Okay - Now I'm a little nervous to share my new bedroom with you. It's not like super-calafragalistically-fantabulous....but it makes me happy, and that's what counts, right?
My bedroom was the first room I worked on when we moved into the Cottage a little over a year ago. Here's the BEFORE picture (If you like the "BEFORE" better, don't tell me):
BEFORE PICTURE
It was okay....It was fun...I liked it for a while...but then I didn't like it. And because I didn't really like it that much I started to not treat my bedroom as well as I should. Long story short, it became a horrid, cluttered mess that gave me a panic attack every time I walked in there. I desperately wanted a bedroom that could be a sanctuary - a room that would feel completely serene and stress free. You know what I mean?
So I did something I NEVER do. I found an inspiration photo (below) and decided in 1 day that I was going to completely change my bedroom based on that one little photo. And I changed the whole thing over the course of 2 days. Again...a first for this girl.
(This is an inspiration photo...NOT my actual bedroom)
Image: Houzz.com
Enough background for you? Alright...here's my NEW and IMPROVED BEDROOM!
I really do like it. It's so clean...so calming...so stress free. In case you're curious, the wall color is Behr Paint+Primer in "Silver Tinsel"; the accent pillow on the bed is actually a standard pillow sham from Thomas O'Brien's collection at Target that I "tailored (crudely stitched)" to turn into a lumbar pillow; the mirror above the dresser is from Hobby Lobby (on sale for $40.00); the lampshades are from Target.
I pretty much owned everything else, so in total I spent $130 (including paint) to update my bedroom. Not too bad.
99 Suburbanites Said:
It looks great! So calming and peaceful, very lovely :0) ..I really love those lamps too!
I like it! The mirrors behind the nightstands caught my eye... may have to look for some for my room.
I think it is great! I just painted our dining room a darker grey and ended up loving it! Your room looks fantastic!
What a serene retreat! You did a great job!
The before is actually nice, but the after has an elegance and sophistication about it! Well done!!
Amy
Annicole, I love your newly made-over room. Love that grey on the walls,the mirrors, and the plates above the bed. You are right, it's very calming and peaceful as a bedroom should be.
I ADORE it! I mean inspiring! LOVE the colors your right on totally calming... GREAT job!
I can't believe you did all that for $130. You really spent your money wisely. Love the black and white.
Charla
it turned out lovely. totally soothing! love all the little details, like the mirrors and plates. good job!
It looks great. The wall color is very soothing and I love the simple plates above the bed.
Looks great! Love that black bed.
I really love the makeover! What a change!
I LOVE the "after." The room color is so soft and soothing. It looks like the kind of bedroom you could curl up in bed and read your favorite book before bed. I've been treating our bedroom pretty badly b/c I feel the same way you did. Maybe I need to get in gear!! Great job, AnNicole! :)
It's GORGEOUS! It looks so soothing and luxurious. Great job!
I love it. You did an amazing job. I like the mirrors on the night stands. Very cool. I might have to try an inspiration picture redesign too. I always find pics I love but I never have tried to use a photo to redecorate. Not sure why now!
i loooooove it! so pretty and calming. that wall color is amazing.
I love the new room! The wall color is fantastic and makes the room look so calm and inviting.
What a great job!!! I absolutely love it.
I LOVE IT. The after looks amazing. I love the color and the white plates .Just fabulous.
Serene is the RIGHT word, it looks GREAT! I love gray and white together.
I really love it! I love all the mirrors and the white.
Love the make over! :-)
I love this room - it is soooo calming, which is exactly the way a master bedroom should feel in my opinion! Beautiful!
I love it! Very calm and sophisticated!
Ooohh! So very... nice, pretty, calm, peaceful. They all fit. Love the redo. You just made me re-think grey.
Good job! It is b-e-a-utiful! Very calming. Very much an improvement!
Hello!! this room it's really beautifull...and your blog full of good ideas. Congratulattions!! Soledad
It looks really great! I am so impressed that you did that on just $130, and what a complete turnaround! Thanks for sharing your inspiring ideas! ;)
Ohhh it's so serene and soft and calm. I LOVE IT!! The mirrors are awesome, love them leaning against the wall. You did GOOD!!
