Project: Second Bedroom Redux – Results!

Ta da!

Problem 1: Depressing wall color – solved!  Due to my sub-par digital camera and the unfortunate lack of natural light on a cloudy Boston afternoon, the wall color proved  very difficult to photograph.  The color we chose is a light, bright green - Celery Sprig by Behr:

Problem 2: Less than thrilling Ikea curtain panels – solved!  This is really more like what I originally had in mind for this room.  The panels we had were just too chopped up.  I love the soft, clean feel of this curtain wall:

Problem 3: The positioning of the bed – solved!  The bed is now against the wall opposite the windows, with room to get in and out on either side, so no one has to crawl to get into bed.  Lesson learned: when you put a queen size bed in a roughly 11′x11′ room, don’t try to hide it – embrace it.

This area needs some finishing touches:

The wall looks very yellow above, though the bedding color is accurate – go figure.  I am currently at a loss on throw pillow colors…waiting for inspiration.

Here’s the view from the bed in its new spot:

I’ll be covering the open back of the bookshelf (same one we had – just laid on its side!) with some cute fabric, so you won’t be able to see through it (example of a similar idea here).

Bookshelf detail:

Problem 4: Giant-ass desk – solved! As you may recall, our old desk was a table top and legs from Ikea’s Vika line. For $20, I was able to get the same table top in a smaller size. We stashed the old, big top in the basement of our apartment house in case we ever find use for it again. The smaller desk provided more flexibility for the floor plan, making the new furniture arrangement possible!

Thus concludes my Second Bedroom Birthday Makeover project!  I will of course delight you with photos of the finishing details as they come together. 

I’m overall really pleased with the final effect for the amount of effort and money the Acountant and I put into this project.  We spent less than $200 (and our incredible landlord actually reimbursed us for paint), and I feel like we have a whole new room.