master update :: repurpose, repaint, repair

i've been sloooowly chipping away at our master

bedroom for some time now.

i started here, then did this and this.

then stalled out.

because we have virtually no budget for this re-do

i have had to repupose, repaint, and repair

things we already have.

i do enjoy a decorating challenge.

(the wall planks have been the one expense so far

but i sold furniture to get the funds for those!)

headboard . . .

i knew i wanted it to be rustic and it had to be cheap.

finally i decided to use an old barndoor

that we hauled from nc last year.

so, i brought it in from the shed and set to work

giving it some legs.

i used some scrap wood, cut it to length, and

used the nail gun to secure it.

it's a heavy door so i bulked up the legs a good bit.

i knew they wouldn't be seen so wasn't too concerned

with how they looked.

and here she stands.

i'm really liking it.

with all the straight lines - wall planks and

headboard - i wanted something with some softer edges

on and over the bed.

the pillows also bring in the bright pops of color i wanted.

the mirror over the bed was a clearance

item from tjmaxx. it's cheap, cheap but i knew

i would paint it.

it's rustoleum's leaf green.

this old quilt was handed down from pastor j's side of the family

and has so many fun colors. it's a bit tattered so

i just drape it across the bed.

i'm still chipping away at the room as a whole but have done a few things

here and there. i still have a number of things to do

before it all comes together. some of that involves

spending so once the kids are back in school i'm

going to work on some furniture to sell and try to get this room done!

in the meantime,

here are a few sneak peeks of other little projects going on in the room.



hoping to finish it up and share the reveal by the end of september.

like i said, i'm moving slow! :)




linking up with the shabby nest today for frugal friday.



plank er up!

last friday was planking day.

finally!

all those planks that have been hanging

out in our bedroom have made 

their way home.

i am loving the results.

big time.

i am now happy to report that there are NO MORE

fleshy, pinky, underbelly-of-a-pig colored

walls in our home. 

woohoo!!

because it was a rainy morning (though you wouldn't

know it from the alien like light coming

in through the door and window!) we had to set up 

shop inside.

my dad was uber helpful and having him there gave me the

confidence i'll need to finish walls in two other rooms with the same treatment.

i finally got to break out my christmas present, a nail gun, and put

it to work. it was so easy and made all the difference in

how quickly we moved through getting the planks up.

after we  finished up the wall in the bedroom, and my parents left, i looked

at the clock and determined to make use of the time i had 

before the kids came home. 

and, i was on a roll.

so, i got started on our den.

this picture isn't all that clear but you can see where i started

to the right of the window. that exterior wall be planked

and then the window will get some drop cloth curtains.

so, a productive day on friday. 

which was a good thing.

because on saturday?

this happened:

our hot water heater died. and had apparently had a slow death

without our realizing. 

(this is after everything was  removed, including some of the flooring)

the closet where it's located (also our coat and "other storage" closet)

was flooded and mold had already started to form.

that was saturday morning.

tonight my house looks like this

and this

because we haven't had water since saturday at 9am.

the plumbers just left and will be back in the morning to finish installing our new

water heater, which is being re-routed so it can be OUTSIDE of the house! 

the good news is i will have more closet space!

so, to sum up:

1. bedroom wall is planked. hooray!

2. i can now move to the next phase of our master makeover. hooray!

3. planking has begun in our den and i will totally be able to finish

it on my own. hooray!

4. hot water heater. dead. boo.

5. floors in closet. ruined. boo.

6. water has been turned off since saturday and my boys

have become a little too comfortable using the backyard

as their outhouse. boo.

7. new hot water heater: bigger and more efficient and outside. hooray!

8. got rid of the nappy carpet that was in the closet. hooray!

9. opportunity to do something creative (and cheap) with the

floor in there. hooray!

10. opportunity to turn the closet into something

more functional, like a mini built in office. or a storage area

with great function and design. hooray!

so, while unexpected and a bit inconvenient, not horrible.

master makeover in progress

i was a little caught off gaurd by the calender today.

january has really gotten away from me! 

we've had snow days, scheduled days off, and sick kids.

the only thing all this means is that my project list is

getting restructured.

but that's life right?

if having kids has taught me anything it's that

flexibility makes life a lot easier.

a lesson that has not come easy for this highly structured gal!

today, because bean was home and passed out on the sofa

i decided to get started on our master bedroom which

is within earshot of the sofa.

it's a project i wasn't going to hit until spring,

but, i had the paint so i figured why not!

i have done absolutely nothing to our master since

we moved in last september other than our bathroom

and my closet.

below is a very before picture. it's actually an mls pic and what we saw

when we first looked at the home. so, none of it is our stuff.

their bedframe, while very nice, really overwhelmed this room so we sold our

bedframe before we moved

with plans to do something a little different for a headboard.

it's impossible to see the wall color with the lighting in this photo.

it's a fleshy pink color. i have previously described

it as resembling the underbelly of a pig. not a great color.

this looked a lot better on my camera than it does here.

the left side is the new color, rice grain by sherwin williams, mixed

by home depot. love behr's paint and primer in one.

the right side is the old pinkish wall.

rice grain. it only took one coat of behr p and p. awesome!

the trim and molding, currently a creamy white, will

be painted a bright white.



all walls were painted today except this one. it's going to be an accent

wall and will receive a treatment of horizontal

planks, painted white.

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i'm hoping to land somewhere between these two looks.

the above pic is clean and fresh and below is

rustic and fresh, and a little less perfect which suits

us better.

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it will be my first project using my new nail gun and compressor so

join me in praying that i don't land in the hospital with a nail driven through

my hand. just kidding, mom! i'll be fine.