ORC Week 7 - Master Bedroom Re-do Reveal

It's REVEAL DAY!

First of all I need to thank Linda for hosting this amazing blogging event,  as well as the sponsors, since we know we wouldn't have been motivated as much if it weren't for the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE! 

Other than having better rooms in our homes, the ORC literally SAVED my home this time since we discovered pesky termites on our floors just starting to wreak havoc, so thank goodness, renovation this time was literally a HOUSE SAVER!

WEEK 1/WEEK 2/WEEK 3/WEEK 4/ WEEK 5/ WEEK 6

It's been a gruelling 7 weeks and here we are at last. After decorating like a mad woman (which I thoroughly enjoy BTW, yikes!), we have reached this important day. I added the links to most of the sources in the room at the end of the post in case your interested. And of course, other than all the awesome feature bloggers rooms (which were unbelievably good as always) you can see them HERE, I also saw some fantastic spaces in the guest participants rooms as well ( Check them out HERE)! I hope you will enjoy seeing my room too, because as my husband said, "It's your best room so far babe..." ;-) SWEET!

Ta- Da!

Just to remind you the room when we first moved in here...

Our room after our first re-do

Now

We really love how the entire room turned out! And I am happy how the wallpaper panels turned out too! My math teacher would be proud since my measuring added up with the bed, vanity and dresser as well. I ended up choosing a Changing table as a dresser since it had the right look and size. We're also enjoying the FLOR tile carpet we ended up choosing!

I'm glad the heights for both sides are somewhat equal too for the lamps.

I love that I could easily turn the lamps away and towards the bed depending on our need.

My Homegoods find last year

My Vanity Table/Mini-desk/office is perfect!

I put all my night time beauty essentials on a tray by the bed and some of my stationary here too!

My husband and I loved this limited print art work we scored from HG

The Dresser topped with glass is the  perfect perch for some display, everything else are inside the drawers.

Lounge/reading area

I only kept 3 old things in the room - the chair above, the bench and the fireplace screen doors. Everything else is new. The chair was a gift from me to my husband the first year we moved into this house, and my husband absolutely loves this big thing ( have to keep it for sentimentality and also for his happiness! LOL!)! I added a pharmacy lamp here so it's the perfect reading nook,  for everyone actually ( bedtime stories are read here a lot already)!

Did you notice my curtains?

I adore the scallop details on them. The rods are amazon finds and the finials are crystal like, beautiful.

The other old thing that stayed in the room, this bench, an estate sale find, which had hints of blue and grey.

Now, let me show you the opposite side of the bed...

We've got built-ins!

Just a Reminder of the sad before...

I love that we have shelving and more storage space for things that I do want to see and display day in and day out!

The shiplap wall behind the TV turned out great.

New fireplace surround

I kept the old brass doors for sentimental reasons again, I just want a reminder of where the room was before. I'm just 'funny & weird' that way, and I also had a hard time finding replacement doors in this kind of brass. The stone surround is Danby Marble and it was a bit of pain to get, this by far was the longest thing we had to wait for in the room, but in the end, I think it was all worth the wait.

I was glad the picture lights turned out perfect too!

Do you notice where my blur-ray player is at? Or any of the wires for that matter?

We were able to hide all the wires behind the new built-ins, the backing on the shelving as I showed you in previous weeks, are removable. The blu-ray player is between the books underneath an acrylic stand I bought to hold some of my religious items (the joys of being a Catholic ;-0). I also zhushed up the drawers with these brass drawer corners.

Check out the Cabinet hardware details

me & my loves

I added a small gallery wall as you enter the room. I displayed some of our favorite pictures together thru the years including our original wedding portrait (17 years ago, yikes)! I just wanted the room to feel that it's OURS,  OUR HAVEN. I still had some photos of our kids (other than all around the house) in here, but I wanted them to take the 'back seat' to ours. ;-)

More about us...

Have to have family here too...

Thank you for seeing my room and visiting my blog! I also want to thank those who followed me thru my renovation journey this time around, you know who you are, it really helps to have some support with a project like this! A BIG 'Thank you' too for my husband who is my biggest cheerleader and supporter in every aspect , I love you!

And now, if you haven't checked out all the fabulous spaces for the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, go and check them out HERE.

Have a Great Day!