It looks like a very peaceful retreat. I actually just gave our master bedroom a makeover too, I wanted it more grown up. I find the quick makeovers sometimes turn out the best. Glad you are thrilled with it, you should be.
LeAnn
Let's try this again. I am new to your blog! LOVE the re-do. I am getting ready to re-do our bedroom for the same reasons! I just finished our bathroom and I'm very pleased with how it turned out. Thanks for the inspiration.
It looks beautiful! Truly a sanctuary.
Oh, I could totally relax in your new room. NICE.
My room has become a dumping room for all the furniture that does not fit other places in the house, peaceful it is not! Need to find an inspiration photo and follow your lead!
I absolutely love your new bedroom -- all white is always so very soothing. Also, I was wondering where your headboard is from. I've been looking for one like it for my own transformation. : )
So soooo pretty! I adore that pic of the dresser and white curtains. Honestly, if you had said that inspiration pic was the other side of your room, I would have believed you! Great going incorporating the same feel!
My bedroom couldn't be more different! (an old antique sign for the headboard) Yet you've accomplished having me fall in love with yours all the same!
(Sorry for double post!)
Donna
Wow, wow! I'm truly impressed with how quickly you transformed your room. It it PERFECT. You're right, it looks very calming and peaceful. Love your wall color. Great work!
What an absolutely gorgeous room and to think you did it for $130.00 and what you already had. This room is magazine worthy, it is so beautiful. I like your room much better than the inspiration photo. Enjoy your new room, your special haven just for you.
Pat
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! You did a great job creating a calm, peaceful space, and in two days!! I'm totally impressed!
I really love the makeover..Totally soooothing color scheme..you did a great job..njoy your new room.
Wow!!!
It looks so relaxing. Love it!
I love it, well done!
Wow... I love the new room. You're right it's totally calm. Looks great.
A thousand times more relaxing. Clean. Calm. LOVE IT!
Am I the only one that would be nervous with glass plates hanging above my head? They LOOK divine, but that wall in our home....well, I'll just leave it at that ;)
Wonderful! I love how fresh and clean it looks!
So serene and inviting~beautiful work!
This looks GREAT! I LOVE it and for $130?? AWESOME!!!
Lou Cinda
It looks amazing! I especially love the mirrors behind the glass lamps on the nightstands. Wonderful job.
I LOOOOOVE IT! I want something very similar in my own bedroom. I have the same kind of thing that you had going on with your master bathroom in my master bedroom. I've looked at it for so long that now I dont know where to start! You did an amazing job and thanks to you, I now have my inspiration! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Beautiful!! I love the lampshades and the wall color- very serene!
I LOVE IT!!! Great job. I love the idea to have mirrors over both nightstands reflecting the light from the lamps.
June
Perfect! Really, I do love it. The paint color is the best. Very calming as you said. And LOVE the mirrors and pillows. You done good!!
Nancy
Really love the color! But I like the mirrors behind the nightstands the best. Great job.
Love it, I am going for a similar look in my bedroom and I just loved the mirrors behind the lamps. I also did not know what to put over the headboard. Love it!
Wow! What a cozy retreat! You have such a knack for pulling a room together. Thanks for sharing!
Great Job! I love what you did to your room. It's very calming.
Gail
LOVE it! I'm all about serene for bedrooms. The color is beautiful and I especially love the fluffy pillows. Now I need to go take a nap because your pillows look so welcoming. :)
It looks luxurious! Simply Devine.
~Rhonda from Minnesota
It looks beautiful!! You shouldn't have been at all nervous to show it to us. You did a great job on the room. I love it!! :)
awesome! i love it!! it looks very relaxing! love the paint color :)
You did a fantastic job! It looks so peaceful, exactly how it should be.
I LOVE your bedroom! I am going to steal that color for some of our house projects.
pretty pretty pretty.
