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A brand new 12 months, a brand new challenge in our home! We’re nonetheless working away on our bed room (I shared somewhat sneak peek just lately and I’ll have extra to share quickly). However I’m additionally excited to start out turning my consideration to different areas upstairs this 12 months, after focusing totally on the primary flooring for the previous few years.
Our upstairs is the Cosy, two bedrooms and two bogs, however I’ll speak about these different rooms individually.
The Cosy
The Cosy…that is the room that stole my coronary heart essentially the most after we first noticed this home after which purchased it 4 years in the past.
It’s been a comfy, multipurpose area the place my husband and I calm down on the finish of day-after-day—we watch reveals, my husband does puzzles, it’s a spot the place we are able to work or write, and it additionally doubles as a visitor room. It holds a few of my workplace issues, a couple of craft provides…it’s actually a room that has all the time been somewhat little bit of every part.
What I plan to do upstairs this 12 months would be the simpler, extra reasonably priced initiatives—no main renovation proper now—however I’m nonetheless very excited. Truthfully, smaller, less complicated initiatives are my favourite.
One huge enchancment we did make upstairs through the renovation: we eliminated the carpet from the entire second flooring and added new hardwoods all through. That basically made every part really feel so significantly better.
Through the years, I’ve thought of every kind of potentialities for this room—methods to use it, methods to furnish it, and methods to make it work higher. And I’ve determined essentially the most sensible plan is to maintain the structure just like what we’ve now and make a couple of easy adjustments that refresh each the texture and the operate.
A observe concerning the temper board:
Think about the preliminary temper board under the “the place we’re beginning” level—with what we have already got—not the completed design of the room! We start making selections on what to maintain or something we need to change out ranging from what we’ve proper now.
The plan for this 12 months (and the 2 new daybeds!)
I’m presently awaiting supply of those two lovely trundle daybeds, which we’ll use as an alternative of the one single rattan twin daybed we’ve now (plus the double mattress on this room). I believe it will make the Cosy a lot extra purposeful because the daybeds double as seating—and with trundles this provides us three extra mattresses obtainable for a complete of 4, plus the double mattress nook! It’s not an enormous room however this association means the room can comfortably work for a complete household, and nonetheless be versatile for youths or good friend teams.
I’ve seen nice opinions from individuals who purchased the identical beds. They’re so reasonably priced and are available in different colours, too. The colour we ordered is known as brown, however there are different colours I cherished too.
By the best way, if you happen to’re interested by how I make adorning selections (or battle with making them!) I’m sharing the precise course of I exploit to deliver each room collectively in my Room Recipe Workshop. I’ve a lot to say concerning the worth of this intentional method—particularly methods to use what you have already got and really feel assured in your selections if you do purchase one thing—that I turned it right into a 5-week video workshop so I might help you do it, too. Study extra right here.
What I’ve achieved already (or determined thus far):
- We began the 12 months by rearranging furnishings between rooms so we might be sure that we had every part in the precise locations.
- I additionally introduced in one among our white rattan chairs (longtime followers may bear in mind these from earlier properties!). I’ve wished to make use of these on this home someplace ever since we moved in.
- The rattan chairs undoubtedly want contemporary paint, they usually’ll want new cushions and covers (we don’t have the seat cushions anymore). If we hold them right here, I believe somewhat refresh might make them actually enjoyable—possibly one, possibly each. They’ve all the time been snug, and I like that they’re simple to maneuver round and never as cumbersome as different chairs.
- We received a brand new slipcover for our sofa awhile again—it’s the mineral blue in natural cotton.
- And we ordered the two daybeds which can arrive this weekend — we love the lovable scalloped design! I like the traditional gingham, the beds really feel timeless and add somewhat whimsy, which is enjoyable at a seashore home! I’m positive our grandkids (present and future!) will take pleasure in this room and the daybeds, too.
Plus…I’ve an amazing thought for the place to place our present rattan daybed, so keep tuned for that!
Subsequent Up:
- I’ll be clearing every part off the bookshelves and beginning contemporary.
- We’ll be portray the room.
- I’m nonetheless undecided on the rug (or rugs), so keep tuned for that too!
Heaps extra selections forward for this room (and our different visitor room), however I’m excited to share because the upstairs evolves this 12 months.
Supply: The Impressed Room
