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$100 Room Challenge Week 2 -Modern Farmhouse Master Bedroom
So, I have decided to again join my friend, Erin, from Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry for her $100 Room Challenge. I’ve tackled this challenge once before when we gave our bathroom an overhaul on a budget. This time, we are attempting to revamp our bedroom using the same small budget, but hopefully making a big impact. We’re also working against time since I’m joining up at the end of week 2. EEK!
Here is my long term plan for our Modern Farmhouse Master Bedroom.
Now, of course, a full room makeover could end up costing us quite a bit of money. (Way over the $100 limit!) Especially if we purchased all of the items in the mood board above. So we are going to have to pick and choose which items to purchase, which projects can be DIYed, and what will have to wait until a later date.
Doesn’t our bedroom look kind of meh?
Yes, of course, everything consists of neutral colors, but each side of the room is the polar opposite of the other with bright whites/creams at one end and a black hole on the other.
I don’t know about you, but it seems like our bedroom is always put to the bottom of the list when we are working on projects, storage, and cleaning. Seriously, it is the place where stuff comes to die, especially when we are trying to speed clean before company! So we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to spruce things up just for the Mr. and Mrs.!
So what exactly are we going to focus on to dress up this space and make it a bit more cohesive? Well, here is the checklist:
- Buy/Replace the lamps
- DIY a headboard for the bed
- Add a few accessories to each side table
- Put on the bed skirt that we’ve been too lazy/busy to add
- Iron the duvet cover (also laziness)
- Paint the doors/frames (window frames are already painted
- Relocate the TV
- Accessorize the dresser
- Paint the dresser
Wowza! That is quite the list and we only have a little over 2 weeks to complete it! I bet you are wondering how we are going to pull this off with only $100. Well, to be honest, our budget will probably be eaten up by the purchase of lamps. Then we will have to shop our home for accessories, DIY a headboard, and use paint we already own to makeover the doors/dresser. Wish us luck!!!
Stop by and read more about the $100 Room Challenge by visiting Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry.
You won’t want to miss these other awesome participants’ projects! Click the photos below to check them out!
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Farmhouse Living Room Decor: Room by Room Summer Series Week Three
It’s already week 3 of the Room by Room Summer Series and we are sharing our living spaces. (Last week was kitchens!) Come take a peek at our Farmhouse Living Room Decor. It’s certainly nothing fancy, but we do enjoy this space for entertaining guests or snuggling up with a comfy blanket to watch a movie or two.
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This is one of those rooms that only required minimal tweaking when we moved in. (Below is the room on move in day.) We really only removed the carpet to lay wood laminate floors and painted the trim. Then it was just a matter of putting in place our normal furniture, curtains, and decor!
Let’s start here at the TV. and work our way around the room, mmmkay? I’m in love with ladders and like to use them in our decor around the house. (Check out this ladder we made for our bathroom.) We found this old beauty at a garage sale.
In the corner, we placed our old slipper chair. A few months ago, I gave it a makeover and I must say it is still looking pretty good!
The piano was my Mom’s. I was lucky enough to inherit this instrument and now our daughter is learning to play some beautiful music on it. It is such a sentimental piece, but to be honest, I hate the color of the wood stain. However, I’m not brave enough to paint or re-stain for fear of ruining it, so like this, it will stay.
To try and tone down the color of the piano and brighten the area, I like to add shades of white and cream, such as the faux sheepskin, books, and candles. For balance I added two DIY topiaries and my favorite magnolia wreath adorns the mirror above.
Our couch has definitely taken a beating over the years and you can tell. However, it is still super comfy and perfect for movie night. And when it gets dirty, we can just pull the cover off and wash it. Since we have kids, pets, and light colored furniture, slipcovers are a must!
My favorite pillows right now are still the fun ones from my friend Kendra at Linen & Ivory. She has so many amazing options to choose from and pretty much all of them can be mixed and matched.
Don’t you just love tulips? I think they are some of the prettiest, yet simple, flowers. These actually aren’t real, even though they look fairly convincing. I found them online for super cheap. (Purchase your own here!)
Finishing up this room decor tour is a photo of the view from our living space into our entry, which are basically the same room, just sectioned off by a big ol’ armchair.
