I am SO SO SO excited to share this post with you! Today is the first day of the One Room Challenge! Basically, tons of bloggers decide to take on one room and completely transform it in six weeks. I attempted to participate in the fall round, but after getting diagnosed with skin cancer and going through an unexpected move I didn’t make much progress. Now we are settled in our new house and our master bedroom is begging for some attention. I’ve got big plans to turn it into a modern master bedroom retreat.
OK, so no judging while I walk you through our pitiful master bedroom. When you walk in the door this is what you see. Â Even though it’s far from finished there’s a few things that I do really like about the room. I love the grey headboard and black bedding. I also really love the Mid Century nightstands and dresser that I picked up at the thrift store a few years ago. I also love all of the light that the three windows let in.
Over on the other side of the room I love that we have two large closets. Ok, enough of the good, now let’s talk about the issues with this room. I’ll start with the ceiling fan. Because we don’t have air conditioning a ceiling fan is a necessity. The problem with this particular fan is that it is not my style at all. I’m also not a huge fan of the closet wall. These bi-fold doors are best at collecting dust and preventing us from accessing the sides of our closets. I’ve got some big ideas to modernize and give more functionality to the closets.
Over to the opposite corner of the room I’ve got a whole different set of issues. Let’s start with the lack of privacy and exposed windows. Thankfully we live in the woods! Those old curtain rods were hung far too low and too far in. I’m planning on hanging new curtains high and wide. I also don’t like how crowded this corner is with the Ikea chair.
This baby blue paint and 90’s white carpet is another one of our issues. It’s got stains and permanent furniture indentations from the past owners furniture. It also doesn’t match any of the carpet in the rest of the house. Our first big projects will involve painting and laying new wood flooring in here!
Our final major issue is the door that is ALWAYS in the way. As you can see you have to move the door to walk around the bed. When it’s all the way open it blocks the entrance to the bathroom. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve slammed into the door when trying to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night. For this challenge we’re going to figure out how to put an out-swing door here, rather than the current in-swing.
So in summary, in the next six weeks I’ve got some BIG plans for this bedroom. Paint, flooring, closet construction, door construction, electrical, and then the fun part… decor! I’m planning on using greys, greens, corals, and some metallic accents. I’m working with a few sponsors and I’ve ordered a few new things as well! I’d love if you would follow along in our progress over the next six weeks! Hopefully on May 12th I’ll have a beautiful master bedroom to reveal! **UPDATE** Click here to see the reveal!
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Jess this is an amazing plan! I love the colors you plan to use and the mix of styles is fab!
Like the colors–so few people take the leap into dark rich colors, but I think it can look great, especially at night. Nice fan, but I would consider a cool-looking silver ceiling fan rather than the black, and make sure it mounts as close to the ceiling as possible.
As for the door swing, I think it could be a big problem to have it swing outward into the hallway. You are right there at the top of the stairs and you could potentially hit someone passing by with the door. I would change the door swing to the other side into your room so it isn’t in the way from the hallway into the bathroom.
My husband had cancer and I don’t know how you are doing all this on top of cancer treatment. It knocked the wind out of his sails for a long time, and for me too. Moving on short notice is quite enough! I hope you are doing well and are cancer free in the future..
Thank you so much! You are so right about one that mounts close to the ceiling, my husband is 6’4″ so for his sake it cannot hang low! I totally understand what you’re saying about the door swing, but with our dresser over there, there just isn’t room to have it swing in. It also would still be in the way at the foot of the bed. The thought of it swinging into someone at the top of the stairs sure isn’t good either. I so wish it had a pocket door! I’ve got my 6 month checkup at the Mayo Clinic next month and I’ve definitely been holding my breath for that. It’s been a test of my faith and I’ve had to constantly remember to trust God. Thank you so much for your well wishes. Praying that your husband remains cancer free as well.
Saw this fan online and thought of you. One of the nicest low profile modern type ones I’ve seen. Not bad price either $139.
http://www.shadesoflight.com/54-34-cylindrical_profile-ceiling-fan.html
This is all so beautiful! You are going to love your new space. Those curtains…swooning.
You are so sweet. I’m swooning them too! They’re not supposed to arrive until May week 1 so I am praying they are as good in person as they are online!
Oooh I’m obsessed with the dark green and blush combo I see here! And so with you on the ceiling fans… hate the look of them but love using them. Can’t wait to follow along and see what you come up with!
Thank you so much! I first saw that deep green color at the White Buffalo Styling Co. and fell in love with it. Thank you so much for following along.
Love the color saturation and those floral curtains are to die for. Your master is going to be Gorg!
Oh thank you so much! I hope that the bold colors can be the highlight of this room!
Love your inspiration board!
The mix of green, floral and wood… Just perfect!
I look forward to see the progress 🙂
Oh thank you so much! Thank you for following also! I’m so excited to share the progress!
Can’t wait to see!!! What a great source list!
Thank you so much! I am so excited to see it too.
girl, I praise you all the time…but damn, this is going to be good. I love your colors, art, and curtain selection. You are going to slay this challenge.
You are such an encouragement. Oh I’m PRAYING that it looks as good in person as it does on paper! Thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging comment!
The chair, the art, THOSE TEXTILES! This space is going to be stunning. I can’t wait for it to come together.
Thank you so much! I sure hope that it comes together in real life as good as it looks on paper! THANKS SO MUCH for your encouraging comment! I’m LOVING the way your room is coming together as well from that awesome insta snapshot this morning!
This is going to be AMAZING! Love that green!
Oh what a beautiful, beautiful plan! I love the deep green, especially with MCM wood tones – it’s going to be fabulous!
Also, I’ve been terrible at keeping up with my favorite blogs over the past few months and I completely missed your skin cancer diagnosis – you are in my prayers, sweet lady!
Oh thank you so much! Your malachite curtains were one of my inspirations on the deep green! Don’t worry about it on the skin cancer, I only shared one post during it all, because life was so insane and uncertain. I’ve got a followup next month, so I’m praying that everything comes back all clear.
this may sound crazy, but I love the masculinity in your closet doors. I love your plans!!!