SOURCES

Furniture & Decor

BED/ VANITY TABLE/  CAMPAIGN DRESSER/ CEILING FAN/ CEILING MEDALLION/

BLUE VELVET CUSHION COVER/ DUVET COVER/ PHARMACY LAMP/ CURTAIN RODS/ CARPET TILES/ CHENONCEAU WALLPAPER/ ZIMBA FABRIC/ VANITY MIRROR/ JET'AIME/ GHOST CHAIR/ RIBBON MILLWORK/  DRAPES/ THROW BLANKET

Marbled blue wall art and Bedside Arch lamps - HOMEGOODS

Enjoy the Simple things pillow - H & M

Gold Cross &  - WISTERIA

Bench - Estate Sale find

Built-ins

DRAWER PULLS/ CABINET PULLS/ DRAWER CORNERS/CABINET LIGHTING/  WALLPAPER/ ACRYLIC RISER/ WHITE PHOTO FRAMES/ GOLD FRAMES

White Fretwork Ginger Jars - TJ MAXX

Glass Sea Fan - Wisteria

ORC Week 6 - Master Bedroom Re-do Sneak Peek

I thought we'd have REVEAL day post today, and lucky for me, I'm done with my room (for now). But I understand how hard it is for the other bloggers trying to finish up, so today I just wanted to share with you a sneak peek of what's coming next week and hope you drop by again!

If you want to Link up to the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, do so HERE. See you next week!

VEL

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ORC Week 5 - Master Bedroom Re-do PROGRESS

Things are moving fast in our Bedroom Re-do, so far no glitches... yet.

First of all, WE GOT BED!

 WEEK 1WEEK 2/WEEK 3/ WEEK 4

And you can see the desk/vanity peeking on the side too!

We ended up choosing the Highline Greige Upholstery bed and so far, we LOVE IT! I love the modern wing-back upholstered headbord and I liked that it didn't have tufting since I'm iffy on dust getting into them. We also got the cabinets in!

Old mantel and surround removed too

My carpenter had to add an extra cabinet up top so that there would be no space above. and I'm liking the way it looks. I opted for shaker style doors and drawers had to be remade to plain, since it was narrow, the shaker style on the drawer fronts didn't look good. I'll just figure out a way to zhush it up eventually.

I'm also adding this wallpaper to the backing of the cabinets.

SOURCE

I opted for peel and stick since I wanted the look of grasscloth without the hassle of the cost and application. And I got to work right away...

Work in progress

I love how easy it is to apply and cut and, it really looks nice.

We also got light!

I replaced one of the the can light in front of the door as you go in the room to a flush mount, and this was what I chose. I had a real hard time choosing because as you can see below, there are so many beautiful flush mounts to choose from.

My finalists were these

Lastly, I wanted to share this...

My pretty awesome Ceiling fan

We also got a new fan installed along with this gorgeous ceiling medallion! The fan is from LOWES and it is reasonably priced and oh-so-gorgeous! Oh and we've been using it while working on the space and it is quiet as well! Love this wooden fan!

We also had the desk assembled, got the moulding for the wallpaper wall already(I just need to wallpaper)! Carpet tiles being delivered in a day or 2, chose the lightest one. I'm crossing my fingers everything comes together nicely!

We're nearly there and hope you come back next week for the big reveal!  I'm waiting on the chest too (actually ended up choosing a diaper changing table from Target) and curtains ordered from PB and of course, I need to decorate, decorate, decorate!

Can't wait to see all the rooms done next week! If you wanna see everyone's progress, check out the HERE!

Have a Great Weekend!

VEL

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ORC Week 4 - More Choices and Progress on Master Bedroom Re-do

Ok, we're almost there. ORC week 4 and if you haven't checked out all the progress, you can do so  HERE.

 And today I wanted to start off  by sharing the Cabinet hardware going into the built-ins.

WEEK 1/WEEK 2/ WEEK 3

I had to find the perfect campaign drawer pulls to make it similar to the desk and hopefully side table, that will go in the room, these 2 were from ROCKLER and the acrylic and brass handles were from RH. I'm so excited to see the cabinets (currently on the works at my contractors shop)!

I also need help in deciding on the carpet going in the room. I basically don't want any more carpet under the bed, just a headache for me in cleaning that part, so I opted to have carpeting around the bed so FLOR Tile is the way to go. I got my samples in, now I'm stumped. Help!

Which one?

Also, I narrowed down my options to my husband's side of the bed from bedside tables to chests. The reason is since we got rid of the old huge dresser in the room, we need more drawers so I will maximize the wall with the desk, bed and chest for storage. Here are my choices...

DRESSER CHOICES
1/ 2/ 3/4/5

Currently I'm leaning towards 1, 2 or 3. Reason being the size (width) would be perfect. #4 might be too tall and not wide enough and #5 is too wide (although is my favorite). I need to order tonight, so I'm crossing my fingers I make the right decision soon!

And lastly, update on the progress on the work done...

BEFORE

AFTER

Yes, we got the floors fixed and replaced the door casing and door! We did not have to re-do the entire floor of the house just this portion, so I am a very happy lady right now.  And we also have this...

Smooth ceiling and some details

It looks so much more lighter and better now in the room, still not move-in ready (no bed, nothing), but BETTER!

I know everyone's busy getting ready for Halloween (as are we) but with 2 weeks left, Halloween can be brushed aside for now ( at least I got my Halloween decorating done, see BELOW)! Wish me luck!

