Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Black & White Bedroom ~ A Picture Walk

Happy Hump Day everyone! Today, I'm bringing you on a little picture walk of a bedroom in my home. I have posted a pictures before of a few elements, but I've never featured the whole room. So here goes nothing!
The room has a strange shape, almost an L with a small alcove in the center of the room. It was covered in wallpaper, which had been applied directly over the plaster walls. This made removing it a chore I wasn't looking forward to.



My first attempt caused many tears for me. Clearly, I was overtired and emotional over owning my first home and all the work in front of me. But in the end, Dad saved the day and re-plastered over the paper. A long and messy job. Thanks Dad! :)

With that job out of the way, I painted out all the walls and trim white and applied wallpaper behind the headboard.
Here it is the room all finished!



I picked up an old headboard at a used furniture store and painted it black.
I also added some IKEA side tables.

Still love my Audrey Hepburn print. A little girl glam for the room:) Speaking of Audrey, I think Michelle Williams is the blonde Audrey.. how gorgeous was she at the Oscars?


I made the roman shades, using Jenny's how-to with Premier Print's Chipper fabric.
The two light fixtures are from Canadian Tire.

The mirror was a Homesense find.
The piggy bank is from Dollarama. My change from waitressing tips add up pretty quick!
The dresser was one my Dad was getting rid of. I painted it black and added some glass knobs.


Of course, there are things on the to-do list. I need to paint or cover the rad and I want to have the chair in the corner reupholstered, when the budget allows!
So, there you have it! My black and white bedroom. A project that started out with tears and now feels clean and crisp!

24 comments:

  1. Gorgeous bedroom! I love how you put wallpaper pnly behind your bed to accent it. A room with nooks and crannies and a slanted ceiling is way more interesting than a plain old square room if you ask me!

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  2. looks lovely...your walls and my walls could get together and form a club...love the wallpaper treatment behind the bed...though i am one girl who will never (ever) wallpaper anywhere!

    blessings,

    alison
    stuff and nonsense

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  3. Looks great! Love that mirror and Roman shades. Can't go wrong with a little black and white!

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  4. Your bedroom looks gorgeous! You've done such a great job!

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  5. Hello! I am new to your blog... just stumbled across it today.. but i love how similar our tastes are! Who knows.. maybe you will be a new add to my daily reads :)

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  6. LOVE the new paper!

    Isn't stripping the worst? I had to scrape a two story stair wall and dubbed in the wall from hell.

    All the work certainly paid off!

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  7. Tres chic! I love the optical illusion that the pattern behind the headboard creates... you almost can't tell the wall/ceiling is sloped in the straight-on shots. Nice job. That chair is going to be divine reupholstered.

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  8. I love that mirror! Wallpaper removal makes everyone cry - don't feel bad :)

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  9. Sooo pretty, and I LOVE that black and white mirror! :-)

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  10. Completely smitten with this gorgeous room...the fact that you have Audrey in there is just the icing on the cake! LOVE.

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  11. It looks so amazing! I love black & white together with just a splash of Pink...awesome. P.S. I am obsessed with Audrey and Michelle Williams has the platinum pixie cut for her role as Marilyn Monroe. She looked amazing ;) Great job on the room!!!!

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  12. It looks so amazing! I love black & white together with just a splash of Pink...awesome. P.S. I am obsessed with Audrey and Michelle Williams has the platinum pixie cut for her role as Marilyn Monroe. She looked amazing ;) Great job on the room!!!!

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  14. Love the walls. Take that back. Love everything. Gorgeous room

    Ramblings of a Small Town Girl

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  15. The room is gorgeous, love the paper and the chadie hanging!!!!
    have a fabulous rest of your week!
    XO

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  16. What a lovely bedroom! Loving the pillow with the birds and Audrey Hepburn! Have a fabulous day, Kellie xx

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  17. what a transformation! the mirror and wallpaper are my favorites.
    xo,
    abby

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  18. Wallpaper on that slant is literally genius. It's amazing. So pretty!

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  19. It is gorgeous! That wallpaper is great!

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  20. Beautiful! I love the pics of your house in the sidebar. Glad I stopped in from Weekend Bloggy Reading to check out your site!

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  21. Great makeover, Jane. I love the slanted wall in your room. It adds some interest! I love Audrey too. Very classy!

    Thank you so much for joining my Weekend Bloggy Reading party. Have fun finding some new reads, and I hope you'll stop by Serenity Now again soon. :)

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  22. Wow! What a gorgeous bedroom. Very impressive. I wish I could makeover my house but I just don't have the ability. Glad I visited from Serenity Now.

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  23. I adore that black & white "Chipper" fabric on your window shades. I think I may order this for my kitchen chair seats & a few lampshades. The price is unbelievable at fabric.com, right?

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