The Bedroom Reveal

This is what the bedroom looked like a year ago.

Do you see that blue color? That is what the room was painted before Mr. Z moved into the house the first time. At that time, I was young and dumb and didn't take before pictures.

Here is the bedroom now.

Mr. Z said that this bedroom is the most calming one he has ever had and it feels so clean.

I asked him if he ever thought he would say that about a room in The Little House.

He said absolutely not.

(Please forgive the quality of the photos. I am still learning how to take inside shots with our new camera without the flash.)

$50 Night Stand

Remember our trip to Ikea?

I finally got to finish our $30 nightstands.

When we bought them, they were raw pine.



I used Kilz spray primer then painted them white.
I used the Ace Hardware brand paint in white satin finish.

A little sandpaper across the edges and new knobs...

I distressed this one a little more and the knobs came from Hobby Lobby for $2.50 a piece, I think.

These knobs came from Ebay.

So, for about $50 a piece, we now have matching night stands!

The Bedroom Makeover

So our bedroom didn't have to have too much work. We had painted it when Mr Z moved in a few years ago. Momma picked out a great khaki color then, but we decided that everything needed a change.

Also, the first time we painted, we didn't bother with spackle. I couldn't let that happen again with my new affection for spackle!

(Please disregard the messy bed, we didn't have any place to move it to at the time and used it as a step ladder to reach the high parts of the walls.)

Um... This is the huge hole in the bedroom. You can see the ground. However, it makes great access to the faucet and plumbing for the bathroom. This was Daddy's project. Well, one of.

This is the little one above the big one.

Priming

New paint color.

(By the way, there are about 10 plug-ins in this room, but only 4 work.)

(Notice in the corner, the hole is covered.)

The floor. The sad floor. We don't want to put too much money into the house, so the floor will stay. We are planning on putting a big area rug down. So much easier than new flooring!

And the bed takes up most of the room, so you can't see most of the floor anyway.

Covered hole. Can barely tell it was ever there.

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