Oh the little bedroom. In our vernacular, this room and the craft room are joined. The story of the craft room and the little bedroom are the same. We started here in our journey for the year. Let's look back shall we?
This room was puzzling to us from the beginning. It's really small for a bedroom. For a while we though the bedroom and craft room must be the same bedroom. Then, we thought we'd knock down the wall the joins it and make it an awesome master suite. Then we realized, this was probably meant as as a nursery. And, since we like each other, we may, someday, maybe, possibly, definitely, are considering, eventually, hypothetically, have a chance of having kids. And kids generally require a room to start in, like a nursery. Oh baby! But, until the joyous terrifying day, it will serve as a guest room.
The floors in here were rough. It looks like at one point they had roof issues and it leaked onto the floor and created some damage. No worries, they installed a new roof, but the damage remains. Even after Zach worked sooo hard to restore the floors, there is still a black spot, can you see it? We could replace the planks, but for us, it's okay. It's still sturdy and hey, it looks 100x better than it did.
Check out those blinds and curtains. I installed all the blinds myself. They're cheap Walmart ones, but they do the trick. These are slightly small for the window, so if you come to visit, use them with care. I also whipped out those curtains. They're made from $1/yd navy blue fabric from, you guessed it, Walmart, about $9 for the two panels with extra fabric to spare. They're currently unlined, but I could always add it later. If you'd like to know more about the bed, you can look at my burlap boxspring posts here and here.
The room is still pretty sparse. It has the same grey walls as the craft room. The lamp on the left was bought for about $1 at an auction. We spray painted it blue with the same color from the frames in the craft room. I'm still trying to decide how to refinish the shade. We'll eventually get a dresser for in here, but I haven't found the right one. I'd like to find one like the entertainment stand, long and low, that could someday, maybe, potentially, possibly double as a changing table.
What do we have left to do?
- New light fixture, possibly a fan
- Paint/Repair the ceiling
- Build a radiator cover
- Install the floating shelf for a night stand
- Find/Refinish a dresser
- Buy a cute rug
- Hang things on the walls
