Our room... how to create a similar style!

Good evening readers =) I finally get to show you our bedroom tonight and how I managed to decorate it without spending a fortune! Half of our bedroom decor I created myself out of items and supplies that we had around our home/storage and also with a little help from a handy man!

 

*note: I can't paint here but if I could, the walls would of been either a warm burnt honey or a cool gray.

 

So here is one side of our room. Growing up I always had real bright and vibrant colors such as orange for my bedroom. Now that I'm about to be married and am sharing the room with my partner, I compromised ;)

The room is blue, purple and brown. Calm colors that help you get in a relaxed state of mind before you go to bed. I went with an antique style mixed with modern which was popular much of 2012. Popular or not, I don't even care I love it and its staying for awhile ha ha.

 

 

We will start with the night stands:

 

 

When we got our first place (before this one) we didn't have any night stands. I had someone I know make us just these very simple solid wood stands. I told our handy man to stain the stands to resemble espresso and to leave a space open large enough for a bin to use just like a drawer. I went to Target and purchased these wicker bins on sale =)

The purple candle holder casts cool shadows around the room at night and is perfect for the bedroom! You can find it at HomeGoods. Target sometimes sells similar candle holders down their candle isle.

The two frames were also do-it-yourselfers! I created a blog in the past about how to decorate your own frames. I bought a bunch of wooden frames at the thrift store, took them home and painted them. I went to our local craft store and bought scrapbook paper with the same patterns that I wanted for our bedroom and placed them in the frames. BOOM! It added a really cool touch to the room for dirt cheap =)

 

 

 

This night stand has a set of organizers on it. I got these from one of my favorite stores called Kirkland's. This is thee go-to store for all your home decorating needs. I LOVE IT! If you haven't been there, CLICK HERE and check out their website. These organizers were about 5 bucks and added an old charm to the room!

 

One of my favorite walls in our room:

 

Notice the small purple antique frame on top and the oval frame in the background? Both were from a thrift store. I thought they would look awesome with a funky, vibrant color to add that modern/antique feel to the room. The crystal looking candle holder was one of my favorite finds at one of my favorite stores called HomeGoods. If you have never been there, you should go! Check out their website: CLICK HERE

The two big pictures were on sale from HomeGoods. We had someone make the corner shelves for the room and put candles on each.

 

Back to the main photo:

I love the crystallized accent we put above our bed. This was purchased at Kirkland's for very little! The other side of our room also has a HUGE floor mirror we had put together and stained! it was made out of scrap wood and a mirror from storage! Buy them brand new in the store and find yourself spending two or three hundred. What got cut off in this photo was a cute foot stool at the end of the bed that was from Target.

 Although I'm not 100% sure how much it cost in total to decorate, It was definitely no more than about $150 when all was said and done. You can't beat that! My future plans are just to make our own headboard! To my surprise a few of my Facebook friends made their own and posted about it so I know if they can do it, so can I =) I'm excited to do that hopefully this summer! Stay tuned =)

 



Tips to remember when redecorating

Hello readers! I'm always a busy body around our home whether its organizing, cleaning or creating. I have learned a lot about decorating around the house ever since we got our first place a few years back. I have made some mistake purchases along the way but luckily I know a few more pointers now. They definitely come in handy when choosing new items to bring into your home.

 

First off I want to talk about patterns. I LOVE patterns! Right now I'm into almost every pattern Target has to offer on their home items. I'm also still a big fan of animal print and floral. Unfortunately, that tends to clash when its mixed together, ha ha.

Our first apartment was all decked out in animal print.

Check it out: 

 

(Of course my adorable pet had to be perched right in the middle, ha ha.)

 

I'll give you a quick breakdown of where I got everything back then. I will also give you some tips explaining how I have changed from this animal print look to another style.

The couch actually never came with the large over sized foot rest. Believe it or not I found the foot rest at a furniture outlet and it just so happened to be the same exact color as the couch. It was also less than $75. Score! The pillows were just from Kohl's, Target and Walmart. Its hard to see but the animal print lamps were from Pier 1 Import. Kinda spendy but they were a gift. The picture frames were from Family Dollar. They actually had a cute leopard print frame which was the real reason I wanted them. I ended up taking the animal photos our and placing photos of our family in them instead! The zebra bean bag was from Kohl's. The zebra rug was from Target. I do not recommend that kind of rug if you have kids or pets. I cannot remember what it was made out of but my cat got sick on it and when I tried to clean up the mess, the black bled onto the white and it was ruined =( The fake tree was from Good Will and they almost always have them. At least the one in Elk River, MN does. I eventually ended up putting small white lights in the tree for a cool night light effect =) I barely spent anything and still managed to have our whole room decorated!

 

This was all BEFORE we settled down and had our son. Since then we have moved and the only thing I still have is the bean bag chair in our spare room, the lamps are in storage and the tree with lights sits in our current living room. EVERYTHING ELSE IS DIFFERENT. I'll post new photos in a future blog but now I'm going to explain why I decorated this way...

 

Notice the couch is a solid color? Patterns go out of style pretty fast. If you are not rich, I recommend staying with furniture that are a more neutral color. (this isn't neutral but its what I had to work with at the time) 

For example: its cheaper to add new throw pillows for 20 bucks that add a pop of color and a new pattern rather than having to go buy all new furniture for who knows how much because you are sick of the pattern on it. I mean, you can't have a green and red floral couch and then decide you want to go safari and add black and white zebra pillows can you? ::Shakes head:: You would have to replace your furniture which is more expensive of course. So I highly recommend solid colors and very little pattern with furniture. Instead, add pattern and color to your room with items such as candles and holders, lamp shades, pillows, and accent rugs. These are all inexpensive and when you want a change, you can easily replace them! Try to limit patterns however and focus more on colors. That way when you change the look of the room, its less you have to change =)

 

Next is painting! If you rent, I feel your pain because most of us can't paint but if you are allowed to... take advantage! Painting is a great way to change the look of a room without spending much and you can always switch it up! Try an accent wall to add pattern to your room as well =)

Accent wall:

Source: http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/

 

*notice the solid/neutral couch with patterned pillows added. The more expensive pieces in this photo are neutral while the inexpensive little items added to this room are the ones with the character.  

 

Another great tip for decorating your home with a trend that will eventually pass is using wall decals. They stick onto the wall very easy with no mess, they are inexpensive and can be taken down without ruining the wall.

Wall decals:

Source: Click here 

 

I swear I don't know where I would be without Pinterest... It is such a great website to find ways to turn something old into something useful again. Search this site the next time you want to redecorate your home on a budget!

 

Last but not least, I came across a helpful website with similar tips on how to decorate your home. CLICK HERE to check it out =) Thanks for reading!