DIY Cozy Cottage Impressed Predominant Bed room Makeover | Thrifty Decor Chick

A phenomenal DIY cottagecore impressed bed room transformation.

I gave our darkish bed room a lovely, cottage decor impressed makeover with a
bunch of enjoyable DIY initiatives!

We cherished how cozy it was, however I shortly realized the darkish grey was hindering
my decor decisions. I needed to brighten and neutralize the house, however did not
need to take away the wallpaper within the course of. 

So I needed to work with what I had — the wallpaper and chair rail I
put in a couple of years again. I really like all of our furnishings and the rug, so I knew
these would keep. 

Virtually all the pieces received new DIY/decor touches and oh my…this turned out to be
one among my favourite makeovers ever! 

Tongue and groove shiplap partitions 

I’ve slowly been changing the baseboards round the home, so I put in new
ones in right here whereas I used to be at it. 

I felt just like the chair rail nonetheless wanted one thing, so I later added a strip of
the backband trim (that I used on our windowsills in right here) to the highest of the
railing:

It was the proper of entirety! Try that linked tongue and groove
undertaking put up to see pics and extra particulars of that trim. 

Here is that very same spot now: 

New impartial/lighter drapes

Subsequent up was changing the darkish drapes. I’ve to have absolute DARKNESS once I
sleep, in order that they needed to be blackout curtains. 

This can be a little element I remembered from my adorning days…it provides a
little little bit of a customized contact to store- purchased drapes. 

The drapes made a HUGE distinction in right here! Let there be mild! 🙂 

I solely used one curtain on every window by the mattress, as an alternative of two like earlier than.
This undoubtedly “lightened” the room — all of that darkish material earlier than was
actually weighing it down.

Portray furnishings 

Subsequent up was the dresser makeover that I had been excited about for
years. I am keen on the strains of this classic dresser, however it had an
orangish tone that I did not take care of:

I additionally shared how I cleaned that brass {hardware} and made it shine once more. I
love that lovely inexperienced (Jasper by Sherwin-Williams) with the brass: 

Small DIY updates

The colour was mixing in an excessive amount of for my liking (and one among our cats LOVED
this material and destroyed it together with her claws), so I discovered a scrap of this cute
checked material at Calico Corners and recovered it once more: 

It is such a small factor, however it provides a lot character to this house! 

New cozy bedding

The entire DIYs took about 5 weeks to finish. The tongue and groove
therapy on the wall took the longest and was the most important expense, however made
the most important impression for positive. 

Here is a have a look at the room with the darkish grey accents earlier than: 

And this is that view now: 

One other earlier than and after of this dresser and TV wall: 

I attempted so as to add some coloration to this room earlier than, however it by no means felt proper: 

The room now, with
the Loloi rug
that I introduced up from the basement: 

It has inexperienced and somewhat little bit of blue in it and is SO beautiful. 

I added a white body round that paintings above the mattress to beef it up somewhat
bit…it appears to be like so a lot better: 

As you’ll be able to see…the cats LOVE this room. 😊 They’ve all the time napped in right here,
however accomplish that greater than ever now:

Listed here are a couple of extra random pics of the house: 

We love love LOVE the way it turned out. It is nonetheless as cozy as ever (so fairly
with the lights dimmed at evening!), but additionally contemporary and fairly. 

It turned out even higher than I imagined. I discover myself spending extra of my
day in right here…folding laundry or no matter. It is such a stunning room. 

I hope a few of these DIY concepts encourage you to attempt one in your house!

Here is a supply record of the objects in our bed room. Let me know if I forgot
something: