So, in almost 24yrs of marriage, my husband and I have only lived in 2 houses {with a combined total of 7 bedrooms}and we have occupied 5 different bedrooms, in those 2 houses. Same with the kids. Yep. We move our bedrooms around pretty often. I've been told this is strange behavior, but we are a strange family, so it doesn't really seem strange to us. Recently, my son Tallon, bought his own house and moved out {hopefully for good this time} and this left us with a big bedroom upstairs that was just sitting there empty. Seemed like a good time to discuss the option of everyone switching things around again. Maddy was in the tiniest bedroom, which has a big closet, and is on the main floor. We were in a decent sized room with a big closet, which was also on the main floor. The newly emptied room is decent sized but has a tiny closet, and is upstairs. My Studio is the 4th bedroom and is also upstairs.
We spent several months with the room sitting empty, debating about who would move where, and how we would remedy the closet situation. Part of debate was due to the fact that the staircase is steep, narrow and twists, making it impossible to get a box spring larger than a twin upstairs. We finally made the decision just after my father died, leaving us with a King size bed, and the fact that it is the only room that we could push the bed into a corner, creating a situation for Ryan to prop himself up to sleep. {he has a medical condition that requires him to sleep somewhat upright, so he's been sleeping on the couch for months {guess that makes the living room his 6th bedroom occupied, LOL}
Here is how we remedied all of our issues. Maddy moved into our main floor bedroom, leaving here with a large closet, and bigger bed. We moved upstairs to the empty room, and Ryan's belongings all went into the small closet. My Studio stayed right where it is upstairs! And we turned the tiny bedroom into a walk in closet {for my clothes}/trophy room/gun room, kind of thing. I really had a million other things I should've been doing but this seemed like a fun project to take on, and we moved!
Soooooo here are some pics. Neither room is completely done, but close enough for a post!!
Our new bedroom:
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Yep, that light fixture is ugly and eventually I WILL change it out,
just gotta figure out what I want there. |
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It might be nice to have actually walls,
but it helps it feel roomier this way. |
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| The floor definitely needed to be painted. |
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I still need more stars for the one wall
and not sure what I'm doing with the big blank wall yet.
I'm struggling to come up with {cheap} ideas for wall art. |
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I will most likely do something different with that big picture frame area.
For now it has some Script Art by Kal Barteski washi taped to the wall
cuz there's a big magnetic tack board very strongly stuck to the wall.
And I plan to paint the little table eventually. Or not. |
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Tiny closet area, and the bedside table that I inherited from my father, but was originally
belonged to my grandparents, I do believe.
It's retro and funky. I like it.
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New bookcases and empty canvases that I will eventually create some
{crappy looking} art for and I still need to fill the bookshelves, and
all those Project Life albums, but I'll get to it, eventually. |
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A close-up of the funky bedside table. No it's not really
that crooked, it's my photo skills!!!
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And the Walk-In closet/trophy display/gun room:
BEFORE:
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| I do really really LOVE purple, but it's time for a change. |
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| Ali is all about helping me paint. |
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I'm not sure about the closet doors, they drive me crazy, sliding them
back and forth every time I need in them, AND the dusting,
I was considering replacing them with curtains, but I'm holding off, for now. |
AFTER:
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| This is what you see when you look in from the door. |
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Ryan rarely ever gets trophies, his classes usually pay cash
So, when he gets cool trophies, we keep them
These are pretty cool. |
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| These are pretty cool too. |
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Closet doors
Some cool art I got this Summer at a festival |
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Bookself I'm using to store my gym bag,
camera bag, jewelry and odds & ends |
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Saw this idea on Pinterest. It was a cheap and easy way to hang
my bracelets |
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View from another angle.
I put some hooks one the wall behind the door for stuff I
need almost daily, like Spin class bag, PJ's, towel
that kind of stuff.
Those shoes are my daughters high heel shoes.
handing on the back of the door. |
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Looking toward the door.
Basket for yoga mats, some small weights, exercise bands.
Cool race trophy from Texas.
I also moved a leather footstool type seat thing under the window
For Stella to sit on and look out window or for sitting on
to put shoes on & such...
There will eventually be a gun cabinet on the wall next to the window, but that will wait
until race season is over, I'm sure.
There you have it. The rooms are not anything grand or exciting, and they're not completely done, but we are most of the way there, and now I can move on to cleaning and organizing the rest of my house.
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