Kim's completed bedroom redo
Mon, 29 Jun 2009I've been working on redoing my bedroom for a while now, and it's finally complete. Well, as complete as any room in my home can be, as I am often rearranging. But I'm pretty happy with the bedroom as it is now. Back in April I blogged about starting the bedroom and some of my ideas (and the demo of the huge closet that was in the room). Then a couple weeks later I managed to get the room painted, and blogged about it here. Slowly but surely the rest came together and I think I can call it done. I took some photos on Saturday, and boy was this room tough to photograph. The room is small (12'x11' I think) and the pale pink walls looked white in most of the photos so I had to do some photoshopping to try and get some of them looking accurate. (And I'm not good at PS). So here it is....
P.S. I uploaded a bunch of photos on Flickr (here is my photostream and here is my bedroom set) if you want to see more details of the room.
Reader Comments (79)
Kim - I have been so looking forward to your bedroom redo pics. And you have not disappointed. It's stunning! I adore it. So boho, or is it Scandanavian, well they are kind of similar aren't they?
Your energy is absolutely astounding. I love all of your vases, of course. :) And your vignetting skills just keep getting better and better. Love the floor, love the hanging lampshade, love the borgellos, love the colors.....
I could go on and on.
this is BEAUTIFUL! I would love to exchange links with you! You are so talented!
GORGEOUS! Love all the color.
how lovely. so calm and restful yet bright and cheerful. and your magazine collection is almost as ridiculous as mine.
xoj
this is so stunning! the wall with book shelves and painting could not get any prettier. i'd love to redo my bedroom too. lovely!!
kim ~ you have done a marvelous job on your bedroom. i love the colors. the floors are amazing. the frames are fantastic. what kind of white paint do you use? i was planning on doing the same thing with mine.
Love this! The shade next to the bed is fabulous! Love how everything is light and then the big bold injections of color! Perfect!
Thanks everyone!
MFAMB, this room was the place in my house that had some space for shelving for my mags. Shelter mags are like bibles to me, and I can't possibly throw them out. So the shelving was bought specifically to house them. I am slightly concerned the floor is going to cave under the weight but I figure after 100 years, the house is still standing, so maybe they knew how to build back then. :)
bananas, I used Benjamin Moore's Porch and Floor paint. It's amazing stuff. It's not sticking as well on the laminate as it did on the hardwood in my office which is what I expected anyway. But this paint feels like BUTTER under your feet. :)
it looks awesome!
As someone who asks (in the nicest way of course) "Can I fold your towels into even piles...and by colour?" when I visit friend's places, can I just say: I adore your bookcase/magazine organization. I'm smiling a cantaloupe-wide smile. And those shiny floors! Wowsa nice.
Really great (happy-looking) room and photos Kim. Can you finally rest now? :)
congrats Kim - it looks great!
I love the portrait
Abso-freaking-lutely gorgeous!
I love the vignette of the side table with the portrait on it.
You have a husband, right? How does he feel about the pink infusion?
I just had to say that I am awestruck. This is so wonderful!! I am have been trying to stop going to the thrift stores but this only encourages me to want to go even more. Thank you for the inspiration :)
This small table is awesome! Any clue where to find one of those?
:) Thanks for all the sweet comments folks!
AMR, I sleep like a baby in my new room, but then I dream about all the other projects I still need to do. :S
Tasha, I live alone, so I took this opportunity to do up my room as girly as I wanted. (My boyfriend would have whined like a baby if he owned this house with me).
o.me - not sure which table you mean. The rustic wood one my bf and I made out of a piece of an old plank of wood I found a few years ago when we were cleaning out my grandmother's house. The little wicker table is a basket I found at an antique shop.
oh that floor is simply divine.
I love EVERYTHING about your room.
we love this look--the white with pops of color. love the perfectly placed accessories and colorful collections. brava you.
I just lovvveeee the painted floors, was there ever a rule about painting laminate floors??
I might just do that....
You will love waking up facing the windows, makes a huge difference! Great job!
Natasha
Kim, it looks AMAZING! Wonderful job. My style is completely different than yours, but I just love what you have been doing with your house. It's picture perfect yet still liveable.
Kim, it's beautiful (as usual). I love every detail! You did an amazing job with the photography too!
Wow...for a I thought this was an inspiration room...come to find out, your room really is that spectacular! Great job with both the design and photography.
I can't stop looking at that shelf and the beautiful things in it, it is so lusty, my God!!! You have done fantastic here Kim, I wish my room looked half as good... it has so much energy and personality. The portrait and the floor are my fave things...
OH M'GAWD!!! LOVE IT! The whole thing is fabtastilicious, Miss Kim...but those floors, oh those floors...SWOONING! The whole thang screams "HAPPY"! Well, done and yet another reason to feel a burning, yet oh so loving, jealousy. :)
I LOVE this room. It's just gorgeous! I enjoyed looking back at your inspiration pics too, and it's persuaded me to try and do something with our bedroom, which seems so lacking in character for some reason. I don't know why, but I've found it the hardest room in the house to decorate.