One Room Challenge Week One

So excited to be linking up with Linda, from one of my favorite blogs, Calling It Home,

for another one of her One Room Challenge Linking Parties!

This is my second time to participate and this spring I am taking on our master bedroom!

I have literally not done ONE THING to our master bedroom since we moved in,

other than to take down the nasty window treatments that the previous owners left.

Here is what the room looked like when we bought our home (with the previous owner's furniture)...

It is currently painted gray....

I might add that it is PAINTED OVER WALLPAPER gray...

and the woodwork and crown molding has wallpaper paste stains all over.

There are 20 year old mini-blinds on the windows 

and the ceiling has a giant mark on it where I threw a magazine to kill a bug...

yes...I HATE bugs....and the newsprint left a lovely smear where the magazine hit.

So here is what it has looked like since we moved it...

Except for our new bed, the room is exactly as it was when we moved in.

I have a few challenges with this room...

1. I have too many pieces of dark wood furniture for the size of the room.

2. Although I have two windows, this room never gets direct sunlight and is very dark all day.

3. My desk, computer, and printer really "junk" up the space...my room doubles as my office.
4. The walls are in very bad shape...painted over wallpaper...need I say more?

4. We have a ceiling fan.

I've been working on all of the other rooms in our home and have literally left this one untouched...

until now!

As soon as I found out Linda was doing a ORC in the spring, I started brainstorming.

I spent hours and hours trying to decided what direction to take our bedroom

because I knew I could easily use the entire six weeks just trying to make up my mind

about colors and fabrics.

Check out my post here to see where I originally thought I would go with it.

Then I got on the blue and white bandwagon...I LOVE blue and white!

I could have been very happy with a blue and white bedroom, 

but I already have a lot of blue in my home and it is really not totally "me" like pink and green is.

That being said, I was not going to subject D to a pink and green master bedroom

so for a while I was looking at doing something bright and floral but not too "girly."

Then I did a post on Laura Ashley and it brought me back to an old love....

Laura Ashley fabric in Winter Lilly

And I remembered that at one time I had wanted to decorate my room in this fabric.

It's cool and calming, as well as classic and refined looking.

Exactly the feeling I wanted for our bedroom.

I started looking for inspiration rooms....I was looking for green and creamy white bedrooms.

Here are a few that struck my fancy...

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I was not sure I wanted green walls, 

but I like the idea of the cream and green so I started to scour my favorite fabric stores,

looking for the perfect fabric to use as my jumping off point.

I love the Thibaut fabrics and wallpapers, and they came through for me once again...

I fell in love with this print immediately, and knew it was "the one"

"Hydrangea" by Thibaut in the color Beige

It has a light beige background with white and cream hydrangeas,

and I love the shades of green in the foilage.

Here is a close up photo with a little more accurate depiction of the colors.

My next step was to create a mood board...

this is the FIRST mood board I have ever made...I used Photoshop Elements!

Not too bad if I say so myself....still have a lot to learn though!

I included the furniture and accessories I already have

and blended it with the furniture and accessories I hope to add.

So....down to business.

Here's my plan:

1. Repair walls, paint bedroom, trim, and ceiling

2. New blinds

3. New window treatments

4. New bedding

5. New nightstands

6. Accessorize with new art work, toparies, and green and white porcelian

7. Declutter the room

8. New register covers, light switches, and electrical outlets

9. Rearrange or remove some of the furniture.

10. Negotiate with D to get rid of the ceiling fan....not sure that will go over well...lol!

11. Stick to my budget....and I AM on a budget.

My first order of business is to select a paint color....that is what I will be working on for the next week!

Please be sure to visit Calling It Home to see Linda's fabulous ORC participates

Abby M. Interiors 

Because it’s Awesome 

Bijou & Boheme 

Calling It Home 

Chez V 

Chinoiserie Chic 

Copy Cat Chic 

The Decorista 

Design Crisis 

Design Indulgence 

Design Manifest 

The English Room

The Glam Pad 

Little Black Door 

Mimosa Lane 

My Notting Hill 

The Pink Pagoda 

Simple Details 

My Sweet Savannah 

Verandah House

as well as all of those who are linking!