Master Bedroom: LONG PAST DUE UPDATE!! + Free Printable

I'm not going to make very many excuses, except that my job has been crazy, and this really is the first minute and burst of energy that i'm using to do this post. Once my event in April is all done, you're going to gain more confidence in me...promise! Plus, i'll even have pictures to prove it. So let's just get into it...

I know that i've posted what we want to do in our bedroom, but of course we've gone a completely different direction. Instead of the classic feminine look we were going for before, we took it a different direction and decided the more contemporary West Elm look is what was more us. I still am going to order this lumbar pillow cover for the lumbar on our sofa though, because i cannot get enough of this print and CWD textiles...

Okay, enough of the past....i just need to jump into the current plan. We have made a couple purchases and updates to our ever-evolving room, not crazy updates since we're in a rental, but effective. The first thing we did was get our new bed frame. What it is, is a box spring frame from Ikea with chrome legs. I didn't think i would love it so much! Since we are in a rental we needed space underneath for temporary storage, but i wanted it to be minimal, contemporary, and clean. It totally surpasses my expectations.....

Right?!?!? Love it...all together it cost about $380.00. The white box springs were $300.00 shown here and the legs were $80.00 for all 8. I know it seems pricey, but i know it will last for SOOOOOO long!! And i love the look and know i won't get sick of it....

Next on my to buy list were lamps...and there is no way i was going to jump into a purchase. I've been on the hunt for the perfect lamps since we decided we were going to do this, but once we decided on the style we wanted, it was like they just appeared on a shelf in home goods with our names written all over them...and they were $39.99 each, which was right under budget!

Right?!?!? I know, i'm a little too excited about this stuff...i cut out a template for our headboard shape...

Yes, it will be much much higher and larger! I want it to be a statement, without being too loud. I still need to decide if tufting would be a better choice than no tufting. Chris says yes, and i'm a little iffy, so i would appreciate any and all suggestions.

Since the headboard is going pretty high, i moved the sunburst mirror and did a few things to update the gallery wall...

So i ordered one of our favorite pictures from our groomal shoot (done by the talented Jacque Lynn Photography) as a ready-to-hang canvas. I had never used Costco for this before, but they were for sure the least expensive. This 18x24 was $55.00 plus tax, and it's gorgeous! Then, i made a print of our favorite quote. It means a lot to us since Chris put it in a video when he proposed to me. I just thought it needed a more permanent space in our gallery wall....does that zinc 'M' look familiar?? See the tutorial here...

As you can see, we have a chair in there that is actually the 4th chair of our dining set that we can't keep in our kitchen since our table is up against the wall. Gotta love rentals right?? The 'M' monogram pillow is seriously one of my favorite things. It's handpainted and has such great texture and character. It was made by Mary from the Lettered Home and is sitting on my faux sheepskin who is patiently waiting to be turned into our fuzzy footstool. And the dinosaur is a funny story. I saw this post from Kimberly at Third Floor Design Studio and with my love of gold was totally on board. I had planned to head to the Dollar Store to see if i could find an elephant or giraffe or something, but my dad is so funny and put this little guy in Chris' stocking this year, so i just used him. It will go on Chris' nightstand, once we have them that is ha ha ha....

As for our most recent inspiration and decisions on what we're going to do with our room, here's a little sneak peak....

I'm so excited to see it all come together...my birthday is the 22nd so i'm anxious to see what the newest addition will be. And since i've been such a flake, here's two versions of the print i made for our room. Let me know if you want a different color, and i'll see what i can do....just right click and save. It's an 8x10 print....

Thank you for being patient....i promise it won't be this long until next time!

DIY: Master Bedroom Gallery Wall

Okay i know i'm the worst blogger in the world! One because i haven't blogged in a week, and two because when i do blog, i take pictures at night and i know it's ridiculous! I promise i will get better, as soon as my work slows down a little bit, which to be honest won't be until the end of April, but the day will come....

Okay, so this isn't really a DIY but it was another step in the right direction for our master bedroom. I decided that on the wall opposite of the sunburst above our dresser that i love, that i would make a gallery wall. All i did was take pictures and frames that we already have and arrange them on our kitchen floor and hang it on the wall....

Sorry that there are a million pictures, and i haven't figured out at all how i'm going to style our dresser, but i did buy that cute little gem this weekend at TJMaxx for $9.99 and i think it is so adorable!

Be looking out this week for my first guest blogger to post on Lucy Schwartz, and if you don't already, i know you'll love her.....

Master Bedroom - New Addition

Oh my i am so excited!! I know i said earlier this week that i would be getting the first new addition to our master bedroom and i got it this week! I know i might be the last one to get one, but it's a trend that i haven't fallen out of love with, and don't think i will.....

