"After" pictures of this bedroom were promised months ago.  Other projects, the garden, work schedules, and... well... the summer, kept pushing the shooting of the "after" photos to the bottom of the "To Do" list!  Excuses, excuses!  If you want to catch up on more of the "before..."



...and "during" work of this project, scroll back in the notebook blog a few months and you can see all the fun from start to finish!  Look back even further and you'll see the furniture being refinished, chair reholpolstered, and shutters painted.



This room is all about color and texture.  Come on in and take a look around! 



Farrow & Ball's "Drawing Room Blue" provides a bold backdrop to the space, while the beautiful refinished floors and a natural sisal rug ground it. 



A series of framed prints makes a bold statement.



The prints are vintage reproductions from a calendar...



...simply placed in custom-cut mats and then into inexpensive do-it-yourself frames. 



The sitting area features the chandelier that once hung in the dining room of our Mantua house.



The shuttered bay windows offers ample natural light...



...which is perfect for dendrobium orchids that call an old copper plant stand home.



Leftover fabric from the chair upholstering was sewn into a bolster for the bed.  On the wall over the headboard, a ceiling medallion...



...is the focal point.



It was painted the same color as the wall...



...allowing the texture to shine through while not detracting from the dominant picture wall.



Even the closet was made over with cedar lining and semi-custom storage unit.



Still on the "To Do" list:  Find art to fill two antique frames!

Looks great, dearest. Doesn't look [word redacted] at all! I don't know about the medallion being the focal point, though: with that bay window and chandelier...I think that gets my vote for focal point. The photos are beautiful, too. Love it!

This is gorgeous. I am impressed.