I have a disease of always wanting to change things. It's a problem-- when I don't feel totally content with a space it's basically dead to me until I get around to totally and completely redoing the entire space. This is the story when it comes to our master bedroom-- which is one of the reasons why I have never shared it before on my blog.
Before I convince my husband into a total overhaul, I thought I would share our simple Master, which is really just a hodge podge that has evolved over the last 5 years. Starting from the bedroom interior to the bathroom, everything needed some sort of improvements. We even had to consider if we need to hire a professional by exploring a few bathroom remodeling companies in our neighborhood. The same goes for the master bedroom renovation. However, we decided to stick to some DIY house projects.
I painted the walls Hale Navy as the first change, years ago... before dark and moody colors were even all the rage. I liked the slight romance it added, but you know am an airy loving girl at heart-- so I basically balanced the deep walls out with a whole lot of white. My room is rather small-- so I really do enjoy the dark walls with the light bedding. I did it all myself as I felt like I could handle the whole paint scenario, however, you may not be the same. People may look at painting their home one of two ways "Brilliant, I can't wait to pick up a paintbrush and bring my vision to life" and "Oh no... can I do this? Will it look good? I might mess up!" Luckily I was full steam ahead, but, if you are someone who is unsure if they can pull it off, then you might want to look into services provided by Surepaint, their website (surepaint.com.au) will have all the information you need if you want to call someone in to do the paint job for you.
On another note, our dim lighting isn't working as of now, and I think I should soon call electrical repair services in Walpole, MA to fix it. Our night-time bedroom ambiance depends on it a lot, and I don't want my lovely painted walls to look bad because of the lighting situation. The big art prints on each side of the bed are the only things I added before taking these photos, it is just a printable I purchased from Jenny's print shop, in a 24 x 36 size, and framed in a frame I found at Michael's. A lot of the items in here are collected from traveling, like the lamps I bought on a trip to Utah as well as the "Darling" pillow. I have a couple vintage items mixed in as well to add some soul.. you know that's my recipe in every space in my home. Pretty new things paired with pretty vintage things I think really gives your home a welcoming feel. Even though this room is a hodgepodge I do love to think about how I've collected things and put it together through the years.
Debbie says
I love the color of your bedroom! Your lamps look so elegant against that color. I'm of the opinion that every room is helped by a bit of silver here and there.
Karen L. says
Never knew about your blog before being referred here...lovely room and lovely philosophy.
Kathleen says
Thanks to The Lettered Cottage I just found your blog. Beautiful! I tried to find a subscribe by email option but wasn’t seeing it. If you offer it please sign me up.
Terri says
Gorgeous room... Love the prints hanging on each side of the bed.... thank you for sharing .....
Caroline Gilbert says
Small bedroom photo permission request for The Collected House
Hi Jenna,
I wanted to let you know your photo was chosen to be featured in a post on Shutterfly about how to decorate a small bedroom!
The image we chose can be found here: https://thecollectedhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fullsizeoutput_8ad-683x1024.jpeg
I'm reaching out today to ask permission to use this image. Of course, we'll give full credit under the image to "The Collected House" and a link to your website.
Please respond to this email no later than EOD Monday, July 1 if you do or do not wish to be included.
Thank you and looking forward to sharing the final project with you!
Caroline Gilbert
Community Outreach, Shutterfly
TheCollectedHouse says
Hi Caroline! I would love to be included! Thank you!