JAKES Place: Master Bedroom Overhaul

MASTER BEDROOM OVERHAUL Do you know how when you move into a home that it always seems like the last room you remodel is the master bedroom? At least that's how it happened in our home. But no more! I'm SO happy we finally took the time to redo our room. I absolutely love it!

This is what our bedroom looked like when we moved in. It was pretty but the blue made it feel dark and dated in there. Plus it made it difficult to decorate since our color pallet was limited to what matched that very specific blue.

Here are a few more "Before" photos while I was getting ready to paint.

Painting over the blue took one coat of primer and two coats of paint. We used Sherwin Williams in Alabaster White. This is also the first time that we painted the ceiling the same color as the walls. It's a game changer! It was definitely easier to paint when I didn't have to worry about taping off the ceilings.

We decided to make the back wall into a focal wall by painting it Caraibe also by Sherwin Williams. It's such a warm, chocolate brown. It adds such elegance and dimension to the room. I was particularly proud of the crisp lines we achieved.

This is my favorite trick to paint baseboard with carpet - Press 'N Seal and a four inch putty knife. Rip off short pieces of Press 'N Seal and use the putty knife to tuck it underneath the baseboard. Perfect!

One of my favorite features in the room is the huge gallery wall. We all chose photos from vacations and of the kids that we liked and I bought the 11" x 14" frames from Amazon. Normally I hang gallery walls with 3M Command Picture Hanging Strips but because these are larger, I decided to hang them with nails the old fashioned way. I started by hanging the top row, making sure each photo was level with the last, and each was evenly spaced between. Then I hung the first column, again making sure each was evenly spaced and in alignment with the one above. Once that was finished, it was much easier to hang the rest. I did notice a few off skew (after I took the photo, of course) and went back with some Scotch Removable Mounting Putty (the stuff we used to hang posters in college) to make sure everything stays level.

I had one last special project for our room. I bought two beautiful abstract canvas prints from Hobby Lobby, one that looked like the ocean and the other like the mountains. I wanted to add lyrics to them from the our first dance song, The Luckiest by Ben Folds. I asked my bestie over at Snarky Yet Sweet to make the words for me. Originally I thought she'd make them out of vinyl but then I wasn't sure how I'd apply them. She had the brilliant and beautiful idea to make them out of wood on her Glowforge. I could not be more pleased with them - I love them so much!

The last additions to the room were these beautiful hexagon shelves from World Market, brass curtain rods, new drapes, the wood words above the bed, and the candles. The accessories on the shelves and dressers are either ours or purchased from Target.