master bedroom reveal...

Our master bedroom makeover began last Fall and while there are a few more things that need to be done and a few more treasures to be found, I am ready to share the reveal.  Now, as you look at all the before and afters the wall color might look the same but it is different!
They went from blue to grey...

The before photos I am sharing are from different photo sessions taken since I started blogging back in 2010.  The layout has been the same with just a few accessory changes over the years.

Before...

After...

Before...

After...

I love this new mirror from Marshalls...

Before...

After...

Well, what do you think?

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this old house...

Hi ~ are you still there?

It's been a while!

I am sure you are, because blogging friends are like that.

You can pop in at any time and pick up like you were just here yesterday!

In between all my summer fun, I really have been visiting to see what you all have been up to.

Which has led to pinning, pinning and more pinning, because you are all so inspiring!

Now I am not rushing the summer away, because I am having so much fun, but I have been making quite a long list of Fall and Winter makeover projects.

Being away so much in the summer and wondering what I am going to come home to with 2 kids at home and seeing nothing new around is making me a bit antsy to start some projects.

To make a long story short, this old house is looking, well, old.

But not in a good vintage old way, just old and tired.

So, I have been gathering some ideas to give my old nest a new look.

One of the projects is to do my master bedroom over.

I am going to say goodbye to my Paris Hotel Suite!

So, today as I was cleaning my room, I decided to edit it a bit and send some things along to my space at the shop.

The shop has been so very busy ever since the feature in Romantic Homes Magazine!

After putting away the clutter, taking away a few things I don't "love" anymore and moving a few other things around that I do "love", here is what I ended up with...

I only changed around this side of the room.  It is not much of a change, but it will do until the end of camping season!

What I would love for this room is dark wood floors with some scatter rugs, the perfect shade of gray on the walls (I'll keep the trim white) and some new pieces (maybe something industrial) mixed in with my favorite vintage ones.  Some new lighting and interesting art for the walls should round out the project.  I am also going to paint all the different bureaus to unify them (and get rid of the ugly orangey pine color).

If you'd like to see what it looked like before, you can see it here, and if you would like to see what it looked like when I first shared the room on my blog you can see it here.

Want to see what I have been pinning?  You can check out my Pinterest!

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another estate sale keeper...

Back in September I shared how I warmed up my Paris Hotel Suite for fall with this old distressed bureau...

You can read more from that post here.

While I liked the look, the piece just did not fill the space enough.

And, to be honest, I grew tired of the color and longed for a white piece.

So, I brought it in the shop a few weeks ago and sold it the same day!

A young couple bought it for a new house they were building and are going to use it for a vanity for a bathroom sink.

Why didn't I think of that?

I filled the space in my bedroom right away with the other piece I kept from the great estate sale I went to down the street from me...

The bureau was white with some hearts stenciled on the top drawer.  It was easy to fix with a fresh coat of paint.

It is an old heavy piece and I love the side detail...

The crisp white that I used made my comfy white chair look creamy white...

...so I switched the mirrors to even things out...

Don't you think it is a better fit for the space...

I do and you all know how I love vintage whites!

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warming up for fall...

When I shared my new space at the shop with you the other day you might have seen my vintage sewing base table from my Paris Hotel Suite...

I tried to find a more recent picture of it in my bedroom but could not so here it is when I first shared the room with you back in April of 2010...

And here is a more recent photo...

I was ready for a change and thought this old bureau I picked up at a yard sale this summer for $10 would be the perfect fit...

The base color was perfect.

I just needed to sand the drawer fronts and lose the vintage decals and greenish tinge as well as the old varnish.

When I started to sand the decals, this is what I got...

The paper backing of the decal sort of left a silhouette and I liked it.

Well, real life called and when I got back to my project Jim did me a favor and finished sanding for me.

Yes, you guessed it, gone were the silhouettes.

He is always so helpful in my ventures that I did not have the heart to say anything.

So I added new clear knobs and decided to live with it for a while...

Not that this resembles any of her beautiful creations, but Dore inspired me to try this look...

Now I am not sure if I should sand the piece a bit more, especially the two top drawers...

Oh, and I painted my pink suitcases white...think they still need one more coat! 

I do know that I picked the wrong knobs.

Can you say Anthropologie road trip?!!

I love the top...

The piece adds warmth to the room, just in time for Fall...

I think my suitcase stack needs to get a little higher! 

I would love to know what you think...

And, if I decide I do not like it ~ I can always paint it white come Spring time!

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joy...

I received the most beautiful package in the mail this past weekend.  I recently won a giveaway from Rebecca...

I have always wanted a handmade necklace...

Isn't it just lovely...

I took a few photos of it displayed on my whimsical cottage lampshade but knew where it should nest (when it is not around my neck)...

This is the gorgeous mirror I traded for with Maureen at the white show.  I knew it would be just perfect in my Paris Hotel Suite.

(Remember I put the old mirror that was here in my studio?)

I have my Grandmother's rosary hanging on an old column next to the mirror in the corner near my dresser and knew how perfect my necklace from Rebecca would look with it...

Don't you just love the detail on the mirror...

Alongside the perfectly chippy column... 

Both new treasures bringing more "joy" to my suite...

I have yet to paint this dresser and mirror white (which were both my Moms).  I do have another one of her dressers in my suite too and wonder if I should switch them as the old mirror matches the darker wood on this one better...

Do I paint everything?  Do I switch the dressers?

I am still on the fence I guess.

So for now I will just enjoy my new suite additions...

Thank you Rebecca!

Thank you  Maureen! 

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