Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Rearranging the Master Bedroom

We have a relatively small master bedroom.  It is about 11'x13', and the same size as Stella's room... yeah.  Also we have an extra door in our room that goes to our 3/4 bath.  We have something on each wall; a window, a door, or our closet.  Furniture placement has been a challenge to say the least.  Originally we had the bed against the east wall which had a off-centered window, so, we added a complete wall of curtains (which I planned to line eventually).  This allowed us to center the bed and not worry about the window.  Then we had side tables on either side of the bed... the dresser was in between the door into the bedroom and the door to the bathroom.  Opposite of the bed was the closet and on the south wall was a big window.  I had thought this was as good as it was going to get, but while my husband was out of town last weekend I moved things around just to see if I could improve upon the arrangement... AND... I think I did.  Even Stephen agrees... he is opinionated!
Now I have centered the bed under the big window on the south wall... side tables on either side.  Dresser off-centered on the east wall, where the bed was.  This has created 3' or more on all three open sides of the bed, making the room feel sooooo much bigger.  If we opt for a skinny tall dresser instead of what we have, we would even have room for a chair!  If we changed out our side tables for more a small chest of drawers, we could get rid of the dresser all together!  I think that might be my goal.
The drapes are a bit of a disaster... No one is perfect or immune to bad design decisions.  I make them far more often than I would like to admit.  But this is one of those mistakes.  The fabric was on sale at $3 a yard.... it just is not the right color or fabric to drape and compliment the bed properly... On top of that "oops" we might as well pile the wall color on top of that.  It is just all wrong!  But I am determined to make something fabulous out of this!  I am leaning towards a light gray for the walls and a darker gray, possibly with a graphic pattern for the drapes.  A rug, two lamps and a new fixture to replace the fan.  Also new bedding, I like what we have it just doesn't drape over the sides of the bed far enough... I can see the box springs, ugh!  To finish it all off, some really great artwork and or photography!  It will be breathtaking, I promise!!!  Check out the new arrangement!

Before: The bed against the wall of curtains, ignore the window!



After


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