Today Scott and I celebrate our 7 year anniversary. This year our gift to each other was a new bedroom. You see, although we have been married for 7 years, we've never really had a bedroom. Now, of course we've had a room with 4 walls where our bed and clothes were, but it's never been a nice, put together room. The log bed we had, that my friend, Stacie, and I made in high school, was great, but way too big for the small space we have and forced our mismatched dressers from DI to be too small to hold all of our clothes causing piles of clean laundry to pile up on the floors. This has made for a cluttered and uninviting room that we just kept the door closed to most of the time and really only used to sleep and get dressed in. After years of the bedroom being bumped down on our project list we finally said enough and made it a priority. After hours of browsing pinterest and ksl we had a vision and were on our way to making it happen. I am still looking for some things to hang on the walls, but other than that here is the finished product. 
We started with a new paint color (Excaliber from Kwal for anyone who wants to know) and replacing the old aluminum blinds. I got to pull the pregnancy card on this one and Scott was left to paint the entire room himself. He did a great job and we really like how it turned out.
We started with a new paint color (Excaliber from Kwal for anyone who wants to know) and replacing the old aluminum blinds. I got to pull the pregnancy card on this one and Scott was left to paint the entire room himself. He did a great job and we really like how it turned out.You can see from the pictures that it really is a small space, but I feel like we optimized the space by eliminating a bed frame and just opting for a headboard instead. The headboard is actually one of my favorite things we did. We were planning on making our own headboard out of wood when Scott came across the idea of using shutters to make it. A few shutters off KSL for $30 and 20 minutes to hang them on the wall and we had ourselves and very space saving and fun headboard.
We got all new linens, pillows, down comforter, and duvet cover for our bed and it is the best money we've ever spent. It's like a little piece of heaven climbing into wonderful, fresh, sheets every night.
The main accent piece of the room is our dresser which Scott refinished. We found a dresser on KSL that was perfect for the space we had, and it was a screamin' deal. It started out a normal brown dresser. Scott started by spray painting it black. He then rubbed candle wax on all the places we wanted it distressed. Then, after he painted it our desired yellow, he was able to just scratch off the paint with the end of a knife where the wax was to give it the black distressed look. I love how it turned out and think it is such a fun piece that adds a lot of character to the room.
The main accent piece of the room is our dresser which Scott refinished. We found a dresser on KSL that was perfect for the space we had, and it was a screamin' deal. It started out a normal brown dresser. Scott started by spray painting it black. He then rubbed candle wax on all the places we wanted it distressed. Then, after he painted it our desired yellow, he was able to just scratch off the paint with the end of a knife where the wax was to give it the black distressed look. I love how it turned out and think it is such a fun piece that adds a lot of character to the room.
You'll notice our Christmas present from my parents sitting on top of the dresser. Now that we love our room so much we like to watch our nightly Cobert Report (Scott got me totally hooked...that guy cracks me up) along with all of our other shows (modern family, community, grey's anatomy, and biggest loser) in bed at night so we really wanted to replace the awesome tube TV we inherited from my parents that was from the 1990s that honestly had wood paneling laminate pieces on the sides that made it look real nice. Thanks Mom and Dad for the great gift that really completed our room.
The final pieces were all more KSL finds by Scott. He got our night stand and hope chest from a couple who runs a little business out of their house called Shabby to Chic. We were looking for something to refinish in similar ways so it was bonus to find them already done for a reasonable price. 
We are so happy with the transformation of our room. It has turned into a relaxing and inviting place where our whole family likes to spend time. And since this is kind of my anniversary post I will just say that I truely have the best roommate in the world!
We are so happy with the transformation of our room. It has turned into a relaxing and inviting place where our whole family likes to spend time. And since this is kind of my anniversary post I will just say that I truely have the best roommate in the world! Scott, I love you the most!
