Life just seems to have gotten busier and busier lately, so there hasn’t been a whole lotta renovatin’ goin’ on in the master bedroom.
That being said, this is what looked like just a mere month ago…
…and here’s a shot of that same wall, today…
(still gotta work on the closet doors and install crown & baseboard molding around the rest of the room)
So we have made some progress in there!
The curtains are from Ikea. They’re called Lenda, and they were just $24.99 for the pair. You can’t see it ’cause I didn’t take a close-up pic, but they’ve got a really neat little embroidered, vertical stripe detail in them. (I’ll have to remember to snap a pic of it next time.)
The white panels closest to the windows were ones I already owned, and the double rod came from Wal-mart. ($37.69, on sale from $44.69) We’ve never done the whole “double rod thing” before- but since we only have one window to dress in here, we decided to get wild and crazy this time.
The shades are from Bed, Bath & Beyonce Beyond and they were just $9.99 on clearance.
The antique nightstands are from our friend Mary at Urban Farmgirl, and we absolutely love them! Kev’s is already outfitted with some snazzy little knobs…
…but we’ve still gotta get some for mine…
And then we’ll have to really start thinkin’ about what we’re gonna do for a headboard/bed. And let me tell ya, we are re-he-heally excited about the thought of sleeping on something other than a mattress on the floor. It’s been almost three years now, and now that the room is finally coming together, I couldn’t resist having a little fun “imagining” for a minute today…
We’ve been collecting all of our bedding elements over the past couple years, and some of it has been neatly folded and stacked on a shelf in my closet, just waiting for a nice, comfy bed to cover. I can. not. wait to pull it all out and finally use it!
All the colorful, stripe-y, quilt-y stuff is from Pottery Barn’s “Clearlake” collection…
The shams are reversible, and I’m cuckoo for cocoa puffs about both sides…
My Mom also got us PB’s Matine Toile quilt and shams for our birthday’s this year…
…so it’ll be fun to switch things up throughout the year.
But enough about the bedding- we’ve got a bed to build or buy! (Or find at a flea market or on Craigslist!)
You helped us choose our wall color (Hip hip hooray for Sherwin Williams “Blue Hubbard”!), so the next big question we’ve got for ya is: what color/finish would you go with on the headboard/bed?
White?
Something natural/textural/woven?
Something metal?
A medium-toned wood?
A dark-toned wood?
Something else?
We’ve got a couple of ideas that we’re leaning towards- but ya know we always like to hear what our friends are thinkin’ too!
It is looking great! I just bought the Lenda curtains on Sunday for our master bedroom redo that we’ll be working on this winter! I love them!! I will look forward to seeing the rest as is comes along!!
Layla,
I also have the PB Clearlake bedding in my bedroom. I have it paired with a vintage red iron bed and it looks awesome. I don’t think the other colors in your room would handle a red bed but an iron look-either white or dark-would look wonderful.
LOVE your site! I vote for the anitiquey metal headboard. You don’t want to block the window behind you too much and weigh down the room with too much bulk from a wooden headboard. Plus with your darker window shades I think there would be too much dark in front of the window. Metal it is!!! 🙂
Love the room! I like the idea of a contrasting darker wood, but what about building an upholstered headboard with burlap, or even re-purposing a seagrass rug for texture? Can’t wait to see what you end up doing 🙂
Love how your room is coming together…I vote metal on the bed. Ours is dark wood and I really wish we had one of those gorgeous metal ones that are everywhere right now. Can’t wait to see the finished room!
I like idea of something natural and medium color like the sea grass.
Metal is the first choice. I don’t see it in the room yet, but I’m sure you’ve got some planned. Medium toned wood is a distant second. I LURVE everything you do.
Love it all! I am thinking a med. toned wood or the white would look the best. Can’t wait!
White, (not a confident opinion, haha, I’m still working on my bedroom, never, ever completed it’s 4th makeover…nor the 1st….)
Hi Layla!
Everything is looking great! I just listed a Pottery Barn Clearlake quilt on ebay last night. I have had it for awhile, bought it new and went a different direction in my spare room re-do. Seeing yours all put together, makes me think hummmmmmmm….! I was thinking that if that is where your bed is going to go, an old iron bed ( something with chippy paint) would look great and not block alot of the light coming in. Can’t wait to see what you do!
SO pretty! I LOVE the side tables – I’m on the lookout for a pair very similar that I can re-hab for our master bedroom. We need us some storage because we both have a stack of books to contain. 😉
My favorite bed/s are the last two pics!
~h
Lovin the room so far! Is that blue hubbard on Kevin’s nightstand drawers? My vote is for a metal or woven headboard.
Hey Patti!
It’s actually Sea Salt- by Sherwin Williams. 🙂
Layla
Love the bedding, and the pieces from Urban farmgirl. I like the idea of texture or maybe shutter type Jane Coslick style !!!
