Master Bedroom Progress

Hi Everyone!

Happy Friday loves. Lets talk about our master bedroom situation for a second, shall we? This room was THE room I was riding on to convince Naomi this house could work for us.  It’s the reason I called this little bungalow The Wild Card during our house hunt.  Here’s the space we started with…

 

 

 

Heck, it’s not a bedroom at all, technically.  It’s an addition that became part of the house many years after the 40s when the rest of the property was built. It’s a generous size, considering the age of the home, and I knew with a little imagination we could make it work as our bedroom.  We put absolutely no work at all into our bedroom in the last house so I wanted to make it a priority to do so here. First order of business was to figure out some sort of closet situation in here. We looked into several options, but in the end, the PAX closet solutions gave us the biggest bang for our buck. We used the Pax Planner Tool to customize a system specific to the dimensions of our given space and our needs/wants.

Our ceilings in this room vary from just under 7 ft in some areas to over 9 ft in others, including along the wall where the closets are.  Because of this we had to go with the 79 1/8″ high frames.

 

We were able to squeeze in three 39″ frames and one 29″ frame into the space which essentially created a wall to wall custom closet that provides more than enough storage for our clothes. Since Naomi has waaaaay more shoes and clothes than I do, I was happy allotting more space to her.  She even has an entire unit just for her shoes

 

The ceiling height in this corner allowed for the 93″ high unit so we went with that to take advantage of more storage. Her shoes are all in place now, but she has literally no extra space so we’ve implemented a one in/one out rule for her.  We are downsizing after all!

We haven’t quite decided what we are going to do for doors, if we do anything at all. We are actually really enjoying the open look. We like having everything within view and super accessible. If we do opt to enclose them, we will likely go with a curtained look.

 

As far as the rest of the room, we have the perfect amount of space for our bed and pair of small night stands.

 

We had a purge sale this past weekend and ended up selling our night stands inadvertently.  We posted our previous bedroom furniture on CL and they happened to be in the photo, but not for sale. Someone really wanted them so we parted with them since I planned to replace them eventually anyway. We’ve only got about 21″ on either side of the bed for night stands/side tables, so it may take me while to find a solution given such minimal dimensions. We got our new bed from Wayfair during a daily deal flash sale for $304 including free shipping and an online coupon.  It’s all about splurge and save, and this was a definite save in this space. (I can’t find the bed on the site anymore, so it may be discontinued, or no longer available.)

 

Our curtains are rigged up with hooks so we should probably hang a rod and get them properly hung…one day.  Also, still to do includes, get a rug, a few more pillows, get some patterned curtains, paint the French doors black, paint the walls, hang some art, find a bedside table solution , get lamps, come up with a prettier extra storage solution for on top of the closets, get a tall dressing mirror, move the computer to a different space in the house, get a bigger bench or settee for the foot of the bed, and get a bedroom door. The door will be taken care of as part of the dining room makeover, so that should be happening sooner that later.

We’ll get it all done eventually.  For now, I just feel accomplished knowing we have a place to put all our clothes. Small victories, guys…small victories. The PAX systems came in at just over $1500 including tax and all customization’s. It wasn’t cheap, but it wasn’t nearly as expensive as some of the other custom solutions we were quoted. This was the definite splurge in our room, and I’m happy we did it. A great storage system was key to making this space really work for us, so it was money very well spent.

Happy Weekend friends. Until next time….

xo-Shavonda

PS. The winner of the Rugs USA giveaway is Joy Tucker! Congrats love. Look for an email from me soon. Thank you so much to everyone who entered.

 

 

 

 

Posted By: Shavonda Gardner · In: thecottagebungalow