So what do you think of our living room? As of right now, we really don’t have a lot of plans for this space, besides maybe some paint at some point. But we aren’t in any hurry with that. *wink*
Did you miss a room in the series? Click below to check out each room.
Entry | Kitchen | Living Room | Bedrooms
Stay tuned next week for BEDROOMS! If you liked our living room, then you should definitely click over and stop by to see these other living spaces.
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Kitchen Happenings: Room by Room Summer Series Week Two
Today kicks off week two of the Room by Room Summer Series and this week we are dealing with the kitchen. (Last week I shared our entry. Click here to view that post.) It is time to head to the heart of the home, we meals and memories are made. Check out the latest kitchen happenings at The Country House.
Kitchens are always fun to work on because it can make a such a huge impact on the look and feel of a home. However, our kitchen hasn’t changed too much from when we moved in. It is still pretty plain, but we plan to fancy it up in the coming months. That is, once our budget allows.
Here is the kitchen when we first moved in.
We’ve painted some trim and the doors, which has really really brightened up the space. We also added some new pretty door hardware and replaced the faulty oven with a temporary garage sale find.
To add a little farmhouse flair, we painted the peninsula/bar area and framed out an X along the front with 1″x 4″s.
And of course, we installed new flooring.
There is still so much we hope to do to this room! Let’s do a rundown of our to-do list:
- Paint the cabinets
- Add cabinet hardware
- Replace the light fixtures
- Paint the walls
- Buy new appliances
- Make a space in the pantry to hide the microwave
- Redo the counter-tops
Did you miss a room in the series? Click below to check out each room.
Entry | Kitchen | Living Room | Bedrooms
Dont’ forget to stop by and visit the links below for more kitchen before/afters, tips, and to-do lists from the other amazing home decor bloggers in this series!
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Entry Evolution: Room by Room Summer Series Week One
Summer is in full swing around our house and I think I’m finally getting into a groove. It is a good thing too, because my friend Amy from My Life From Home is hosting a new Room By Room Summer Series that I’m super excited to be joining. Each week, bloggers will share a space in their home and talk about what they’ve done, would like to do, or tips decorating for that area. Our first week is all about the entry of the home. Check out our Farmhouse Entry Evolution!
If you are new to the blog, WELCOME!
My name is Erin and I live with my handy husband and two crazy kids in the middle of nowhere, aka, the country. We’ve been in our fixer upper for a little over a year now and it is slowly, but surely becoming our home. Let’s step inside!
{Modern Farmhouse Decor Finds For Under $100}Last year, I posted a tour of before photos of The Country House, which included this pic below of our living room and front door entrance. BLAH! It really needed some help, so with a little paint and new flooring, we were able to give it a fresh new look.
TA-DA! Painting the trim and doors white really brightened the space up! Also, back in February my husband, Chris, redid all of the floors in our home. {Learn more about our floors here.} Adding some fun decorative and functional pieces to the space helped define it as more of a separate area from our living room.
The black console table was a piece we scored years ago on Craigslist. On top of the table are a few decor items we love. The vintage typewriter belonged to my maternal grandmother and the white milk glass piece was my paternal grandmother’s. Underneath, we placed two storage ottomans from Ikea which hold shoes and also serve as video gaming stools for the kids.
The big ol’ cable spool clock was something that I whipped up a few years ago and a piece we still love to this day. Even though it doesn’t function as a proper clock, it is always a conversation piece when people come to visit.
The boxwood wreath on our coat closet gets moved back and forth from the front door during inclement weather. I just love green wreaths and how they can dress up a space.
It may look like this space is finished (or maybe not), but we still have a few changes we would eventually like to make.
Here’s what we are thinking:
- Paint Doorbell Box.
- Replace almond outlet/switchplate/thermostat.
- Paint the wall, although we have yet to decide on a color.
With my tendencies to change things up on a whim, who knows how this space will look when it is finished! Or if it ever will be finished. *WINK*What do you think of our entry? I’ll be back next week with another room in our summer series: THE KITCHEN. Make sure to come back and check it out. In the meantime, you won’t want to miss these fun and creative entrys below!
What do you think of our entry?
I’ll be back next week with another room in our summer series: THE KITCHEN. Make sure to come back and check it out. In the meantime, you won’t want to miss these fun and creative entrys below!
Did you miss a room in the series? Click below to check out each room.
Entry | Kitchen | Living Room | Bedrooms
