our master bedroom

(cute idea from kelly's korner blog)

our master bedroom

i have done a few posts on my blog about our master bedroom, as several posts have been dedicated to our never-ending home improvement projects.  so, for this post, i'll show an evolution of our master bedroom, which has come a long way but probably still has a ways to go! 

we love our master bedroom, as it is spacious (for an older home), has great natural light, and normally has a pretty calming feel to it.  it also houses one of my favorite furniture purchases (bob timberlake armoire which we got for a complete steal and is one of two big pieces of furniture we've ever bought...we are a big fan of hand-me-downs and garage sale finds) with plenty of room to spare, which wouldn't have been the case in our previous house.

this room started out entirely blue...that means light blue walls and ceiling, blue trim, and blue shag carpet. so while we both love the color blue, we opted for our favorite neutral color in this house - light khaki from the seaside retreat collection at lowe's - for the walls with white trim. it also had some way outdated drapes, which we replaced with white faux wood blinds. and the biggest change was for us to rip out the carpet, which left untouched hardwood floors!

before we moved in

 

after settling in

i recently switched around our art to incorporate some pictures from our trip to europe a couple of years ago...i loved the botanical print, but it looks great in our guest room now, and it's fun to have some of our own photography in the room.

the room has a peaceful feel with neutral colors for the large spaces and muted "sea" colors for accents.  our bedding was a wedding gift (matine toile pattern from pottery barn in porcelain blue, which i LOVE), and i registered for it in a king size even though we currently have a queen size bed, but i figured that would save us money in the long run if we ever upgraded to a bigger bed.  we have a cream colored shag rug to soften up the room, and although i had purchased some linen drapes from walmart awhile ago with the intention of hanging them in our room, after testing that out, we decided the drapes took away from the natural light and made the room feel a little more closed in.  maybe we'll get to use them if we ever have a bigger room!  some more changes i'd like to make would be to possibly paint the bed and to change out our bedside tables for something more substantial, but for now, we enjoy how our room looks very much.