Bedroom Renovation Progress and how to Decorate it Inexpensively!

We are making master bedroom progress! (current renovation area)

I thought I would share some hints on creating a bedroom space on the cheap!  inexpensively!

These are a few shots of what I have accumulated/come up with so far. I think just about everything is either a hand-me-down, thrifted, or from a yardsale/GW.

I placed numbers on this bottom picture to show where I have found most the items you see.

#1.) Down comforter: GW (Goodwill), tags still on from JC Penny. Probably something they couldn't sell fast enough and donated. (many stores, especially Target, do this)

2.) Throw: $1/yr. fabric from Walmart. Same material as the curtains. Adding a simple piece of fabric at the end of a bed can really dress it up and doesn't cost much.

3.) Bed Skirt: Walmart clearance $4. It was a king and the bed is a queen, but did you know you can use safety pins to pin bed skirts to the box springs and make them the to fit the bed size?

4.) Chenille bed spread from JC  Penny, $5 at a yardsale. I couldn't believe it. It didn't look even used. There was a very small hole that I patched. 

5.) Tables: I always wanted to paint these and make them smaller, but we're on a timeline here, so I decided to let them be. They were given by a friend of a friend.

6.) Curtains: $1/yr material at Walmart

7.) Chandelier: $25 off craiglist with the matching sconces seen here!

8.) Headboard: Original doors to a closet that used to be in this room. The previous owners expanded the room and made a walk-in closet. The doors were in a downstairs workroom when we moved in.

* Oops, I think I forgot to number the art in the window. Frame $1 at a yardsale. Sunburst $3 yardsale, and I made the stripes from scrapbook paper. I love the way it looks, but only really put it up during the day, for fear the sunburst will fall and take out my eye when I'm sleeping! It's only liquid nailed on there. lol

9.) Pillows: I love pillows! My husband thinks having this many is ridiculous. I try to show him that this amount is not abnormal. Back pillow covers were from a local thrift store. I'm sure they were about $2-3 each. The white ones were both $2 each at the same thrift store. The damask pillows are a match to the sheets (Ross), and the monogrammed pillow was a $5 clearance at Walmart. My sister has a embroidery machine and put the letters on it for me. 

10.) Lamps: Bases $4 each (wrongly marked, but they gave it to me anyways) at Walmart. Shades were from Walmart or Target, no steal of a deal there, but they were probably reasonable. I dressed them up with $4 worth of silky ruffled ribbon. 

11.) Curtain rod: Came with the room, but I had to add a piece of gold rod to the middle. If you could see closely, I found a piece of rod at the GW and added it to the middle to extend the curtains. 

* I should also throw in that the bed frame is GW.  $10 is a typical price for a Hollywood bed frame at a thrift store (depending on your area). I think I've easily found a Hollywood bed frame at thrift store for every bed we've ever owned. 

Thought I would highlight the "tips" for you.

Well, not the best pictures, but hopefully that will inspire you with some ideas, or at least to look through the linen section while thrifting!

--Katie

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