Wow, has my sister, Renee’s bedroom changed! You can’t imagine how much a room can evolve unless you see it with your own eyes, but I think you are going to be amazed at this one. I shared her Before bedroom pics earlier and I will add in a couple of those now, so you can see just how BIG a change has taken place in their master suite. Amazing, I’ll tell you!!
If you don’t get the power of paint, fabrics and accessories, this Before and After should definitely grab your attention.
In case you missed it, this is the BEFORE of the bedroom. Prepare to be WOWed! Yes, it was definitely time for a change from its circa 1999 state of being.
Other side of the sitting room. You will want to scroll back and forth a couple of times to get the complete awe at the changes.
My sister and brother-in-law are in love with their space all over again now! I hope you like LOTS of pics, because I just couldn’t stop at a few. You will get to see every little detail in this room redo. And, I’ll come back with another post later and give you a breakdown on where everything came from and how we put it all together.
I give you the AFTER’s! Oh, how I’m in love with this room now.
Here’s the tutorial on that fab stenciled wall!
Here’s the new view walking into the room now. Isn’t it gorgeous? That stenciled wall just makes it, I think! My sister has great taste and had already decided on colors she wanted for the room, as well as the start to the fabrics. She needed me for guidance and I helped pick out the rest of the fabrics, rugs, artwork, accessories, lamps and drapes. She asked for my opinion all along the way and this is what we came up with. We shopped at several different stores to come up with all of this and I’ll share all of that in a later post.
Looking to the left is the view of the sitting area. They have one of the nicest master bedroom suites I have ever seen and they really do use this sitting area all the time. It’s cozy with a gas fireplace and a TV in the big armoire. We took out the dog crates for the pics, but they live in here too. The new hardwoods make a huge difference in here too.
It’s very hard to get the wall color right in these pics. It is NOT gold as shown above, but a gray-beige shade. More Cafe au lait-like.
Sitting area. We spent several days shopping for all of the fabrics, lamps, pictures and accessories and I will do a complete breakdown on all of that for you.
Renee’s vanity area. You can see that we also added beadboard wallpaper in the sitting area to give it some architectural interest. Love it in here! You can read all about how easy it is to install, since I’ve used it so many times now. And you can find this fabulous beadboard wallpaper in my online shop. Thanks to ALL of you who have supported my shop this summer, I so appreciate it.
Vanity area
Those columns are the dividers in the space and that was a good spot to stop the beadboard wallpaper. She already had these nice wingbacks, so instead of buying new, opted to have them recovered with a local upholsterer and he did a great job. They look like new! I’ll give a shout-out on all of that in a later post too.
Sitting area looking towards bathroom.
One of the wingback chairs recovered in a chevron fabric.
This is my pillow. Actually you will see a few of my things around the room, since I let her borrow some of my accessories.
We added some real plants from their back deck, which needed to come in anyway. Recognize that vintage plant stand?
Fireplace with gas logs. I spotted that contemporary print at Homegoods and knew it would look great in here.
Fireplace wall.
Accessories on top. This is a true representation of the paint color on my monitor. Definitely not gold as it appears in many of these pics, but hard to capture with sunlight coming in.
I’ll tell you where we got everything and a breakdown on cost too later on. This room was definitely done on a budget, even if it doesn’t look like it. Shopping wisely helps on that.
Top of entertainment center.
Dresser she found several years ago at an antique shop and bought the whole set. She decided to take off the mirror that came with it and added a print instead.
That modernizes it quite a bit too, don’t you think? That lamp is mine too, from my old den.
Pretty accessories on the dresser.
She did have the duvet, pillow shams and body pillow custom made, but it wasn’t extravagantly priced. I’ll tell you all about that in my later post too. A local fabric shop did it all.
We shopped for the fabric and took it to the fabric shop to have it all made. I think it turned out beautifully. The only thing left to do is an upholstered headboard. She has her heart set on one of those, so we are DIYing it. Of course, I’ll share the how-to’s on that!
Body pillow. Love how our stencilled wall turned out too. It really makes a statement walking into the room.
Lamps and mirrored side tables. I found the lamps and thought they worked out nicely with everything in here.
Chest of drawers that she already had.
Large floor mirror on one side of the room. Love this!
Body pillow up close with detailing.
The duvet is reversible, with the scrolly fabric on one side and the contrast on the other.
Shot of the rug, which I think really makes the room too. Spotted this at a local rug shop and ordered it online for less $$.
Drapes, night stands and floor mirror.
Close up of the side tables. These add an elegant touch in the room.
Going into the master bath. She found this zebra rug online.
Her vanity side. They added molding to the mirrors a few years ago and painted their vanities too.
Bakers rack in the bathroom. We are going to paint this bakers rack a champagne color eventually.
They have these tall ledges in the bathroom and we added some of my large accessories up there. The lady and armillary are mine. That’s a piece of driftwood that my mom has had forever.
Towels by the tub.
This large wine bottle is mine too, I’ll tell you about that in a later post. It’s HUGE,although it looks sort of dwarf up on that big ledge.
Lantern light fixture and large wine bottle.
His side of the bathroom.
Looking back out to the bedroom.
New colorful towels.
