Bedroom Makeover In Progress

So after 7 years of wedded bliss, our Target put-it-together-yourself furniture is finally reaching the end of its lifespan. Pretty darn good for particle board furniture that moved to 3 houses in 2 states! I think 3 feet are held on with wood glue, there are water rings on the night stands from glasses, and Ryan pulled a drawer front right off.

After scouring furniture stores for something we like (plus I was determined to get something new that I didn't have to do work on) we never agreed on anything. We also didn't feel like dropping $3000 on something we just didn't love. So then we turned to our good friends, Craigslist and Google.

My mom found us a set that we passed over a few times, but the price kept dropping and our interest went up. We have an odd shaped room - it's big, but has not many wall spaces between sliding closet and patio doors, a regular closet door and a bathroom door. This set was modern, plain lines, and low profile. It looked like a a light wood, but I thought we could paint/stain and add handles. For $290 for a solid wood set it was fine! We got it and the good news was it is Lane furniture so a great brand. Bad news, the finish was "Make It Stone" by Krylon. Just in case you want to make anything look this fabulous...check this out...It looks like it's made of concrete! Here's the Craigslist post.

We've decided to sand and paint with a high gloss white for a super contemporary look. Ryan already built the frame for the bed, and the headboard too! The headboard only cost about 50 before paint (primed MDF). We found directions on the Ana White site and this DIY site. We combined both of them to come up with this look!



Of course, since I didn't get to do the woodworking, I decided that a new tailored bedskirt and valances will be needed, as well as new bedding. We found bedding we liked at Target and I found coordinating fabric on fabric.com! I'm going to do box pleat valances and a pleated bedskirt to hide the platform. I'm trying to mix modern with some traiditional elements which seem to be our style. I'm going to still use my red shade lamps and red sheets as accents. Here's what it will look like! Bedding Fabric Valance Style

Check back for updates on the progess. I've been busy redoing the living room too. I added new throw pillows to our "new" denim couches (they were my parents). I also recovered the piano bench. We're going to sand the tables/hutch for some distressing, paint the inside of the hutch an accent color, and glaze all the wood pieces with ivory. Man, are we going to be busy...