Hope everyone is having a great week so far! I've been busy all week making a few changes to our master bedroom. For those who follow my blog, you know that I've assembled this room almost entirely from thrift store finds or handmade items. Sometimes I get it right, and sometimes I get it wrong, but our bedroom continues to evolve and improve as time goes on. Today I have a few updates for you!
You may have noticed that little striped bench peaking through in the above pics. For nearly a year now, I've been eyeballing this Ballard Designs Simone Bench. It comes in many different colors, but I've had my eye set on one pattern, and one pattern alone.
However, at the price of $401, it did not fit into my $10 budget.
So, I decided long ago to make my own. One day last week I saw this bench I had sitting in my bedroom.
Hello, sir.
This was an old $5 piano bench I brought home from Goodwill. I originally painted it dark brown and put it near my hutch desk in the bedroom (last seen here). And so this week, I turned it into my very own version of the Ballard striped bench.
It cost me less than $5 to upholster it using some remnant fabric from Joann's. I finished it off with some silver nailheads and painted the legs white.
And since I'm no stranger to upholstering things
(like my DIY dropcloth headboard) it took me less than an hour to completely upholster my little striped bench.
I've been looking for something to take this room up a notch, and I think this may have helped. I still need some color, but I'm still working on that!
This room will forever be a work in progress, since I'm totally learning as I go along.
One more update. Remember the thrift store desk turned vanity, paired with my thrift store chair (that I reupholstered with blue stripes)?
Well, I decided to change it. I painted the mirror silver, painted the vanity with my favorite paint, and got a new ivory leather chair from Marshalls.
I think the whole things works better with this room now.
I added some fresh flowers around the room. While not a permanent addition, it always makes me happy to have some flowers around.
So that's all of the updates to the bedroom for now!
Make sure and stop by tomorrow, when I'll be sharing step-by-step how I made my Ballard Designs knock-off bench from an old piano bench!
Also, before you go, just to remind you....the bedroom looked like this 3 years ago. :)
Make sure and stop by tomorrow, when I'll be sharing step-by-step how I made my Ballard Designs knock-off bench from an old piano bench!
Also, before you go, just to remind you....the bedroom looked like this 3 years ago. :)
see the full story about THAT here.