J Hegland Home: Master Bedroom Reveal : Phase I

We finally finished our master bedroom and I am loving it! It took a lot of changes and some quick DIY but we are DONE. I don't think I've ever fully finished a room so I am so excited to share with you all the hard work we put in this last month so I'm going to just jump right in. First, let me take you back to what we started with originally...

when we first moved in

about a week ago

We started things off with a new duvet. We have a queen sized bed but the Ikea queen sized duvet we had previously was just too small. Zack and I were in constant battle at night and I couldn't take it anymore. Originally we were going to just buy another of the same but I feel like the Ikea one is overplayed now and I didn't want the same thing as everyone else. So, we were walking around Target in Apple Valley and I saw this one and I fell in love. It keeps with the same style as the other one but is much lighter and has a little bit of a different style on the pillows and around the opening for the comforter. I waited for it to go on sale for memorial day and I snagged a king size for just $75. Then we grabbed this affordable down alternative comforter from Target to fill it. We are so in love. Its so fluffy and big! No more freezing at night for me !

So after we got the duvet squared away I was searching for a nice, simple rug and ran across this one at Target, it was also on sale for memorial day and after a little google search for a coupon code it was an additional $5 off so I snagged it for just $60. It has a subtle chevron pattern and is just the perfect shade of beige to really bring out the headboard and linen pillows. Definitely a great purchase.

The other piece that we grabbed was for more purpose than just pretty. One of our pups, Soko, is getting older and is having some back problems and can no longer jump onto the bed, she will try but cant make it anymore and it was really making me feel bad. She doesn't sleep with us every night [shes the independent type] so we discussed just making her sleep in her own bed from now on but our other pup sleeps with us nightly and we wanted Soko to have the option too, so we settled on a bench. Its lower to the ground and easier for her to jump on to make it to the bed, added bonus that its cute. I grabbed it off craigslist for just $20. It still had the original sticker from Kirklands for $129.99 and a "clearance" sticker for $99.99, but it was hideous. Here's the pic from the ad.

The legs were chipped and scratched and the fabric was dingy and worn. Totally worth the money though because I was able to easily sand down and re-stain the legs [with sandpaper and stain from my stash] and for $10 in fabric I was able to recover it, added some leftover nail head trim from another project last year and voila! A brand new bench for $30. Cant even build one for that price.

The last item on our list was the nightstands. We chose the Ikea Tarva three drawer dressers for added storage. I have seen so many tutorials on Pinterest where people made theses dressers over so I knew Zack and I could customize them to our taste easily. They are $79.99 at Ikea and worth every penny. [you can get yours here] This is how it looked after assembly.

Then we added lath pieces [found in the fencing isle at Home Depot $0.52 each].

Finally we stained with my go to stain: Minwax English Chestnut and finished with a whitewash. These are by far my favorite thing in the room.
*For a tutorial on how to get this finish click here .