We have a dark wood headboard similar to the last pic, I can (usually) write my name in the dust! I have to still convince my hubby about painting it. It’s real pretty w/ my bedding but only for a short time. I hate it.
My husband and I have a similar looking bedroom and we have the Lillesand bed from Ikea. I LOVE how it looks – very clean and crisp. We dress it in fairly simple bedding…no bedskirt, so it really looks light and airy. Here is a review on Apartment Therapy (one of the main reasons we ended up getting it!):
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/beds-mattresses/lillesand-tall-bed-frame-from-ikea-053645
You can’t beat the price either! I noticed a few of the other posters didn’t think a metal bed was comfortable, but I haven’t found that to be true. To be fair, we don’t do a lot of reading or watching tv in our bed, so that may be why.
I LOVE the sisal/wicker look for a headboard but haven’t found an affordable king sized version for us. That said, I like the idea of a wood toned something for your room to contrast the white a bit. Nothing dramatic, just a light or medium toned woven or wood. How exciting to be closing in on your finished room!
Where did you get the “Dork” shirt? Love it! …. and love what you’ve done so far to the room.
I like the white one with the basket storage. I am not nuts about the sisal/wicker look because they harbor dust- and who has time to clean them?
I vote for the textured headboard. It would be great in your room that is oh so close to the finish line.
Loving the window dressing you all came up with. Don’t you just love IKEA! Great prices for stuff. I just had my husband buy us some curtains from there as well. I have six windows to cover with double panels so, I needed them to be at a good price.
I think with all your light colored and washed finishes you all have going, it would be nice to see maybe a linen covered headboard or a textural type headboard. As much as I would love to suggest an iron bed; I don’t think that would be the right choice if you like to read in bed. Trust me, we have an iron one and it’s not fun trying to get the pillows just so so you can read in bed.
Whatever you all decide it will look lovely….just as lovely as the rest of your home.
Have you two seen Knock Off Wood.com? There’s TONS of designs on there and with your creativity and out of the box thinking you could really come up with truely one of a kind bed. My Hubby and I made one of her designs and love it!
Check Ana’s page out! http://ana-white.com/
Textural/woven!!
Black. I know it was not one of the options but that was the first thing that popped in my head. Everything else looks soft and dreamy and I want the bed to make a statement. Painted black and distressed like a cannon ball bed. Just food for thought. Looks great so far…
I have an iron bed now in the new place and I’m getting used to it, but it feels kinda cold to me? Is upholstered with nailhead trim a consideration? I want the pondicherry bed from Serena & Lily with the nailheads. 🙂 Call me sometime, I miss talking to you in real time!!! xo.
Your room is like a breath of fresh air! I am just seriously loving the wood on the walls and the colors you chose. It will be BEEEAUUUTIFUL when it is done! So glad for you that you finally will get to sleep on a real bed! It’s about time!! 🙂
Love all the improvements you have made in your master. I like the idea of bringing a softer look by bringing an upholstered headboard in a camel/taupe color, and it is something that you can DIY cheaply and make changes to it if your decor changes. Another idea might be a head board made out of chippy shutters. Possibly bringing in the same secondary color that is on the nightstand. I am new to your blog and loving it, the icing on the cake is that you are a fellow transplanted Minnesota girl that loves her roots (I also grew up on a farm, with Mankato being the it town for fun).
I think you need some texture in the room, or a nice warm wood. Love your nightstands. You’ll find some knobs in an antique store, Layla, and remember that they DON’T have to match. Just be similar. Three years without a regular bed? That first night will feel so great.
Hey guys
Love your bedroom already. We are also PB fans and will be painting and designing our bedroom this fall, so this is a great inspiration. Thanks!
p.s. your new website rocks!
Kinga and Joe
Room looks FANTASTIC 😉 I think an iron headboard that lets the sun come in through the window would be the best. If you are interested in gaining a lot of STORAGE without the price of the PB bed…you could try the Bed Riser with a regular bed frame like we had to use here at The Love Shack…I just posted about it today so it must be a sign that I’m reading your post tonight…lol
Hope this helps, fondly, Roberta
http://con-tain-it.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/11/the-21-purge-day-6biting-off-more-than-you-can-chewin-one-day-that-is.html#tp
I heart your blog. It is full of great ideas and tips. I’ve gotten many inspirations from you…. Keep it up!! =)
For the headboard: Metal, metal, metal! The nightstands are precious (I actually have a dresser that has the same detail as Layla’s knob-less nightstand). Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Carol
antiquetexan.blogsppot.com
I noticed someone had already mentioned it, but you should check out http://ana-white.com
You won’t be disappointed! I’m OBSESSED!!!!
What did you do with the tabs on the top of the Lenda curtains? Or maybe I can’t see them in the picture.
