Do furniture and accessories get moved around your house too?

The silver sunburst mirror used to be in the basement family room at our previous house. I think it's perfect for this corner of the master bedroom.

Here are some similar items I found on Amazon:
I think the table on the left is the same as mine, but I found mine on Wayfair. Just so you know, the top isn't marble!
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Mr. DIY will be back at painting the living room this weekend. I'll be happy to get the walls finished, but of course, the trim and fireplace surround now looks dingy and needs to be painted. A few other things will need to be lightened up, as well. Hope you're doing something fun this weekend! I finished a cute banner for Valentine's day, which I'll show you next time!

Thanks for stopping by,
Pam

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Our New Home- A Year Later

Has it been a year already? 

We moved into our house one year ago on July 15th. The house was 2 1/2 years old, but since it was the owners 2nd home, it was hardly lived in and no upgrades had been done.

Lets start at the beginning...Here's the MLS photo of our Carolina Cottage. I love how it looks small, unlike our last house, which was all brick and 3 floors!

MLS photo

From Blah to Beautiful: Master Bedroom Re-Reveal

Our Master Bedroom is finished...
It's amazing how a few colorful accessories will make the room so much better when you're decorating a space.
It's also surprising to me that I did all of this in a week! 
When I'm looking for something, it usually takes me forever to find something I like, but I lucked out!

On Monday...

New Paint For Our Master Bedroom

Mr. DIY finished painting our Master Bedroom a while back and I finally took some photos of the room. 

We're plugging away on the "get the house ready to sell" list. It's a long list and with him doing 90% of the work, it's going to take several months. 

Planning For Resale

We are planning for to put our house up for sale soon and have a few makeovers to do around our house. We've been planning on downsizing for several years and we think it might as well be this year sometime. 

The first room is we need to work on is our master bath. Our house being nearly 15 years, old could use a few updates. We will paint and redo the shower surround with tile and have a frameless glass door installed.We haven't quite nailed down exactly what colors and materials yet, but I sure do love the little glass and stone rectangular mosaic tiles we found at Lowe's.

Here's what the bathroom looks like now, with a few years of wear and tear on it. That brass framed shower has got to go as it has seen better days. Besides new tile in the shower, we plan on replacing the faucets, showerhead and vanity light. The Master Bathroom will be our biggest expense. 

Our Master Bedroom needs new paint too. The dark brown paint is showing wear, scuff marks, chips, etc., and it's time for a fresh color. 

Quite a few diy Design Fanatic Facebook followers loved this color in my mock up. I think we will paint the Master Bedroom a light neutral greige and leave the color for the adjoining bathroom. 

Last week I  showed you how we replaced the broken blinds with these Roman Shades and inexpensive Vivan curtains from Ikea. Nothing else needs to be done in here since we just updated the paint a few years ago. 

We've also gave the laundry room a little update, as well. We've painted the room with Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams but still plan on painting the cabinets with Annie Sloan chalk paint. 

I thought it would be good to update our Guest Room since it's the first bedroom a buyer will see once upstairs. The paint still looks good, but we plan to lighten things up by changing out the furniture and add some Vivan curtains instead of the black ones. I figured that if we sell the existing furniture, which we found at an estate sale and Craigslist and use some existing furniture we have in other parts of the house, this makeover will bring in $400  when we sell the furniture! 
Sounds pretty good to me! (if you deduct what we paid for the furniture, curtains and supplies, the net amount might be closer to $0, but at least the sale of the items will cover the cost of the reno)

The last space we would like to paint is the basement Family Room and Bathroom. Basements can always benefit from lighter and brighter paint, even if it is a walk out basement with lots of windows. We may or may not get to this room.

Along with all the painting and redecorating, Mr. DIY is caulking all the windows. making repairs and replacing a few window sashes. The list is LONG! Of course, we won't be doing all of these projects ourselves and will be hiring others to help us out.

While we're doing all of this, we will be working on the kitchen reno at the Mountain Cottage, which we are starting this weekend. I'm pretty sure this reno is going to take many months, especially with all that needs to be done at our home.

I guess that's our project list for the year, until, of course, we find another house that needs some work! 

Pam

Take It Off The List

Both my husband and daughter had requested an ottoman for  the chair in our Master Bedroom. We watch tv in there almost every evening in the winter  and I blog in this chair, as well.

I would love to have an ottoman for my comfy chair.

The problem is, they are VERY pricey at several hundred dollars and definitely not in the budget!

With buying an ottoman out of the question, making one was put on the project list.

Problem is...it's way down on the list!

Well, last week, Susan from Between Naps On The Porch blogged about her search for an ottoman for her newly redecorated office. She found one at for a great price at World Market. I immediately went online and  ordered one that day and couldn't wait to get it. The best part about it was that the ottoman was on sale!

The box arrived and I immediately set the ottoman up in the Foyer.

Here the ottoman is all set up in our bedroom. It's perfect.

Here's Before...

...and, After:

The slipcovered ottoman was only $30 on sale. The slipcover is sold separately and comes in several colors. It was on sale for $39. I was only going to get the ottoman, since I could sew one, but again, it would be way down on the project list. 

Thanks to Susan, making an ottoman for our Master Bedroom is now off the project list! Yay!

