The Master Suite

I figured it is time to get my butt into design gear and start doing some finishes on the inside of our fixer upper.

Lately, I have been slightly unmotivated to decorate our house. Partly because I just don’t know what I really want to do and I look at a lot of my old stuff and its just stuff. I did have a lot of family photos around our old house and now I look at all of those picture frames and I don’t want to put them anywhere. Anyways, I need to get moving… onto the Master Suite.

Besides our kitchen, this room has also made some dramatic changes from the original floor plan.

Here is where we started…

A lot to take in (especially wood paneling) but a ton of potential. Once again, the first thing we saw and loved was the view of our backyard. We absolutely love standing in our room and no matter what window we were looking out, we are surrounded by beautiful trees and a mixture wildlife.

Where to start? First thing, we did was clean everything out and make a big open rectangular space by taking the walls out from four rooms. The small den, 2 closets, a water closet, a couple of feet from the family room and the existing bedroom. This is where the floor plan got tricky. You would think it would be easy to figure out the floor plan but trying to plan a spacious room around 8 big windows and current plumbing is slightly tricky.

Here is our fixer upper’s Master Suite today.

I decided to place our bed between the two windows. It just felt like it made sense for the bed to go there. Jason wanted the bed to be on a different wall but sorry Jason, I won 😘. We had our bed custom made 8 years ago and I still love it – so it stays. I do want to change our bedding and add some more pillows but that will take some time. Slowly easing into it – remember.

Here is our view that we fell in love with. Our contractor recommended switching out the 4 casement style windows to 1 big picture window and a double hung window on either side. So glad he did – thank you Tim! The window bench is covering the radiators from our boiler system and I still plan on making a cushion and adding lots of pillow on top of it. The drapes are custom panels that I got through my mom. For those of you who don’t know, that is my Mom’s business. I love the black accents added to the room from the fabric, the rod and the window bench!

I used a barn door for our entrance and I love the look! We have a had our dresser and night stands for awhile and I don’t love them but I don’t hate them. It is not worth changing out and spending money on. They are staying. But after looking at this picture, I need some stuff on that dresser!

Here is closer look at our windows and coverings. I’m in love with my fabric choices!! Instead of blinds, I chose a Hunter Douglas custom roman shade. These shades are amazing and do a great job keeping the sun out but letting light in. Plus using fabric on the windows instead of wood gives the room some warmth. Jason and I decided on putting chunky moldings around all of our windows and doors. I love all the ledges on them.

Our Master Bathroom…

We decided on an 8ft double vanity sink with white and grey quartz countertops. Simple.

I utilized another barn door going into the walk-in closet. The door is always shut since it is slightly messy. I have my jewelry collection all over the floor. I still need to hang all of it up. I had it all displayed in my last closet and it was the best thing I did.

We did not put a tub in but an oversized shower was a must. We love the rain shower function in the middle.

Here is some of the hardware up close. I did do a combo of metals in the bathroom, using both pewter gold and oil rubbed bronze.

Our bathroom tile is all white but with different textures and patterns. I love using white tile! I can bleach the hell out of it and just feels and smells clean.

Frank also shares this space at night with us. We get to listen to him snore all night long or Jason and I can now blame our snoring on Frank 😂.

I know it takes time to make a house a home but slowly we are getting there and it is starting to feel like our new home. Finally!

Love ya, Lisa