Master Bedroom Reveal

I can hardly believe it myself, but my master bedroom is finally complete!  

  I'll show you around the completed room and hopefully give you an idea of the layout, since you've pretty much only seen bits and pieces up until now.

This is the view as you enter the room.

I replaced the lamp shades since I last showed you the bed area.  The new shades are slightly larger than the originals and are covered with burlap type fabric.  I recovered the original shades myself in an effort to save money and also tried a little something to make them appear larger, but it was an epic fail.  Trust me, you would laugh, not in a good way, if I showed you!  To see the original shades and learn more about my budget friendly drapery hardware go here.

I talked about the bedding and pillows here.  My tutorial on how to make a pillow sham can be found here and here.

The sitting area has a funny little alcove that I've never shown you before.  It's a great place to put the chest of drawers containing Mr. Worthing's clothes.  

I placed an organizer/charging station on top to give him a convenient place to drop all of his things each evening.

Part of the re-do was having an electrician install sconces on either side of the mirror.  The sitting area is like a cave and the overhead light fixture just wasn't cutting it.

Here's a closer look at the arrangement on top of the dresser.  The blue urns came from HobLob, the vanity tray is from HomeGoods and the two blue mercury glass bowls (one has watches in it and the other contains fun rings) came from Garden Ridge.  I already had the necklace holder, lamp and clock.

Finding or making pillows for these chairs was the big holdup to me having the room ready for it's final reveal. If you know me, you know that my intention was to make some pillows, but I couldn't find any fabric that looked right.  Then one day, I stumbled across these pillows in Kirklands for $9.99 each.  That's just about the maximum that I'm willing to pay for a ready-made pillow unless there's something really special about it!

You can read more about the box-pleated tableskirt here.

Directly across from my dresser are these two rocker/swivel chairs and table.  I'm not wild about the fabric on these chairs, but it works well enough for now.  Because the backs of these chairs is tufted, it was going to cost me at least $250/chair to have them reupholstered.  That's not counting the cost of whatever fabric I would use. 

  

The round blue pillow is velvet and was made by my grandmother back in the 60's, I believe.  You can read all about the great product that I used to clean the antique velvet here.

I already owned the container holding the hydrangeas.  It is metal and was originally a dark brown until I spray painted it a brushed nickel color.

The silver tray holding the artichoke jar and oversized keys, was a 25th wedding anniversary gift that my parents received.  I found the keys at Marshalls.

I've already shown you the bookcases that sit directly opposite the foot of the bed.  You can see that my shadow, Miss Diva Dog, wanted to get in on the pictures.  

I tweaked them a little since the first time I showed them to you.  I'm still not sure that I'm finished tweaking.  You can read more about the before condition of the bookcases here.  I had to take a picture with the glass doors open because of the glare.

Do you remember my dilemma wall?  You can read more about how I addressed it and get tips for creating inexpensive framed and matted art  here.

Gotta have the before and afters - right?

BEFORE

AFTER

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AFTER:

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BEFORE and AFTER of the antique velvet pillow

I'll close with this little vignette on the nightstand by my side of the bed.  That's a picture of my sweet Mr. Worthing on our wedding day.

I'll be linking up to these parties:

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Meet Me Monday at You Are Talking Too Much

Motivated Monday at Be Colorful

Savvy Homemade Monday at Home Savvy A to Z
Your Cozy Home Party on Monday at Cozy Home Scenes

Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Tip Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie

Tutorials and Tips Tuesday at Home Stories A to Z
Overflowing with Creativity on Wednesday at It's Overflowing

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style
Show and Tell on Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design

Uncommonly Yours on Wednesday at Uncommon Designs

Show and Share on Wednesday at Southern Lovely

It's A Party on Thursday at A Creative Princess

Open House Party Thursday at No Minimalist Here

Share Your Creations on Thursday at Kristen's Creations

Feature Friday Free for All at Five Days...5 Ways

Addicts (not so) Anonymous on Friday at Addicted 2 Decorating

Come Party with a Blonde on Friday at A Blonde's DIY Life

Inspiration Friday at At the Picket Fence

Potpourri Friday at 2805

Weekend Wrapup Party on Saturday at Tatertots and Jello

Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors

Sew Darn Crafty Sunday at http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/

Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming
Simply Klassic Sunday at A Simply Klassic Home
Favorite Rooms on the First at The PoloHouse