Monday Redesign: Mike's Bedroom

Remember Mike's bedroom? I absolutely love the new paint- it gives a fresh and clean feel to the space already. I added some finishing touches to rock this bedroom out of this world. 

Here's the breakdown of the goods:

1. I am replacing the picture hanging above the bed with a headboard.  This is an inexpensive and creative headboard-- an old solid panel door.  This gives the bed something to be grounded on.  Although I liked the painting hanging above the bed, it's was too small to be the main focal point above the bed.  To create this custom headboard, go to an antique store or flea market and find an old solid wood door.  Once you have found the right door, strip, prime and paint it with a darker blue color and hang it above the bed.  For further instructions, go here.


2. I have found simple and fun bedding from 2modern.  I love white sheets with a color pop.  It makes the room look fresh and clean.  


3. I kept your matching end tables in the room, but have found matching lamps from Ikea.  Having matching lamps on top of the end tables maintains the balance of the room.


4. Since both of you spend time quite a bit of time in the bedroom working and hanging out, I found this great desk from Target.  It's simple, yet functional.  Adding this to the other side, across from the bed will work perfectly.  I also think it will help you focus more when you need to and give you a change of scenery once and a while.  I would hang the migration wall art that you already have above this desk.


5. The Jules desk chair from Ikea is the perfect match for your new desk.  It's clean, modern and simple.


6. I am adding a new chair to the other side of the room from Urban Outfitters.  I love the colors of this chair and I thought some extra seating would be nice since you hang out in your bedroom so often.  I would place this between the window and the closet, giving enough walking distance to the closet, and the bed.  I would hang the long mirror behind the chair (between the chair and closet) and I would hang the picture you have above the bed currently and move this above the chair.


7. I used your owl pillow on top of the bed and added a couple aqua pillows to tie in the wall color and pull everything together.

To give you a better idea of the layout, here is a drawing of placement for everything.

I hope you like the new layout of your bedroom, Mike.  I love this color combination and had such a great time putting it together.

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My favorite magazine:Elle Decor Idees

Usually I subscribe to 4-5 design magazines per year.  When it's time to renew I gauge how much I like them by how many pages are earmarked, or just plain ripped out.  If there's only one or two per edition I usually don't renew.  This year I decided not to renew 3 of them and went with one that was a little more expensive and in French!  Was it worth it?  You tell me:

This is the first edition of Elle Decor Idees that I got.  More than half the pages are earmarked!

Here's a few of the images from the current one that I loved!

Need an outdoor table but don't want to spend a lot of money?  Here they took 3 different used tables and painted them all the same: white with an aqua stripe across the top.  I bet you couldn't even tell at first glance that they are all different styles!

I'm not a huge "work in the garden" kind of lady.  I've tried!  I really have!  Every year for the last 3 years something else seems to eat/kill my plants.  But, I think I might try a little harder if my garden shed were painted like this!

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P.S. Don't forget that the design challenge ends tomorrow!  Enter here.