Master bedroom update
When my husband and I moved into our first house together the overwhelming hodgepodge of furniture drove me crazy! Over the past year I have managed to consolidate our furniture, add new pieces and successfully make a few things disappear. My biggest challenge was the budget…as it always is. My husband isn’t a fan of purchasing overpriced pieces that he knows I will want to replace in a few years! He’s right, so with a little help from Ikea, West Elm and a few other favorites I was able to keep the splurges to a minimum!
Yesterday I posted the updates to our master bathroom room so today, I am going to show off our new master bedroom.
BEFORE: All of the furniture pieces matched and everything felt dark. After we had the wood floors refinished and updated to a warmer tone, we addressed the wall color and everything begin to fall into place. We had great lamps, a bench that was in needed to be recovered and and the basic furniture pieces.
AFTER: We used Sherwin Williams Rain Washed to match the bathroom and used that as a starting point for the rest of the fabrics and furnishings in the room. I had the headboard recovered in a cream linen with nickel nail heads for a masculine touch. The fresh white drapes from Ikea were simple and $19.99 a pair! The new bedding (West Elm Organic Pin-Tuck Duvet) and accent pillows (Anthropologie) in fun patterns keep the overall look from being too “girly”. I had our bench recovered in Duralee’s Medallion pattern in Henna and threw in two pillows to match on the bed. The Devon starburst mirror from Zgallerie was a great way to add the high end look at an affordable price.
I am IN LOVE with our new prints from Sugarboo Designs. The Brown Dog and White Dog prints are the handy work of artist Rebecca Puig! I love the way they bring in a bit of color and remind me of our puppies!
I have always wanted a place to curl up and read or just sit down to put on my shoes in the morning. The West Elm Sweep Armchair was on sale and I loved it so much…I added them to our living room too.
I couldn’t finish our room with out at least one piece of something from Kelly Wearstler. Her Imperial Trellis fabric has become a staple in the design industry and looks fabulous with the brown Mongolian shag pillow from Pillows and Throws.
I snagged this lamps at a local lighting store on clearance three years ago. I had mirrors cut to fit the top our our night stands, the light really bounces around the dark corners of the room now! It was an inexpensive way to update the look of the night stands for on $30 each. I did however splurge a bit on the crystal knobs for each drawer, since I only need four of them it wasn’t so bad.
My husband is obsessed with “catch all” places in our home. He has multiple trays and containers around the house where he drops his keys, wallet and other random things he collects in his pockets. This luggage stand is the perfect place for him to drop his ball cap, tie or golf shoes when he runs in and out of the house. I recovered the top of the stand in the same apple green velvet left over from our shams.
And of course no photo shoot in the Fenimore house would be complete with out our two girls! I have to admit….Ivy (left) and Caddo (right) do love their cuddle time in our bed!
See this before & after featured on DESIGN REFUGE &
You did an awesome job on your Master bedroom . Love the clean color combination and relaxed feel. The bathroom is lovely as well. I have to tell you that I am really in love with “the girls”. What a perfect pose. I’m pretty new at the blogging thing but have our first giveaway going on right now. You may want to hop over to my blog and check it out. I’ve just signed up to follow yours!
Hi Mona, Welcome! Thank you for the kind words and I hope you enjoy the blog!
BEAUTIFUL!! This came together so well 🙂 I LOVE it! Thanks for introducing me to West Elm…I have been drooling over their website ever since 😉
This is gorgeous! Wow. Fantastic job! 🙂
Hey Abbe,
I love what you have done! I’m going to leave a link on my little family blog. My decorating friends will love your blog too!
I love your choices and thank you for sharing. Glad I found your blog!
Teresa
Lovely, thanks for sharing. Love it all, and the artwork that reminds you of your adorable pups. Can you tell me where you got the rug for your room? I’m looking for something neutral like this for our master bedroom. Thanks!
Erin
Hi Erin,
I’m still trying to find the invoice from our rug. It was a carpet I selected and had it cut to fit the room. Grat way to create a custom look at a great price! I will keep you posted. I suggest going by a flooring store, they should all carry a solid with a trellis pattern.
Where did you find the artwork in the bathroom? Love it! The entire room is just gorgeous!!
Hi Erin,
The art in the Master Bathroom came from Lam Lee Home. I purchased them over a year ago so I’m not even sure if they are still available.
Thanks!
Abbe
Hi! I love your blog! I had a quick question about the duvet I recently purchased the same one and was wondering if you could tell me what kind of duvet you got to put inside of it. I have a synthetic down blanket in it now but it seems to be a little lack luster! Thanks!
Hi Laura,
I’m so glad you love the blog! I use Pacific Pillows for all of my duvet inserts and pillows. They carry the same items used in many luxury hotels!
http://www.pacificpillows.com/ridoduc.html
I have the insert from the Ritz Carrolton Collection. You can purchase them in different weight options, depending on the time of year or how warm you like your sleep temperature.
