Shabby Bedroom Makeover

This is a picture of my old bedroom. I've recently moved all those red, gold & purple pillows to the couch in my office where they are feeling much more at home. In my attempt to move toward all things Cottage style, we painted our new bedroom Wedgewood Gray.
And we redid our curtains. They are black toile/black and white gingham. Guess what? Wedgewood Gray is one of the Pottery Barn Spring 2010 colors. Guess who got the big head.

So this is how my bedroom looked Monday of this week. Sorry for the unmade bed, the sheets were in the wash. The lamps on my dresser were not working for me anymore in this room. Neither were my gold lamps on our nightstands.

So, I told those sweet gold lamps outside and slapped them with a few coats of white paint which you'll see in later photos if you look closely.

I taped the cord down so it would not get white paint on them. Good thinking, eh?

Yesterday I read an article on breaking up sets of furniture to create visual impact. SO, out went Shane's nightstand and in went a small table and a wicker rocker. I cleared off the dresser with the stuff that wasn't fitting the look I was going for and they have a new home. Pictures of their new home to come tommorow.

These are wedding pictures propped up against the mirror. I found a silver charger and placed white candles on it.

I dreamed about my new white lamps last night. I was in Hobby Lobby and saw white lamps with black animal print on the base and a blue and white striped shade. I'm thinking of painting the shades white with blue stripes. Can I do that?

So, I'm dying for garage sale season to start but for now, I worked with what I had. Took out what wasn't working and rummaged the house for new ideas. It is starting to take shape. The best thing is, this is now a room I want to be in. Those people in Better Homes & Garden were right, taking a night stand out and putting something different in made a huge difference.