Home Tour: Master bedroom refresh! Sweet country meets Hollywood glam!
Several times in the past couple of months I’ve hinted at showing you guys my master bedroom refresh! It all started when I decided to move the head of my bed from under the south facing windows to the east wall. It opened up the room so much – I can dance up here now! But it left me with a couple of issues, the first big one was that I could no longer use my washstand as my bedside table (not enough room any more) and neither could I use the dresser for the other side. So, on I went thrifting on the search for bedside tables, their makeover was a fun and easy one, check it out here.
OMG I can’t believe its been three years since this post came out! Since then my master bedroom has gone through a ton of transformations, almost as many as I have myself! I’m a single gal now and if you would like see my master bedroom haven as it is now check it out here!
Moving my headboard meant I had all kinds of sheet rock anchors and beat up sheetrock to fix under the windows and then repainting to do. The floor was also VERY beat up in a few places from the steel wheels on my old bedframe.
With those things fixed and with the new bedside tables moved in I was left wondering what I was going to do with my pretty little old washstand. At first I was going to put it in my master bathroom, moving the magazine rack that was there to another part of the house but when I was moving things around it dawned on me that it worked just fine on my north wall. Its nice because it also giving me a bit of a landing surface when I first come up because its not far from the top of the staircase.
I also didn’t want to do a full reveal here on the blog until I got my bedframe done! Which I did just a couple of weeks ago! One little reminder of what this room looked like before the renovation.
Just check out that linoleum! If you look close you can see that there is an incredible amount of dead bugs on the floor, yes this was the longest abandoned and creepiest part of the whole house. It started where my mom and aunt were in the this room and my grandparents were in the other room (that became my master bath) but as they grew up my grandparents moved downstairs and this became my auntโs bedroom.
So, when she moved out, it pretty much never had anyone in it again and that was forty years ago. When I began my big renovation this is where I started gutting and I will never forget shoveling the ancient, filthy, absolutely horrible insulation, plaster and lath down the staircase.
I was NEVER dirtier then I was that day! Hard to believe that under all of that were gorgeous hard wood floors. (For a full recap on how it all went and lots more before and during pictures of this room during the renovation click here to check out the first Home Tour post all about it!)
I’m so impressed with how these pieces I inherited from my Grandma have held up over the years. I primed and painted them four years ago before they ended up in storage throughout the majority of the renovation. Of course they got their fair share of dings (mostly just getting up my narrow staircase!) but all in they’re just as shiny as when I finished them.
And it remains so cool to me that that big dresser with the mirror on the back of it literally came back to the exact same wall it was on for forty years. Aw, my biggest regrets will always be that I did not take enough before pictures, what I wouldn’t give to have the pic of that dresser sitting there, covered in dust before I moved it out! You can also see my new jewelry hanger over on my side of the bed – one of my very favorite projects thus far.
I love my comforter set! It was gift to me: You can check it out here on Amazon. I even managed to fit it into my washer/dryer combo unit to wash it the other day.
Always nice when I don’t have to make a trip to the laundry mat in town. So, I really love my new refresh, mostly just having the floor space to move around now is just amazing, my room feels so much bigger. And it’s easier to keep the entire home smelling fresh and clean. From a design perspective though it was harder to photograph and the room itself is not as “striking” as it was when I had the bed under the windows.
I am reminded of a design tip I read once that said your bed should be the first thing you see when you walk in the room. So, perhaps my bedroom is not as “design savvy” as it was – but it works better for me now… SO much better. And that, at least to me, is much more important – I am living here after all ๐
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I’m Tarah!
It’s been a hell of a ride since I started this blog and renovated and moved into this old farm house back in 2015. I got married, divorced, lost my doggo soul mate, spent two years as a single gal, remodeled everything, threw my back out countless times and was even found by an amazing guy in my own backyard! (The story behind Storyhardt Farm.)
Around here we’re totally fearless when it comes to bettering our home. We love to refinish old furniture, re-purpose old pieces, build it from scratch and totally renovate anything that needs it! If we can do it – so can you. We’ve got some serious plans for this old farm and, for first time ever, I have a real partner!
This is gonna be so much fun!
You can also find out more about the amazing Grandma behind this blog who moved in to this old farmhouse with my Grandpa nearly 70 years ago!
I love your new bedroom Tarah! I love the colours and the wooden floor and the gorgeous detail of the ceiling. You’re so lucky to have such a lovely space to come home to after a long day. xx
Thank you Kate ๐ It was a ton of work but this really is my sanctuary!
