Master Bedroom Makeover

I recently finished a Master Bedroom makeover. The makeover had already started, so these are the slightly before pictures. The cornice moulding is part of the makeover. There was wallpaper boarder in it's place. The last time this room was made over, was the late 80's early 90's and the border was a geometric pink/blue/green pattern with the paint colour, as you can see, a mint green. Way overdue for a makeover, if you ask me.

The client wanted something fresh and calming. This was a fun room to do because I got pretty much free reign on this project with only a few stipulation. A decorators dream job if you ask me.

Before

To keep on budget a few things stayed in the room and that was fine because we could work with it. Some of those things were the furniture, the linens and flooring.

After

When you are making over a room one of the things you should consider is your focal point. In this case, it was the bed and it just wasn't getting the attention it deserved when it was on the same wall as the door that you enter the room. So I turned it around so it was the first thing you see. The problem I ran into by doing that was balance. As you can see in the picture above, the window is set off to the side. So, what do you do? Instead of installing the new drapery on either side of the window and further enhancing that off-balance feel. I installed the drapery on either side of the wall. (I could do this because the client confirmed that the drapery did not need to close and could be made so that there were only decorative.) Once the drapery was installed, I found an oversided piece of art and hung it on the other side, so that it would balance the window and placed the bed dead center on the wall. To further enforce the balance, the night stands were placed on either side with matching lamps.

I've said this before "Use what you've got" and I'm saying it again because that is what we did. It's a good way to keep on budget and keep it low too. I went around the house and found things that I repurposed that would work in the room. One of the things was I took a silver tea tray that was sitting in a closet and used it as a tray for the client's purfumes and a small picture.

The end result was amazing. A total transformation. The clients didn't see it until it was completely done and when they did they were blown away. They just loved it.