bedroom | The Fitzgeralds

The one room that has been the most updated in our house is definitely the bedroom. Unfortunately, it’s lacking furniture and anything on the walls, which make the most impact in pictures.

Do you know what doesn’t make a huge impact in pictures but DOES make a difference in real life? Ripping out and replacing base molding.

And do you know what is terribly time-consuming? Ripping out and replacing base molding! We are still not done installing it. Turns out that old houses are very imperfect. Meaning, the molding doesn’t cover all of the gaps in the floors. So we’ll be adding quarter round to cover the gaps.

I wanted a sultry, moody master bedroom. That is weird to say/type. I actually wanted a pale blue bedroom, but as it turns out, I want pale blue in EVERY room. And I don’t want our house to be a one hit wonder. So after trolling blogs and pinterest, I was drawn to rooms that were described as sultry. Well, alright. If you’re going to have a sultry room, it should be the master bedroom, because a “sultry kitchen” sounds like burns waiting to happen, amiright?

So I decided I wanted to try dark charcoal walls, like the color in the middle below. But I ended up chickening out. Our room is so large – 28 feet long – that I thought it would feel like a big cave. It probably didn’t help that it was the dead of winter and I never saw the sun anymore while I made the decision.

We chose the color on the far, top left. Still not a light, airy color, but not overwhelmingly dark. You could never mistake it for white, which was my problem with the lighter colors.

I was in charge of edging the walls.

Somehow, the girl who can’t stand too close to balconies on a second floor did all of the ladder work.

Scott rolled the walls.

It’s actually a great metaphor for our relationship. Scott is the big picture person. For example:

He decided we should buy a house
He figured out the mortgage, the cable provider, etc.
He decided when we should get married
He forced me to just fiiiiiinally make a decision about the paint color because he wanted to paint the walls

I am all about the details. Or as he says – I make his decisions look good:

I was constantly on the phone with the realtor to actually find the house
I pay the mortgage, the cable bill, etc.
I planned the wedding
I picked and tested the 1,835 colors of paint we needed to consider in order to paint said walls.

And here are the pretty finished walls! (Thanks to marriage teamwork.)This shot gives you an idea of what the finished molding will look like.

As a reminder, here it was on move in day.

And now.Who needs curtains, finished molding, art or night stands when you have the best accessory around? Some things never change, no matter where you live. Like the fact that Prince’s ‘spot’ will forever be at the foot of my side of the bed.