This blog post will not be covering a remodel for my own home but that of an amazing couple that I had the opportunity of helping with design and projects. I reached out on Facebook to friends and family seeing if anyone would be brave enough and willing to let me help them remodel a room in their home. Beth quickly responded saying that she needed help giving her and her husband Anthony a grown up bedroom. Many times parents always push things for themselves to the back burner while taking care of things for the kids. That is just what we do. Moms and Dads deserve to have a quiet relaxing spot all to themselves... a sanctuary. I had Beth send me her pin board on Pinterest, pictures of her room and a drawing of the rough layout of the room. I was able to quickly draw inspiration from her pin board and come up with a strong design. Her pins had a reoccurring color scheme so I pulled the color choices from that. The color palette was cool so to warm it up we used wood tones and gold. We were able to refinish furniture they already had to make them fit into the space and save a ton of money by not having to buy new furniture. The only piece they had to buy was the chair and they were able to get it used for a great buy. This was definitely a group effort. I would do some of the decor projects at my home while they did some of them at their home. Anthony is a great painter and a perfectionist so he did a great job with helping bring everything together. I have always just decorated my own home to my own taste so this was a lot of fun collaborating with some one else. We sent emails and texts with ideas, projects, scores from shopping trips. I was always excited to get a text from Beth seeing what she found. This roughly took a month to put together. We all had to work around work schedules and life. Enough chatting lets get on with the pictures!
The BEFORE
The INSPIRATION
The SANCTUARY
We made a simple inexpensive bookshelf out of crates. The empty corner space was perfect for them and we designated this space as a reading nook.
They had this little dresser in their garage and wanted more storage in their room. It was a simple cream color with yellow details. We glammed it up with white and gold paint. I love French Provencial styled furniture and was excited to do this piece.
I saw the wall art on Beth's inspiration board and knew that I could easily make it. I loved mixing the colors of the room and leaving the wood exposed to bring that warm natural element to the room.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the head board turned out. I thought the warm wood on the navy wall would look amazing. I also wanted to celebrate the couple by having portraits of them in the room. Adding the photos with frames of the same wood makes the headboard look tall and impressive. We explained the idea of the headboard to Anthony and he had the idea of adding the lanterns to the bed and I loved the idea. I stained the wood for the headboard and did the pictures but all of the assembly was all Anthony.
We originally were going to go with hanging end tables but between trying to figure out the best way to hang them and realizing with children it might be a bad idea we decided to paint tables they already had gold. They picked out a beautiful gold in Valspar. Beth did a great job styling the table. I gave her the home made stain recipe that I used for the crates and headboard and stained a wood round and made a beautiful tray. I love what she did with the gold letters and candle holders. It was so cute. I used a cheap $1 vase from the Dollar Tree and spruced it up with spray paint and twine. Decorating does not have to be expensive if you don't mind putting in a little time and get creative.
This 5 panel wall art was soooo affordable. The canvases came in a pack of 5 and we got them on sale for $11.99 at Michaels. I painted them using ideas from her pin board and I wanted to add something a little more personal to the couple so I asked Beth if they had a favorite quote or saying. She said that this is something that they say to each other all of the time.
I love taking old dressers and giving them new life. We removed the mirror from their existing dresser and used just the dresser part. We mixed up chalk paint using the left over navy paint. Beth and I painted it and trying hand painting the gold details. We had a hard time so Anthony took care of that part for us using tape and spray paint! We wanted to add updated hardware to it but as we all know that can really add up. I found some cool inspiration where people have used rope or old belts and sent them to Beth. They found beautiful burlap ribbon and I think it turned out great. It added another warm textured element to the design.
I hope you enjoyed seeing this remodel as much as we enjoyed doing it. I think I might continue working with others to give them spaces that they love. We should all have homes that represent who we are and is a sanctuary from the busy hectic world.