Pam

Spring Master Bedroom

Now that the weather has warmed up, it was time to take off the heavy comforter off of the bed. I also wanted the it to look a little more casual.

Here's how my bed looked before:

Here's the after:

I changed out the beige comforter and pillow cases for white ones. Hmmm, now the bed would look better with a white bedskirt.

I also replaced the birdcage with a distressed urn with flowers.

I love this antique key I found on ebay.

The photo of my oldest daughter and me on my nightstand was taken at a ladies tea several years ago. My how time flies...

I found this pillow at HomeGoods.

I love the detail...

For those of you who have been following my daughter's move to California...
My daughter and husband had some trials and tribulation on their journey to California, but they arrived safely, nonetheless. It took them three long days of driving, two of which involved long detours. They spent the next few days going to the dmv, taking the train to work, buying things that she needed and getting her settled. Jess' 15 boxes finally arrived on Wednesday and she was able to unpack half of them by the time Tim left on Thursday....which was another ordeal!

Here's the short version: He arrived at the gate with 10 minutes to spare, boarded the  plane, then de-boarded the plane because all planes going to Houston were stopped. A few hours later they were able to take off, only to have to circle for almost an hour over Houston because of wind shear and the long line of planes that had been delayed. Once on the ground, they had to wait another few hours to wait for the flight crew who were delayed on another flight. John Stamos who was flying to Alabama was stuck at the same gate, as well. His  flight was finally able to take off and he arrived in Charlotte at 3 am, 6 hours after the original time he was supposed to land. Yes,  I had to pick him up! That wasn't the end of it,  he called me when he took off and being half asleep, I reset the alarm clock for the wrong time and he had to wait 40 minutes for me to pick him up! This was all due to a thunderstorm in Houston!

Ok, so there was no short version!

I am glad to have him home, but missing my daughter already!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Pam

Master Bedroom

On Friday I showed you my new lamps for my Master Bedroom, but my bed was so piled high full of laundry and the room needed a little tidying up, that I couldn't show you how they looked in the rest of the room. Just keeping it real...am I the only one with this problem sometimes???

So here's what the room looks like now:

Here's where I do most of my blogging...I am searching for a floor lamp for the far side of the chair.

I love the finish on the lamps...maybe something similar, but a little darker for my lamps in the Dining Room?

Just to remind you what it looked like before:

After

I would love to get a white matelasse coverlet and change the bedskirt. Shhhhhh, don't tell Mr. Fanatic that I'd like to paint the walls a pale blue. That's the color I wanted to paint this room a few years ago, but blue wasn't a popular color then. Should have gone with my first instinct!

Of course, I still have yet to make an upholstered headboard!

So many projects, so little time!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Pam

The brown paint color is Warm Earth by Behr

Mad Hatter Lamps

Do you find Marshall's, HomeGoods and TJ Maxx hard to resist? 

The other day I went in to Marshall's to return something and saw two lamps like this. A little funky and just the right color for my bedroom.

You all know my bedroom is pretty traditional and I've been wanting to add a little contemporary items to my style.

 I have to say in my defense that I've been looking for some replacements for our current lamps for several years. Here's a photo of the old lamps in our bedroom. Will show you an updated photo later ~ there's  a big pile of laundry, etc. on my bed right now!

I think I bought the pair of these old lamps at The Home Depot many years ago as a set for $30.

 

Now the plaque behind the lamp definitely needs to be moved to the left and down a little, but I think I like my new Mad Hatter lamps!

Do you have a favorite store that you can't resist?

Happy Friday!

Pam

Nightstand Runner

I made window panels for my Master Bedroom last year & had a little fabric left over, so I kept it. Several months ago I found 2 nightstands at TJ Maxx for $139 each and brought them home. I love them, except for one problem ....DUST! The mirror finish shows dust, fingerprints, water spots, etc.

So last night I had a little time, went to my office & pulled out the leftover fabric and started sewing.

Voila! All finished! Now I can set down a drink without running for a coaster or napkin.

That was an easy quickie project. So glad it's finished! The best part about it? It didn't cost me any $$$. Yay!
Hope you all have a terrific weekend. I am off to help Mr. Fanatic with tiling the upstairs bathroom. You remember we just tiled our  Master Bathroom a few weeks ago. Lord, give me strength!

Thanks for stopping by.

Pam

A Treasure Chest

My most treasured piece of furniture is probably the teakwood chest that was passed down to me from my parents. It was a wedding gift to my parents back in 1950 from my uncle. My Uncle Leo brought it back from some of his travels.

I can remember loving this chest ever since I was a child. I loved all the carvings in the wood. It has a distinct and fragrant smell inside. I keep all the crocheted embellished linens that my grandmother made inside. I apologize for the bad lighting, I will try to replace the photo in natural light.

Here is the unusual lock that is on the hasp. The key is very unique

Here's the lock slightly open with the key below.

Here's the key inside the lock.

You might have seen the teakwood chest in my Master Bedroom post.

Do you have something that you treasure that was passed down or given to you?

Thanks for stopping by,

Pam

I am linking up with Romantic Home  for Show & Tell Friday.

and Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday 

I hope you will go see the other awesome posts!