I'M A RE-DESIGNING ADDICT.............

And if there is a 12 step program for this, I will probably redesign the program too!   For those of you who read/follow you know that I can never leave well enough alone.    There is always a tweak here and an adjustment of addition somewhere.

So the end of September I was not feeling well at all, and spent some time in my bedroom.   Which got me staring at my walls and soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo that lead me to want to redesign a few things in the room.

Here is how the room originally looked a few months ago after the 2nd makeover (lol)

My end table

Window wall on husband's side

Top of my dresser (that shade does not belong on that lamp. lol)

top of husband's dresser (which he never keeps this neat)

Here was the original bed wall .

THEN I WENT JUNKIN AND FOUND SOME TREASURES...then this happened.

Found 2 of these fabulous antique nightstands from a man putting them on the curb. (I had to rescue and cover in Olde White chalk paint)

Also found this tin wall hanging with a ledge, decided it was a perfect faux headboard.   Added some brass candlestick and vintage tin tray....change the pics and added plates w/ metallic branches & birds.

The I decided to move the tray up top and add an antique painting with some grey, cream, gold colors in it.  A wood picture frame with metallic glaze over it and my prized frame from Anthropologie (gifted by my sis Jenn)

I removed my husband's TV (we never connected or watched it in this bedroom) so it went down to the football room for a total of 3 tvs. lol   I hung my HomeGoods mirror and placed my bookworm muse on top and added all of my handmade jewelry holders made from vintage china.

The old painter's ladder was on another wall doing nothing, but now it holds my Nonna's linens and momentos  I like to have close to me.

My antique dresser is getting very chippy but I don't want to paint it.  Sconces will go on either side of the mirror (need to be spray painted and covers for my exsisting leather mini shades)

I added a tissue flower to my bookworms neck along with some pewter colored pearls.

My Nonna's vintage jewelry and old scrabble pieces from 58 & Grace shop

One of the mirror matted chippy frames I sell in my shop.

I'm keeping my vintage mirror wall above husband's dresser and will add to it as I find some new fabulous ones.

-MJ

FRIDAY FINDS.....CURB APPEAL!

Or in my case CURB DEAL!    You remember back in the Spring I had a sweet junk haul...a nice Italian man sold his house (across from my daughter's high school) and he had a ton of antique furniture and was putting it at the curb for pick up.  They were nice but very dirty and not well treated.   I'll refresh your memory.

Although I had originally planned by this time to have all my furniture filled garage emptied out and all the furniture ready for sale at the town fair.    Well.....of course too much has happened and I started purging out of anger and disappointment.

When I asked Big Daddy to take these out of the garage, I just looked at them and couldn't throw them away.   I was inspired to give them new life and so I put them aside.

On Labor Day while my husband was at work, I grabbed my can of Olde White (AS Chalk Paint) and gave them a rough coat of paint.  

  I didnt do any prep obviously but I did find that the paint might not cover all surfaces that well.    I noticed as it was drying that some brownish tint was coming through the paint.   Im assuming its a varnish coat underneath or something...I didn't mind it because it gave it age and crackle spots.   

After a coat of Olde White Chalk Paint

Here they are in my bedroom...I think they fit in nicely

I like that they look chippy and old.  I dont shiny bright nightstands.

I decided I wanted to paint the hardware too, I dont know why but I love how it turned out.

Here is a wide view...I was nice a put the other one (without the handle) on my husband's side. LOL

-MJ

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TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY....ROMANTIC ROOM

Just a few short weeks ago I revealed some of my new bedroom (it was formerly the babys nursery) we gave up our bigger room for her to have a bigger room and also to have a napping bed for my 4 year old downstairs.

I so generously let me husband choose color scheme in the room after I chose the paint color Valspar Silver Leaf.   Our antique furniture is already painted an antique white and it has black metal knobs.   You all know this by now....he is from the islands more specifically The Commonwealth of Dominica and loves bright colors.  Especially the ones in his flag green, yellow, red.

Very bright colors

I agreed to the yellow after seeing a Target flyer with some an awesome yellow bedspread and some great sheets on sale.   I ran, I bought, I facebooked & tweeted my cart .  

This is how it turned out...I love the yellow but from the beginning it was working for me.   I designed an Olio board with yellow/gray/white and it was fabulous.

 Somehow my bedroom just wasn't doing it for me, so this weekend I did some rearranging and came up with a whole new Romantic look which is how I think the bedroom should be anyway.

It's a more neutral color palette....that fabulous oatmeal colored bedcover brought some warmth to this space.

I havent been able to find a dress form anywhere.....so whats a girl to do.  Make you own, well kinda.  I used a store mannequin form and covered it with ripped up pieces of dictionary pages.   I call her my Book Work Muse! lol

My side of the bed...a little sweet vignette of vintage goodies

My book worm wanted to wear her collection of pearl necklaces just for you today

 

My mercury glass bird candlestick...bowl of creamy lovelies...vintage Bingo card and a silvery wallet

Creamy ribbon, rosette, linen strips with a Christmas ball in a glass bowl what a simple sweet accent

I had this moden Ikea gallery shelf already in place (couldnt move it) so I worked with it.  I added a HUGE vintage tray I got for FREE, some photos of me and my love.  I also added 2 sweet plates I purchased almost 2 years ago on Ebay.  They have silver and gold accents.   The oval mirror is a Home Goods find from 2008 while hubs was in Iraq.  Part of  a homecoming makeover.

I had these silvery curtains from Kmart and I used a white Pier 1 square tablecloth and tacked in underneath to give more layers.   I had to keep my Michele Beschen (B.Original) junk art from my appearance on Nate show)

This is my dresser (yes you can see it's primed but not finished) Im working on it. lol 

Above is my mini wall of mirrors.  Ive had these for years and they've been everywhere.   I also display all of my vintage jewelry (most of my grandmothers) on homemade stands from vintage plates and glass candlesticks.

Redesigned Craigslist lamp with new pleated HomeGoods shade.  My loves dogtags are always on his nightstand.

My husbands dresser...of course I had to put away all of the change and receipts that he leaves on top. lol

A photo of us from The Marine Corps ball back in 2005

Pages of a dictionary and a rosary made of rope

Here is a view of from the foot of the bed.  I want to do some tweaking still but not sure with what..maybe a chandelier over my muse on the left...

Vintage pillow case coverlet it was my grandmother's...she sewed the 2 pieces  together at some point I think 

They say Amor Mio and they are so beautiful and soft.

Here is a closer photo of the window wall 

Here is the closeup of the junk art....Michele took everything in my kitchen junk drawer and turned it into this.  You can see scissors, craft paint, letter magnet, screws, a baby thermometer. lol

I didnt buy anything new for this space for this redesign, however the bedspread you see is new.  I purchased it last week to use as curtains in the living room.    Do you wanna know what it really is..........a painter's drop cloth!   Yep, that sucker only cost $9.99 from Lowe's and it's the medium size one and fits my queen size bed.   I washed it HOT water twice and dried it with fabric softener sheets.   It is so awesome and it has an oatmeal color to it which goes so well with the white & gray.   So now my color scheme is more warm, creamy and oh so romantic.

 

SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY @ MY ROMANTIC HOME