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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: Staging Sources for the Dining Room

January 10, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 15 Comments

Did you guys have a great weekend? We actually got snow here in Dallas, which was kind of exciting. The weather got all crazy right before our open house on Sunday, which we were pretty worried about, but somehow we still had a really great turn out!

Thanks for your awesome comments about the dining room! Here are the sources we used for staging (with links where possible and while they last).

chandelier – cb2, Lumen Pendant Lamp, no longer available (Ack! I just looked for it and it seems to have been discontinued – I was thinking of getting it for our home, so this kind of breaks my heart!)
dining table – Weir’s, local furniture store (has 2 leaves not pictured)
upholstered chairs – World Market, Marco Dining Chair in Surf (on sale)
striped rug – Pottery Barn, 8 x 10 Striped Cotton Mat in Blue (steal of the century!)
silver bowl/tray – Macy’s, Nambé “Uliveto” Bread Tray, wedding present, from my home
woven decorative balls – Home Goods