Monday, March 14, 2011 Cozy Nook for the Master Bedroom
Happy Monday lovlies! We hope your weekend was kind to you. Little peeks of Spring were coming through all weekend for us, it's very exciting. This weekend we got completely off track, perhaps we were drunk from the happiness that Spring is coming! We were working on a project for our homemadeology.com post this weekend and intended on priming the rest of the master bedroom, then we got......distracted.
See the very distinct line that divides the primed from the unprimed? It's been there two weeks, and it's driving us bananas. So we suited up and drove to our Local True Value to get all the paint supplies we needed to finish up the room, then we got distracted by a flyer in the mail. A special flyer, which said "Up to 75% off this weekend only" from ABC Carpet and Home. We stopped, dropped, and shopped.
We have mild guilt for not getting the walls done, but we kinda feel OK about it because we did get some of the master bedroom done. The couch was $1800 reduced to $600, the ottoman was $600 reduced to $300 and the cowhide rug was $999, reduced to $349. Can you scream SCORE with me?
We are very close to being complete with the room, and it's so exciting. We need to:
- finish the walls
- buy a fan (which we have picked out)
- buy a media stand for the tv (see that nasty why wire? that will finally be gone!)
- place coffee table in room (it's being shipped)
- buy & hang art work
- pick out curtains
- pick out linens
Doesn't seem that bad, right? Just a little tweaking and editing, and the room will be complete! We love how it's coming along, and didn't really plan on this direction, but it's what's working for us right now. It's kinda Moroccan-British-Cowboy right now.
Now, as a vegetarian, I feel obligated to address the issue of the cowhide rug. Joey was shocked that not only did I agree to it, but suggested it. This is beyond bold for me, being a vegetarian for, oh, twenty-six years now. I have a separate grill for my tofu and vegetables, I won't share space with meat in the fridge, I don't even wear leather. So why the change of heart? We agreed on a leather couch for practically reasons. The fabric in our house gets constantly destroyed by Porkchop, Rocket and Zoey. Since the subject of children is coming up more and more, I can only imagine that added level of destruction. It was a quality of life/financial decision. So back to the cowhide. I figured, if an animal was killed to make a couch, and I agreed to buy it, what's the difference with buying a cowhide rug? Bottom line, a dead cow, is a dead cow. These are just my thoughts, and by no means am I promoting or discouraging the purchase of leather - it's just a change I made in my mind, and felt obligated to express.
This is a shot I took to try and show all of the elements we are bringing in, married together. We decided to not bring in any color, and to just use neutrals. We are also very excited for the day we deal with that cable running across the room....and finish her all up!
What did you do this weekend? Is Spring showing her lovlie in your parts? We would love to know of any weekend warrior projects you have done!
Reader Comments (10)
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@Christina just emailed you :)
Can you tell me about the silver end table?! I think I am in love :)
If it was in a different post, can I have the link please? Sorry if I missed that one, I will try to be a better reader in the future.
@Alana the silver table we got on gilt.com - they change their selection almost everyday, but I can let you know when they have it up again. also you can try our "shop" link above, those store may run a special someday soon. i wish i knew the maker. we love it too!
I feel like this happens to us too, we get distracted by different projects all the time!!
Our next weekend project will be a big one...a bathroom reno! yikes :s
@amy yikes is for real! please let us know about your progress! joey is hitting up the downstairs bathroom very soon. it's super scary - but we are going for it!
um, loving those tufts on the couch and ottoman. and holy deal batman!
As I looked through your pictures and progress, I also thought immediatly about the cow hide / vegetarian thing. But you addressed it. You said a dead cow is a dead cow so why don't you just eat meat too?
@justine we love deals!
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