Out of all of my house renovations thus far, my master bedroom was a lot less intense than my other projects, but ended up being the one that looks most dramatically different from start-to-finish. Taking this bedroom from mustard yellow to moody and masculine was mainly about cosmetics!
We'd already pulled up the terrifying burgundy carpeting the day we got the keys, and after refinishing the floors we painted the entire room top-to-bottom with high-hiding white primer with the plan to come back and finish it eventually. And then we left it like that. For years!
Finally a few months ago while in-between other projects I started obsessing over the idea of painting one of our rooms black, and our master bedroom seemed like the perfect fit - it inspired me to makeover our bedroom in only a few weeks!
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My favorite change was replacing the oddly-placed light fixture with a modern chandelier. The original light was barely a foot from the front wall - I knew I needed to find something with a chain so that I could hang it in the center of the room where it belonged! I spent a long time looking at crystal chandeliers, then industrial chandeliers, then bubble chandeliers, before settling on this contemporary fixture with glass shades.
Most of the rooms in our house are bright so I really loved the idea of making our room moody and masculine. I was really inspired by this post on domino - I loved the juxtaposition of the black walls and graphic pillow with the warmth of a faux fur blanket.
The next big change was replacing the chair rail molding. I loved the beadboard, but it was
topped off with a skinny, boring square trim that didn't match all of the other intricate molding and millwork in the house. Replacing it with actual chair rail molding was an easy fix and made painting easier.
What surprised me most about this renovation was how much bigger the room felt after I painted the walls black! I used Valspar Noir in eggshell, and brightened up the trim with a fresh coat of Valspar Ultra White in semi-gloss. I used a flat white for the ceiling.
I also think the curtains being mounted at the correct height made a huge difference in making this room feel big. After installing hardware and hemming curtains in my two other bedrooms I felt like a pro in this room!
At this point I was having a really hard time figuring out what to do for a headboard - we used to just sleep with our pillows against the wall but that wasn't an option once we put curtains up.
One day I came home and Patrick had made a live-edge headboard for us! I love that it's not too obtrusive but still adds a little texture! The extra pine boards that we bought for our kitchen shelving unit are the gift that keeps on giving!
Patrick and I have a massive collection of plants that we have to bring inside every winter. Usually they all end up clustered around the windows in the living room, but we were able to make a really great space for them against the back wall - our windows in this room face east so they get a lot of light.
I'm so amazed at the difference a little paint can make and I'm so excited that this is now my favorite room in the house - it came together so quickly that I really don't know why I waited so long to get to it!
