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My Parents’ New Bedroom

Are you ready for a crazy amount of pictures? Welcome to my parents’ new bedroom… You’ve come a long way, baby. The drapes are really the focal point of the room. I love how they turned out. And the yellow Home Goods lamps really pop against them. Someone asked why we didn’t buy vintage lamps…

Are you ready for a crazy amount of pictures?

Welcome to my parents’ new bedroom…

You’ve come a long way, baby.


The drapes are really the focal point of the room. I love how they turned out. And the yellow Home Goods lamps really pop against them.

Someone asked why we didn’t buy vintage lamps and just paint them yellow. The idea crossed my mind at one point, but between the cost of lamps, paint and new shades, I thought it was a better use of our time/resources to just spend the $39 on these. Also, I wanted a ginger jar shape, or something similar, with a smooth surface. Anything with more pattern or texture would have been too much with the drapery fabric.

The nickel alarm clock is from Target. The blue decanters are vintage and the tray is from IKEA.

Here’s the other side of the bed. Do you spy the tins we spray painted from Home Goods? The side tables are painted in RL’s Hopsack and the bed is RL’s Smoked Glass. Many of you asked about painting the furniture here. It’s always a good idea to prime and put a coat of sealer on furniture that gets a lot of use, like bedroom furniture does. Remember that the secret to a smooth and long-lasting paint finish is multiple thin coats with drying time in between!

The small sunburst mirror is from the Home Goods clearance section ($10, I think). The yellow rosette pillow is by Dwell Studio for Target.

The white duvet is from IKEA. It has a lovely pleated detail that makes it look more expensive than IKEA bedding usually looks. The quilted coverlet at the foot of the bed is from Home Goods.

We bought the down Euro shams on clearance at Home Goods and made new covers out of the Robert Allen yellow ticking stripe from Home Fabrics and yellow piping from Joanns. Mom was so sick of sewing that she decided not to put in zippers and just made envelope slips.

The botanical prints series is one of my favorite parts of the room.

If you’d like to purchase the same book we used to make this print series (Wildflowers in America), there are sellers on Amazon basically giving copies away. Some are only a penny, plus shipping. Not bad for 400 botanical prints! There are all sorts of gorgeous, colorful prints in the book. We went with yellow, white and blue flowers for our print series here.

We didn’t finish this project before I left, so my mom just sent me pictures of this little footstool that she reupholstered in the subtle leopard print.

It belonged to my great grandparents years and years ago. I think my mom swiped it from our old family cabin. :)

In case you didn’t notice, my parents’ bed is really high off the ground and this small stool helps the little kids climb into grammy and granddaddy’s bed for morning cartoons.

My Grandpa Russell made my mother’s cedar hope chest, so it has a lot of sentimental value to us. It really needed a paint job though.


And I think the addition of some decorative moulding did just the trick to break things up a little. We also reupholstered the seat cushion with a soft floral. The pale blue bolster is from IKEA.

My parents’ en suite bathroom got a serious make over too.


New paint on the oak cabinets (Zinsser primer first, then two coats of Martha Stewart’s River Mist).

New black marble floors. Bath rugs from Home Goods.

A new shower curtain that my mom sewed using the Lee Jofa Hollyhock from Home Fabrics. I had her sew it extra long (about 85″). We re-installed the rod at the taller height. It’s amazing how that simple change really opened up the room.

Then, of course, there was the mirror project. We hung this IKEA mirror on top of the old boring sheet mirror using 3M picture hanging strips.

It really took things to the next level and I can’t wait to use this idea again in another project.

And lastly, here’s the vanity area. My mom turned a second hand (and broken, I think?) dining table into a console table by cutting off the end and adding a pair of legs to the back. Looks great, right?

It used to be an antiqued white color, but we gave it a fresh coat of Martha’s Magnolia Yellow. The little bench was purchased at a vintage shop for $12. We reupholstered the seat in a pretty damask that mimics the wall color.

Didn’t the circle mirror project turn out pretty? I think it’s sort of like a feminine version of a Captain’s mirror.

The floral wooden appliques were purchased at Michaels and adhered with a little wood glue before painting.

We hung the mirror low enough to be useful while sitting and high enough so that you can see yourself while standing.

The photoless frames (whoops! ran out of time!) are from Home Goods, as are the blue lacquer boxes. The curvy gray box on the end used to be a hideous gold (from Marshalls clearance aisle), and I think it looks great now, painted in Hopsack. The tray is from IKEA and the other accessories are vintage.