Accessories on top.
Another real plant. You can see I was serious about the fake plant intervention!
Welcome to the 21st century, bedroom!
Close up of the lamp.
Starburst mirror over the bed.
Bench at the end of the bed.
Bedding, with bedskirt and rug.
So, that is the grand tour of the new bedroom. We had so much fun putting this room together and I hope you love it as much as we do. My sister feels like she’s in a brand new place now.
As I mentioned, I will be putting together a detailed post of all the elements that went into this room makeover. While not extremely cheap, it was definitely done on a budget (compared to those design shows we see!). The custom bedding wasn’t dirt cheap either, but it really adds a lot to the room and sometimes it is worth it to spend a few hundred dollars on something that you are going to keep for many years. I have a feeling that this room will remain like this for at least 10 years, so she will get her money’s worth out of it all.
By shopping wisely, you can definitely put together a room on a budget without breaking the bank. That’s exactly what we did here. I would love to do more of this type of makeover, so if you are in the Atlanta area and need help with putting a room together, I’m available for a reasonable fee. I’d love to help you shop and put your room together too!
Paint Colors:
Bedroom: Sherwin Williams Windsor Greige
Bathroom: Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray
You can see the entire source list for the space here!
MonogrammedEverything! says
LOVE LOVE LOVE this, it looks fantastic! The stenciled wall is amazing, I REALLY want to do it in my own MBR but am so nervous that it’s harder than it looks!
Paula says
WOW! You two did an amazing job in this bedroom. It is just gorgeous. I could just go on and on and on, but I won’t. Every detail is fabulous! ( is that enough big words, lol) Blessings
Jessica@nucheysmommy says
WHAAAAATTTT!!!! OMgosh this is so awesome! Drastic I must say! Your sister must be in heaven 🙂 You guys must have had a blast doing this….how fun! Everything looks great but the rug rocks the room for sure! Nicely done!
LilMissRedTShirt says
Pretty! And, that’s one HUGE bedroom!
Charlene Austin says
Omword…..your sister must be in heaven with that gorgeous new room. I’m sure the before was very nice in it’s day but all I could think was how much dust all that fabric could hold. The new room is so FRESH! I could happily live there. I can only imagine how much fun you had doing this together. I wonder how many of your readers, including me, are feeling antsy and want to go decorate a room now!!!
sue morgan says
we are getting ready to do our room, and this one is lovely! Im a green person, but these colors will blend with the rest of the house perfectly .We have painted every room in our home except our room, and I think this one is it! I went to our sherman williams store today to get samples! now all I need is to know where the fabric came from!!! Please let us know!!! I wish you were closer, I d hire you in a minute!!!! Sue
lee says
I just stumbled upon your blog through top blogspots, I love it especially the photos of your sisters bedroom makeover, gosh what an amazing difference. I love the new neutral tones it looks a “million dollars”!
I have just done a makeover on my own bedroom using some old French shutters on the wall behind the bed to create a theme. Its very French cottage but suits the house and creates interest to my small room which was pretty well a box before.
If you want you can see the makeover on my sidebar.
I will definitely be visiting your blog again 🙂
Lee
Kimberly says
Wow that is some transformation …so dramatic, and beautifully done! Bravo! Such a calm and soothing space. I am madly in love with the lamps and the bedside tables … swoon! So glad to see real plants in the room, I really dislike most fake plants and feel there is no reason not to have real plants, unless the room gets no light whatsoever. That fiddle-leaf fig is really pretty.
Best,
Kimberly
Sue says
What a great contemporary look this bedroom now has! Before you tackled it, the room was outdated, but now it looks FANTASTIC!! Great job selecting fabrics and accessories. I’m sure your sissie is ecstatic. 🙂
MelanieL says
We are planning our master re-do right now! We are torn on flooring but after seeing this, I think we’ll go for hard wood rather than new carpet, it makes it look so rich! Love the sitting area and the plants as well. Great job, looks wonderful!
Cerenity says
Looks AMAZING! I wish my sister would be so kind to help like that! Since she isnt.. lol can I ask if you will be sharing the detailed of your stenciled wall..? Oh please, oh please!
Brooke says
Love Love Love this redesign! Can they come to my house and make over my room!?
Amber says
Fabulous job on this room. Modern but with a dose of romance. That watercolor print of the couple under the red umbrella is so sweet. I would love it if you would add the source to your next post about the makeover!
Babbling Little Booties says
I found this beautiful room renovation from YHL, and it’s indeed beautiful. Wow!
Courtney Rutledge says
I found you through YHL. Love the mix of modern and vintage which is not easily achieved. The current dressers look great with the modern accesories.
Hopefully we can get anywhere close to this when we start redecorating soon.
Thanks!!
Handy Man, Crafty Woman says
Very nice makeover! Nice and bright.
Beth Ann Effler says
Oh my!! What a difference! Looks like a wonderful “retreat”!! I adore the light colors.
Joanna Decker says
I love this makeover! I am definitely using that stencil in my bedroom. Too bad you aren’t closer to KY. I need some help with a house I just bought.
One question: have you had a chance to do a tutorial on an upholstered hedaboard? I would be very interested in seeing how to do that.