Making it feel like HOME: Our Bedroom

Our bedroom went from this...

To this...(smooth ceilings, paint, crown moulding)
Wall color is Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog 976, Trim is Benjamin Moore Sandy Hook Gray HC 108, Ceiling is Benjamin Moore Tapestry Beige OC-32, Window trim is Benjamin Moore Knoxville Gray HC160, doors are Benjamin Moore Kingsport Gray HC-86.  

To this...(refinished floors)

Floors are stained High Gloss Dark Walnut.

 To this...

And finally, to this...

We built our headboard out of some old distressed shutters from my sister's house.  I'll post more on that later.

I love incorporating Chris's woodsy paraphernalia into the mix, like this dear skull, which actually really ties in all the creams and whites in the room.

I joined two bamboo poles, to make these extra long curtain rods, and got our curtains at IKEA.

On the left, are some antique ceiling tiles that my funky-junky sister found on the side of the road.  Way to Go, Liz, and thanks for sharing!  They were the inspiration for the blue gray and rusty red color accents in the room.  

Throw pillow is from Target.  Our bedding is from Macy's.  I think it's Hotel Collection.  

Lamps and chest are straight out of the local thrift store...all on the same day!  I freaked when I saw this chest, I wouldn't leave it's side til it was in my car.  I found each lamp on opposite sides of the thrift store, who knows if they were meant to be a pair.  They are slightly different from one another...which is even better.  I replaced the dirty white bell shades with these black drum shades.  

Sometimes it's all about function.  I hang my necklaces on these key hooks to keep them from getting tangled.  

The rest of my jewelry is stashed in this thrift/antique jewelry box and this Sally Legg bowl, that I love.

Since my husband does in fact share this room with me, he will soon be replacing my pretty little mirror with a mounted TV.  :(.  Oh well, you pick you're battles.  

Don't worry, this mirror will definitely find another home in our home.    

A BeiBei's eye view.  

I made this bedskirt out of burlap (idea from NestEgg), which I'll post on later.  However, you unfortunately can't see it in these pictures, because it's covered up by our massive comforter.  When I purchased this duvet cover, as a newlywed, someone assured me that we would quickly out grow our queen size bed, and so I should go ahead and get the King size duvet comforter.  It sounded like a plan at the time, and it seemed like it would be extra cozy and we wouldn't have to fight over covers.  

However, I just have to say, I won't be passing on this advice for a few reasons:  

...We actually love our queen size bed, and don't foresee upgrading in the near future.

...Because of the size and weight of this king size comforter it's always falling off during the night.

...It covers up our pretty bedskirt! 

...Visually, it drags the bed down. 

So, just don't try that one at home. 

But I do recommend putting your bed on risers.  It gives a ton of extra storage underneath, and an overall "grander" look!  But be prepared to make your own or pay more $ for an extra long bedskirt.

Here's the Recap...

Before:

After:

(BTW, please TRY to ignore the terrible fan light kit that has not yet been addressed.)

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Making it feel like HOME: Our Dining Room

Our dining room went from this...

To this...(smooth ceilings, paint, crown moulding)

Wall color is Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog 976, Trim is Benjamin Moore Sandy Hook Gray HC 108, ceiling is Benjamin Moore Tapestry Beige OC-32, doors are Benjamin Moore Kingsport Gray HC-86.  

Then to this... (refinished floors)

Floors are stained High Gloss Dark Walnut.

And eventually, to this...

This dining room table actually came from Chris's fraternity house at the U. of Alabama (Phi Gamma Delta).  It was more of a reddish color, and pretty beaten up so they got rid of them and Chris snagged it (we weren't even dating at the time).  He stored it for three or four years until we bought our house.  We sanded the finish off, distressed it, and then stained it Dark Walnut with a high gloss poly finish.  Unfortunately, this was before our blogging days and we didn't take any pictures of the process, sorry!
I spray painted these wooden chairs metallic silver (more in a future post).

I had some leftover burlap from another project (I'm tellin' you...you always gotta have some burlap around), and so I just cut a strip to make a runner.
These crystal candlesticks were one of my favorite wedding gifts!

This china cabinet is on loan from my sister, Emily.  As any recent bride would be, I was desperate to get my hands on a china cabinet to display our new china!  The right side of it opens up into a desk.  It's very old and belonged to my Great Uncle Somebody.  I think I'll try and fix it up a little bit and put new knobs on it.  

This is a neat little old child's desk, that I love, but it's totally falling apart.  Notice the leftward lean.  Chris has already tried to fix it once and I think it's hopeless.  I still love it though.  

This is a neat old cross-stitched picture of the Doxology.  It's, also, on loan from my sister, Emily.

 These three pictures were my grandmother's.  They are made with real feathers.  Sometimes I can't get enough of "bird paraphernalia".
The curtains are from IKEA.

I'm not so crazy about the light fixture, but that'll be another project.  

In the left corner is a painting my sister Liz did for us for a wedding gift.  It's painted on a glass window pane and it's Chris dipping me during our first dance.  

My grandmother had the most fabulous style!  Our house is full of her things.  She was a fashionista and even went to Parsons Design School in NYC for Apparel Design.  (I majored in Apparel Design at UA.)  These are some of her hats from the 1940s.  I have boxes full.  I hung them on a grid on this wall.  (More in a future post).

We love to have our guests pick a favorite hat.  What's your favorite?

I guess this is our...bar?

View from the kitchen...

That's all folks, at least for now.

Thanks for Reading.