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A brand new 12 months, a brand new venture in our home! We’re nonetheless working away on our bed room (I shared a little sneak peek lately and I’ll have extra to share quickly). However I’m additionally excited to start out turning my consideration to different areas upstairs this 12 months, after focusing totally on the principle ground for the previous few years.
Our upstairs is the Cosy, two bedrooms and two bogs, however I’ll speak about these different rooms individually.
The Cosy
The Cosy…that is the room that stole my coronary heart probably the most once we first noticed this home after which purchased it 4 years in the past.
It’s been a comfy, multipurpose house the place my husband and I loosen up on the finish of day by day—we watch exhibits, my husband does puzzles, it’s a spot the place we will work or write, and it additionally doubles as a visitor room. It holds a few of my workplace issues, a number of craft provides…it’s actually a room that has at all times been slightly little bit of every thing.
What I plan to do upstairs this 12 months would be the simpler, extra reasonably priced tasks—no main renovation proper now—however I’m nonetheless very excited. Actually, smaller, easier tasks are my favourite.
One huge enchancment we did make upstairs through the renovation: we eliminated the carpet from the entire second ground and added new hardwoods all through. That basically made every thing really feel so a lot better.
Through the years, I’ve thought of all types of prospects for this room—how one can use it, how one can furnish it, and how one can make it work higher. And I’ve determined probably the most sensible plan is to maintain the format much like what we have now now and make a number of easy modifications that refresh each the texture and the operate.
A notice concerning the temper board:
Contemplate the preliminary temper board beneath the “the place we’re beginning” level—with what we have already got—not the completed design of the room! We start making choices on what to maintain or something we wish to change out ranging from what we have now proper now.
The plan for this 12 months (and the 2 new daybeds!)
I’m presently awaiting supply of those two lovable trundle daybeds, which we’ll use as a substitute of the one single rattan twin daybed we have now now (plus the double mattress on this room). I feel this can make the Cosy a lot extra useful because the daybeds double as seating—and with trundles this offers us three extra mattresses obtainable for a complete of 4, plus the double mattress nook! It’s not an enormous room however this association means the room can comfortably work for a complete household, and nonetheless be versatile for teenagers or good friend teams.
I’ve seen nice opinions from individuals who purchased the identical beds. They’re so reasonably priced and are available in different colours, too. The colour we ordered is known as brown, however there are different colours I liked too.
By the best way, should you’re interested in how I make adorning choices (or wrestle with making them!) I’m sharing the precise course of I exploit to convey each room collectively in my Room Recipe Workshop. I’ve a lot to say concerning the worth of this intentional method—particularly how one can use what you have already got and really feel assured in your choices once you do purchase one thing—that I turned it right into a 5-week video workshop so I may help you do it, too. Study extra right here.
What I’ve completed already (or determined thus far):
- We began the 12 months by rearranging furnishings between rooms so we may be sure that we had every thing in the precise locations.
- I additionally introduced in certainly one of our white rattan chairs (longtime followers would possibly keep in mind these from earlier properties!). I’ve needed to make use of these on this home someplace ever since we moved in.
- The rattan chairs positively want contemporary paint, they usually’ll want new cushions and covers (we don’t have the seat cushions anymore). If we hold them right here, I feel slightly refresh may make them actually enjoyable—possibly one, possibly each. They’ve at all times been comfy, and I like that they’re straightforward to maneuver round and never as cumbersome as different chairs.
- We acquired a brand new slipcover for our sofa awhile again—it’s the mineral blue in natural cotton.
- And we ordered the two daybeds which is able to arrive this weekend — we love the lovable scalloped design! I like the basic gingham, the beds really feel timeless and add slightly whimsy, which is enjoyable at a seashore home! I’m certain our grandkids (present and future!) will take pleasure in this room and the daybeds, too.
Plus…I’ve an ideal concept for the place to place our present rattan daybed, so keep tuned for that!
Subsequent Up:
- I’ll be clearing every thing off the bookshelves and beginning contemporary.
- We’ll be portray the room.
- I’m nonetheless undecided on the rug (or rugs), so keep tuned for that too!
Heaps extra choices forward for this room (and our different visitor room), however I’m excited to share because the upstairs evolves this 12 months.
