When we moved in, this room had an awesome (cough) powder blue accent wall, paint lines that make me want to cry (sadly, there are more in the house), and a sharpie-d on I love you sign that I didn't love.
Let the work begin:
First the walls. Filled holes, 2 coats of primer over the blue and an antique-y white... at this point I am not sure I love it, but I still have great things in mind. I wanted to do a chevron accent wall, so thought I needed a pretty mellow base color. I think I made the right call! I am SO IN LOVE with the chevron wall and I could not have done it without my mama. Thanks Mom! I figured out how many stripes I wanted and plotted my grid on paper-then moved to the wall with a chalk line. Once the chalk was down (sorry no pics of any of this) used paint tape to make the chevron. I really thought this step would be awful... not so. I'd probably even do it again :)
Are you impressed? Me too!
Next a headboard I got off the local yard sale site for $10 (I didn't get a true "before" pic :( ). The paneling was cracked, so I took it off and replaced it with beadboard. Primed and then painted the whole thing teal and then used antiquing glaze.
The nightstand:
I found this at the D.I. several years ago, and this is it's second makeover (kind of a poor "before", but at least I have one!). I painted the stand itself black and sanded the drawer down to bare wood, stained with a pecan stain and then added a teal arrow to the front to tie it into the rest of the room.
And my favorite piece, the dresser. My friend Sherry sent me this pic and asked me if I wanted this dresser for free. Are you kidding me??? Let me think about it... uhhh... YES!!! Have you ever seen better bones for a furniture re-do?
Love how it turned out! Sherry's hubby wondered if it was too late to ask for the dresser back. Yes... yes it is. I am emotionally attached.
The details are beautiful no? Antiquing glaze is a beautiful thing!
Here is everything all put together. I'm sure I will add some to the walls in the next bit, but for now I am pleased with how it all came together and find it much more "me" than powder blue!
Thanks for looking!
