room to sleep ~ before & sort of after

right from the beginning of our house build, both rob and i paid close attention to how our master bedroom and bathroom were put together.  we really wanted to have a space for us.  our old house had an ensuite, great windows, but lacked space ... especially bathroom and closet space.  so, as a result we wanted to ensure that our new master bedroom had all of those things with more space.  wish granted.  our master has not one, but two closets.  large one for me and a smaller one for rob ... i have a problem that involves shoes following me home.  and clothes.  and jewelry.  it also has a pretty sweet bathroom.  i'll share later.  about the only upgrade we did in the bedroom was adding a vaulted ceiling.  not a large vault and it was totally worth it.  definitely makes the room feel open.  we like open spaces.

other than upgrading our lamps before we took possession, we haven't really done anything to our room since we moved in.  mostly because we wanted to spend our money on more important things like blinds.  hello neighbour.  now we can start upgrading some of the items a little further down on our list.  a couple weeks ago rob and i purchased a new mattress (this one and it' kinda awesome), a king, and it meant that we also would need a new frame.  and while we're at it, new night stands.  the new bed and night tables totally change the room.  love it so much!

we've only got a couple photos from construction.  again, we were just more concerned with other parts of the house during the build.

and this is the way our bedrooms been for the last year and a half.  honestly i didn't think the room looked that bad.   but in these photos, i now think it looks terrible.  could be a combination of bad lighting (took these as the sun was setting), my new found disdain for our bedroom set (we got a really good deal on it when we first moved in together) and that we were expecting new furniture that we loved to arrive.  i mean that's a lotta reddish brown.

it seems that we really liked brown in our other home.  which is alright i guess, it's just not our taste now.  also the furniture feels very heavy, big and out of place.  we've been struggling with furniture placement as well and now that we've added some new stuff and are getting ready to paint and wallpaper we're going to try a few different layouts.  draw them out or move furniture around.  we'd welcome any suggestions for the dresser, mirror, chair and bookcase placement. 

anyways, here's what we're transforming it into: 

(thanks to rob and liam for putting the furniture together while averie and i had a dance party)

bed//night tables//lamps

i love how much lighter the room feels.  it's more open and is definitely more us.  the kids also love it.  mostly because they're all about flopping on/crawling on/snuggling in the giant new bed.  speaking of bed, when our mattress arrived we noticed something weird.  it was square ... 76 x 76.  we called sleep country and let them know.  they thought it was weird too.  after a couple emailed photos and phone conversations (sleep country was totally great about the whole thing) i'm happy to report that a new rectangular mattress is on its way today.  manufacturer said it was a defective mattress.  no worries. 

and as per usual we have generated a list of things we like to add/change:

~  wallpaper feature wall behind the bed with this.  this is the project i'm looking forward to the most.

~  paint the entire room, maybe a very light grey or white with a grey undertone.  not sure?

~  thinking of spraying the dresser a dark blue and adding new brass/gold hardware or find a new dresser.

~  we moved the chest at the end of our old bed to the basement. i want to make it into a dress up tickle trunk for the kids. (get that mr. dress up reference?)

~  we need some greenery in the room, not sure if we're going real or fake.  the last real plant we had in our room almost died because i kept forgetting to water it.  it's currently dying in the basement.

~  get more frames for our gallery wall.  print out some of our black and white photos.

~  we need new bedding: king sized duvet, cover and some king pillows.  maybe sew some covers for throw pillows.

  

...... ahhhhhhhhhh.