I love a good room makeover, especially one that doesn’t cost the earth and has maximum impact. The Block room reveals have sadly been postponed until tomorrow night, due to the cricket, so i thought i’d try and fill the void with my own room reveal. When we moved into our new home in January of last year, we couldn’t afford a proper headboard for our room. I was happy to hang our New York City print from IKEA over our bed as a temporary option as it looked fab. I was so pleased with it in fact, that I haven’t really looked for anything to replace it, until now.
While the NYC print looked great, it was pretty impractical as it provided no support while reading or crocheting in bed. Still, I didn’t feel moved to replace it until I saw the perfect headboard at one of my local furniture and homewares shops. SOLD! Hubby and I strapped it to the top of our prado and carefully drove it home. We only had to stop three times to adjust the ropes – clearly we aren’t brilliant at tying knots!! 🙂 
I bought a few bits and pieces to help tie the room together, but most of the items I already had on hand. Shopping at home is the best!! Overall, I’m pretty stoked with how the room has evolved. Hubby said it’s not the manliest bedroom, but I did I include a couple of skulls to keep him happy. 🙂
Love Show Cushion by Kezz Brett from Jumbled
Gold Mirror from Freedom Furniture
Marble cross – Freedom Furniture
Striped rectangular cushion from Big W
Framed card by Ali McNabney-Stevens
Gold Heart Cushion – hand stencilled and sewn by me.
So, what do you think? I love it. 🙂
I love it. I think the idea of shopping from home is great and I do it all the time. You have done a great job with your room.
Thank you! Yes shopping at home is great. It’s funny how moving items into different rooms can make things feel like new. 🙂
It looks lovely. I really like how the kantha quilt and cushion complement each other. And love the colour of the bed head. You must be so happy with it.
Thanks Libby. I already had the Kantha and the cushion, which helped keep the budget down. Thanks for visiting here. 🙂
The room looks fabulous, you have done a great job!
Thanks Leonie! It’s a really comfortable room and I love it because it’s my style…..probably not on trend, but I like it 🙂
Mmmm! will miss the NY Scene above your bed. Can’t wait to see the new update – so different to what you had however this new look is exciting. XX
Thanks Julie. I really liked the IKEA print too but it’s nice to have a proper headboard.:)
Love it! So fresh and cheery
Thanks! It does feel lighter and brighter 🙂
Looks amazing Amanda, its amazing how a few small changes can transform a room. Great work xixi
Cheers thanks Yvette! It feels like a proper grown up room now. 😉
Beautiful photography as well. How many megapixels is your camera?
It looks terrific, Mandy. I’m starting to research to attempt a room makeover (two actually) of my own. Our bedroom has white walls and our quilt cover set is white and we have dowdy old wooden drawers and not much else apart from a lot of mess 🙁
I just ordered 3 canvases of Eddy on a kind of fern green background so am thinking my colour scheme will have to include greens, browns and whites but that’s as far as I have gotten…any advice?
hey Kirrily, so sorry for the late reply. i hope some of my pinterest images helped you with your bedroom. xx
The bedroom may be primarily for sleeping, but that doesn’t mean it should be neglected as a design space. Thanks for sharing this article.