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Okay now that is serene!!! Lovely job.
cheers,
Sylvia
I love your idea with the full length mirrors behind the nightstands. and I love your room way more than your inspiration. good job!
oh my gosh your bedroom makeover is beautiful, i think you did a fantastic job creating a calm, serene space. This is exactly how i would love my bedroom to look and feel. Good for you!
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janet
You certainly nailed the color!
It looks divine!
I love it so much!
It is so calm and serene!
The color is to die for ~ you are such a talented chick!
The bedroom is beautiful. I just found your blog tonight and I could spend hours looking at old posts!
This is beautiful. Simple and clean... the perfect space to dream the night away! I love it.
Ohhh, I love it! It makes me feel relaxed and peaceful just looking at it. You did such a beautiful job and with very little money spent. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous room with us.
I love the new look! Grey is perfect for a bedroom. Looks very chic!
I have been reading your blog for a while now--it was actually the first decor blog I stumbled upon (got your link from a comment on Fly Through Our Window), and you have led me into a whole new world! I love seeing your projects, and I love your style. Your bedroom looks great!
Beautiful!
You did a wonderful job :)
oh, I love it! it's beautiful!
Wow! This is wonderful - and so inspiring!
Thank you for the proof that it is possible to turn a bedroom beautiful, quickly and inexpensively. Great job!
I LOVE the color...it looks so relaxing! And the new lamp shades, they look completely different!
Chelsea
* WOW! I'm SO GLAD I just "discovered" your blog thru another one~~~ so FUN, PRETTY, INTERESTING & ENJOYABLE!!!
Sincere KUDOS to you for the beauty you created, w/ alot of thought & a small amount of $.... You should be SOOO proud (I already KNOW you have to just LOVE it in here now! Yummy!)...
Happy dreams,
Linda in AZ *
I LOVE it so much more than the before picture. I looks so clean and calming. I love the mirrors in the room. You did a great job.
Congrats!
Traci
how cute! love the calming color palette. but wouldn't work for DH and our 95 lb. black bull mastiff who climbs into bed w/us every chance he gets.
oh! and don't you love Behr paint+primer? I've done nearly every room in my house.
Congrats on a job well-done.
I like the before...
BUT...
I LOVEEEEEE the after! It looks soooo inviting!
I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
it's beautiful! i may need to use this as my inspiration photo for my room! i've been trying to choose a paint color forever. i painted my dining room grey and like it. i may have to go grey in the bedroom too (walls not hair). :)
Your bedroom redo is beautiful.
Girl you are so in the zone.. Beautiful room.. :)
Well done! I love it! Elegant and serene.
Your master bedroom
Looks all grown up now!
Very seren and sophisticated!
I love grey tones... most of my house is painted in them. :)
Outstanding transformation and at only $130, you should get the bargain decorator award!
Funny, I was thinking the before picture was just beautiful. But I love the "after" even more! Beautiful, Beautiful.
-dana
www.dana-made-it.com
wow - your room turned out gorgeous- how peaceful and clean.
Okay now,I want that room! Love the soft linens and yummy color on the walls. Another great blog for me to follow. Would love for you to follow mine. Keep up the great designs.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this!!!! I'm so glad to have found your blog, thanks to you! :) ......I have spent hours in the last week trying to find something like this and here it is! I'm so excited!
BTW, nice work, it's looks fabulous!
I have never been happy with my bedroom - so thanks to your post, I am going to go with the Silver Tinsel paint. I already have the white duvet and dust ruffle. It should be fun! Maybe I'll post pictures when I'm finished. Thanks for being my inspiration.
Thanks so much Denise! You made my day.
LOVE the new look. Absolutely better than the old. So my style, I am jealous!!! Can I steal it? Well, I won't. :) I am trying to simplify more before I make any other changes in the decor. Will check other posts as I have time. Keep up the good work.
An Nicole, I know this post is totally old, and I don't know how I never saw it before, but I just clicked over from Sarah (TDC) to see your post about behr paint + primer and then FELL IN LOVE with this gray. Gray is totally going to be the next can of paint I buy and you may have sold me on this shade. Library? Entryway? Yes. Yes.
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