The Master

It look me forever to find bedding that I liked.  Everything that's been in style for the past few years just hasn't  been what I wanted.  Sure, if I could afford to spend thousands of dollars, I could probably find exactly what I want, but I don't have that kind of money to spend.

When we were at IKEA last September, I did purchase a plain white duvet insert because I liked being able to pick the thickness, but I didn't see any covers that I liked.  A month or so later I was at Target when I came across THIS and I loved the color, so from that I was able to finish the room.  I decided to pair the purple/plum with a sage green.

If you look close enough you'll see that our Tucker has staked his claim and this bedroom is HIS.  It's his lair and unless the other cats have approval from him, he doesn't like them in HIS bedroom...lol  He will chase them off.....especially Oreo!

All of the furniture we've had.  We bought the oak bedroom set a few years ago and the bookcase on the side of the bed is actually a re-purposed pantry.  That came from our old house and we used it as a pantry is our so very small kitchen.  I needed a book case in our bedroom, so off came the book and hinges and ta-da......a bookcase.

This is where I store books I haven't read yet, or that I'm going to keep.  The basket next to the bookcase came back with me from Negril, Jamaica and the hat box on the bottom shelf has eleventy billion buttons that I've kept from my clothing since forever.  Both the lamp and the mirror were spray painted plum to coordinate with the room.  The little heart shaped 3 tiered stand is for Fred's alarm and where he can put his nook, glasses and water.

We also have a large window seat within a large bay window with a palladium window above the bay window.  I bought some nice window shades a couple of years ago in a very neutral color so they would blend with whatever I decided to do with the room.

 

I found pillows at both Target and Pier1 to line the window seat.  I wanted different colors and textures in the pillows.  I also found these cool vases at Target and filled them with some silk flowers from Pier 1.

This is my corner of the bedroom.  I have a nightstand and a ladder bookshelf (re-purposed from the family room years ago).  The nightstand is kind of a catch all for my stuff.  I've told Fred that if I drop dead, he needs to go through the nightstand.  :)  The ladder bookshelf had more paper books that I haven't read yet.  It also displays pictures of my mother and my maternal grandparents.  Although you can't really see it, there is also a glass cat plate that my mother gave me for Christmas at least 20 years ago and I love it!  She gave me two of them and the other one is in the family room on display.

I have baskets on top of my nightstand for my nook, the remotes and my reading glasses.  Both lampshades on the lamps came from Target, but I wish I would have bought the other ones I had in my hand....too bad.....too late.  :(

Thanks for letting me share a bit of where I hang out.

LOOKIE!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post the "after" picture of our new foyer ceiling light.  This is much more in tune with the rest of the house.  We got it at Lowe's and it was super super reasonable in price.  I love the design and how it looks where it is, but it doesn't throw off the same brightness of light that the other one did and that took some time to get used to.  The hallway has another very plain dome light and we did replace that with virtually the same dome light only in brushed nickel rather than gold and if we need more light there, we can turn that on.

Last weekend I FINALLY painted our master bedroom.  It's been contractor white for almost 8 years.  I just had no clue what I wanted to do with it.  When we moved, I didn't buy new bedding.  We had a white, forest green and purple floral Waverly print that I liked, so I continued to use it because I wanted to focus on other areas of our new house for decorating.  Our bedroom wasn't a big priority....I was just so happy to have more than one bathroom now...lol!  A couple years later, the bedding was starting to look worn, so I did replace it was a nice set from JC Penney's and I went with a bronze, gold and teal (what was I thinking?) heavy tapestry look.......it was very rich looking but I got tired of it fast and it snagged and pilled something awful, but we lived with it for another 5 years.  Last summer I decided I wanted to change it.  I had finished what I wanted to do in the rest of the house as far as decorating went, and was ready to do some wall color.

I wasn't going to paint the whole room because the room has 18 foot high ceiling and it would be a PITA to paint and the Sherwin Williams Dover White isn't a bad white, so I decided to paint the biggest wall behind our bed a coordinating color once I found bedding........little did I know that would be easier said then done.

To be continued.........

Ugly Isn't It?

Well, it's no longer there.........after almost 8 years in this house, we finally bought something nicer and not as ugly.  I can't believe it took me this long to replace it.  We've replaced almost every fixture in this house and this one is right at the front door.....

Stay tuned.....

Should I start this back up again?

I quit blogging last year because I was finding it was become a chore, but I think I'm going about it wrong.  Rather than viewing it as an obligation, I guess I should take the attitude of posting when I feel like it.  Maybe some weeks it will be multiple times, maybe not.

So, we'll see how this goes for awhile.......again.....