Home Improvement

[SoonerTexan]

After a few months of craziness, broken cars, and bug scares, I'm ready to start working in our house again. Then key fore is using what I have or keeping it cheap. Almost everything in our house is craigslisted or hand me downs, so we have done pretty good so far. I'd like to do a lot with paint color. So can I get feedback? Feel free to hijack with your own design dilemmas.

I'm relatively happy with our master, but I want to get rid of the awful beige and find something for over the desk. I'm thinking a large mirror-round or rectangle. We do have a matching sort of nightstand but it Is in another room right now. I don't have a matching lamp, so I plan to use that one elsewhere and get matching ones with glass bases. The pack and play is finally going up to the attic soon too!!!









Any paint color ideas? I want a brown or other neutral, but I don't want it to be too dark.

This is the color the attached bath will be when I get around to painting it

[Pollyanna]

I'm going to be no help but I think the color in your master is nice. I would spend the money on a nice bed skirt or even paint the three cabinets you show in the pics.

[SoonerTexan]

Haha everyone says that about the color. I just can't stand blah beige. The cabinets are actually my moms solid oak bedroom set on extended loan. So even though they are 80s yellowish, they are staying that way.

I actually have a matching bed skirt that was taken off during the bug scare

[GreyhoundsRUs]

Haha everyone says that about the color. I just can't stand blah beige. The cabinets are actually my moms solid oak bedroom set on extended loan. So even though they are 80s yellowish, they are staying that way.

I actually have a matching bed skirt that was taken off during the bug scare

If you can't paint the cabinets, I would do something with at least that wall - maybe pull a color from the bedspread? I would even take a drawer or something with when you go to pick paint. Maybe do a bold color and then something more subdued around the rest of the room? I'm no help - our house is beige

[Pollyanna]

I guess I don't see your walls as beige so maybe it's the pics. I like Jen's idea of going bold with one wall.

[Vanquisher]

Can you make a headboard for the bed? http://www.thriftyandchic.com/2010/1...headboard.html Check this one out. I think that would help a lot on that wall.

For color, it just depends on what you like. I tend to like the browns and earth tones, but that's just me. I would go to Home Depot or Lowes and get a ton of swatches, bring them home, hold them up to the wall, and decide what you like based on that. It should compliment the bathroom, so get something with a green note in it though it doesn't need to be obvious, it shouldn't clash, KWIM?

[moonlight]

Would it be ok if you put a darker stain color over the cabinets? Something that would match the other pieces in your room? Our bed is a darker wood. Last year MIL bought us a dresser set for our master because we didn't have dressers in our room. The dresser set was from a second hand shop and a great deal for the quality! We didn't like the color and she wanted it to match our bed. She slightly sanded the dressers then bought a dark stain and cloth rubbed it on. I didn't know it could be that easy! I always thought you had to totally strip the wood, but she showed me a easy way to do it in a day. Would your mom be ok with you not painting it, but changing the color finish? I don't like the way wood looks when its painted over. I like wood to look like wood.

Also, where did you get the shower curtain? Can you link it here?

[SoonerTexan]

Hmm it's sealed so I'm not sure about staining. It's also got 2 more pieces still at my moms. After all the furniture repainting I did a few years ago, I'm kind of over it.

The shower curtain is World Market. Ill look for a link when I'm not on my phone. I love it!

[moonlight]

I love it too and I want it! lol!

I hear you about the furniture thing. Note that I said my MIL did all the work last year. Not me. haha! I was looking at the pic again. What if you went and bought some cute new pulls and handles for it?

[Deebs]

Whatever color you go with make sure it has NO yellow tone in it. That will just further highlight the yellow tone of the furniture.

[HouseofWool]

I'm with you on the furniture refinishing. I did S's bedroom set this summer and I am so over it all. I still have to do my dresser and a vintage table that I found for the living room and I am dreading it.