Dead Ringer: Pottery Barn Hadley Ruched Duvet Cover

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Pottery Barn Hadley Ruched Queen Duvet Cover:  $159

(shams not included, standard $39 each)

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Target Simply Shabby Chic Smocked Queen Duvet Set:  $79.99

I've got one more Pottery Barn duvet cover knock off!!!

This one isn't as close as the first one and the Pottery Barn duvet cover isn't available online anymore, but I've seen it in stores recently.

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Pottery Barn Taylor Diamond Ruched Queen Duvet Cover:  $139

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Target Home Pinched Pleat Queen Duvet Set:  $69.99

Master Bedroom Progress and Wishlist

Y'all are probably so tired of seeing this angle of my bedroom, but here it is again in it's most up to date state. 

Here's a quick rundown of the most recent changes:

I got my curtains lined and hung.  I finally found four Wal-Mart sheets to line my curtains, and I made a quick stop by Ikea on my way to D.C. last Wednesday to pick up another $7.99 curtain rod to match the one that I already had.  Where else can you get an "83 curtain rod for that cheap?

I hung some $3 Wal-Mart frames that I already owned on the left side of the bed and I recovered my lamp shades in a darker burlap.  I used a coupon to Hancock Fabrics and it only cost $4. 

I think the natural burlap looks so much better than the bleached.  Once again, here's the tutorial I used. 

Ok, now on to the wishlist portion of this post...please do not laugh at my attempt to use Photoshop...or whatever...go ahead and laugh.  It's pretty ridiculous.

Filling the frames is going to be pretty easy once I decide what's going to go in them.  I'll probably do some more free botanicals.

There are some amazing DIY sunburst mirror tutorials out there and I plan on copying one of them.  This project shouldn't cost that much money, but all the tutorials I've seen seem to be pretty time consuming.  (The mirror I Photoshopped into the picture is from Ballard designs and it's $529 and humongous.)

The biggest obstacle to getting our master bedroom "finished" is that "super cheap" chair.  The one in the picture is actually from Pottery Barn.  I just wanted to get a sense of what a chair would look like in that corner.  I will probably be scouring Craigslist for months before I find anything that will work or that would be worth trying to transform. 

Also, this is just one side of our bedroom.  I'll probably get to work tackling the office area and the wall opposite our bed long before I find a chair to go in that corner.

So there you have it!  Progress and plans all in one post.

Full Disclosure: The Rest of The Master Bedroom

Before I show you incredibly embarrassing pictures of the other 90% of our bedroom that didn't appear in Tuesday's post about my trunk.... I found a nightstand to go on the other side of my bed for $12 at The Salvation Army yesterday!

As much as I love the little $25 pedestal table I got from Wal-Mart, it just didn't fit.  It was too small and looked dinky when compared to the trunk on the other side of the bed. 

This baby is the perfect size.  Since I'm trying to stay away from matchy-matchy I think I'm going to make a skirt for it instead of paint it.  I actually have that night stand turned sideways and there are drawers on the right, but if I cover it with fabric it won't matter.  All that matters is that it's the right size.

So...just to clarify...one side of my bed looks like this...

...and the other looks like this.

The rest of our master bedroom is pretty much just as awful.  That nice picture of one side of my bed is a pretty inaccurate representation of the current state of our room. 

In the spirit full disclosure...here is the rest of the master bedroom.

These are my rejected side tables that I still haven't moved out of the room.

I still have a few patches of wall to paint.

This is a completely random assortment of stuff that has found a home in a corner of our bedroom. 

Last but not least, our office area is a disaster.  Yes, there are two cups that haven't been put away on the desk.

So there you have it.  One tiny, little section of my master bedroom is finished and the rest of it is a mess. 

Just tryin' to keep it real!

Have a fantastic Wednesday!

$4.50 Dresser Facelift

I'm in the middle of at a complete standstill with redecorating our guest bedroom.  

There's no before because I did this a while ago...just imagine it without the metal things in the corners of the drawers. ;)

I haven't been able to do much, but the one thing I have gotten done is this little change up on a dresser that moved into the guest room from our bedroom.  This dresser was my Memaw's, and my Mom and I painted it black and changed the hardware a few years ago.  When I moved it into the guest bedroom it became more of a focal point, so I wanted to do something to it to make it more interesting.

I originally saw this little project at Kara Passlay Designs.  She used duct tape on a dresser to give it a little more character.  Her dresser was for a movie set, and I'm betting that it didn't matter that she used duct tape because no one would ever see it up close.

I decided to find something other than duct tape to get the same affect on my dresser.  I originally wanted to use hardware.  I thought it would be easy to find.  I was wrong.  I'm going to keep looking, but for right now I'm pleased with what I found.

I found little 4"x4" squares of thin metal for $4.19 in the woodworking section of A.C. Moore to fashion my own "hardware".

I made the stencil for the shape I wanted out of painter's tape so it wouldn't slide around while I was cutting.

I used an xacto knife to cut out the shape.  I left room on the corners to fold over the edges of the dresser drawer.

 I sprayed the back of the metal with spray adhesive, aligned it with the corner, folded down the tabs and smoothed everything out.

 The dresser definitely has more character and my "hardware" adds some interest....now if I could just finish the rest of the room.

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