Bedroom Makeover July 26, 2020 – Posted in: Decorating, Furniture – Tags: bedroom, bedroom cabinets, bedroom furniture, bedside cabinets, wooden furniture
Yesterday marks two months since we moved, and our bedroom was probably the last room to make the transition from “dumping ground of things to unpack” to “comfortable space that feels like ours.” So here’s where things are currently – and what’s still ahead of us (including some bad photoshop to give you a peek inside our heads).
Just to save you from scrolling back up… voila:
We think eventually we could do some cool symmetrical built-in storage on either side of the fireplace (smart storage is the key to life in this smaller house for sure!). But for now, this is where we’re at.
At least it’s better than where we were a few weeks ago!
I mentioned that we’ve got shades on order for the windows, and after the natural gas company hooks up the service line to our tankless water heater, we’re also converting the fireplace to gas logs. We’ll likely build some sort of mantle and figure out what to do furniture-wise in front of the fireplace. I like to describe our current arrangement as “a potted plant enjoying a good book whilst relaxing on a fur rug in front of a roaring fern.” There’s a romance novel plot in there somewhere.
Before you ask where the exact woven leather stools are from, they’re from Target years ago and they need to bring them back because they look about five times more expensive than they were ($60 on sale I think?). They do make these $99 counter stool versions though.
The other corner is where things get even weirder, but we’ve got an idea that we’re excited about. This corner is a very strange not-square-at-all angle, and due to the wall sloping out there, there’s an oddly large amount of floor space in just that corner of the room. It was also the only place our minisplit AC/heater could be installed, but we have a plan for dealing with that whole strange zone. Go with me here…
Although we originally planned to add a closet next to the bathroom in that unused side porch area right off of this room, we realized that if we actually enclosed this corner for the closet, we could (1) square off the corner a bit more so it’s less wonky looking (2) eliminate that awkward extra unused floor space (3) earn ourselves a closet without having to cram it into the bathroom footprint at all. My photoshop below is SUPER rough (it doesn’t even have a door) but it gives you an idea of what we mean. It even seems to make more sense of that window placement.
Rather than a traditional closet, we’re thinking it might look more like something below (with a drywalled side wall but two lattice doors in the front). This would allow the minisplit to freely vent air into the room, while also adding some nice texture, tons of function, and filling in that awkward bare space. It wouldn’t be the largest closet in the world, but you already know we have minimal clothing needs. Right now all of our hanging clothes are in our son’s closet, which is less than 28″ wide, and everything else fits comfortably in our dressers.
This picture is especially inspiring to us when it comes to the wood tone and nice thick framing at the top that we’re drawn to.
It’s not a fully formed idea quite yet, but we’re excited to have an idea to explore that’ll make that corner easier on the eyes & a lot more storage-friendly. For now we’re thrilled that our bedroom has come as far as it has in these last two months. Also do you have any idea how much you can store under a wood bed frame like this? It’s kind of amazing.
1 Comment
Aleen Realmuto August 05, 2020 - 10:24
Wonderful!