Simple Details: loom decor

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

One Room Challenge - Another Craigslist Bedroom Reveal

Woo hoo, the day we've been waiting for!!

First, I just want you all to know how thankful I am for you! It's so wonderful that I

have the opportunity to do what I love and your support and friendship and the fact

that you read my little blog is truly icing on the cake. :)

A heartfelt thank you to Linda @ Calling It Home, the brilliant creator behind the

One Room Challenge - I love the energy and excitement it creates in the blogging

community and the motivation to finish a room and give it your all.

If you'd like to start from the beginning:

Week 1 - The Plan here

Week 2 - Fresh Paint & Craigslist Finds here

Week 3 - Fabric, Chairs & More Craigslist here
Week 4 - DIYs
Week 5 - Lamps, Ceiling

Without further ado - the reveal of my client's Master Bedroom:

My clients wanted a neutral background with pops of color, a mix of styles, and

wanted to keep their dark four poster bed and dresser. I had so much fun scouring

Craigslist for them, including DIYs and budget friendly sources (Ikea, Target,

World Market) to create a unique room. Items from our generous sponsors,

Arhaus, Minted, Loom Decor and Wayfair brought it all together.

Next week I'll share sources and more details on our room.

Today, I know you want the pretty pictures! :)

We gave the room a modern backdrop with fresh white paint, and used high gloss

enamel finish on the four poster bed and Ikea nightstand hack (details to come).

The large room with high ceilings was perfect for over size statement artwork,

we found at Minted.

BEFORE

#1 Craigslist steal was a zebra hide, I was beside myself to see it pop up. The tufted

chairs were just like their inspiration photo, but were discontinued, awesome World

Market employees went out of their way to get a pair to us. The black industrial cage

light is a nice contrast against the light panels (thank you Loom Decor!) in the corner,

and it along with the moody abstract (thank you Minted!) add an edge to the softness

of the seating area.

#2 Thrift store find were vintage Florentine nesting tables.

BEFORE

This dresser was made by my client's dad years ago and they'd never put any finish on

it. We saw a beautiful piece at Anthropologie but it was $$$ and was our inspiration for

this DIY weathered gray finish (details to come).

#3 Craigslist score a beautiful bamboo mirror we love.

#4 Craigslist score, the dresser!!

They had wanted to keep the old dresser but the style and scale weren't the best, I

found the new dresser with beautiful hardware and a lower profile - they were able to

sell the old one for the price of the new and it was a wash. Win - win!!

#5 Craigslist score - the curvy cane back chair with a citron velvet tufted seat, It worked

perfectly with all the straight lines of the dresser, art, lamp and mirror.

More beautiful artwork from Minted!

Our crisp white duvet with modern embroidery detail is from Wayfair.

We chose Target benches for the end of the bed and reupholstered with a shaggy fur

to add some great texture and a bit of whimsy.

The nightstands are Ikea hacks (more to come). We started with a simple box style and

updated the finish, base, hardware and added a nailhead detail.

Speaking of nailhead did you notice our ceiling!!!!! Go ahead scroll back up. :)

These gorgeous lamps are from Arhaus (thank you, generous sponsor!) we we're thrilled

to find them when I visited. The top quality and beautiful details are unmatched. The black

shades give balance to that side of the room.

And, last but not least our nailhead ceiling! We knew we wanted to give their beautiful

tray ceiling an interesting detail and this random geometric was a cool addition that

we all loved. More details next week!

Thank you so much to my wonderful clients for allowing me to share their home

with all of you and for enduring the six week challenge! They were there pounding in

nailheads long after I'd left at the end of a day, and worked so hard on every project

along the way. You guys are truly the best!

If you'd like you can follow my design and Craigslist adventures on
Instagram.

If you're new here, you can check out my previous ORC Reveals here:

Fall 2014 - Craigslist Bedroom

Spring 2014 - My Kitchen

Fall 2013 - My Master Bedroom

Spring 2013 - My Bathroom

I'm dying to see what this talented group has for us today, believe me I know

they're going to blow us away!

Jana Bek

Kimberly Schlegel Whitman

Trademarked by Calling it Home

Don't forget the One Room Challenge Linking Participants Reveals

tomorrow at Linda's @ Calling It Home.

Over 150 room makeovers not to miss!

Sharing at Thrifty Decor Chick - June Before and After here

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

one room challenge - week 4 diys

Hey friends, thank you so much for popping in again to check on our headway.

Oh my gosh you guys, this was the week of ADD DIYs, meaning

we were all over the place jumping from one project to the next and I can't

even tell you how many trips we made to Home Depot. Can anyone relate?

If you missed the previous weeks and would like to catch up:

Week 1 - The Plan here

Week 2 - Fresh Paint & Craigslist Finds here

Week 3 - Fabric, Chairs & More Craigslist here

We have some progress in the form of this wonderfully wild texture!

I had my mind set on a simple metal base for a long bench at the end of the bed,

and remembered the infamous Target bench.The hunt was on and we found two,

that together will be the perfect length. They were a simple reupholster job.

We worked on a weathered finish for the dresser my client's dad made for them,

this is the base coat for our texture and layers of paint.

After I painted a few sample boards, and got the imperfect random technique down we

were on a roll, you'll have to wait and see if we went light or dark.

Remember this is our inspiration piece from Anthropologie, we tested about seven knobs

and pulls and just weren't feelin' it for any of them. My brilliant client suggested we try

Anthro and they sell the exact pull on this dresser! That put the wind back in our sails!

Equestrian Handle

We also have an Ikea Besta hack in the works for the nightstands, like I tell my boys

"It's not finished, just wait!"

We got them painted and were having the same 'not feelin' it' issue with hardware when

I noticed this rustic box at Hobby Lobby had the perfect over-sized ring pull I'd been

looking for. We removed them to use on the nightstands and the boxes will become planters

on their outdoor table.

I always check around my clients' homes to see if they have any cool pieces they're

not using, and this is exactly why!! Isn't this the perfect patina - Grandpa's chippy old

stool we found in the basement will be incorporated somewhere!

Remember a couple weeks ago when I posted about my visit to the beautiful Arhaus

store, I was holding out on you, we picked out a pair of these fabulous Lewis Table Lamps.

I can't wait for you to see how gorgeous they are all styled up in the room.

We received a beautiful drapery and hardware order from Loom Decor

and got them installed (more about them with pretty pictures to come).

They're being trained so we'll have nice pretty folds for the big reveal in two short

weeks. Yikes!

This week we'll be finishing up these diys, and starting a BIG diy project.

I may give a peek on Instagram on Friday if you'd like to follow along. :)

Stop by and check out what my talented friends have been up to this week: