Sunday, April 4, 2010

Anita's Bed ~n~ Bath Transformation

A lovely lady, Anita, has redone her bedroom and graciously agreed to allow me to feature it here. She and her husband actually did the work themselves, including the total stripping , staining and polying her new furniture.. I asked her to do her own write up on this as I cant tell it to you nearly as well so here it is in her own words...
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My husband and I just spent the last six months as home renovation weekend warriors, and this is the result! Our 1970s master bath was still wearing its 1980s décor and it was overdue for a change! The bedroom, on the other hand, has been through too many incarnations to count because I’ve had a hard time getting it just right.
While hubby tackled the bathroom demo, I searched craigs list for new bedroom furniture. The number one criteria was that it had to be solid wood (no particle board), and that was a surprisingly hard criteria to meet. After months of searching, I finally found a high quality Lexington Furniture set which I loved all but the whitewashed finish. Through pure luck, I found a matching king headboard in the finish I wanted, so I decided the set was meant to be. I bravely decided I could refinish it. Well, I could, and I did, but it took four months! Stripping the old finish was by far the most time consuming part. I used Citrastrip and a lot of elbow grease. I mixed my own stain color, using three different colors of gel stain, and gave it four coats of that. Next came four coats of satin polyurethane, starting with brush-on and finishing with wipe-on for a smooth finish. It looks pretty good if you don’t examine it with a flashlight and magnifying glass!
I found the armoire, chair, rug, and lamps (solid brass Stiffels) on craigs list, too, and all the art on eBay. The only things I purchased new were the bedding, drapes, and mirrors (and a few little accessories). I used ORB spray paint on baskets and picture frames that I already owned to tie them all together.
As I plugged away on stripping furniture, hubby got busy on construction. After we both spent a weekend stripping wallpaper, he removed the shelves and furdown from the wall behind the bed (which I had installed myself years before incidentally), and totally gutted the bathroom down to the studs, except for the tub and tile surround. He reconfigured the back wall of the bath (bringing it in to cover plumbing issues behind the sink) and relocated the linen closet from the back wall to the side wall opposite the tub, building the new cabinets completely from scratch. He also removed the popcorn from the bathroom ceiling and installed crown molding to both rooms. I painted the bath and dressing area with Sherwin Williams “Portabello” and the bedroom with SW “Nomadic Desert.” Although we did most of the work ourselves, we hired a few things done along the way.
All our hard work has paid off with a beautiful new master suite, and I’m so thrilled that Sonny asked to feature it in her blog! I hope you all enjoy looking at it!
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Here are the before- during and after photos.... absolutely Amazing~!!!


  I think you'll all agree all their hard word was well worth it to have made such a miraculous transformation.
I plan to send her the link so she'll be able to see all your comments. She surely deserves every bit of praise we can all give her. She certainly has my admiration. 
Thanks so much for visiting and allowing me to show you Anita's bedroom redo...
Have a Happy Monday~!
Sonny



20 comments :

  1. Fabulous! And all the more special for having done it themselves! Standing ovation here!
    xoxo Pattie

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  2. What a wonderful transformation! Anita and her husband's hard work certainly paid off as they have a beautiful new bedroom and bath to show for it!

    Kat :)

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  3. What a nice transformation. Hard work pays off! Be sure to stop by AtticMag this week for a Giveaway!

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  4. I think Anita and her husband did a fabulous job here! It may have taken longer than she wanted, but in the long run they did it right and gave thought to what they were doing. They should be very pleased and proud of what they accomplished!

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  5. Anita and her hubs need to take a bow!~ Their bedroom looks so warm and coxy!~ Nice job guys!

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  6. I meant cozy!!~ Can coxy be a new word? LOL

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  7. What a beautiful transformation

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  8. Hi Sonny! Thank you for showing this couple's beautiful space! Lots of work but it all turned out so pretty!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia :)

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  9. Isn't that just incredible! So much work and such a beautiful result.

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  10. What an exciting transformation.

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  11. Your transformation it awesome!!

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  12. Hi Sonny,
    Thanks for showing us your friends redo.
    what a great job they did. Wow, very impressive, and such an updated look.
    Very Very lovely!
    Blessings, Nellie

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  13. Very cool! She did a GREAT job, Thank you for sharing, and thanks to her for allowing you to share! :) Hope you can stop by when you get a chance!

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  14. Such a great transformation. I love the wall color. So warm and rich.

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  15. beautiful transformation. Love the armouire.

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  16. Wow! What a beautiful transformation! That looks like a lot of work!

    Thank you for coming by. I hope you have a great week!

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  17. Sonny what a fantastic before and after!! Love it!

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  18. those are NOT real before & after photos? "woweeee, unreal and FAB!" those are my words to describe the improvements.

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  19. Oh, couldn't be more real, Janean! Thank you all so much for all your lovely compliments on my bed & bath makeover, and THANKS to Sonny for posting it!

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