Master bedroom decorating plans...

Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 06:40

I am so excited! I purchased a new duvet cover on ebay for a really really good price. The seller claims that although its not in the packaging it is a brand new duvet cover, tags intact and from a smoke free home. I have been looking for a new duvet cover for what feels like FOREVER because the darned things are just soooo expensive and we really can't afford to buy one at the 100.00+ that they are always asking for them. Getting a bed in a bag is also a bit of a pain because it always includes a dust ruffle and the way that our sleigh bed is designed, it has high sides and the dust ruffle wouldn't show. I thought about making my own cover but then I would have to take a crash course on sewing, pay someone or wait a kabillion years for my mom to make me one.

Anyway, I will have the duvet cover in a few days and if all goes well, it will be everything that the seller claimed it would be and I can start getting idea's for decorating our very large master bedroom at the other house.

We have a dark wooden king sized sleigh bed, two end tables, and a large double dresser. The room itself is big enough to have a sleeping area and a small "sitting" area and we plan on adding a small gas or woodstove into the room as it has a chimney access from the original structure thats in great condition. The floors have been completely redone and rather than staining them we left them in their natural state and just clear coated them so they are a pale gold colour and still have all the cracks etc. that old floors have between the boards. I like that more "rustic" feel for the floors and besides, it was neat to find that once apon a time there was an area rug in the room (we know this because when we removed the lanolium from the floor they had refinished the floors... all around where the area rug would sit!) and underneath the area rug, there was a loose floor board that you could pop open and store valuables on the ceiling below.

This is the duvet cover:

I want to paint the walls a really pale, buttercream yellow colour to go with the wood and the duvet cover.

We were also searching for several years for a nice tall dresser for Bughead with deep drawers at a good price... and walked by several because we didn't feel that they were built well enough, the cost was too high or the drawers weren't deep enough. One day I was at value village, a local used clothing and household goods store when I came across a beautiful antique dresser with a swivel mirror and DEEP drawers that match the same lines and colour as our furniture.

I also got a 1950's style make up table from a family friend who moved to Florida and a wrought iron make up table chair from my daddy-in-laws wife. I plan on covering the make up table (it has a mirror that opens up from inside the top of the table and I can't STAND that because then the girls are always in my makeup LOL) with a nice cloth and topping it with a square table topper set sideways so that one of the corner points down the front. I haven't decided what one yet but I have priced them out on average at around $35.00 or less for a nice one... here are two in the style that that I was thinking of:

Aside from the paint, the total cost (at the moment) to do our masterbedroom:

Duvet cover: $30.00 (included shipping)

Antique dresser with swivel mirror: $40.00

Table topper: approx $30.00

Make up table: FREE!

Wrought iron chair: FREE!

Can't beat that can you?

Now I just need to move and strip, oh, around 6 or so layers of wallpaper off the walls in that bedroom.

 Todays Journal Prompt

Have you ever been searching for that ONE special item for yourself or for your home and then suddenly, at just the right time found it exactly like you wanted for a fabulous price? Describe that item, where you found it, the price etc.

 Quote of the Day

"I am getting to that age where I want to go braless... it pulls the wrinkles out of my face!" ~ unknown

Hello...

Posted by marthaskitchen on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 09:16 - Link

I just love your blog... You write so well and you have a great sense of humour... Your bedroom sounds so beautiful - my home I just sold had timber floors and they were lovely.
congrat's on your new duvet! It's exciting to get a bargain. Just a few months ago I went to a garage sale at the end of our road and the couple were selling two new duvet covers for only $5.00 each - happy was I that day! I will have to email you with some questions...
have a great day and I look forward to reading more of your entries.
Helen

table cloth

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 29, 2006 at 07:39 - Link

I like the top cloth the best!! I think it is the more delicate of the two and it would offset the duvet cover beautifully!! =)