We’ve hired pros for our new master bedroom remodel, so it is rapidly zooming into focus. The room is going to be done soon, but my decorating “plan” is still just a loosey-goosey collection of ideas.
As a reminder, here is what the room looked like in the raw “before” state:
It’s hard to get a clear sense of scale, but just know that the room is tiny. The bed in these photos is a full, and it takes up pretty much the whole room. How to fit a queen bed and a closet for two was the challenge, and after taping out the size of a queen size bed on the floor, going through a whole pad of graph paper, and meeting with our awesome contractor, we’ve got a plan that’s going to work.
The closet is going in this long skinny eave that was housing Chester’s bitty closet and my sewing area:
I had thought that we would each have a side of the eave as our designated closet, with a mix of drawers and hanging space (see my original closet plan here). But after monkeying with the design I decided that the simplest solution is best. The entire left side (where the dresser is in the photo above) will be built in drawers, and the entire right side will be hanging space with sliding doors. This plan works better because the knee wall on the right side is actually higher than the one on the left (which slopes like a funhouse) so there’s more height for hanging clothes. Will it be a long closet tube? Yep. Will it house both of our wardrobes? I desperately hope so. Will it be a big improvement on our current closet sitch? Most definitely.
Here’s a peek (in terribly lit iPhone photos) at what it looks like currently:
Back to the decorating plan. You might remember that I was debating between a spool bed and an upholstered bed. I love spool beds, and I think they look especially sweet in small attic-y rooms, so when I found this I convinced myself it was the one (not in this color though):
The company’s website doesn’t include dimensions, but here’s the description: “The Farmhouse Spool Bed enjoys a vintage look that makes one nostalgic for the relaxed pace of a summer cottage. With its smaller scale, this bed will fit the coziest of bedrooms.” Perfect! My bedroom is cozy, I’m nostalgic for a relaxed pace, I enjoy a vintage look! But when I got the dimensions I learned that what they bill as basically a dollhouse bed is TOO BIG for our bedroom.
Next I found this petite and simple bed at Serena and Lily:
A totally different look, but I think it’s versatile and simple and, most importantly, it will fit in the room. I thought I wanted a patterned fabric like the one I shared here, but after ordering fabric swatches I decided on a solid indigo linen. With the sloped ceilings, paneled walls, and newly revealed wood floors, there’s a lot of pattern and texture in the room already. I want the room to feel like a cozy and serene retreat for grown ups, so I figured solid was the way to go. I bought the bed while it was on sale and got an email a few weeks later saying it was going into production, then nothing. For months. Finally in December I called customer service, and after talking to several people learned that my bed hadn’t gone into production because they didn’t actually have enough of the fabric to upholster it. They say they’ll get more in February, and to make it up to me they gave me an additional 40% off, and free shipping! Free furniture shipping to Alaska makes me feel like they’re paying me to buy this thing! I’m not counting my bed chickens before they hatch, but fingers crossed they’ll have enough fabric soon.
Assuming it all works out, I think it will look something like this (click here if you want to see previous plans):
Finally, you might have heard about (or experienced) the big 7.1 earthquake we had here last weekend. Nothing was damaged at our house, but the kitchen drawers and cabinets swung open, everything on the walls was akimbo, and a few things fell off the bookshelves. To my dear darling house, house that survived the 1964 earthquake too, I say thank you. You’ve earned those janky angles and sloping floors, and I am very grateful that you are strong and solid and keep my family safe.