Master bedroom makeover before tour. I updated a boring bedroom with cheap furniture into a farmhouse master bedroom with a platform bed I built and a plank wall.
It’s April, that time of year for spring cleaning, yard work outdoors, and redesigning rooms! Yep, that’s right. I’m participating in Calling it Home’s One Room Challenge again this year, and I can’t wait to share my progress with you on our master bedroom.
After participating in the One Room Challenge twice last year, I realized something about myself. I have a major problem with finishing what I start, especially when it comes to room designs. I’ll start with a vague vision, and then see it through about halfway, and then leave it be for months, or years, justifying it to myself by saying, “Well, at least it’s better than it started. This will do.”
The only rooms I haven’t done this with are my One Room Challenge bathrooms. Clearly, I really just need deadlines, and without them, I don’t finish anything that I start.
Master Bedroom Before Photos
Here is what our bedroom looks like today.
Clearly, it’s boring, which is problem number one, and the second problem is that there is a treadmill taking up a forth of the entire room.
Oh yeah, and another problem. My nightstand is a basket on the floor.
My husband’s lampshade still has the plastic on it from the store. There is a water mark on the ceiling from a roof leaf we had two years ago.
One of those pictures fell down, so I took the other off rather than putting the one that fell back up. I didn’t get far with them though. They’ve been sitting on the floor for over 2 years. This is embarrassing.
It’s time to change this boring mess of a room! My vision for the space is a vintage farmhouse bedroom, all completed on a major budget.
Week 2: How to Paint over Water Stains on the Ceiling
The key to covering up those water stains is to prime them, with a oil-based, stain-covering primer. Rustoleum Cover Stain Primer is my favorite primer for covering stains – it has yet to let me down! I usually do two coats of primer, especially on massive stains like this one.
*This primer is oil-based, which means you will need paint thinner or mineral spirits to clean out your brush. I know some people prefer just to use a cheap brush and throw it away to save the hassle of cleaning it. The choice is yours!*
After the primer has dried, roll on ceiling paint to match the color of your ceiling.
Week 3: Installing a Plank Wall
This week, I was able to install our faux shiplap plank wall, and I’m already loving how it looks. Obviously, it still needs to be painted, but that should go fairly quickly.
I’ve installed two other plank walls (one at my own house in our bathroom with shiplap and one at a friend’s house, in her bathroom as well) and I still follow this process on how to install a plank wall. For this wall, I used wood filler to cover up the holes and the seams since I plan to paint it white and want a more seamless look.
Week 4: DIY Platform Queen Bed
I built a platform bed to add a ton of storage to our bedroom.
Final Reveal
You can see the final reveal of this bedroom here: Farmhouse Master Bedroom Makeover. AND, I’ve updated the room again, this time for under $100. Now, it has a black shiplap wall, way more color, and a ton of vintage finds.
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Loving the color palate! We all have those projects that have sat there for way too long and it’s so inspiring to watch them get transformed! Best of luck and can’t wait to see the finished product! 🙂
Thanks for visiting, Jodie! I’m so excited to actually put some effort into this space – it’s been sitting like this for too long!
Your plan sounds great, can’t wait to see it all come together! I’m also doing my room with a plank/shiplap wall. I just hope it doesn’t take too long.
Thanks for following along, Katy. I still have yet to put the plank wall up, but I can’t wait because I think it’s really going to change the look of the room!
Jenny, love the old suite case, I actually went shopping today at this antique store and saw some really cool old luggage that I was tempted to buy. Your bedroom is going to look so cool. I am so exited for all of us!
Maria
I’m so excited about my old trunk!! This is going to be a fun six weeks for us!
I am loving your plans in here. I chuckled a bit when you said those pictures had been sitting there for 2 years. I JUST made a gallery wall in our Master Bedroom with picture that had been on our floor for months. Can’t wait to see how you transform this room… and I LOVE budget friendly!
It’s so funny how once stuff lays around for awhile, it just becomes part of the room. (Or at least in my house it does!) Thanks for following along, Erin.
I’m really excited to watch the progress on this, friend!
Hi Katie!! Thanks for following along, buddy!
Jenny, isn’t it always our master bedrooms that are the most neglected. All the other spaces get top billing first. The plans for yours sound fantastic. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one! Thanks for following along, Carrie.
Your plan look awesome Jenny! Love the trunk in your mood board! I can’t wait to follow along:)
Thanks for following along, Tara! I picked up a similar trunk at an estate sale two weeks ago for $20 – it’s hard to show my excitement through my words – it would need 1,000 exclamation points!
Jenny, this is going to be beautiful! I love the plans for your bed. I’m excited to see how it all turns out!
Thanks, Kim! I can’t wait to start (and finish) that bed. I think I feel a lot more progress once that’s done!
I wish you lived closer Jenny, we could look for some awesome finds for this gorgeous bedroom you’re going to create. I’ve never seen a bed built with baskets like that – so cool! I can’t wait to see how this space comes together. Hugs, CoCo
CoCo, I have a feeling we would make an unstoppable treasure hunting team!! 😉
Hey Jenny – We can totally relate about having committed deadlines to complete projects. It just seems to work so much better, right? We can’t wait to follow along in the coming weeks. We know your space will be beautiful! Good Luck!
Deadlines are seriously the only way I am able to get anything done around here!! Thanks for following along!