Bedroom Makeover at Kim's

Kristina's bedroom makeover. 

While we were visiting our daughter Kim last Christmas, we did a little decorating, here, here, here, here and here. Our biggest project was painting a set of bedroom furniture that we brought with us in our van. It was for our teenage granddaughter, Kristina. She had already chosen the bedding and drapery panels, so I decided to paint the furniture black. Black Suede by Behr. This set has seen many family bedrooms; first it was my in-laws guest bedroom set,

then my guest bedroom set, then my mother's guest bedroom set,

and now it's in Texas. 

before: The end table went from this above.

after: to this.

before: The pink lamps went from this.

after: to this.

 I painted the lamp bases black. I used a wide black Sharpie pen to paint over

 the pink velvet ribbon trim that's at the top and bottom of the shade.

before: The large dresser and mirror. 

It's a solid wood furniture with clean classic lines that was worth painting.

This gave her lots of drawer space.

 We removed the drawers to paint. It took three coats of black paint.

The mirror attaches to the back of the dresser.

11 drawers. 

She now has tons of space for her tons of stuff.

 We found a matching zebra shaded lamp at Marshalls.

 It matches her bedding and drapery panels.

 There are two big drawers in each of the end tables.

 We made the headboard with a large piece of MDF, added molding, painted it black and 

attached it the the wall using a French cleat method.

after! This is some of what we did on our Christmas vacation !

*No before pictures of the actual teenagers bedroom are available.

All images of said before bedroom are classified.

Links: Dittle Dattle, Between Naps On The Porch,

Type A, Coastal Charm, Miss Mustard Seed,

Perfectly Imperfect, Funky Junk

Needlepoint Christmas Pillows

If I was lucky I would occasionally find 

a Christmas needlepoint pillow on the 

after-Christmas sales. 

That was years ago and I still love each one. 

I store them all in a suitcase under the guest 

bed with the other Christmas fabrics.

 These are all in the living room.

 They show up nicely on the cream couches and chairs.

 This one was a gift from my sister-in-law 

Nancy. She said that she laughed when

 she saw it and knew it was meant for me. 

 The taffeta plaid pillows accent the needlepoint.

One at each end of both couches.

All in the living room.

 These two snowmen pillows are in the 

blue guest bedroom.

blue guest bedroom.

 These two are in the master bedroom.

Maybe I'll find another one this year.

 Not that I'm looking......

but one could fall on my head.

Cheers!

Links: Coastal Charm, Type A,
Funky Junk

North Carolina Bedroom

Today I'm sharing the pictures of the master 

bedroom in our place in North Carolina.

 Last week I showed the 'bear' themed

guest bedroom and bathroom.

 The master bedroom was put together with

things we had; some older pieces of furniture

 that were used in previous homes,

 and great sale and found items.

Very budget decorating.

 A Longaberger basket filled with colorful
yarn and knitting supplies.

 I'm still working on that chunky colorful scarf. 

That's the extent of my knitting skills.

All the bedding: matelasse' cover and shams, 

log cabin quilt and shams, pillows

  and lamps were found at the 

JCP outlet on sale for 80% off. 

The original watercolors were from Larry's 

parents. We had them reframed with new

 matts. They look better here than anywhere 

we've had them in the over the years.

 Now, the log headboard was a real find!

 It was a twin bed that was discarded in 

my Florida neighborhood on bulk trash day. 

You should have seen me trying to load 

these heavy pieces by myself into our van. 

They are perfect here. Larry joined the 

two pieces; the headboard and footboard 

(luckily they were both the same size) 

to make a king size rustic log headboard,

for FREE! The rest of the bedroom 

furniture were family pass-downs.

Drapery panels were $10/pair. 

The set of 4 oil paintings were also 

 found on sale

at the JCP Outlet store.

The colors work great in this room

The ceiling fan has a rustic mountain motif.

It has two lights and the top one 

can be used as a soft night light.

The wild oil painting above the mirror was

 from a church yard sale here. 

I got it for $4.   

Larry built the rustic wood frame from a

 discarded pallet, as he has done HERE. 

My other thrifted painting is HERE.

A Jack Schmitt watercolor is another one

we've had for years.

 It's great that our art works so

 beautifully with the decor we have here. 

Rustic frame I found on sale at Target and

an old lamp.

A collection of thrifty throws. 

I find these handmade afghans at 

the many thrift stores here. 

I wash and dry them, so they are 

fluffy soft to snuggle with.   

Some are stored in a Longaberger basket.

This branch ladder was found at a local crafts 

show. I've added a few lap blankets, 

a cowboy hat and rope I found in the garage.

The top of the dresser had an old oil lamp 

that I've added electric to, a dough bowl 

filled with sweetgum balls that I gathered 

on a road trip stop by a Florida forrest. 

That's a poster sized picture of me

 a few years ago....OK many years ago.

~~~~~~~~~

TEMPUS FUGIT

That was carved into the stone walls above 

the entrance of my junior high school in 

Florida, Robert E. Lee. 

I never knew what it meant, but I do now!

Cheers!

time flies!

Links: Dwellings,
Between Naps On The Porch,
Under The Table and Dreaming