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 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....

DIY: Chevron Canvas Painting

I already warned you about my obsession for chevron, and i already warned you about needing to get better pictures of this stuff so don't get too antsy about those things quite yet. This is a project that was SO easy and inexpensive and it really makes such a statement in my living room space. I got this inspiration after i saw a home tour of Lauren Davis at Me Oh My! and i fell in love and just had to do it! This was the inspiration...

And this one above is how mine turned out. Hers looks much airier and lighter than mine, however mine does look a lot better in person than in this picture and I'm sure will look better once i use a real camera to take pictures.

SUPPLIES
24x36" artist's canvas from Hobby Lobby (with 40% coupon it was $20.00)
Painters Tape
Sponge Roller
Paint (I used a small test container of Dolphin Fin by Behr)

DIRECTIONS
Create a template either on your computer or just with a ruler, pencil, and piece of paper. Trace the template onto your canvas with pencil (you won't be able to see the pencil after you paint). Tape off the area that you want to paint. *I taped the entire zig-zag that i was leaving white so that i could easily roll the paint on. I did about 3 coats of the gray before i took the paint off. It's my favorite think hanging on any of our walls I'm pretty sure. The part that took the longest was taping, but essentially i did this during an episode of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice! I could have touched it up more, but i didn't and i think i'm the only one that can see the imperfections so i'm still in love with it.

As you can see it's hung above an old piano. That was the Christmas present that i got for Chris this year, and he has high hopes for this piano. He has decided he wants to paint it in cream with some major distressing and glazing, and then paint the music stand a darker tone. We are for sure going to start that in the very near future and i can't wait to show you the end result! Plus, i hope by the end of this weekend to have a nice furry stool to show you! Woo hoo....

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.

Re-Styling Inspiration

So i was looking at Clementine + Olive today, and came across such a good idea that i love and i'm totally going to try when i get home....

The second picture would be easier to do like now/tonight since i don't have a darling little stool like the first one, but since i have convinced Chris that it's a good idea to save up and get a new bed and new bedding, i think a little stool like that has to make it into the design scheme somehow, don't you?? Plus, i already have the faux version of this from ikea....

This one is $29.99 which is a good price for sure, but i wasn't sure if i was going to like it or not so i was really wishy-washy about buying it. Then one day i went with my mom to look for something completely different, and they now have a faux version for $9.99!!! You can tell it's fake by the back of it, but i honestly like the faux one better...they don't have it online for some reason, but i promise it is in the Draper ikea and will not disappoint. Especially if you want one for a DIY like this, or just as a little accent. So perfect!