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AW: Decorated our bedroom
Mark doesn't have have much fashion/decorating sense and I have even less. So, much of our house has been left bland and boring. I was hestiant to decorate at all since we thought we would be moving last year. That hasn't worked out so I've decided I should decorate and make it feel more roomy.
We didn't do much, but changed out the bedding (to a colour that ISN'T nearly identical to the walls) and put up a few things but I wanted to AW my baby steps!
Before:
After:
Next, I would love new bedroom furniture - we are both just using what we brought from living at home - but we currently have a queen bed and we're hoping to get a king when we move so we're holding off on furniture for now.
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Re: AW: Decorated our bedroom
Hmm...painting the furniture? That never occured to me!
As you can see, my dresser is this awful orange wood. Do you have to strip it first? I have no idea how to do this but now I'm intrigued.
The new bedding looks great! Also agree that you could try painting your existing furniture. The tall dresser looks like a sturdy piece from the pic, can't really tell with the shorter dresser. A coat of white or cream paint would really spruce them up and help them coordinate with those wall shelves.
Great job!
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I have to admit I've never done it before, but I think that sanding and priming will do the trick. A lot of the girls on the D&R have experience refinishing furniture, you could ask there, or google instructions.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
It's amazing what a little color and accents can do for a room.
I agree the dressers in white would look great and pull the room together. If they're not in rough shape and don't have rough spots, I would use Kilz like Mandee suggested and just paint. If they've got rough spots you might need to sand just those spots to even them out.