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Home » Our Current House » Our Master Bedroom

Our Master Bedroom

June 28, 2016 By Jamie Dorobek 11 Comments

The master bedroom was low on the totem pole of rooms to fix up when we moved in more than 3 years ago. The living room always seems to win, we had chipping paint in our bathrooms, and then I got pregnant so the nursery was a must. But, we spend a heck of a lot of time in our bedroom and I feel like we deserve a pretty space to unwind in and hang out. I teamed up with Wayfair.com to give our master bedroom a much needed makeover.

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I didn’t want to scare you away with the before pictures of the master bedroom first, but you gotta see them to appreciate the spiff up. So, here is how the master bedroom lived for the last 3 + years. We were letting things pile up in the corners, the end tables and lamps were from my college days, and we had no bed frame. It was a mess. I do love my DIY framed thumbprints, but not too worry, they found a new home in the hallway to our bedroom.

Master bedroom ideas

And here’s the other lovely side of the bed… more cords, piles, and nothingness galore!

Master bedroom ideas

We needed a bed frame… badly. I wanted a platform bed so that we could get rid of our box spring. It was also very important that things could still fit under our bed, with no attic, under the bed storage is a must. Our box spring was crazy tall, so tall that Maxwell could not climb into our bed on his own. I finally decided on the Apollo platform bed from Wayfair because it had tons of awesome reviews and fit the bill for a simple, wooden platform bed that doesn’t break the bank. It did not disappoint, we love it. I bought frayed edge quilt from West Elm before Max was born becusae it is a machine washable quilt. It’s grey and simple, and we still really like it. Our bedroom turns into the nightly Curious George watching hang out so it’s very important that we can throw everything on our bed into the wash at any moment. Kids= gross.

Master bedroom ideas

I also really wanted to get rid of the lamps and add sconces to free up the clutter on the night stands. We don’t have a huge master bedroom, so every bit of space helps. I was a little nervous that the sconces would put off too much light at night, but it’s the perfect amount of glow. We even installed light switches so we can easily flip each sconce on and off. I had no idea how much I was going to love that feature! And bad news, I can’t find the sconces on wayfair anymore, but I did find a few more that are similar in style and price: R series, Ball light, and Toltec lighting.

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As for night stands… after much debate, I decided on the Jacobson end tables in natural. There are so many choices on Wayfair, and I fretted over this and that for days, y’all! Number of drawers? Height? Color or natural? The 2 must haves were: 1) Ability to vacuum underneath 2) At least one drawer. The night stands came doubled boxed, wrapped in styrofoam, and assembly was beyond easy. All I had to do was screw the 4 legs onto the wooden box. I love the simple, clean lines and the perfect amount of storage.

Master bedroom ideas

Master bedroom ideasSo, new scones, new bed frame, new night stands, and the last big and most obvious change was the wall behind the bed! I used temporary wallpaper, and it is the greatest thing that ever happened to decorating rooms. It’s like a giant sticker and it comes off of the wall without removing paint or leaving any residue. Freakin’ amazing. It’s easier than paint, y’all. I used peonies noir from Tempaper. I’m working on a post to share how I applied the wallpaper in less than 3 hours and even had to make 6 cut outs. More soon, promise.

Master bedroom ideas

Oh, and if you are wondering why you are only seeing one wall of our bedroom. Welp, the truth is there is still a corner piled with stuff that needs to be organized, a dresser that Andy has been trying to refinish for 11 months now, and my dresser wall is still looking for inspiration. But, at least the wall that you see when you walk into our room is dramatic and pretty and I love it! (Here’s how to apply temporary wall paper.) I feel like we’re on the right track, and I’m excited for the rest of the room to come together. What is the status of your master bedroom? Was or is it the last room in your house to get spiffed up? I’d love to hear…

 

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Comments

  1. Frugal Hausfrau says

    July 12, 2016 at 9:39 pm

    So pretty and sometimes you need a lift – it’s so restful! I love waverly, btw!

    Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday!

    Mollie

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  2. Christine says

    July 10, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    Wow, what a transformation. Loving the new look!

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  3. Crystal Green says

    July 9, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    Your room looks stunning. I truly love those thumbprint images. I like the color palette you used too.

    Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty. We hope to see you when we open our doors at 12AM EST on Fridays.

    Reply
  4. JaneEllen says

    July 9, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Am really going gaga over your bedroom sconces, they are very awesome looking. When I saw them wondered if they would be too bright, glad to hear not. Too bad Wayfair doesn’t have them anymore.
    Good to know installing that wall paper isn’t hard to do, maybe that depends on person’s abilities. Will view where you install it, need all the help can get.
    We’ve lived in our house since end of July/2006, our room is still waiting to be painted. took me awhile to decide what color. Need to paint waterfall 40’s chif-a-robe and a 3 drawer dresser, those will be pretty coral color and walls light green. Took me few years to decide that. We have a single wide 16×80 mfg. home with vinyl wall covering, definitely not to my taste. Luckily the newer paints with primer work on these walls. We painted our living room 3 yrs. ago, were told would have to use special primer first, NOT, thank heavens. Now it’s matter of having money to buy enuf paint for room, is nice size. Soon am hoping. Think have waited long enuf? lol Have wonderful weekend
    Your room looks really snazzy, love night stands, style is perfect for your room.

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  5. Charlene Asay says

    July 6, 2016 at 5:15 pm

    Beautiful colors you used. Love it!

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  6. Michelle Morris says

    July 5, 2016 at 10:45 am

    Love that wallpaper and that headboard!! Nice room up-do!Visiting by way of TUT

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  7. Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says

    July 3, 2016 at 12:33 am

    I always love before/after pictures and you did a beautiful job on your bedroom! Thanks so much for sharing your pictures with us at Share The Wealth Sunday!

    Reply
  8. Naked Eye Studio says

    June 28, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    I love the new look! The lamps in the wall are super cool looking 🙂

    Reply
    • Jamie Dorobek says

      July 4, 2016 at 1:23 pm

      Thank you! I’m loving not having lamps on the table AND just flipping a switch!

      Reply

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