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The Flip: Staging Sources for the Master Bedroom

January 18, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 10 Comments

Thanks for your awesome feedback about the master bedroom! Staging it was a fun project to tackle since I kind of got to pretend like it was my own home and add in some things that I’ve been lusting after, like the upholstered headboard and frame. (I want to steal it!!)

Here are the sources we used for staging (with links where possible and while they last):

upholstered and tufted queen-sized bed frame – World Market, Draper Upholstered Headboard in Oatmeal (P.S. I just saw that furniture is on sale up to 50% off at World Market until the 23rd!)
duvet cover & shams – Pottery Barn, Grand Embroidered Duvet Cover & Shams in Porcelain Blue
8 x 10 blue chenille rug – Pottery Barn, Chenille Mat in Porcelain Blue
tray-topped nightstands – Overstock, Tray Top Bunching Table Set (actually end tables that are part of a set along with the coffee table seen here)
silver-based lamps – Home Goods
starburst mirror – Michael’s, Christmas present from my mom
zebra pillow – Bed Bath & Beyond, Safari Animal Zebra Printed Placemat in Brown, DIY’ed into a pillow (see below)
pendant with drum shade (not pictured, but you can see it here) – Overstock, Indoor 6-Light Classic Chrome/White Shade Chandelier
greek key sheet set (not pictured) – Garden Ridge
duvet insert – Ikea, from my home

And here’s all I needed to make that cute little zebra pillow out of the placemat I scored from Bed Bath & Beyond for only $3.99:

That’s just the placemat, a seam ripper, fabric glue and some pillow stuffing – talk about an easy project! (If you’re interested, click here for another post where I DIY’ed some placemats and napkins into pillows using a sewing machine instead of fabric glue.)

Anyhoo, that’s it for the staging sources! If I left anything out or you have any questions, hit me up in the comments!

The Flip: The Master Bedroom, Then & Now

January 17, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 28 Comments

So far we’ve toured the great room, dining room, laundry room, and the jack ‘n jill bathroom – next up is the master bedroom!

Here’s how it looks now after a few tweaks and some staging:

And here’s how it looked when we bought it at the end of September:

The room is a great size and had a vaulted ceiling, so that was a great starting point. In addition to new paint, crown molding, bamboo floors and a few other upgrades, we also closed off two doorways – the sliding doors leading to the enclosed patio (which has since become part of the great room) and a door to the master closet (there is another entrance through the bathroom so the second door was overkill). Closing off the doorways gave the room a lot more usable wall space, which I always think is a great thing!

Here are a few more shots of the finished master bedroom:

How’d it turn out?

The Flip: The Jack ‘n Jill Bathroom, Then & Now

January 11, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 22 Comments

And the before and after tour of the flip continues! (These links will take you to tours of the great room and dining room.)

There are 3 full bathrooms in this house – the one that you’re going to see in this post is pretty important as it adjoins two of the bedrooms (a.k.a. jack ‘n jill bath) and also serves as the guest bathroom for the house.

Here’s how the jack ‘n jill bathroom turned out after we spiffed it up with a smorgasbord of travertine and a fancy chevron patterned tile floor:

And here’s how the jack ‘n jill bathroom used to look:

Ah, a 1970s classic. Even though the existing tile was in great shape, it was avocado green and therefore had to go. The wallpaper, counter top, sliding shower door and existing fixtures also got the boot. In their place came crisp white subway tile, mexican noce travertine, accents in a glass and marble mosaic tile, and new fixtures including a dual flush toilet. We also decided to have the demo guys remove the doorway/wall that separated the vanity from the shower/toilet area to get rid of that choppy feeling.

And now it’s time for the gratuitous “after” shots. :)

( Recognize this tile? That’s right, it’s extra tile left over from the glass and marble backsplash we did at the first flip! )

( These built-ins were originally a cabinet with doors, etc. – but it was accidentally torn out during demo. Whoops! When it was re-built, we decided that open shelving was the way to go – I envision lots of baskets and rolled towels. )

( My next house will have a chevron patterned tile floor like this one – it makes me swoon every time I see it!! Three cheers for our tile guy, he did a fab job. )