Lippy Stuff

My friend, E, created a Polyvore for our bedroom makeover.

We're making over our bedroom, furniture, bedding, decor and all. I've been planning this makeover for quite a while and I'm very excited to finally see it come together. We'll be painting the walls Behr Dark Granite (sorry, I can't link to the color because their entire site is flash - annoying) and the trim Behr Ultra White.

I purchased this duvet cover from West Elm after picking the pieces of my design soul off the floor when CB2 discontinued their Djerba line without notice and I had to revamp my entire design plan.


Currently our furniture consists of a mish-mash of cheap Ikea items, some my parents bought me when I moved to Austin ages ago and some we bought after we got married and realized that one dresser wouldn't cut it. We are replacing all of our furniture as part of this makeover, and I have challenged myself to find both a chest and 6-9 drawer mid century dresser for under $500. It's proving to be much harder than I thought, mostly because all the cheap awesome pieces are taken by people who apparently have nothing better to do but sit around all day and snipe beautiful furniture off Craigslist. There is a special place in hell for those people. Also, I might be a little bitter.

Any-who, I did find a sweet Danish mid century chest thanks to my friend, E, who graciously sacrificed her own desires to own this piece so I could have it. I am eternally grateful. It has so much storage capacity I was able to fit all of my non-work clothes into it so Matt could move his hanging clothes from the office/guest closet to the closet in our room. We are really learning how to live in a house with tiny closets, and high storage capacity furniture is the key. I promise to post a picture of it when our bedroom isn't in shambles.

We will be replacing our current bed with this Ikea Mandal bed and painting it entirely white:

This will add even more storage to the room. Yay! Matt will also be building a box (I'm pretty sure I told him this) like the one in this picture to go over the bed since we can't do bedside tables with the storage bed, also painted white.


And the sunburst beauty pictured at the top will be above the bed. I'm really stoked to get all of this going, and I'll post pictures as changes start happening. In the mean time, what would your dream bedroom makeover consist of?

I'm not going to lie...I'm glad 2010 is over. Could it have been worse? Yes. Could it have been better? Definitely.

The most significant challenge of 2010 was Abi. First, dealing with her illness; then having to decide her departure; and finally, mourning the loss of one of my best friends and the close of a season of my life. I hope to not have to endure one of those challenges again for a very long time.

2010 definitely had its highlights. Notably 1) Muse at ACL Fest:



2) our trip to New England in the fall:



and finally, 3) we welcomed Bosco into our lives:



I'm looking forward to 2011 with a few goals:

1. Get involved with Urban Roots.

2. Start & finish our bedroom remodel, the only room in our house that hasn't been touched since we moved in over 2 years ago.

3. Visit a continent and/or country neither Matt nor myself have visited (likely South America or Costa Rica).

4. Travel with friends (I think I'm going to need more vacation time).

5. Complete a 50 mile ride on my bike.

6. Run a half marathon.

7. A super secret goal that can't be shared here ;)

I hope to look back on this year with a sense of accomplishment. Happy New Year to you and yours, and may you achieve more than you ever imagined this year.