Sidenote: That's not entirely true. As soon as we had the keys, we discovered than the flooring in the master bedroom had completely rotted through thanks to the over-watering of a rather questionable indoor gardening hobby.
But other than new subfloor and carpet, a fresh coat of paint, and a matching bedspread, it really did get ignored.
Before we moved in, the flooring was replaced in two rooms, the baseboards were tossed, and everything got a fresh coat of paint. We picked chocolate brown for our bedroom.
Somewhere along the way, we got a new bedframe/headboard and added a little artwork, but it never really felt like "us". I guess you could say it just took me 3 years, and the advent of Pinterest, to decide what to do with it. Here's what it looks like today:
I don't ever have an original idea, but I'm great at adapting other people's ideas. So, what you see here is largely inspired by Pinterest. The headboard was inspired by this thing of beauty right here, and the wood-grain pattern was painted on the wall in a high gloss mix of our same chocolate brown, thanks to this idea here. The mirror/photo combo was inspired by a beautiful bedroom, but now that I need to find the photo, I can't.
I call it "almost-finished", because we still need to do some more fixer-upper things - like replace the nasty old baseboard heater and put in real baseboard trim. (Yeah, 3 years without baseboard trim. Don't judge me.) Then it will be finished. Or at least ready for me to paint again. I'm also weighing my options toward spray-painting the side tables and dresser, but there are other projects higher up on my list right now.