Since it is so hot in Texas right now, we have the light weight insert in our duvet.
I’m sure you will find something you love!
Abbe
Hello there! I wanted to let you know I have started something new. A feature post I will do on Wednesdays called, “Inspired by YOU”.
In my first post I have chosen to feature YOU. I hope you stop by and I hope you enjoy the post!
Thanks again for being so inspiring!
God Bless,
Kathy
That’s so sweet! You made my day. Thank you so very much for the mention!
Hi!!
I found your post via “A Delightsome Life” and I love your bedroom. Such a cool shade of blue ~ in both senses of the word!!
Love the pups too!!
Thank you!
What an amazing transformation you have created for this room!! I am sure you are enjoying the relaxing feel and cozy comfort of your new room!
bee blessed
mary
This might be a weird question, but what size is your bed and what size West Elm duvet did you get?
A few of the duvets I have been looking at run small so you have to size up. I dont want to order the wrong size.
Love your bedroom! I have been wanting to re-do my room and am going to use yours as inspiration.
Hi! Our bed is a king and so is the duvet. I purchased my insert from pacific pillows and use the corner clips to keep it from shifting! Hope that helps. So glad we could inspire you!
Great Blog…. Lots of good ideas…. Can you tell me where you got your artwork in the bathroom. I love the patterns. Thanks.
Hi Fran!
They are from Lam Lee Home. I’m not sure if they are even available anymore, I purchased them over a year ago. The are hand blown glass pieces mounded on metallic wood pieces. They are stunning and totally make the bathroom.
Thanks for stopping by and reading the blog!!!
Gorgeous! I almost the exact bedroom set. It definitely feels heavy in our room. I love the ideas of adding mirrors to the top and crystal pulls.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your master bedroom!!! I will be stealing a few ideas from you if you don’t mind. Where did you get your curtain rods? I love their clean lines. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Shelly!
Thank you so much, the curtain rods came from Crate and Barrel. They were easy to install too. I wanted something minimal and sleek because the room is small.
Abbe
i love your blog but i cant see any of your pics…some will let me click on them and bring up a dif screen but most i cant view! help!
Hi! I came over from The Lettered Cottage. I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE your master bedroom redo! It’s so light, airy, crisp, and warm all at the same time, which I think is hard to pull off. I haven’t perused the rest of your blog yet, but you can bet I’ll be doing that now!
Kelly@40isthenew30
Hi,
I LOOOVE this room. Im so untalented a decorating, I will just have to copy it as is! I was wondering where you got your nightstands and dresser?
The dresser is from Ikea and night stands were my husband’s pre-marriage. I changed the pulls on the night stands to a glass knob and had mirrors cut for the tops to help open up the room.
Wow. Absolutely fantastic!
Oh my, this is splendid! From the furniture, to the fabrics, and paint…simply marvelous, dahling!
Thank you Erica!! Luv you!
I love love love this~ it’s my inspiration for redoing my bedroom. Calm, and serene yet still has some color and funk. Do you mind sharing the fabric on the pillows and also is that just a quilt under the West Elm duvet? Thanks so much! love your blog!
Your master bedroom turned out stunning! I absolutely love it! Thanks so much for linking up to my very first Sweet Skills Sunday, I hope you come back, I’d love to see more of your design work!
Your master bedroom is gorgeous. Is the West Elm chair in the corner of your bedroom comfortable. I am in desperate need of two accent chairs for our hearth room and these look great, but I also want them to be comfortable. Thanks.
Hi Smitha, I love the chairs from West
Elm! We have them in our living room too and use them every day. The
fabric is holding up pretty good with the dogs too. I did Scotch Guard
them to help with stains and dirt. I think they have the chair in other
fabrics too. You can always have them re-upholstered down the road because
the shape and size of the chair is just perfect!
Beautiful makeover…LOVE that headboard!!!!
Blessings,
Linda
Thank you so much Linda! I’m so glad you love the head board, it was easy to make and it only took an afternoon!
Abbe
Hi, I came over from the lettered cottage and just love your room! I am getting ready to paint our room and was looking for a nice white to paint our ceiling, would you mind sharing the color and sheen of the white paint you used on your ceiling? Thank you!
Rachel
Hi Rachel,
We used Benjamin Moore’s Dove White for all of the ceilings, mouldings, doors and cabinets. The ceiling is a latex egg shell finish. The mouldings and cabinets are an oil base with a low sheen. Oil base is easy to wipe down too so it’s perfect for cabinets and doors! Good luck with your painting venture!
