{"id":428,"date":"2012-05-11T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T19:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/?p=428"},"modified":"2013-09-13T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T21:58:58","slug":"brainstorming-our-bedroom-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/2012\/05\/11\/brainstorming-our-bedroom-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainstorming our bedroom makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in my post about our bedroom<\/a> that I was hoping to sell our current dresser\/nightstand and replace with something that fit the room a bit better. I am not sure when we’ll have the finances to do this, but it’s fun to brainstorm.<\/p>\n

As a refresher, here are the pictures of our bedroom as it stands currently:
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\n\"Nightstand,<\/a>
\nI want to get rid of the dresser\/mirror, the nightstands on either side of our bed, the other nightstand, and probably get a headboard as well. I think a nice rug would complement our room well, and we definitely need to think about window coverings\/new blinds. Those would be father in the future, of course.<\/p>\n

After checking out all the dressers in Ikea, I think this is the one I want (the HEMNES 8-drawer dresser<\/a>):
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I also like the matching nightstand (the HEMNES chest with 2 drawers<\/a>):
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There is also a matching headboard that I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t have strong opinions on the subject. I’ll have to be creative about replacing the mirror, but Ikea has a lot of fun options.<\/p>\n

I really like all these pieces in white, but I don’t know how well it would match our walls. They are a very, very light blue\/gray color – they look white in pictures. I love their color, but it wouldn’t be enough contrast to white furniture. I have two options… One, paint the walls of the room to a darker color – perhaps the same blue\/gray but darker? I don’t mind doing this, but it does add another cost to the room.<\/p>\n

The other option is to get different color furniture. The HEMNES dresser and nightstand come in three other colors:
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Unfortunately, the headboard only comes in white so I’d have to look for something else. I can’t decide which one I like best and will match our room. We have somewhat of a blue\/tan\/green theme going on, matching our quilt – I would probably continue with that color scheme.<\/p>\n

I need to find something for between the closets and door. If we put a piece of furniture there, it needs to be narrow – I am always hitting my leg on the corner of the current nightstand. We also need an easily activated light, since the switch on the wall works the overhead fan. I was thinking a floor lamp, but at the same time I would really like to have some places in our room that are out of reach of little hands. I could put shelves on the wall over the dresser – on either side of the mirror perhaps? I still need to think through our options for this.<\/p>\n

What ideas do you have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in my post about our bedroom that I was hoping to sell our current dresser\/nightstand and replace with something that fit the room a bit better. I am not sure when we’ll have the finances to do this, but it’s fun to brainstorm. As a refresher, here are the pictures of our bedroom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,32,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twentysixcats.com\/fromhoveltohome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}