I was wondering the same thing. I purchased them yesterday and plan on cutting the tabs off…
Hey Mary!
I had to shorten the curtains and re-hem them, so I just cut the tabbed end off.
Layla 🙂
Love it so far! How did you guys do the wall? Is it paneling? It kind-a looks like clapboards?… we have really old house with some really bad walls so this may be a solution! Can’t wait to see your beautiful room completed. 🙂
I love how its turned out thus far and can’t wait til the end result! Being the two of you are so handy I thought I’d share http://www.ana-white.com. She has tons of Pottery Barn inspired furniture and plans to boot! Her site was once named knockoffwood.com until the folks over at Pottery Barn/Crate and Barrel got wind and send her a fancy dancy formal cease and desist letter from their attorneys. She took it as the highest compliment and has since changed names a bit – Enjoy!
I am totally nuts for dark wood but it might look too “heavy” in your space. I think you should do the natural/textured look or a soft microsuede upholstered headboard. It will break up the visual effect from your walls and bedding. Good luck and I can’t wait to scope out the final product!
what a beautiful room and a beautiful blog! all those beds are giving me house envy! I think anything textured or upholostered or the medium wood to provide a nice contrast against the walls 🙂 xx
For the headboard I think woven or a distressed medium toned wood would look best in your room. I typically like distressed white furniture, but the walls in my house are usually painted in colors I love, so the white pops on them better than it would on a white wall. I have been drooling over PB’s Caroline bed for awhile now. Hoping it goes on sale sometime, so I can actually afford it.
wow! the room is looking great! you’re almost there!
What about a headboard made out of old barn wood or almost a drift wood effect. Unevend shaped like an old fence? Different shapes and size boards or twigs etc?…. maybe a couple of them whitewashed or so? Im sure whatever you choose will look super. Cant wait to see the room finished. Good luck you two! Julie xo
Oh wow! I am so in love with the room so far! Getting ready to do a major master reno. Can I just copy yours?? For a bed I like the idea of a metal bed, chippy white maybe. That way it would not block the window too much. However I do dig the seagrassy one in front of the window in your pictures.
Good Luck! Decisions, Decisions!
MJ
Ok so I love everything you guys have so far and am completely jealous of that bedding but….what if you did the first wooden white bed with super cute textural baskets under it in black instead of white? Just a thought! Good luck and let us know what you go with!!!
If you are planning to build your own bed you should check out the plans Ana White has developed on her website – Knock Off Wood. She provides free (and easy!) building plans for lots of PB, Restoration Hardware, West Elm products. Very cool!
Love the look! I highly recommend the LILLESAND bed frame from IKEA. We got it last year and it was the easiest IKEA product ever…the slatted bed base (SULTAN LERBÄCK) hardest thing ever to put together. But the bonus was, we were able to bring home the queen sized mattress, bed base, and frame with our Honda CRV all by ourselves. Best price, great foam mattress, and no waiting for it to be delivered.
Long time reader, first time commenter.
Your site is awesome, and this goes without saying, as anyone with eyes can tell that. But I’m prompted to comment about the shirt. I..MUST..have…one… immediately if not sooner.
And I vote for the medium toned wood.
When I read that you have taken 3 years on your bedroom, that made me feel so much better about the slow slow progress on every aspect of my house 🙂
I’m going to vote…. Natural fibers or metal!!!!
Your room is coming along so nicely! It’s going to be GORgeous when it’s done! And I definitely have to go check out those IKEA drapes. I’ve been craving some linen-y things for my house!
As for beds: I have that same PB sleigh bed in my inspiration file, so I clearly love that. But I think that having one signature wood piece in an otherwise write room is a great option — so warm and inviting. And a bed like that will last a lifetime. Seagrass is very cool, but will you love it in a few years? Will it stand up to wear? As for metal, I’ve owned (and since sold) a metal bed. They’re so charming, but they’re not that great to live with. The pillows are always falling out the back and they’re uncomfortable to sit up/read in. But some poeple love them, so there you go.
Love everything you do!
~Angela 🙂
What fun! The room looks soooo great! Love all that white! And I am too a big fan of Ikea’s curtains…I know what you are talking about–the texture is amazing! My husband and I have been married for a little over a year and are still sleeping on his old futon! Glad we are not the only ones who have put the bed on the back burner for the right time! I love the white but I also think the lighter wood would look great against your comforter! So fun!
Love everything about the room!! You inspire me to be more creative (while being thrifty) for my home. Thanks!
When you showed the bed examples, I instantly thought of the bed that is featured on the TV show “Two and a Half Men”, the one that is “Charlies” bed. I love this bed!! It is a rattan style bed, but not just the headboard, the whole bed. It would be a great contrast to everything white.
I LOVE the look of the wall lined with 3 x 4 boards?? Anyone else ever done this before and is it hard/expensive to do? Thanks!