Bedroom Redo. Ceiling Fan.

We decided that our ceiling fan needed a transformation too.

Doug spray painted the hardware the same color as the door hardware and the blades a clean white.

Ben helped with the re-assembly.

And hanging the fan.

Done!

It looks so much cleaner and less-bulky-like now.

I like it much better now.

Bedroom Redo. Bedside Tables.

We found these two metal cabinets at the Habit for Humanity Restore in New Richmond.  

They were a dull gray; now a happy, vibrant green.

We paid twenty-bucks-a-piece.  Can you say Bargain!

We sold our old nightstands for $130 at Smith Sales. 
Score!

Table lamps from Ikea.

They look great with the new wood tops Doug made for them.

I found these light plates at the Restore and thought they would make great trinket trays for our tables.  They threw them in for FREE!

Searching for a "plug" for the center hole.

Finished product.

Bedroom Redo. Painting

This is the magazine page I carried around with me while we did our shopping. I liked this particular color combination because I thought that they would go well with our wine-colored carpet.

This is the wall color.

I thought it was pretty close to our current color, but after applying the first coat, discovered it was a lot different than I had expected.

I found a navy-blue quilt at Sam's Club last year, so that is where we used the blue accent. 

Savannah Moss (or a near-match) was used on our new nightstands.

Jamaican Dream will be used in the pillowcases.

Here is a look at the old and new wall colors.  Definitely a BIG change.

Getting there...

Always takes more time than you think.

It took us about three weeks to finish this project.  We sure appreciated having a guest room downstairs.  It would have been 10x as more difficult if we had to work around all of our stuff, e.g. the bed.

Almost done...

Bedroom Redo. The Before.

Items on our to-do list:

1.  Remove grape-vine.

2.  Freshen up with a new paint color.

3.  Paint all door hardware.

4.  Spray paint ceiling fan.

5.  New curtains.

6.  New bed covering.

7.  New piece(s) of artwork or some sort of collection of items for wall decoration.

8.  New bedside tables.

9.  New lamps.

10.  Stretch out carpet.

11.  Move Henrietta (and her kennel) out of the bedroom.

12.  Remove carpet and install wood floors sometime in the future.

13.  Rejuvenate or refinish dressers.

Bedroom Redo Pt. 1

So, our plan was to update our bedroom.  I suggested that painting our closet would be nice too.  It had never been painted, only primed, so was looking a little worn.  Painting the closet involved taking out everything, including the clothes rods and shelves.  Well, as long as we are dismantling the entire closet why not give it a makeover, and so the transformation beings.

First, some before pictures:

Next phase how to accomplish this makeover on a shoestring budget.  Well, we decided a trip to the Habitat for Humanity Restore in New Richmond was in order.  We browsed the store trying to come up with alternative materials for shelving.  When we spotted bi-fold doors we decided they might work and then we found these gems, lots of them, tall and a great deal at $5 a piece!  Sold!  So we took home the whole stack of them.  Well, actually, we had to make two trips because they all didn't fit in the Suburban the first trip.

Now, figuring out how we use the closet and what configuration we wanted.  After lots of googling images and searching Pinterest we came up with a plan.  We knew that we wanted it to feel more open, have a place for our shoes, and lots of cubbies for our folded clothing.

Doug and Jake spent lots of time in the garage cutting and building the shelves and cubbyholes.

After all of Doug's hard work, ingenuity and creativity we have a great looking and very useful closet.

We like that you can still see where the hinges were from the old doors.

Purchasing all white hangers definitely gives the space uniformity and a neater appearance.

We left enough room under the shelf for two laundry baskets for our needs-to-be-washed clothes.

Plenty of shelf space for our shoes

and a very nice place for my boots.

We installed an Ikea chandelier just for fun and a neat contrast.

We were growing tired of the brass hardware so we removed all the doorknobs and spray-painted with Rust-Oleums Hammered Dark Bronze.

I really like the update.

So now that the closet is complete, onto the rest of the bedroom.

Let's go!