Our master bedroom - A project in progress

Have I mentioned I'm painting our master room’s furniture?  

 Too chunky and definitely too dark for my taste. 

Back when we lived at the house in the roses I wanted to paint, but my husband was always against it, and I didn’t feel too confident about it either. We couldn’t afford to replace furniture, and they were still in perfect condition. So we kept them.  But now we live in a little white cottage and cottage style is light and airy with colors taken from a garden palette: shades of green, rose, sky blue, sandy tan and crisp white. And painting is permissible when you live in a cottage. So it was definitely time for some change.

The task is taking me a little bit longer than I had anticipated, but at least both of the night stands/bedside tables are now done… and I have started painting the bed’s headboard; a somewhat difficult task I should say… simply because I don’t know how to exactly proceed about it. You see, part of the headboard is leather and you wouldn’t dare paint leather, would you? Even if I knew how, it’s kind of a scary thing to do...

In any case, the leather is black and because our master room is done in black and white, I don't think it looks too bad... at least I'm liking it much better than before.  Thus far, I have only painted the visible part of the headboard, but eventually I plan on painting the whole bed frame… that will be whenever I can take down those huge mattresses and put them back in place again… all by myself. Ugh! For now this will have to do…

I didn’t want to paint the furniture in a bright white… because my bedding and such are mainly white, I wanted to use a different shade of white, to add wholesome warmth to the bedroom. So I used my favorite paint brand and color for now: Primitive, from Americana Décor. Chalk paint from Home Depot. Affordable. Fast. Awesome. No need to prime either. 

 I love this color. It's subtle and sophisticated, especially paired with the white and black…  

I am also spray-painting the original pulls in black to match the rest of the décor.
And adding mixed prints and patterns that are dominant enough… 

love it. 

An all-monochrome palette always sticks with a classic black-and-white combo, if you’re not confident at experimenting with color. Textures make black and white warmer.  I still have the huge chunky dresser to paint, but I need to remove the pulls first, something I’m procrastinating doing because it simply takes me so much time to do…

Here I had a large white vase with faux cherry blossom branches standing on the night stand...

But I think I’m liking those touches of hot pink from simple garden flowers so much better. 

It defines romance and a femininity beautifully.

The white and black flower curtains are new, but I’m still not too thrill about it and might have to change them to all white for a more peaceful-less busy feel to the room…
 What do you think?
Too busy looking?
Less patterns perhaps?

It’s nearly impossible for me to choose just one thing I love. Color schemes, themes, my overall “style”. It’s always changing. I’m never gonna have an absolute favorite anything when it comes to decorating. I just cannot decide! It’s impossible really.

Are you anything like me when it comes to decorating your home?
I'm always always changing...
But I' liking how my bedroom is looking thus far... ;)

Did you all get to see the full moon last night?

The first of three super moons this summer will rise Saturday night, July 12.  

 One of the biggest of 2014.   

Let’s go out and watch!

Love!