It’s good to remember where you’ve come from. That goes for bedroom makeovers too, especially when it’s taken a few years, like 3 years to complete. This picture below isn’t my finished master bedroom makeoverr, it’s the interim makeover.
I was happy with my master bedroom for a while, decorating it was on my to do list, but not at the top. Until you guys, my friends and readers said you wanted to see more decorating in my December readers survey. Let me say it now, thank you for the motivation!
I decided I couldn’t show you what it looks like today, until I showed you the real before pictures.
Real as in when we moved into the project house.
Our project house has been no small task. It’s taken time, love and plenty of vision to transform it into a home we could be proud of.
It’s easy to see how I was OK with status quo for the last year. Because this is what our master bedroom looked like for the first 2 years we lived in this house.
This is the glamor shot 🙂 Like that ceiling fan?
This make-shift closet was actually one of the doorways to our bedroom. The day we moved in, DH and I stood in this spot when he said “hmm, have you noticed we don’t have a door to our bedroom?” I turned the little hallway into a closet by closing it off.
In the 1950’s rooms were small, especially Florida beach houses. None of our furniture from our big house in Texas fit. We had to make do with what we could make work knowing we had plans to add a master bathroom and a big remodel in the near future.
How many people have an outside door inside the house? Are you loving those floors?
You’re looking at a few “before” pictures of projects ,my damask dresser makeover, rustic coastal chair makeover and coastal bathroom cabinet makeover in this picture 🙂
A window sill didn’t come with the room.
These pictures will never be pinned (please don’t!). It’s not one of my best posts, but since we are all friends, I had to share.
I ran across theses pictures as I was working on the big reveal of our master bedroom makeover, and made a last minute judgement call to share the “true” before pictures before sharing what my room looks like today. I’m proud of how far we’ve come. Sometimes, the day to day steps of remodeling a project house become overwhelming. Looking back on where we’ve started makes me realize how far we’ve truly come.
It’s a house the day you move in, it take time, love and work to make it a home:)
Vanessa D. says
It’s not the worst bedroom I’ve ever seen, but I can certainly see why you wanted to update it.
Wendi says
How fun Vanessa, you found my early stages photos! I may not have shown where part of the tile was missing from the floors in this room too. Probably not the worst room you’ve ever seen, but pretty funky for sure! The house has come a long way since then, I love seeing the old pictures, sometimes I forget how many DIY projects have gone into making this place home:) Thanks for your note & the nice reminder of how far we’ve come:) Have a great day!
Mary-the boondocks blog says
This is what usually happens, we take care of the common use rooms first and leave our bedrooms for last. I’m looking forward to the big reveal Wendi!
Wendi says
We DO Mary! My room was full of undone projects and decorating “leftovers”. These photos are brutal arent they? I think it’s important for others to see that we all start somewhere…in our case “somewhere” was pretty rough:)
Patty says
I hope you find your glasses before you have to leave to come home.
I’m so glad you showed us the before pictures (I promise I didn’t pin it). I can’t wait for the big reveal, I just know it will be so beautiful.
Now think where did you last have your glasses?
Wendi says
Oh My gosh Patty, I have no idea! We’ve searched everywhere! I returned home without them so guess I’ll be off to order a new pair today 🙁 The before pictures were awful, but it was good to remember where I started:)
DancingMooney says
I’ve been feeling this way about our house lately… we’ve lived here almost 8 years and still have a list of to-dos, and to-finish’s… I love seeing your before shots, can’t wait to see the after!
Wendi says
Janell, I feel your pain! I look around my house often and think the same thing about no baseboards and see lots more things that still need to be finished:( That’s part of the reason I shared the awful photos. I hope it was encouraging. At the time, it felt like I’d never get a finished bedroom. It’s a process, sometimes longer than we’d like.