19/101, 22/101 -- Paint and get Furniture for Master Bedroom

Two posts in one since the pictures capture both projects and they went hand in hand. :)


19/101: First came the paint.
This was a HUGE project. What made it a daunting task was our massive tray ceiling. When we built our house we had one of 7 shades of white--beige to choose from. Exciting. What we didn't realize when we chose the darkest color, which was a beige, that they were not only going to use that color on the walls but also all of the ceilings. WHO DOES THAT?! Needless to say, beige ceilings don't look right, especially with certain colors. So when we paint, we also need to paint ceilings. It just adds so much more work.

One of the hardest things was actually choosing a color. The husband wanted to choose our bedroom furniture first. I wanted to find the bedding and match the color to that, but he didn't want to pick bedding until we got the bed either. Round and round we went. Couldn't find furniture we liked, no bedding he liked, thus we were stuck on a color.

Let me say, we have been looking at furniture for over a year with no luck. These past few months we have hit every furniture store in the area hoping to find something we liked. Finally, last month we found a set online that we liked. Of course no one here carried it and shipping from Colorado was astronomical. So we said no to the one set we both loved and kept looking. We found a similar set online at a store located here and went to check it out. Unfortunately, they didn't have the set in the store--it was only online so we couldn't see it in person. We both liked it and were so exhausted from the hunt we were pretty sure it was a done deal. We were brave, read reviews, and a few weeks after finding it we placed the order.

On Black Friday I found THIS bedding at Macy's and knew it was the set. It also was a killer deal I could not pass it up. I think the man was also tired of bedding shopping so he consented to the purchase. I was then able to find the paint and so the adventure began. It took 2 days but we got the paint on the walls and it looks great!

22/101: Furniture time!
Let me just say I have been waiting for bedroom furniture for YEARS. Not just NEW furniture, but ANY furniture. That is right. No dresser, night stands, bed frame. Nada. My socks have been in a laundry basket for 5 years. IT WAS TIME. I was dying for a dresser and sick of hanging everything and shoving clothes on shelves. Having the furniture delivered was awesome and organization heaven for me. Our closet is finally organized and not over-stuffed. Laundry baskets are now only for laundry and my clothes are now folded and in their proper place. :) As an OCD organizational freak, this day brought me much relief!

Behold, our new paint, new furniture, and new bedding! Yippie!

This bed is actually a canopy bed, but they didn't send the right knobs for the top and the bolt was too short to attach the canopy to the posts. :( We are waiting on the correct pieces.



My dresser. My new best friend.