Before and After Series: Master Bedroom

We moved into our house in June 2003.  It is interesting to see how we have decorated the various rooms compared to the previous owners.
Here is the Master Bedroom during our home inspection:

There was either builder’s paint on the wall, or something very light.  The ceiling fan/light fixture was brass with black blades and not my style.  Window treatments were lace shades and mauve drapes.
My first concern was to “camouflage” the pink mauve carpeting.  I thought that by bringing in bedding and window scarves in various colors including a hint of pink, I might accomplish this.  Most people say they didn’t even notice the carpet was pink until I pointed it out.  I’m still not thrilled with it!  But we may get our upstairs bedroom carpets replaced soon.
Here are some photos of the evolution of the room:

We painted the walls a light mossy color.  It was called “Brocade Cream”, not sure the manufacturer.  We also replaced the fan pretty early on with something more mission style.  We had our own furniture but did purchase the sleigh bed a couple of years ago.
Early this year…


Recently I was inspired by HGTV’s 2010 dream home to bring in some teal/aqua and to lighten things up a little.  Not sure if I have too many colors going on here, but it’s ok for now.

I brought in the blues by making some pillow shams for the bed and a toss pillow for my grandfather’s rocking chair from some fabric from an inexpensive drapery panel I found at Target.

I found this sort of Pottery Barn-ish cream coverlet and Euro-sham covers at Homegoods.  And the chair pad below on clearance at Pier One.

The blue plate off in the distance here was found at Homegoods also.

As most things, it is a work in progress.  But for now, it is great for us the way it is.

Cutest Couple

Jason and Ella went on an Adventure Princesses campout recently where they won the title "Cutest Couple". When they came home with this photo, I could see why they won!

I have another post ready to go in LiveWriter, but it is not letting me upload it. I'll see if I can get it to work soon.

Key West (4th and final Part) and Actually NOT Key West, but the Everglades

On our way back to Ft. Lauderdale, we enjoyed another lovely drive back up the Keys (with occasional mild rain) in the convertible.  We stopped at an AMAZING seafood buffet called Whale Harbor in Islamorado.  A must go if you are ever in the Keys!

Once on the mainland we took a slight detour to take in as much of the Florida Everglades National Park as possible (which was about 1 and 1/2 trails).  We were able to stop for a decent amount of time at one area where we observed some pretty amazing wildlife.  And no, this is not a zoo, it is a national park.

We were a little surprised to see this “large cat” crossing sign.  We did not see any large cats however.

We did see beautiful birds, like this snowy egret.

Interesting birds like this “snake bird”.

Air plants.

One turtle.

 

And lots of alligators.

This guy looked so relaxed.

It’s alligator naptime!

I was so excited to see all of this wildlife in its natural environment and it was a nice cap to the end of our trip.  It is the last thing I hope I remember happening on that trip because after that we drove in torrential rain and dealt with all kinds of traffic detours.  The good news is that we did make it in time for our flight and made it home safely.  Until next time!