Office Makeover

Let's talk about LOVE. I just LOVE this room. From the moment we moved furniture into this room, I was hooked. I just want to hang out in here all day, and I probably will before I go back to work in a few weeks. The walls are painted "Bon Voyage" by Behr. It looks darker in person than in the following pictures...I know it looks kind of baby blue in the pictures, but I PROMISE, it is not. This room is our office/guest room. I love decorating with things we already have, so everything in this room was things we already owned.

The picture above the couch is of the Brooklyn Bridge (born in Brooklyn) and was given to me from my older sister. The couch J & I found last year & adopted it (free of course) haha. The wooden holder was a wedding gift.

Ahh, my favorite piece. The dresser was mine from high school and was a light wood. Jearen stained the whole thing  cherry wood and even though it still needs work (not all the drawers work like they use to & we need to buy new hardware) I still love how it turned out. Very aged and unique. I mod-podged the two frames a few years back with some scrapbook paper. I bought the old medal basket for $1 at a flea market & I'm so happy I found a place to put him.

The three silver diamonds use to be white, when I bought them for $1.25 each at goodwill. If you can't tell by now, I love that store! I spray painted them silver and it became instant art for my wall.

In the corner is a mail station. Well that's what it was bought for (when my brother & his wife bought it), but when it was given to us, it became our library :). And Jearen's golf clubs need a new resting spot, but they are here for now. In the frame is a few of my favorite pictures from our cruise last year! Ah, I want to go on one again! 

My favorite spot. I just want to sit in this room all day & read, journal, hang out. This desk was one of the first pieces of furniture J & I bought together as a married couple, and of course it came from Goodwill for a solid $50. Jearen's handyman skills revamped this old desk into a modern & sophisticated desk. I'm pretty sure it's mid-century modern, but haven't done enough research to know :) The silver tray was just laying around at my Dad's house, so he let me take it home with me. The lamp shade is from Target.

The framed flowers are from Home Goods. The white shelf is from TJMaxx. The silver plated M is from Sample House. Don't ya just wanna sit here & read?!

View from Desk. 

View from Door.

View from Door.

Hope this room inspired you to make some coffee & grab a good book ;)!!

Stay tuned for more from The Myers' Home!

-Becky

Home Owners!

 Hello friends & family! As many of you already know, Jearen and I bought a house over a week ago. It has been a DREAM of mine since I was a kid to have a house to decorate, entertain in, the whole nine yards. We were very happy to have the help of friends & family paint our new place, as well as move our stuff over from the apartment (that we happily enjoyed our first two years of marriage in!) We moved to Irving, in a cute condo with a cute neighborhood. Personally, when we began our home search, I never even thought of a condo. But had we not opened up that option, I don't think we would have gotten to experience such a blessing that this condo is. It is the perfect size for us, and more that I could have imagined! I am so happy to have Jearen share this home-ownership journey with me (and yes, it has already been a journey... since we have already had the pleasure of flooding some of our dining room & living room thanks to an old water pipe that busted...on the FIRST day of us living there!) Haha, I can laugh now, but those 20 minutes were intense & as every one has joked with us "Welcome to owning a Home!" Moving on to the great stuff, the decorating! Today I will share our bedroom makeover with you. We painted the walls "Cathedral Gray" by Behr.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

BEFORE

BEFORE

BEFORE

This little gem was created on our one year anniversary. I wrote 100 things I loved about Jearen & framed it with some of my favorite engagement pictures.

The bed is from Ikea, the bedding is from TJMaxx (found the same duvet cover at Bed, Bath & Beyond for 4x the price!) The window is from my parents garage & was already chipped with white paint. I spray painted the shutters (bought for $5 at a yard sale) and scratched them up with sand paper. Our night stands were spray painted black after we bought them at BB&B on clearance :) The lamps & blue pillows were from Target.

View from Door- I just love how it has turned out!

Different angle of bed. The shelf on the right was given to me (used) so I painted it the same gray as the dresser. The silver frame (still needing a picture) was bought from Goodwill for $1 (and it's Kate Spade!), the black frame has pictures of our honeymoon, and that is a little white bird hanging from the shelf that I  bought for $4 at a homegood store in Marble Falls. 

Our dresser was bought at a goodwill last year, and Jearen & I sanded it, painted it & spray painted the hardware (saved money). I think we spent $30 on the dresser & $30 for all paint & work. The mirror on top came with the dresser, so we painted it black. The silver tray was bought at goodwill for $3 and little vase was a gift a few years back.

The cross on the left was made by my Dad. The bench was purchased at Garden Ridge MANY years ago, haha, and I am hoping to recover it very soon, so until then I have a blue, black & white checkered scarf covering it.



Come back tomorrow for our OFFICE reveal :)!!

Becky