Have A Wonderful Weekend!

VEL

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ORC Week 3 - Good news, Bad news and Choices on Master Bedroom Re-do

Can't believe we're on the 3rd week  of the  ONE ROOM CHALLENGE already and my, this past weeks have been CRAZEEEE!

First, I had to battle some illness and to top it off, I had to pack up the outdoors stuff and finish my Halloween decorations! Oh, I had to deal with a lot of school activities too! Like I said, CRAZEEE!

Ok, let's talk about my ORC now. First off with some GOOD NEWS...

WEEK 1/ WEEK 2

Goodbye POPCORN CEILING!

Yes, despite my bedroom looking like a Decontamination room from "Outbreak", I am happy to report that the ceiling is now nice and smooth and the white paint is up. I used BEHR Polar Bear white in flat finish, the same white I use in the other bedrooms. I didn't even have to pay for it since I had so much left over and the cream paint was easy to paint over on! Hew!

Now, let me share some really BAD NEWS...

yup

We already knew we had to replace the door and door casing going outside because of some water damage that we let go out of control. But then when our contractor was checking things on the floor, we found that we not only had water damage, we also had some TERMITES! EEEEEEEEEEWWWW!

Still, we are so lucky since the buggers did not eat up our base floor (the termite guys checked it from the basement), ate up only part of the door frame and some of the top floor (the wood floor that you see), but we do have to fix this damage and have our house treated. I called the Termite guys right away and we scheduled the treatment earlier, so that was good. Now we just need to get the floors fixed!

The carpenters are currently working on the molding for the room and ceiling and also building the built-ins off site. But for sure, the floors and this problem is TOP PRIORITY! What's good is a nice bedroom if your going to fall off of it! ;-)

And now, for some CHOICES.

I mentioned that I needed to do a lot of shopping, and I have been browsing on and off line for months (yes, I was obsessed with fixing up our bedroom without my hubby's knowledge)!

BED OPTIONS
1//2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10

 It's obvious I want an upholstered headboard. I just think that something soft at the back of my head is something I'd like to try, since we always had a hard headboard. Also, I like how relaxing it looks.
As you can see, I had so many choices to think about. My husband has to have a say on this too (well, at least he thinks he does ;-)) I did order the bed already, can you guess which one?  ;-)

BEDSIDE TABLE CHOICES
1/  2/ 3/ 4/  5/  6

For my husband's side of the bed, I wanted a side table that can maximize what's left of the width of the wall, and as you can see I like the Campaign furniture look. The problem is that none of these are wide enough! I need to look for alternatives for my hub's side.

VANITY/ DESK OPTION
1/ 2

Can you spot the difference? Not much really, but the price is just crazy different. #1 is from Hayneedle for $399, #2 is from Potterybarn for $899!

 Since I really wanted a desk/vanity as a bedside table with the campaign look, these were my choices. But practicality won me over and I chose #1.

That's it for now folks! Hope I can share more progress on the room next week! It's definitely CRUNCH TIME!

Have a Great Weekend!

VEL

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ORC Week 2 - The Plan for Master Bedroom Re-do

Now that you know I'm working on our Master bedroom for the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, I wanted to share with you the over-all plan.

Ta-Da!

This is the plan on the bed area :

1) Replace all the furniture - got that handled since a friend of mine who just moved into a new house is buying all my old one! Yey!

Good bye to my choccolate goodness!

2) Add huge picture molding beside the bed to for wallpaper. - Since I change my mind often, wallpapering the entire room or a wall would be 'problematic'. So by doing this, I can change up my wallpaper in no time!

And currently I'm obsessed with Schumacher Chenonceau wallpaper

3) Paint the entire room white.- The cream and blueish gray has to go.

Good-bye cream and blue walls!

Mainly this side of the room just entails a lot of shopping work & fun! LOL!

On the opposite side of the bed. I want something like this...

1) Build custom cabinetry beside our fireplace. I need to hide a couple of small safes and the rest of our 'junk', but also, I need to display some of our 'junk'!

Good-bye to putting things in bins and on the floor!

2) Remove old fireplace surround and come up with something prettier. - I basically want it to be marble or natural stone all around, more of a contemporary look. The Hearth needs to go too!

Good-bye Mantel!

3) Add interesting lighting to the cabinets.

4) Hide all the wires. - Like you, I hate wires, and having these built-ins made is the only way I could hide the wires from the TV and Blu-ray with ease.

5) Add crown molding to our tray ceiling and remove the old popcorn ceiling. I want to replace our ceiling fan too!

Best shot I could get of the tray ceiling.

Here are some of my inspirations..

I have already discussed all the plans with our contractor and we're getting started already! Wish me luck!

You can check out my ORC Week 1 HERE.

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Have  a Great Weekend!

VEL

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