As a follow up from the prior post, I have taken a number of images of our master bedroom as it sits today.  There will be more changes to this and I will point them out along the way.  

This shows the final view of what the room will look like from this angle. You can see our finished closets on the right and the finished half wall.  You would not have been able to see the bed from this angle in the past had the closet stayed in the old spot hanging over the stairwell.  

This image shows where I was standing in the prior image.  You can see the storage closet on the right which was built due to the ventilation from the kitchen below that passes through this area.  There is an additional storage area in the dormer behind this storage with the opening in that little space.  The window shown in this picture will become a doorway/hallway to our master bathroom that will be above the new garage.  Lastly, you are unable to see it here, but we installed 4 motion sensor lights (two on the half wall upstairs and two in the stairwell) that turn on to allow for lighting at night. These are awesome for when someone needs to get up in the middle of the night to visit the bathroom given currently we only have one bathroom in the house and it is on the ground floor. 

Here is a close up view of the closet. The top shelf works well storing heels. There is hanging space on both sides of the shelving holding my sweaters on the right.  The doors were actually triple panel bifold doors that we just cut down to two panel.
 

This shows the finished closet area for both of us and showcases the bifold doors better.  Again these used to have three panels and we cut them down to two each.
 

In our sleeping area we chose a bed frame from Crate & Barrel, nightstands, bedding, and pillows from West Elm and the light fixtures are from Room and Board.  

Our dog Brin NEVER poses nicely for pictures so I will always share photos of her like this one given the opportunity. 
 

We had fun picking out furnishings for this space.  We chose a bright yellow chair with metallic accent pillow in contrasting textures to add surprise and flare to the room.  It also helps balance out some items from our family history that we also used to decorate.  I didn't post a clear picture of them here, but you can see a metal milk can that was given to me by my grandmother and once belonged to my great grandfather.  What you can't see at all are two yellow vases that were made by my mother.  The pillow helps balance out the milk can while the chair adds a more solid foundation for the yellow accent color in the room rather than relying on two small vases for this alone.
 

The interesting thing to point out in this picture is the dual switch located above the nightstand.  Tor loves to listen to his sleep mate at night (a machine that makes noise like a fan, but doesn't actually blow air) and wanted to make it easy to turn on and off from bed.  The second switch turns on the outlet below and thus turns on the sleep mate.
 

We went without dressers for a very long time.  We had storage bags under our bed for years housing all of our socks and underoos which made a fun playing ground for our dog when we neglected to zip them closed.  We finally chose these Midcentury Modern dressers (and nightstands) from West Elm just last year. 
 

We wanted to keep the decor simple in our bedroom therefore we did minimal decorating.  One thing I like most are my jewelry boxes.  The boxes themselves look like art pieces, my jewelry adds a little color variation, and since they are see through I am forced to keep my things organized!
 

This view shows the milk can I referred to on the Art page on the right side.  It also shows some artwork that I made myself and really showcases the simple modern finishes we added to the space.  

We wanted to put one accent wall in the room and could not agree on which wall it should be.  I tried with all my might to talk Tor into putting wallpaper on one accent wall (wallpaper... I know, but you have to admit that there is some cool stuff these days). Tor put his foot down and used one of his vetoes so we agreed on the ceiling.  We used a rustic grade maple flooring from Lumber Liquidators on the ceiling and added recessed canned lighting to help open the space.  The lighting is on two switches dividing the room in two so that while someone is getting dressed in the morning, the lights can still be off over the sleeping area.  This is particularly important when you live in Minnesota where the sun doesn't come up until after you have left for work for many of the winter months.   

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Throwback Project: Master Bedroom - Finished