YAY!! My very first and only gold sunburst mirror. Since the ones that i liked so much were so pricey, i thought that the DIY was was the way to go. But then when we were at home depot last weekend looking at plants, i spotted the Martha Stewart one for only $34.97!! And as you can tell, i thought it was perfect! Perfect size, perfect color, perfect price! Another update, i sold a TON of stuff this week, so the plans for the bedroom are getting more realistic and exciting! Can't wait to share!!!

O'verlays

Oh my gosh are you serious?? Who knew there was such an amazing place out there as O'verlays! I can't tell you how excited i am that i read this months issue of House of Fifty, because they just made my DIY RAST nightstand project easy as pie! I can't wait to use them! Take a look! And for $10.00 a piece, and not to have to do touch-ups, i'm sold!

DIY Inspiration: ikea RAST nightstand

Okay okay i know these have been floating around forever, but it's decided! This is exactly what we need to replace Chris' nightstand with. And we did decide to do table lamps. I'm just going to have to have a smaller table for now until we have a bigger bedroom (it's only short by 2 inches!!) and i'm telling you right now, i''m never downsizing to a queen bed not ever so that's not even an option! I got this inspiration first from Marissa at ROOST...she is so talented and i love what she did with this ikea RAST $34.99 dresser....

Even though the color that it is made in is so appealing (NOT), i really love what she did with hers...

I just love it! And my love for gold isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so i'm pretty excited! Danielle Oakey from Danielle Oakey Interiors just finished hers as well and i'm just as in love with hers...

So i've decided that the white with gold is definitely what i'm going with, and that i'm going to do a playoff of the design that Marissa used....both gorgeous and both i'm very envious of! Good job ladies! Thank you for continuing to inspire me daily!

The hardware came from here and is perfect and more than affordable too! Thank you again!

Master Bedroom Inspiration: Part 2

So i know it's super lame that i didn't do a post yesterday, but my job is extremely demanding and especially now! So please don't give up on me! So with that said, besides work ALL i think about is what i want to do in our master bedroom. I did find something that's PERFECT for it this weekend and i'm hoping to have it soon to show you, but Chris said before i buy ANYTHING that i need to sell some stuff that i won't be planning to use anymore. So that is what i am in the process of doing. Trying to sell things to make room for new things. I wish there was a Plato's Closet for home decor, because i'm pretty sure i'm make some good headway with such a place! So for now, i will just continue to be inspired.

So our main concern is our lighting/nightstand situation. We're obviously not going to live in our basement apartment forever (cross your fingers people) but since we are right now, the way our room is set up doesn't provide too much storage. Because of this, i don't have as much room on my side of the bed for a nightstand because Chris has a larger one with some storage space. If we could both fit something like that, it would obviously be ideal, but since we can't we were just going to stick to the one nightstand for now. But then comes the question, what do we do about lamps?? Chris HATES the idea of wall lamps, which i obviously thought was brilliant! But now i'm questioning my taste...maybe they ARE ugly and my husband has a point. Regardless, i found these swing arm lamps and this tutorial on how to cover up cords that hang down if you're in a temporary living situation like we are. Does anyone have any inspiring ideas??? I need some help here....

Both of these lamps are Robert Abbey from Wayfair. I just don't know if they're what we should do, but i do think i like the price!

And this tutorial that Brett at Manhattan Craft Room on covering the lamp cord is genius! I do love the way she did it and would never have thought of it myself...

By the way, i had told Chris that we needed to make a trip to ikea to pick up another faux fur, but guess what??? All sold out! I was going to make the stool out of the one i already had, but i don't want to cut it up and staple gun it to find out that ikea isn't getting them back! So i decided to wait. I did put my existing one on my coffee table topped by my gold tray, and it does look quite chic! I'll post pictures i promise....

Master Bedroom Inspiration

So Chris gave the go ahead that by December we will have a new bed, a new mattress, and new bedding and i'm so excited!! I obviously already have ideas just churning in my head all of the time. I'm not sure if i'm going to DIY a headboard, or buy a ridiculously beautiful bed with a gorgeous headboard included, but we'll just have to find the perfect thing. It's no mystery though why i would want to draw my inspiration from this...

I seriously cannot get enough of CWD Textiles! It's like her fabric was designed so perfectly that she can do no wrong in my book. I love her upholstered headboard, but since i change my mind so often, i think i need to go with something more neutral. The bed will be the hardest part. I'm definitely going to have to do a ton of research. But this one from Anthropologie wouldn't disappoint if it made it to my house somehow...

The only problem is that it's quite pricey! I would probably have to sacrifice the mattress and the bedding to get this bad boy. But how gorgeous right???? What if i promise to love it forever and ever? What then??

All i know it i'm headed to ikea to get another one of the faux furs tonight and see if i can stumble upon a stool!! I just can't get over it or stop thinking about it. I really have to control myself when i get around home decor. I probably love everything in the store at some point, so i have to tell myself if i miss it after i've walked away from it and can't stop thinking about it, i just have to have it! Then it makes me only buy stuff i really love instead of impulse buys, which i have definitely been very guilty of in the past.