Love that blue wall and the bead board! We moved our bed a couple years ago and all the sudden our room was huge too. It’s like finding lost money.
Stephanie that is such a great way of putting it! It’s just crazy how big the room feels now!
Pretty room–black and white is always so chic.I love how the black painted furniture turned out. I have my gran’s oak washstand and dresser with a mirror in my guest room and seeing your furniture has made me think I might try painting them black too.
Yeah I’m kind of obsessed with the black painted look I was afraid maybe I would get sick of it but to me it is just so timeless! I didn’t paint anything that was solid wood though, I just refinished and stained those pieces! Those old dressers of my grandma’s were veneer that was peeling so it felt ok to paint ๐
Such a transformation. I love the plank walls and ceiling! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks so much Jann!
I love the new furniture arrangement! ๐
Thank you Sybil!
I just love how the bedroom turned out! Did you save the sweet little valance from over the window? You could do so much with it! You’ve given me inspiration on what to do in my small 90’s doublewide. I love your dark accent wall and I have a sloping ceiling towards the center of the house and I’ve wondered how I could put shiplap up and make it look right. Now I know. Thank you!
Thank you so much Debbie! There were several aspects here that I felt I was kinda taking a chance with from the bead board to the dark accent walls (that color is called Sooty Lashes by Valspar) but personally I just love this space. Good luck in your own home remember all that matters if that YOU love it!
I love the end tables. I think re-purposing these old end tables into night stands was genius. It give you a place to put books, eyeglasses, etc, and the lamp sets up higher for reading in bed. What a great idea!
Thank you Patrice, now that we’ve been using them for a couple of weeks they are really working out great! (Ya just never know until you have to live with anything for awhile lol)
Looks great !! You really did a good job!
Thank you Cindy!
That wall color is beautiful!
Thank you Stephanie!
Beautiful refresh. Love the glam look of shiny black. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Vintage Charm.
Thank you Sharon!
Love the colors you chose; turned out GREAT!
Thanks so much for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY.
Blessings,
Cindy
Thank you so much!
The before and after pictures are amazing! You really updated this room tremendously with this makeover.
Thank you Mimi!
Just beautiful! I’ve enjoyed following your renovation. Thanks for sharing at Over the Moon and we look forward to seeing you again next week.
Thank you Shelley!
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Simply beautiful. You’ve put a lot of work into that space and it’s perfect. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Thank you Linda!
That turned out so well. Thanks for sharing. Thank you so much for linking at #overthemoon! I look forward to seeing what you share every week. Please come back for #WonderfulWednesday or #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Enjoy your week ahead.
Thank you Marilyn you too!!
This room looks amazing! I really love the floors and walls. Thanks for linking up at the Home Matters Link Party! We hope to see you again next week:) #HomeMattersParty
Thank you so much Sara!
It looks great! I love the dark colors against the white. I also LOVE the jewelry hanger! So cute. What a great transformation!
Thank you so much Amy!
What a beautiful room! I can’t imagine taking on that kind of project, but what a payoff! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Donna, it was SO much work but really worth it in the end!
So pretty! ๐
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks so much!
Wow, your room really turned out great. Love the floors and the ceiling.
Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday.
Thank you so much Kimm!
I think it turned out great! good job!
Thank you Cathy!
Tarah, your bedroom refresh is gorgeous! I love the contrast between the furniture and the rest of the room! ๐
I’d like to invite you to share this at the brand-new Farmhouse Friday Link Party! To celebrate the kick-off of this party, I am giving away a $50 Amazon gift card. I will also share your linkup on DIY Farmhouse Style Facebook group where I admin, which at this writing has over 130k members!
I hope to see you there! ๐
Michelle
The Painted Hinge
http://www.thepaintedhinge.com
Awesome Michelle, thanks so much for inviting me I will definitely be there!
Wow, this is an incredible makeover. Great idea to use the second room for a master bath. What a lovely space!
Thank you Sarah!
So pretty. Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!
Thank you Sherry!
Lovely. Thanks for joining us at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Shared
Thank you!
Love the black furniture. I have been tossing the idea around for a couple of months and now I can’t wait to try it out.
Thanks Lindsay!!
Stunning renovation! You’ve created a beautiful bedroom. I wish I had 1% of your talent.
Stopping by from #MMBH ๐
Thank you so much Stephanie, have a great week!
That is such a beautiful space! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your projects with us at the Homestead Blog Hop!
Thank you so much!