The Housework Isn't Getting Done: armoire

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Master Bedroom

I've done a couple of posts about things in my bedroom, but I wanted to do a post and show you the whole room. Now, I don't have anything on the walls yet, but here's a look at it so far.

The rocking chair may look familiar from this post.

You've seen the cedar chest and jewelry armoire on a previous post too.

#millsnewhouse, master bedroom, bed scarf, bed runner

I made this bed scarf out of a whole piece of cloth, appliqued the monogram, and machine quilted it.

#millsnewhouse, master bedroom, whole cloth quilt

This is my beautiful whole cloth quilt that my 89-year-old mother hand quilted. There are a lot of stitches! I think she used six spools of quilting thread. She and I marked it together using some old quilting stencils from my mom and my grandma (and some new ones too.) I'm so pleased to have this "instant heirloom" in my home.

#millsnewhouse, master bedroom, nightstand

I did a separate post about this little chest that I use as a nightstand. This is a much better picture of the final product.

#millsnewhouse, master bedroom, chandelier

I love my chandelier! I have a smaller matching one in the master bath. Oh and, you may have noticed we don't have the trim on this window yet.

#millsnewhouse, master bedroom, headboard

I wanted a tufted headboard. (I do a lot of reading in bed and wanted the padding.) I planned to make one myself but found a good deal that I couldn't pass up on this one at wayfair.com.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Two for the Master Bedroom

I should have posted this one first, because it was my first chalk paint experience. This one I sealed with wax, not polyacrylic like the others.

In the New House

I also wanted a soft bench for the end of my bed, so I decided to embellish an old cedar chest I had. I used a piece of an old memory foam mattress topper I had and some navy blue and white fabric. Get out the staple gun, and that's all there is to it!

Before and After

I finished the underside edge and covered the staples by gluing on ribbon.

I ended up not putting it at the end of the bed -- made the room look too heavy on that side. So it's against the wall, next to the armoire. A nice place to sit to put on your socks...

#millsnewhouse Cedar Chest bench and chalk painted armoire

And that empty wall above it? It's driving me crazy, but I haven't been inspired yet. More to come...