This weekend, the hubs and I tackled the first part of our master bedroom makeover. And although it might not look like much just yet, we’re both over the moon about the new direction we’re taking. But before I elaborate, let’s have a look at the before, shall we?

BEFORE

When Will and I were still engaged (and long before we ever bought our current house), we bought this blue and white Pottery Barn bedding. We were having a heckuva time agreeing to bedding and this set was the very first (and only) that we could both get on board with.

So we bought it! It’s been great for snoozing, slobbering dogs and is the perfect weight for keeping cold-natured me warm and hot-natured Will cool. But neither of us have ever been totally crazy about it in our bedroom.

We painted the walls in this room to play up the bedding. But somehow it all just fell a little flat. I was always on the hunt for an accent color to introduce into the room to give it some more pizazz. But whatever I picked, it looked good with either the blue or the taupe walls both just not both!

We borrowed my parents armchairs for the Whitland Home Tour (nearly a year ago!) and have kept them since then. Not because we love them, but because they helped to make the room look a tiny bit more finished. A tiiiiny bit!

AFTER

We’re nowhere closed to finished now but we’re liking the new direction so very much more. The curtains and pillow shams are another Pottery Barn find, the Audrey drape from last year. I had purchased them to hang on my sunporch office but never quite got around to it before changing jobs and going to work outside of the house.

One day I brought the drapes into the bedroom on a lark and found that they gave the room just the pick-up I was looking for. Since then, we’ve been on a hunt for the details that would help to bring it all together.

We swapped the tables to opposite sides of the bed (and swapped our sleeping positions in the process … so strange how attached we get to something like the side of the bed!!) to create a make-up table next to the window for me.

The Ballard Designs Bellesol Mirror that I bought at the beginning of the year (on sale and with a coupon!) has finally found a home and will be hung just a bit higher than it’s current leaning position.

Notice the Premier Prints Zig Zag pattern in Village Blue/Natural laying over the Euro sham there. I’m thinking of covering all of my Euros in that pattern. What do you think? Too much?

A strange window in the corner has finally been outfitted with a curtain rod and curtain. We went with an antiqued brass for our window hardware. It seems to be an unconventional choice these days but I love a gold tone in decorating – it just brings so much more warmth!

The Restoration Hardware Heirloom Quilt has proven to be the perfect weight, even if we do have to cover it with an old sheet at night to mitigate the dog slobber. And so soft!

But we aren’t finished just yet! The projects that are yet to go will remain a surprise for now. Stay tuned for more on our master makeover!