Abbe
Hi, there. Just wanted to say thanks for posting this great update. I’m in the middle of specing new paint colors for my living/dining/kitchen/bedroom and Rainwashed is one that I chose. Now I know how wonderful it will all look thanks to your gorgeous photos. Also, I have to say I also bought that pintuck duvet because of this post, so West Elm and Sherwin Williams ought to give you a kickback. 😉
Hi Larissa, Wow! I’m so happy that you loved the room. Good luck with your new changes, would love to see pics.
Abbe
I’m so glad I found this blog post! I actually saw pictures of your bedroom on houzz and have been droooling over it ever since! If I could transplant it into my house… I would! 🙂 The color combo is just perfect… soothing yet cheery all at the same time. It definitely looks like a page out of a magazine. I hope I can create a similar look in our bedroom. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
P.S. So sad Anthropologie no longer sells the lumbar pillow… gorgeous!
Hi Malissa,
Anthropologie has great pieces but you have to snag the quickly, I think they change out their pieces too much. Thank you for stopping by the blog!
Abbe
P.S. Have you seen the movie “The Jones?” I spied that same zgallerie mirror in it (though it may have been in the white finish) and it made me think of your blog! I’m hoping to get one for above our dresser. I was surprised to see they’re actually affordable!
Did you upholster the headboard yourself? And if so would you consider doing a tutorial post on it? It’s gorgeous!!!
Hi Allison,
Yes I did. We actually have a wood headboard so we made a “slipcover” contraption to slide right over the wood. I did make one from scratch in our guest room and it was very easy. Just go to Lowes or Home Depot and have them cut a piece of plywood the size you need. Wrap it with two – three layers of batting depending how poofy you want it to be. Wrap with your fabric and staple from the back with a staple gun. I purchased the “easy” nailheads, the kind where you only tack in one nailhead every 5.
Hope this helps.
Abbe
LOVE the fabric you used for your headboard–do you remember what type it is?
Can you tell me where you got your green shams. I love them and love the room! Thanks!
Your room is the inspiration for my room redo…I love the color but have a question. Your images appear as if the color is a perfect light robin’s egg type aqua. I checked out the Rainwashed color sample and it appears fairly grey. How does the actual color come across in your room? Again, just gorgeous!
Hi Jenny,
The room is full of natural light all day long and since the sun does not ever directly come into the room, we needed a color that would work with the soft light. The Rainwashed does tend to get a shade or two warmer at night, especially with a warmer lamp light. I also used white drapes and ivory accents so this keeps the color from going grey.
I’m sure the light in your room paired with your fabrics and furnishings pick up the grey tones. I also love Benjamin Moore’s Stonington Grey, it is a warmer blue/grey but adapts very well to every color palette. I hope this helps. Good luck and thank you for the kind words!
Abbe
Love this room! I’d your bedding from West Elm white or natural in color? Thanks so much !
Hi Nikki,
Yes, it is from West Elm and I have the white duvet.
Thanks for reading the blog.
Abbe
Hi! I love the room and would like to know the name of the fabric and the fabric color on the chair from West Elm? I want to get one for my bedroom. Thanks!
Hi Chris,
Chunky Weave is one of the standard stock fabrics they offered at the time and is still available on the site.
Thanks for stopping by the blog.
Abbe
Hi! I love your bedroom redesign. It is exactly what I’m envisioning for my master bedroom. Couple of questions…I tried to read through the comments to see if they were already asked and apologize if they were and I missed them! Where did you find your curtains? Where is the brown coverlet from on your bed? What is the material you used to cover your headboard? Where did you find the tall/long mirror? Do you also have a chest of drawers? Okay, so I guess that was several questions. Love it!
Also, what color is your dresser? Thanks!
Hi,
I found your blog through another post via pinterest. I have been looking for hardware like what you have in your bedroom for the curtains, but cant find it anywhere. Would you mind letting me know where you got it? Also, where did you get that tall mirror on the wall in your bedroom? I need the exact same thing for mine!
Thanks,
Jessi
Hi Jessi,
We purchased the curtain rods from Crate & Barrel, they are perfect for our small space.
Thanks for your comment and for reading the blog!
Abbe
Hi! I found your room on houzz and really enjoy it! I really love that you upholstered your own headboard, and this certainly gave me an idea for ours. Do you think it’s possible to do with a sleigh bed since the lines are so much more curvy? Thanks for sharing all your tips!!!
Your room was the inspiration for our bedroom makeover. Thanks so much for sharing all of your tips! Love the room! I wish my pictures could capture the true color of the walls like your photos did. My skills can’t do it justice:)
Hi Aubrey,
Wow, that is so flattering! Share pics when you are finished!! Have fund pulling it all together!
Abbe
Late to the game, being that you posted this forever ago. But it’s great! What color are he walls?
What type of flooring do you have ? I love how clean this bedroom looks yet very relaxing! GREAT JOB!!