bedroom re-do

First of all, this post is dedicated to Ash J. and my sis who have persistently kept me accountable ever since i mentioned last spring that i was hoping to re-do our master bedroom. I happened to have picked 2 people to randomly mention my idea  that didn't forget...even when my project took months and months to begin and finish and then when it was done it took a few more months to actually take a couple of decent pictures.
the reality is our room doesn't usually look like the pictures on the bottom. If you could insert an ironing board in the corner, a few sippy cups on the floor, baby socks by the door, baby doll accessories scattered about, legos on our bed, and then dump over my jewelry box (favorite activity of one of the 3 kiddos- i still haven't discovered who...) you would get a more accurate idea of  what our room typically looks like. But, i thought i needed at least one nice picture to get a sense of completion....


So....here's the "before". I hope you all appreciate my honesty in posting these very real pictures. We were in the process of destroying our room so we could paint when i remembered i wanted some before pics.

lovely

And the "after".....

this corner still feels a little undone. we used to have another chair up here but i stole it for the living room. now it makes a good home for the unused humidifier and an old red gap bag behind the chair.

this is a shelf that my dad and i made together when i was about 14. We made it especially for my cabbage patch dolls. Yes, all 8 of them needed a place of honor in my room. i was such a cool teenager.

 Now, it holds pictures. And f.y.i- i didn't want to go buy black frames so i rounded up as many different kinds of frames as i had around the house and then spray painted them all black. worked wonderfully!

i'm hoping to post re-do pictures of the girls room soon. They just turned 2 so we thought it was about time to decorate their room and paint over the horrible pepto bismal paint mistake from 1 1/2 years ago. We'll see how long it takes...maybe check back next spring!