The Master Bedroom Fiasco

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Every so often I start to get really bored with my house. Just in general and I've been really looking into the financial aspect of what I need to do to consider moving in the nearish future. You know somewhere with a garage... fenced in backyard... space between neighbors... closets.... those things. Our real estate market is starting to pick back up which could really be a good sign. Until that moment however, I am going to start working on the rooms in my house that I am most bored with, to see if that staves off the "I want a new house" feelings for awhile.

One such location is my master bedroom. Here's of course the love and appealing before photos when we first bought the house:

So certainly the most recent look is leagues better:

Gotta love that my furbabies bomb every photo. However since I've moved the computer desk and equipment to the office as you saw in a more recent post {here}.

That means now I have a real mess. Be warned. These following photos are not awesome.

I have taken most of the wall art down because I was bored with it and have moved it to either the living room or the office so now the walls are a little bare:

Presently I only have one nighstand because I put the old ones in my sister's room to give her storage. Now my one solo stand is laden with books, journals, more books, and more books. What? I'm an English teacher.

I've rearranged the book case and turned the old wine rack into a shoe holder. But its still not quite right. Maybe it's the blank wall on the left?

Or perhaps is the gigantic old TV that I have to sell and get rid of that is taking up one entire side of the room. My parents got me a new, smaller, and more energy efficient model for Christmas. They know my enthusiasm for gigantor TVs is a bit limited.

Check out my rigged nightstand. DIY at its absolute finest! My box of home repair materials and a laundry basket on top! Beautiful. Convenient. Awesome.

Then of course there is space being consumed by dog kennels. It's cold enough here in Colorado that we have to have them covered up with a blankey. Part of the reason it looks so messy.

And to top it off, I recently had to throw out my shag rug that was in there. It was a victim to the animals. I was saddened. 

Not going to lie. I feel as though this bedroom is cringe worthy. That rug really needs to be replaced. It's stained and dirty. I love how high pile rugs feel but not their functionality. The whole space really lacks romance and appeal that's for sure.

 I have a few ideas of how to make this prettier, it could take me a few months since I'm going to try and get some new things but here's what I've got so far as a list:

Master Bedroom Update:

• find a second short dresser as a nightstand- paint it white
• get a new rug situation
• make/find a new headboard
• update the shams and bedding
• new wall art
• patch and repaint sections
• replace door
• organize dog kennel area 
• clear clutter/donate unworn clothes

Golly. If you think of anything else that might help this situation please let me know! Or send me pictures on Pinterest I love that place.

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Office Updates

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Since my last update about my office/guest room updates a lot has happened! As a teacher we get a two week break from school and it was excellent because my parents came to visit for a whole week! Which means that this lady put on five pounds due to Mama's cooking. Good thing my parents got me a new TV that I can put my yoga DVDs in and work off the deliciousness.

When my parents were here they definitely enjoyed the accommodations much more than last time they were here:

Mattress on the floor, remodeling on the side of the room... really sexy! It wasn't so amazing. I finally found my parents a bed frame, just a metal old school one from Salvation Army. I'm hoping to find a nice headboard to replace the one in my room and move the old one into here. But at this point, no one is too upset about it.

First though! I want to show you my amazing (and free!) gallery wall!

All of the artwork and photos in the gallery wall were ones that I hunted for all over the house. Most of them coming from my room. The "A" is for my sister Ally. I spent zero dollars on this. Though my favorite thing is the coffee sign and the vintage postcards I collected on family trips in 2002. They look awesome!

 Check out these awesome vintage paintings of Raggedy Ann and Andy:

I put them on either side of the window. I think I found them at a thrift store when I was in high school and have been storing them in a box ever since and just found them again when I was going through the Christmas decorations (notice how pretty those look? Wanted it to be totally Christmasy for my parents when they came.)

Plus, Sebastian is down with the bed being higher off the ground.

I loaded the bed up with a quilt set that I already had  for the room, pillows that used to be on my couch forever ago, and some brand new sleeping pillows. I like the little sweater pillow with the buttons. I think it looks cool!

Here's a larger scale view of the room fully decorated:

And of course the other side of the room... Super fabulous.

I only spent a total of $156 on this entire room. All I bought was the mattress set, frame, and new pillows. There is more I'd like to do with the office area but at this point it's going to be just fine. 

The Guest Room/Office To-Do List:

• paint the door
• replace the handle
• finish painting the trim
• get a bed frame 
• buy more pillows 
• move/build desk for computer and grading
• organize random crap
• hang some desperately needed wall art. 

I still have a couple things left to do in there but for the most part its just about done. What do you think? Does it still look like a beat up roommate trailer room? 

Oh and by the way. Happy New Year!

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Back when I first bought my house in 2008, there were a number of things that I didn't quite care for about the joint. For instance the abundance of faux-wood paneling, because if you're going to fake it. Fake wood. 

Ew.

Clearly the house is a far cry from what it was before...

The faux paneling has either been replaced with bead board or just repainted with white to make it fresher, and more modern. Heck even some of the doors have been updated!

Still crushing on my blue-gray front door. So classy...

And the front entry closet... okay well only closet, got a nice white a couple of years ago.

However... most of the doors and the jambs have remained the same faux wood style. Same as the day I moved in.

It's ugly.

However this crap is hard to paint. This is two coats of white semi-gloss (even after primer) and it's sort of like painting plastic.

It just classes so obviously with the upgrades I've made throughout the house. For instance here's the secondary bedrooms with their original ghetto doors.

I really think it looks odd. All the other trim, ceiling, cabinets, counters, and walls have been updated with neutral modern colors. Except for the doors. The reason? Well. Largely because the individuals that owned the house before me covered each of the doors in contact paper. Seriously. Like the kind you put on your shelves to line them. Why you ask?

To cover gigantic holes. Indeed. Lovely! I'm pretty sure the door on the right in the above picture is the only one that did not receive this particular, er, treatment. I know for sure there is one door that I will probably have to replace.

I would love to get pretty paneled doors for the entire house, and it wouldn't be horribly expensive, but one thing I have learned with home ownership is to make sure you can get a return on your investment and if (such as in my case) you can't, at least don't over spend.

Here's what I'm thinking:

{photo found via google search. I couldn't find original source.}

I absolutely loveeee how my front door turned out with doing a darker color on the inside. I think that I want to continue that on the bedroom doors. Doing a darker color on the living room facing side, and a white on the bedroom facing sides of the doors. Depending on the damage. I think it would add a lot of character!

My father would probably disagree, good thing he has accepted the fact that I am far trendier than he. Plus he lives a few states away. (Hi, Dad!)