Makeover a bedroom in a day!

Decorating a bedroom can be difficult if you don't know where to start, and trying to incorporate antique furniture in a modern setting even more so. Here's how this bedroom went from mismatched furniture to modern style - in a day!

 

 

 

 I was contacted by a beautiful, hip, very busy young woman about a makeover for her bedroom. She had been in her new home a couple of years, but to date had only finished the lower level of the house (pretty common for most of us). She was ready to give her bedroom the same polished look as the rest of her home.

The homeowner had few requirements for the makeover except that she wanted to keep the vintage case goods that had belonged to her grandmother, because they held great sentimental value for her. She had also fallen in love with the idea of an upholstered bed. While the bedroom was spacious, the existing furniture arrangement could definitely be improved upon to open up the space.

 

 

 

The AFTER is a bedroom that perfectly reflects the owner’s style. It pays homage to her grandmother’s furniture, but with a modern twist that makes it fit a young woman’s style.

 

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Walls are painted in a pale slate blue that fits in perfectly with the new white bed, bed linen, curtains and antique furniture.

 

 

The first step in my plan was to move the desk next to the bed to provide the homeowner with a larger space to place her phone, iPod dock and a reading lamp. Because the homeowner had beautiful original works of art throughout the rest of her home and our budget did not allow for anything other than mass produced artwork, I elected to utilize her grandmother’s mirrors in place of art. One wall was left blank to allow the later addition of a custom piece she’ll no doubt find one day soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gone are the skimpy window treatments to be replaced by thick, lush white silk curtains lined with blackout liners so the homeowner can get rid of the blinds if she chooses to do so. I repurposed her old lamp as the room really needed more light and the iron scrolls in the lamp echo the scrolls in the chandelier. The only change that needs to be made is a switch to a white silk lampshade.

 

 

Next order of business was to relocate the tall bureau to the wall next to the door where it would not be instantly visible when entering the room. This immediately made the room seem more spacious – something the homeowner commented on when she walked into the room after the move.

The highest praise we can get is always a happy homeowner and she definitely was. My favourite comment was that I took her grandmother’s furniture and made it fit her style.