Blue Master Bedroom......

A few months ago I decided I wanted to paint over the brown in our master bedroom.  The color I had on the walls for the past 7 years was Sherwin Williams Baguette.  I loved this color, which is why I kept it so long!  I also had brown drapes, brown bedding, brown furniture.... you get the picture.

I decided to go with a soft blue color!  I had painted my laundry room and master bathroom Sherwin Williams Rainwashed and LOVE that color.  For our bedroom I decided to go one up on the strip from that color.  It is called Window Pane.  This is one of my favorite colors!  It is a beautiful soft blue with a touch of gray.  It is a very soothing color. 

Sherwin Williams-Window Pane

Here it is on our bedroom walls.  This little bedroom re-do was fairly simple.  First I painted the walls.  I did not replace any furniture.  I did paint the dark wood night stands with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White. That little change made a HUGE difference! It really broke up all the brown!

I swapped out black lamps for these crystal lamps I found at Homegoods. They have some really great lamps! Just the white paint and the shiny lamps brightened up the space soooo much!

The wall behind the bed sat empty for awhile.  I had some prints of trees up there that I really liked, but I was just ready for a change.  I found these pressed tins at Pottery Barn.  I knew the weathered gray look was exactly what I wanted! 

If I wanted to get really fancy I would swap out the ceiling fan for a pretty chandelier.  BUT I love have a ceiling fan on at night so practical is winning out right now.

This is our my little reading corner.  We bought that brown couch awhile back and it is sooo comfortable!  Maybe not what I would pick out now, but it is a great spot to relax!  I found the silver lamp behind the couch at IKEA. I think it was about $40.00. I love that lamp, it is super sturdy and feels like it was much more than $40.00!

Pottery barn $199.00

I think I did pretty good at IKEA!

  I made the little white table.  You can read about that here:

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Something as easy as swapping out drapes can make such a difference!   I love how the cream drapes look with the blue walls.  The bench under the window was another one of my projects.  Read about it here:


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 That door goes out to a little balcony in the front of our home.  Great spot for coffee in the morning or a glass of wine at night.  (think I have done that twice in 7 years, but it sounds good though doesn't it??!!) :)

The bedding is all from Pottery Barn.  I am a sucker for Pottery Barn pillows and bedding!  I have had the off white bedding for awhile, it goes with anything so is perfect!  I can just swap out pillow covers to change things up. 

Just for the record there is NOT one flea market find in our bedroom!  :)

I will post before pictures soon so you can see what a little bit of paint can do!

Before and After Bathroom!

On Friday I had posted our "after" master bathroom.   Now it is time to see the "before".......

These pics are actually phase 2.  I had really dark window treatments up and all chocolate brown towels and rugs.  I gradually added some yellow & white in hopes to make it a more cheerful room.  The valances did not turn out too well, I had them made from a window panel.  They did not stay up there too long.  You can also see the dark cabinet hardware, or can you?  I have no idea why we picked out hardware that totally blended with the wood!  I have since sold almost all the old knobs on craigslist.  They would look great on some light wood cabinets!

And we lived with those light fixtures for over six years.  It is what the builder put in for us.  It was always in the back of my mind to swap them out but just never got around to it.  That is until I found my $7.00 lights!

Those curtains just never looked right!

   

The paint color Baguette by Sherwin Williams is a nice warm brown.  But I was very glad to change it up to Rainwashed.  I am in love with that color right now!

Sometimes it is just the little things.  The white washed basket (that you can only see half of) has had those flowers and greenery in it for years.  I never paid much attention to it.  When I took it out and put a few white flowers from Pier 1 in the basket, it made such a difference. 

I was totally comfortable in my before bathroom.  But the new paint and accessories made me love it!!! It is exactly what I had envisioned for that room.  It feels more"spa like" and just all a brighter place to be! :)

Loving Blue in our master bathroom!

 Our master bathroom had been brown for years.  I loved it that way.  That is until I started loving BLUE more. I had so much fun redecorating this room.  Just a few small changes brightened it so much!

The walls went from Sherwin Williams Baguette (which is very pretty but in a small space, very brown) to Sherwin Williams Rainwashed.   (I will post "before" pics soon)  I love this color!  I used it first in my laundry room and had to use it again somewhere. 

 

            The paint was a big change in here.  After the paint was the fun part, the painting not so much! I added some simple white curtains on the windows.  I will show later how I made these.  I changed out the cabinet hardware from brown knobs that blended right in with the cabinet color to silver knobs.  I love the difference it made!  **makes me wonder how I had those brown knobs on there for so long!!

I switched out the brown rugs and towels for white and blue.  I have started a small collection of things for when my kids are on their own.  One more year and my son will be going to college. ):  He will have a great supply of chocolate brown towels!!  

The cute little stool near the tub is from an antique store. 

I found these light fixtures at Lowe's.  We used to have a Lowe's  near our home so I would go in often.  They always had some great clearance sales.  I got these light fixtures for $7.00 each, down from $100.00 each!!  Crazy!! That Lowe's is no longer there, I sure miss it!

I used the same towels that I have in my powder room.  Once I find something I like I want it everywhere.......

The blue flower pictures above each towel bar are another really low cost project.  I printed the flowers from digitalgallery.nypl.org digitalgallery.nypl.org  This idea I got from the Thrifty Decor Chick.  I have used it several times.  It is a great way to switch out prints.  I printed these flowers out on plain white paper, matted them in gray, and put them in silver frames.  Total cost for two is under $8.00. 

  
This room was one of my favorite projects. I feel like it is spring in that room now instead of winter and I love that feeling!!!