Home Makeover: Master Bedroom

28 January 2014

Here's another look at the inside of our house-- our bedroom, move-in until we finished painting and adding furniture.

When we first moved in we had Cameo walls and ugly green vinyl.  Our slightly OCD personalities quickly realized this set-up was silly and moved the bed to the center of the outer wall to appease our desire for some symmetry, and our mantra, "Anything but Cameo" stayed true as we moved forward.

This is the corner where we hang our clothes-- we used to keep shoes here too, but since adding a shelf for each of us that functions as a dresser, our shoes hang out with our folded clothes now.

This shelf houses our toothbrushes, medicine, jewelry, etc. It's only like 4" wide, which is not a lot. We anchored it to the wall with a few hinges bought at a local hardware store, which helps protect against the damage that can be caused by 3 kittens suddenly discovering the ability to run, climb, and pounce.  Our second batch of 3 kittens is almost old enough to give away now, and we can't wait.

After mixing our own light blue from white and blue paints, we got to work. This is an in-progress photo, as you can tell from the 8 or so inches of Cameo peeking out under the blue on top of the wall.  We also noticed that the curtains almost exactly match the wall now, which we want to fix, but we may just be too lazy.

And here's the mostly finished product! Our Pocahontas bedspread is now in the spare room-- exchanged for a flowery blue deal. And yes, we do use the blanket to sleep under- usually in the hours between about 4am and 6am, when we wake up to the sound of a million roosters and the neighbor girls sweeping outside.  As you can see, the green vinyl is still there. We have plans to pull it up, give it away, and paint the floor, possibly laying some prayer mats down as rugs, but so far we haven't started that project yet.