Phew! That was a lot of photos! :) Last ones:

Hope you enjoyed this little tour of my parent’s overhauled master bedroom. True that it was a lot of work to accomplish in a week’s time, but we had so much fun doing it together.

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204 thoughts on “My Parents’ New Bedroom

  1. Fantastic job! If you ever do a Q&A over this transformation could you please include where you purchased the full length mirror that is just to the right of the bathroom and what you used to hang it up with? Thanks!

  2. Gorgeous room – what a transformation on such a short time! I love it and bet your mom does as well. Thanks for sharing with us.

  3. AMAZING JOB!!! I LOVE this room! The curtain fabric is what makes the room. I love that you started with it as your inspiration. Your parents must love it!

  4. The room turned out incredible and definitely has your style stamp on it. I love the use of colors and how they all come together. There are lots of favorites for me, the shower curtain, the mirror over mirror, the color of the bathroom cabinets, the yellow table and of course the hope chest! Great job!!!

  5. That room is gorgeous…I love how you reused their exsiting furniture, but totally freshened it up with a coat(or two) of paint. I can't believe you accomplished all this in a week's time. BRAVO to you and your mom and sis.

  6. oh.my.goodness. – so gorgeous!

    one quick question – where did the small white frames for the print series come from? i am looking for similar frames for a series from a calendar that i am dying to hang! thanks so much!

  7. Amazing. Well, that book isn't so cheap on Amazon any more. Looks like more demand drove the price up! I'm looking to do over my bedroom the rest of the way, in a different color palette of celery green, white and taupe, and chocolate brown. I really like the ideas you've shared.
    Thank you!

  8. Fantastic! I would love to know more of your of your "how to" paint furniture. It seems to be a signature of yours and i'll be undertaking some projects soon and would love to know how you do it!

    One of the things i'm concerned with is lead exposure if I sand down vintage furniture that's been painted. Do you just primer and paint, or do you sand? Do you use the mini roller to avoid the brush stroke texture?

    Thanks so much for all the inspiration!

    cvjn

  9. Fantastic! I would love to know more of your of your "how to" paint furniture. It seems to be a signature of yours and i'll be undertaking some projects soon and would love to know how you do it!

    One of the things i'm concerned with is lead exposure if I sand down vintage furniture that's been painted. Do you just primer and paint, or do you sand? Do you use the mini roller to avoid the brush stroke texture?

    Thanks so much for all the inspiration!

    cvjn

  10. Jenny, what a great job you did on this. Your mom must be so happy & proud of it. Love it all, the pop of yellow in there is so unexpected, but really makes the look. And the drapery fabric totally looks great in there.

  11. Martha Stewart who? I seriously think the woman should consider retiring and hand over the reigns to you. You amaze me every time.

  12. Wow everything went together perfectly. Awesome job! I think I love the drapes the most, the look of pleating without the pleat is cool!

  13. it looks beautiful! i saved so many of them as inspiration photos for a room of mine someday!

    i just love love LOVE your style. thanks for sharing!

  14. Wow, this is amazing! I'm so truly impressed and INSPIRED to go tackle a room in my house! Thanks for sharing!

    You are so talented :).

  15. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! I LOVE IT! I am totally in awe, and amazingly inspired by your work. You have a gift, my girl, and you use it well! Thank you for sharing it with us!

  16. I am speechless! You are amazing, fantastic, incredible, marvelous! WOW! Thank you for sharing this inspiring make over – I'm (quite obviously) in awe!

  17. jenny you're just incredible!!! love everything you do!!

    the details are amazing & i just love your mirror idea.
    xoxo,
    lauren

  18. You have made such a serene bedroom now, with lots of interesting details, and materials and patterns that coordinate so well. What a job well done!

  19. I love it! Her room and bathroom (befores)are very much like mine, you have me really wanting to redo my bathroom!! And you totally sold out the affordable copies of that book for Amazon, I had to peek and there are only a couple expensive copies now- ha! Good job though, it is really pretty.

  20. That looks so great! I honestly couldn't visualize it when you showed all the pieces – but it's amazing! BTW, checked out that book on Amazon… maybe you caused a sell out because there were only a couple used ones at about $50 a pop! :)

  21. This is absolutely incredible. I love all the photos, and your commentary about how and why and such. Just loved it! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!

  22. Lovely, as always! I love how much simply painting the furniture spiced up the room. I also love how you hanged the ikea mirror over the existing mirror … you're too good.

  23. HI! This is just silly to comment on but I just have to…if it even matters to your parents: the handles on the nightstands are on upside down compared to the before pics. Silly but I noticed…maybe you wanted it that way :)

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