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You guys remember Trading Spaces, right? That TLC show from back in the day where you switched houses with your neighbors for a weekend and redid one room in their house in 48 hours? There was also that crazy lady, Hildi, who once glued fake flowers on a homeowner’s wall?
Ok, maybe I shouldn’t make fun of Hildi, I did upholster a wall with carpet……
Anywho, a few weekends back I totally felt like Grunt Labor and I were on an episode of Trading Spaces. Except we were making over the sitting area in our own master bedroom. And really, I wasn’t on a 48 hour timeline, it just kind of happened that way. Cheap beer does wonders when you’re really wanting to get something done. 😉
In that one weekend, we made our sitting area look like this…
Chairs & Ottomans / Rug / Lamp / Mirror / Wallpaper / Mid-Century Side Table
Wall Art / TV Cabinet / Drawer Pulls / Cabinet Knobs / Beverage Center
Nope, not pulling your leg.
When we first bought the house, the wall with the cabinetry looked like this:
Now, that half-wall had become a full wall when we built the closet, so don’t go thinking we pulled that off in a weekend. We’re smooth, but not that smooth. It was just a single wall when we started our makeover weekend.
The opposite side where the chairs are looked like this…
Now, that is a Trading Spaces worthy makeover if I ever saw one, no?
Mirror / Wallpaper / Chair / Tray / Side Table
Grunt Labor had a huge hand in this project. Since most of our master bedroom, the actual bedroom part, is pink, I really wanted him to have more of a masculine space in the room. He came up with the color scheme and gave his stamp of approval on every piece. I have to say though, I don’t care if it is a touch on the masculine side, I am crazy over how it turned out!
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I’m over on the Hayneedle blog today spilling all the details on this space. Read about the makeover here. You can also view the style board here which contains every thing I used in the space and then some. And yes, that is glorious reptile patterned wallpaper. The angels started singing as I was putting it up. Ok, I’m a bit over-dramatic.
