Mastering the Decor

We have lived in our home for nearly 9 years and although we have attempted to decorate our Master Bedroom, we have run aground time and time again. Shortly after we moved in, I painted the walls in a faux finish, and a few months later, I found a coverlet for the bed and so on. We don't have a bedroom furniture suite and never have. We have the dresser that my husband has had since his childhood, two nightstands I picked up for a little bit of nothing years ago and that is about it.

I have ALWAYS wanted a nice, quite, comforting room to call our Master Bedroom. Main issue - besides money - is trying to determine our style. I would find something that I liked, but my husband wouldn't like or I wanted it to have a bit more character than just a manufactured piece. Yes, I am well aware that I am crazy picky!

So, I decided that I would need to create items for this nice, quite, comforting room. Looking over our budget, we decided that we could spend about $20. Keep in mind, I have a slew of items on hand that can either be re-fashioned or re-purposed.

First, a headboard. We just replaced a fence panel in our backyard fence and decided to use the panels to make a headboard. This solved two issues; 1) a cheap - FREE - headboard, 2) kept the fence out of the landfill. We even re-used the nails to keep with the re-purposed look. We sanded the panels slightly just to knock off some of the roughness of the aged and wheathered wood. 

Built and ready to be sanded

Sanded and ready to be installed

Installed and being enjoyed!

 

As I mentioned before, this process has taken nearly 9 years, so I'm really not in a hurry to make this happen.  But, I will work on it every chance I get.  Up next, nightstands....

 

My side was easy.  We had a side table that was given to us by Craig's Great Aunt.  With a few pieces of wall art, made by both my sister and my Great Grandmother, my side is complete.

 

 

My husband's nightstand took a little more work.  I used one of the nightstands we had prior to this process and a little steel blue and brown paint from the garage.  With a bit of creativity and patience, we have something he likes and again, NO MONEY WAS SPENT!

 

 

This is still a work in progress and as we add more, I will update.  Loving the process of working with my husband on what we want and how we can do it with what we have.