master bedroom progress.

A part of me doesn’t want to show you our master bedroom yet, because there’s so much more to do. I want it to look perfect first. But let’s face it: which of us has a room in our home that looks perfect? Right now I’m in the mode of learning to appreciate not-perfect.

Also at this very moment, our back yard looks like this:

Both David and I are tense from hearing 100-foot pines felled just feet from our house all day long (in case you were wondering, the garden beds were crushed by lunch time), and I personally have been terrified someone would tumble to their death in our back yard. But we’re excited about finally getting trees removed and I’ll post photos when it’s all done. In the meantime, let’s look at something more soothing, shall we?

Like our new bedroom:

And the reason I wanted to share it with you now is because even with lots of details to add it already makes us so very happy. The gold chair was given to us by our friends Lucas and Carrie and we fight over who gets to sit there with a cup of coffee and Bible early in the morning.

If you’re wondering about the string lights, David will tell you I have an obsession with string lights. I daydream of putting them in every room of the house and outside as well: they’re quirky and casual and homey. I like that you can see this little reading nook from our living room, and I think the gold chair and lights make it so welcoming.

We haven’t decided what to hang over our dresser, but it should be something colorful.

Our house was listed as a two-bedroom because this additional room (maybe originally a porch?) doesn’t have a closet. So we’ve always know we’d add a wardrobe if it became a bedroom. We got these units from Ikea last month and they provide the perfect amount of storage, especially with the baskets. We wanted to go with something very neutral because eventually we plan to add a master suite onto our house and this room will become a kids’ room.

The photos don’t do it justice, but even with darker walls, our new room feels so bright with its three windows. I discovered this shade of gray at our friend Weston’s house and we absolutely love it.

We’ll eventually trim the edge of the brick wall and like I said, add a baseboard, but even now it feels so much more crisp and clean with white paint. One day I’ll re-paint the crown molding and window trim to match the wall color. Sigh. Baby steps.

I’ve wanted to get a duvet for our bed for years, and we finally did it. This one is from Ikea. Bed, side tables, lamps, basket, and rug are from India. For all the hassle it was, I’ll forever be grateful that we shipped our South Asia furniture back. It makes my heart happy to have it here in our Columbia home.

Full disclosure: here’s a shot of behind our bedroom door:

We’ve talked about what to do with that external door (which is sealed shut) but haven’t come to any conclusions). And David is going to drill a hole in the back of my wardrobe to run the electric cables through to tuck them away. I’m using the two shelves in my wardrobe for office supplies and paperwork.

We’ve had a desk of some sort our whole married life, and I finally came to the conclusion this summer that we never, ever use it. I always bring my stack of papers and bills to the dining table and blog posts are written on the sofa (right now) or at a coffee shop and the desk just ends up gathering clutter. So this little corner of the bedroom is now our home office.

Here are a couple before shots of the room:

And now . . .

This is the first time we’ve actually invested in making our bedroom look inviting. We love it!