Builder-Grade Bedroom Makeover
When I moved into my house, it was a brand-spanking new builder-grade house. I loved the "new" part (everything worked!) but hated the builder-grade finishes...so started my quest to makeover every room in the house. One of the first rooms I did was the master bedroom (mostly because it didn't require a lot of money to make it look a lot better...and having just bought a house, I didn't have much money left).
The room started as a standard builder-grade room, painted with beige paint, beige carpet on the floor, and no architectural details.
I have always loved blue and white toile, and decided to re-do the room in those colors. It no longer feels like a builder grade room!
I started with paint...Periwinkle blue on the walls and a gingham pattern on the ceiling (which also hides the look of the popcorn ceiling).
Then I added moldings on the wall and installed wallpaper in the middle for a DIY panel look.
A canopy bed with toile sheers add romance to the bedroom.
Swing arm lamps attached to the wall save space on the bedside tables. A Paris print and mini-chandelier add to the romantic French atmosphere.
Toile accessories and pillows add a finishing touch.
The final room no longer feels like a builder grade house!
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WOW! Love it!
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How did you paint the ceiling without the "popcorn" falling off?? I have heard it can't get wet!It will come off. I have Black and white Toile in my quest bedroom and love it..
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@Linda Holland Hi Linda...I used a paint sprayer to paint the ceiling first with the background color (one of the professional ones that you can rent from Home Depot), and that seemed to keep the popcorn stuck up there. Maybe the sprayer puts on a thinner coat of paint so the popcorn doesn't get as wet? Once you have the base coat on there, putting more layers of paint on top of it seems to work fine. I have tried using a roller to put on the first coat of paint (on another project) and it is a mess...bits of popcorn come off in the roller and fall on the floor, and it's hard to get the paint in all of the little popcorn grooves...so I won't be doing that again :)
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