Monday, November 28, 2011

Bedroom Decor on a Budget

So I'd been wanting to give our bedroom a little make-over since we moved into our house. I purposely painted all the bedrooms a neutral beigey color so I could add whatever colors I wanted as accents and still have it look good. Since the duvet cover we already had was brown, this didn't exactly make for the most interesting of rooms. Over time I collected ideas of what I wanted to do and found cheap ways to accomplish it. I thought it turned out pretty good! Granted, we still haven't dealt with the closet/storage situation in that room, but we'll get there eventually.


Here's what the room looked like when we first bought the house... two words: GROSS.




After!


Here's the breakdown of the costs:

Lamps: $9 for 2 bases at thrift store + $18 for 2 shades + $6 spray paint= $33

Sconces: $3 for 2 sconces at thrift store + $1.76 for 2 tapered candles + $4 spray paint= $8.76

Headboard: $50 on sale

Bedding: $176 with 20% off coupon  (duvet cover, 2 pillow shams, 1 decorative pillow)

Mirror: $20

Total: $287.76

Not too bad, eh? I have a few other projects in the works, mainly decorative items for the surrounding walls, but most of these are super cheap and involve spray painting old bottles and other misc. things. And maybe we'll get some curtains eventually too. But as it is now, it has a much more put-together feel and actually like going in there. Huge difference from where we started!

3 comments:

Paul said...

Awesome! All of these posts about home decor is making me long for the energy we had when we first moved in! Or maybe it's just an inspiration and I should finally get to some of those projects that I have in the back of my head but just haven't quite gotten around to yet ...

Allison Claire said...

Wow! It looks great! :) I am amazed at how cheap you did for. And I love the colors!

Rachel said...

You've some skill with a spray paint can. I'm very impressed. I thought only magazine people spraypainted random stuff and made it adorable.