A serene, mini redo for the master bedroom

You might have heard me mention pour painting…. I've been severely addicted.  And especially with ocean scenes.  I'm so in love with them, that I decided I wanted them to be around me.

 

All around me.

 

So, I might have gotten a tiny, itty bitty, carried away with hanging them in the bedroom. (These 2 are 8×10)

(These two are 11×14)

See what I mean? I've hung 8 of them in sets of two.

I knew it was not a typical way to style a room, but I decided to go for it anyway.  They make me happy, they feel peaceful, and people who walk in to the space have said, that the room is really lightened up.

(I think I'll take down the mirror sitting on the built in cabinet behind the door) 

Frames were on sale at Hobby Lobby, and I took a cartful of paintings with me to see who fit into what for cheap.  I kind of chose the paintings I'd hang by how they fit into the frame and into the room, and by using a variety of sizes, not by choosing my favorites.  Although, they all are my faves….

And I decided to go all out.  If I was hanging a few, I might as well hang a bunch.  (Even though it is the same scene over and over, in different lights or sized canvases.)

Some frames needed to be painted white, some were already the right color.  I tried to get a variety of styles, to break up the sameness of the paintings inside them.

There was thought of keeping this large frame dark to go with the top of the chest, but after looking at it this way for a week, I felt like it was too heavy for the area, and slapped some white on it, then distressed the paint a little.

While I was going beachy, I thought I'd add some beach elements to the room.  Not too many, just a few mermaids and shells.

This chest of drawers is new, from the West Bottoms antique district. I shopped on an extremely hot day, and was trying to find the exactly perfect item to fit this wall.  Well, I thought I found it, a gorgeous, low chest with a giant, aged marble top.  But it was higher than my budget, and looked heavy. I decided indulge myself anyway, then as I was starting to pay for the thing, the salesclerk said, "Wow that is a big, heavy marble top!"

On a sweltering day in the warehouse district, when I was already exhausted, the mere thought of getting it into the truck, then out and into the house was too much for me. I think I was delirious from the heat and couldn't rationally think about trying to figure out the logistics of getting the monstrosity home.

I backed out on the purchase, and went for this smaller, much, much cheaper, fixer upper instead.  It was only $100, a nice shape, and just needed handles, and paint.  

Also, it weighed nothing compared to the other one.

The top was attractive, it simply needed wax and elbow grease to shine it up.  The base, I painted white and dry brushed with gray for a driftwood look.  I found handles at Hobby Lobby, just to discover I was two short, and they were discontinued. So I returned them and settled for repainting the shiny brass handles that originally came on it. Because I was too lazy to drill new holes and patch the old ones to make a different style of handles fit.

When done, it fit nicely, has the space I need, looks good in the room, and is pretty.  But you know what? Maybe I'd settled too much.  Wrong hardware, wrong piece.

 

I look at it and wish I had the gorgeous slab of dreamy, aged, marble that I was too worn out and drained from the unseasonably steamy day to deal with.

 

It's a good thing I have such a serene, peaceful bedroom to calm my buyer's remorse angst.  It is hard to be sad about a furniture screw up when I am embraced by walls filled with seascapes.

The seaside knick knacks were pulled from the cabinet in the bathroom, where they'd been on display previously.  So, the bathroom got a bit of a redo too. Some of the art work that had been in the bedroom was used in there, and I adjusted the shelves to hide any gaps from removing all of the shells.  

A grayed, aqua was already on the walls, and even though a fresh color of paint can really lift a room, I decided against changing it.  This color suits me well, and I'm not ready to move away from it. Even though another blue might blend better with the seascapes, I enjoy the contrast and didn't want it too matchy.

The results are pleasing, and refreshing.

If you'd like to learn how to do a poured paint seascape, I have a youtube video with directions. But please forgive the lack of editing. And take a dramamine before watching it.

Or check back to my Boutique later this week, when I get some ocean scenes photographed and listed for sale.

Here is the video.