Room Revamp

The first time Mark invited me to his bachelor pad, he wouldn’t let me in the downstairs room. I think I peeked the next time I was over while he was in the bathroom or something - it was a mess. At one point he had had a roommate, and then it was Bo’s room, and now it was a junk room. And the connecting bathroom? Forget about it. We had been dating several months before I was brave enough to venture in there.

Finally I convinced him it was time to clean it up, so we moved some things around and with some help from a buddy he installed hardwood floors. It was decent enough to leave the door open after that – not quite an eyesore any more (but the bathroom still needed some help.)

Then I moved in and it became a Mark/Angie junk room. It sat like that for a couple of months before we attempted to organize it again.

WELL Mark was out of town this past weekend and I decided it was time to get that room’s act together once and for all. I mean how can I plan an organized wedding when our house is an unorganized mess?!

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 You’ll be surprised to know that I didn’t throw anything away! I just found a home for it all – and that’s where the bed raisers really came in handy. Also, I started a ‘garage sale’ pile. You know, just in case we ever have a garage sale……...

Also check out my sweet curtains, closet curtain, and new long bed skirt (because I raised the bed I needed an extra long bed skirt). Both made from canvas drop-cloths I got from Home Depot for cheap!! I got my inspiration here:

http://meganbrookehandmadeblog.com/2012/08/diy-drop-cloth-curtains-no-sew-curtains.html

http://www.littleloveliesbyallison.com/2012/05/tutorial-easy-diy-bed-skirt.html

I apologize for not having pictures/instructions of how I made my linens, I was too exhausted from moving the bed and the carpets around to think about trying to find a camera.

 

I got the results I wanted: the room doesn’t look like a college guy’s room anymore, but it’s not too girly. And although it’s a storage room for sure, I’m not embarrassed to let people see it!

I have a couple more projects to finish, like the chevron canvas and some pillow covers from the leftover drop cloth, but that’s for a later date, another weekend when Mark leaves me alone to entertain myself…

Although he did promise to help me re-do the bathroom.