Bedroom Redo

Instead of Bedroom Redo, I should call this Bedroom Redo on Small Budget.   

I did not really intend to redo the bedroom, but our new mattress was delivered today and that sort of inspired me to do a couple of extra things.

You can see the mix-match of various fabrics and colors, but I think it’s all rather country when put together.  Besides, I don’t have the money to do anything except love what I have and upgrade a little at the time.  That’s quite the fun way to do it, anyway.  My pink bedside table, if you’ve not seen it before, has this top.   (For more on how it was made, see this post.)

That absolutely stunning quilt on the wall was made by my sister, who is a dear person and also a talented quilter.  Hanging the quilt was one of the things I accomplished today, in addition to hauling out the old, very-shot mattress in preparation for the delivery of our new mattress today!  Hubby is asleep on it at this very  moment.  He cried himself to sleep with tears of joy.  Ah, the sight.  Makes me wanna cry too.

This bedside shelf for hubby was also another really cool project I got done today.  The wood — I love it — is just some old stuff that we had out behind the house.  I washed it with Murphy’s soap today and then let it dry in the sun.  I love the chipping paint.  I cut each board to size with my hand saw.  Yes I did.  The shelf is actually the very heavy, old top to what was once a baker’s rack.  What hubby used to have on his side of the bed was horrible.  A little wooden shelf that was full of dust.  Yuck.  This has much more personality!

While I was cleaning, I decided to take a few more shots of some of the clutter things I love.

A little area with girly stuff.

Remember my recent find — seemed like a jewelry roll — that I wanted to hang brooches on?

It turned out great.

I mean, really, a girl’s gotta change to a new purse every now and then, right? 

And what’s a bedroom without hats?

Or a nice picture of Thomas Jefferson?  (We’ve also got a great one of Lincoln that I really love.)

Now this needle work is really old.  My mother-in-law was born in 1918, in April.  Her mother made this for her when she was a little girl. 

On another wall hangs another, store-bought quilt. 

I guess that’s enough for today. 

By the way, this has been the week for rescued creatures, I suppose.  Sitting in my mudroom right now in a large box is an injured bird.  The cats got it and nearly did it in, but Princess of the Universe saved it.  The bird is yet alive and is sleeping, but I have no idea what we’ll find when we wake up in the morning.  I’ll be sure and let you know.

Lynn