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Boy Bedroom Reveal.

July 8, 2015 by Michelle Hinckley

It’s the oldest boy’s bedroom reveal day!
Let us all sigh a breath of relief.
I had this dream that my boys would grow up best of buddies, never fight, love sharing a room (obviously I have only-child-syndrome).
Ehem, I stand corrected.
Best to give them their own rooms.
Without further adieu…

Room-before

I embarrassed to show that this is what we started with.
Kind of like that junk drawer everyone has but ours was a whole room.  (Please tell me we’re not the only one who had one of these).

Mid-process looked like this:

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I fell in love with the gorgeous reclaimed New York brick from Brick-It but once we put it up but it just felt like too much going on and made the room feel too dark.  See previous post here.
So one coat of Silent White by Clark + Kensington later…

Today’s view:

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(Yes that is the “BANE-OF-MY-EXISTENCE-METAL-DRESSER”…well sort of.  I’m actually still working on it.  I found another one that was slightly bigger and thought…”Meh, why not really try and kill myself and tackle another one?”  That was a train wreck so I sent it off to a miracle worker named Amy of Distressed By Design who sanded it down BY HAND to reveal the beauty under the paint.  I’m just about ready to send the first one off to her next.  More about her soon).

The wall opposite had not been painted in at least 10 years.

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Up went some planks, on went some paint and down came that 1970’s light.

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Then there was the issue of this wall.  The room is long and narrow.  The boy wanted to whole room to be painted blue.  I tried to explain to him about being too dark and lighting so in the end we compromised on just one wall.

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After the wall was painted it was definitely blue…A LOT OF BLUE (Blue Fedora by Valspar).
In attempt to break things up and add some personality I was inspired by this room and decided to try out my hand at a similar treatment.

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Now I have to admit I’m no artist.  My ability is limited to stick figures and things I can draw with a ruler.  No problem.  I downloaded a ton of images from Etsy and my new favorite site for images and fonts called Creative Market (you can see the images on my Pinterest page).  Next I pulled out my trusty overhead projector , shot them on to the wall and traced them with a paint pen.

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After.

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This nook was so akward.  Putting corner shelves in was the best move ever.

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I’m in love with the new bedding especially the wool blanket from Faribault Woolen Mills.  My dad used to have several of these heavy wool blankets.  When he moved I urged him to sell them at our garage sale.  I now cringe that they’re gone.  Oh the follies of youth.

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Sources:

Bed: Vintage, painted two-tone Smoke Gray, Oil-based by Rustoleum from ACE Hardware.
Stripe sheets: West Elm.
Gray sheets: Ikea
Yellow and gray wool stripe blanket: Faribault Woolen Mills.
Pillow: Etsy.
White paint: Silent White, Clark + Kensington, ACE Hardware.
Blue wall: Blue Fedora, Valspar, ACE Hardware.
Bedside wall light: School House Electric.
Ceiling Light: School House Electric.
Brick Wall: Brick-It.
Pull down Map and Blue Stool: School auction on Public Surplus.
Radio on shelf: Dot&Bo.
Wall clock: Alice Lane.
Wall hooks: Pottery Barn.
Joshua tree art: Joss & Main.
Wall planks and shelves built and installed by Springer Builders found on HomeAdvisor.

Corner shelf tutorial here.
Plank wall post.
Brick wall post.

More on the room here:

*Some affiliate links present.  I received some items for use in this post.*

Filed Under: Decorating, Decorating Project., DIY Project., Family Life, Project., Projects. Tagged With: Before and After, Boy's bedroom ideas, Decorating project, DIY, DIY Project, Floating Shelves, Plank Wall, School House Electric, Shelves

Master Bedroom Conundrums.

June 6, 2014 by Michelle Hinckley

The story of our master bedroom is a story about a room that just can’t get done.
It’s a room that just keeps getting pushed lower and lower on the to-do priority list.
Unfortunately, I’m not the type of person who does just a temporary decorating fix until the master plan comes together.
Oh no. The pretty bed is sold as it the yellow dresser, night stands, art, lamps…it’s all gone.
I’m an all or nothin’ type of gal.
I thought if I had a blank canvas to work with it would light a fire under me.  Our bedroom now looks like a college dorm room with our box spring sitting on the carpet.
It doesn’t help that when I painted the three paneled walls months ago I thought I’d be funny and write “yo” on the 4th wall with my last bit of remaining paint. It’s the little lame-o tad of rebellion I have in me.

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Why?
I don’t know.
It’s not a word I use in my everyday vocabulary.
Paint fumes got to me I guess.  I was on my way to run to the paint store for more paint but then the reality of life with three little men happened and who the heck has time to finishing painting a room with three little men under foot?
As a result…”YO” is the first word we see in the morning and the last word we see at night (for the past 6+ months).
And the Mr.? There’s not much that bothers him but he’s so beyond sick of the “YO”.
Sometimes when he calls I’ll pick the phone up with a “YO” or greet him at the door with a kiss and a “YO”. Sometimes I’ll even double up and be like “Yo-Yo” just to see how hard of an eye roll I can elicit from him.

My new plan was to wallpaper this fourth wall with grass cloth. I have been back to the darn wallpaper store 4 times now. This last visit the lady had my order in the computer and my debit card was in hand. When I said, “WAIT”. Cold feet. AGAIN.
I went home wondering if I should go out completely out on a limb and do something totally different with a dash of masculinity. Completely panel the wall in wood. Not a pallet wall or wood flooring wall. Something more like:

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Go for it? Big mistake?  I wouldn’t even know where to go to get this?
“I’d like one large wood wall please.”

We did make one exciting addition yesterday:

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It’s called the Vega 3 Chandelier from School House Electric.  Please excuse the ugly bulbs.  We’re waiting some cool Edison-esque bulbs via snail-mail.

So there it is. My bedroom conundrums.
Hopefully in three more years I’ll have a room reveal to share with you.
In the meantime, I’m busy trying to figure out how to be a parent and get dinner on the table before 9pm and find my keys.
Input please.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Master Bedroom Update, School House Electric

School House Style.

May 2, 2014 by Michelle Hinckley

You’ve heard me proclaim my love for School House Electric before and I’m doing it again.
Their Spring ’14 catalog just came out and they’ve scored an A+ again on their report card.
Check out some of their newest merchandise (and a few of my oldie faves)…

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Gah! I’ll take one of everything please.
Check out their full line here.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: School House Electric

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