Bedroom Update

After creating our faux reclaimed wood accent wall, shown here, we pressed the pause button on any bedroom updates. It's still a huge work in progress ~ we're not sure where we want to go next, but for now this is what it looks like.

Jewelry Display

{Canvas Jewelry Display}

Earlier this year I came across YHL's office crash ~ here. I loved Towne&Resse's idea so much that I went to our local Binders and picked up two 12x24 linen canvases. Simple T-Pins tack the jewelry in place. I also hung the letters Brian gave me on our wedding day ~ and speaking of, Brian and I are celebrating two amazing married years on Monday!

Bedroom Makover ~ Part III, Accent Wall

{Wood Accent Wall}

After being inspired by other reclaimed wood accent walls, we decided to include one in our bedroom. We did plenty of online research looking for reclaimed wood, only to realize A) we couldn't find exactly what we wanted or B) it was way out of our price range. We then decied to distress new wood and make our own faux "reclaimed" wood. Here's how we started:

On the ride over to Lowes, Brian had the idea for us to use fencing ~ it's more coarse and tends to be cheaper than finished pine. We decided on 8' and 6' pieces and at $1.34-$2.50 a piece we felt they were affordable. But to make this a real bargain, we asked an employee if he would give us a discount on defected boards {spit, warped or cracked}. They said yes and ended up selling them to us for 25 and 50 cents a piece!!!

Our total came out to just under $10!!

Inspired by driftwood ~ we brushed each piece with a grey stain, then white washed over each one. I used a different white wash ratio with each board to make each slightly unique ~ working the brush against the grain. After they were dry, I distressed additional boards using a chain and hammer.

Brian went to work cutting each board and installing them.

Once our accent wall was complete, Brian installed our trim. He used the same molding as our guest bedroom shown here.

Check back soon to see Part IV!

Bedroom Makeover ~ Part II

{Paint It}

After yesterday's demolition, we were ready to go with painting. Brian got a head start on cutting in, while I layed plastic and taped the room. Then we primed the ceiling and finished it off with two coats of a flat ceiling white from Lowes ~ all of which we had leftover from previous projects.

Still a bit undecided on the wall color ~ we went ahead and used Benjamin Moore's Hush which we had leftover from our Living & Dining room. Thus far we haven't purchased any additional items for this project! That's always an added bonus!

Bedroom Makeover ~ Part I

{Let The Demolition Begin}

Having put off work on our own bedroom for way too long, we're excited to get the ball rolling! Pat happened to be in town for the night and offered to give us a helping hand in taking down the popcorn ceiling. We hoped to find the same tongue and groove slats that we found here in our guest bedroom.

And to our excitement we did!

A small hole quickly turned into a large one and before we knew it the entire ceiling was down.

While Brian worked on sanding the ceiling ~ Pat and I worked on removing all the trim.

It was a HUGE help having an extra hand (thanks Dad!) Within two hours we had the popcorn ceiling down, trim off, original ceiling sanded and room cleaned!

Click here to see Part II.