Master Disaster

Yep, this is(was) the Master Bedroom!  MAUVE (music from Psycho plays in the background)!!!!!
And please excuse the mess....  I took the pic's mid-transformation.  This should have been the first room to be painted, but I was thinking the foyer wouldn't take long - boy was I wrong, but anyway.... The master wasn't too bad, with the exception that I realized that the previous owners had the 1970's brown, wood paneling up, wallpapered over that, and put a single coat of mauve paint over the wallpaper - YEP - you could actually see the vertical stripes of flowers behind the "barely there" paint coverage.

So, staying true to my grey theme, I chose Benjamin Moore's Chelsea Gray - one of my favorite's.  It is dark, but our room was big enough, had the white trim, and I was going with white bedding, so I thought it would be a great contrast.  Here are the after pics...

The pictures really don't do the room justice, but the colors all go really well together.  My headboard is a light, tan leather from Pottery Barn.  All of the bedding is from Pottery Barn as well.   I am very pleased with how the master bedroom turned out!

A year+ later....

Okay, so it's been a little while since I last posted.  But so much has happened!  The inside of the house looks so much better now.  So far, I have re-done the foyer, dining room and master bedroom.  I've done some small projects - like painting the kitchen and re-doing a bookcase in the living room, but I'll start with the foyer since that's what I was working on when I last posted.  I knew when we bought the house, that I wanted to go with a grey and rustic or beachy feel.  I think the actual color I chose for the foyer was "Rock" - bought it at Lowe's.  After weeks of patching walls, sanding, re-patching and sanding, I was finally able to put the paint on the walls.  I LOVED the color of it.  There are still a few things that I need to finalize, but for the most part, it's complete.  I bought a beautiful, rustic light to replace the (ah-hem) brass one that was there before.  Also added a braided, jute rug and some accessories.  Hope you like the pics - Happy Halloween!!  The Smith's