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| Left to Right: Dark blue bathroom on Apartment Therapy, Bathroom with rustic vanity via Pinterest, Painting by John Atikinson Grimshaw (Moonlight Wharfdeale), Shelving & wainscotting via Pinterest |
Our bedroom will be much easier… just a matter of paint, a headboard, and some new furniture. Right now we have a falling-apart Ikea dresser, and a bed with no headboard. Our room is very small, so that is also a challenge, but we’re lucky to have a good size closet. We will get a new dresser, one that actually fits all of my clothes… and I’d like to make a headboard out of old barn board. Funnily enough, we have been talking about taking down our garage, and the wood that it is made of would be perfect for the project… I want to pair it with shades of dark brownish grey, gauzy linen curtains, and a little crystal chandelier. I am really, really, really looking forward to getting our bedroom done.
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Left to Right: The Smallest Oceans by Girl and Parrot on Etsy , Antler No. 6896 Art Print by Kari Herer on Etsy, Salvaged headboard via Design Sponge, Barn board wall & Chandelier via Pinterest , Gauzy Drapes via Pinterest
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I have previously found decorating slight stressful because Dan and I would often have a hard time seeing eye-to-eye on certain decisions. It always frustrated me because Dan would never approach me with ideas about how to decorate, but when I started making suggestions, he seemed to have a problem with all of them. I was really surprised how much we would argue about decorating! We both definitely had pretty strong feelings about it… Anyway, I’m not sure if he just decided to stand down (I am very convincing!), or if I am being more compromising, but lately we have agreed on nearly everything which is amazing! We recently bought a new couch for our living room and both automatically agreed on the same one, and even the same upholstery. It was a Christmas miracle.
There are still so many things to do to this house, but because I’m not 100% sure how long we will stay here, I’m hesitant to work on the things that are more labour intensive, like tearing down all of the panelling in the foyer, stairwell and hallway and replacing it with drywall… When we first bought the house, we were pretty excited about all of the DIY home improvement things we’d get to do, but what I’ve learned over the last couple of years of living here is that Dan and I do not have the time to do most of them! We have time to do painting, and some aesthetic things, but we just don’t have time for larger projects. We both work very long hours, and rarely even get two days off over the weekend… So, the next house will hopefully be more updated than this one.
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