Our “Collected Coastal Farmhouse” Master Bedroom

 

Our “Collected Coastal Farmhouse” master bedroom is finally ready!

I know that I started out calling this our “Coastal Farmhouse” inspired bedroom.  But over time, this definitely turned into more of a “Collected Coastal Farmhouse” look.  So much of what is in the bedroom are things that we’ve inherited or are things that are special to us.

When I was designing this room, a coastal influence that respects the home’s history and character, and incorporates many of the things that are special to us, was what I was going for with the design.  I wanted it to look like this room had evolved over time- much like the home itself had- just, you know, at the beach, instead of in North Georgia ?

The before, when we had done nothing

Ugg, I’m so sorry for these pics, taken with my iPhone.  But here it is:

The after- Collected Coastal Farmhouse

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Prepare for picture overload 🙂

The bedding, which I got from Ikea, was my jumping off point for the space.  I had been looking at it for awhile.  Although I love aqua, and it is a typical coastal color, I didn’t want to use it as the trim color in the space.  The reason?  I didn’t want the aqua to bring out the orange in the floors (see CLJ’s podcast episode 1 to learn more about color theory!)  Hence, pink!

And yes, for those of you wondering (and some IRL who have asked), Michael likes it too.  He’s pretty secure in his masculinity- not at all threatened by the color pink in a room 😉

Large art-thrifted/Smaller artwork/Lamp

Bed-antique (similar)/pillow cover/gingham bedding/sheets-vintage

Shades-Blinds.com in Antigua Natural

Large art-thrifted/smaller art

Nightstand

So, the artwork hanging above the nightstands is probably a little kitschy to some folks, I’m sure, but I love them.  My boys found those for me thrifting.  I think they are the perfect pieces to tie the room together, and I wanted them to be the first things that you see when you walk in the room.  They make my heart happy 🙂

The fireplace

Notice I didn’t end up painting the mantel?  The tung oil darkened up over time, and once I grouted the marble tile (which I LOVE), the mantel just kind of ended up working.

Marble mosaic tile/pink Hunter boots

The ship and boots are total props, there to hide the gas fireplace fixtures that I hate looking at but can’t figure out how to deal with any other way.

Remember that big star?  We painted that a soft gray.  It was just a little too rustic for this space, and I didn’t want it to compete with the art wall (coming up!) It ties in nicely with the gray tones in the marble hex tile.

The “window seat”

This is how I am faking a window seat. And sorry for the blown out window!

But can I just say, I am loving these blinds from Blinds.com!  Totally not sponsored, by the way.  I’ll do a review post soon with details and specs, but suffice it to say, we’ve already placed another order for another room.

 

The art wall- Collected Coastal Farmhouse

So I started out planning to just do a gallery wall.  Then an art ledge.  Then, when I was looking for lumber, Michael told me about these old boards that were in an old smokehouse on our property, and I didn’t have the heart to cut them down. Or even paint them.

I tried to think of a neat way to hang them up, and came up with the leather straps when I was looking through Pinterest.  Here’s the tutorial!

Girl at beach artwork-Homegoods/Ferris Wheel artwork/bird-thrifted/hat-inherited

This wall holds a lot of things that are important to us.  Artwork, but also objects as well.  That globe was my grandfathers.  The hat was my grandmothers, and a lot of the books are old family heirlooms.

 

I think I’m turning into an old soul.

Below, you can get a peek at the charcoal ceiling, which we are loving!  It really helped warm up the room and the tall ceilings.

The middle art piece in the pic below is from Jenny’s Print Shop.  I was going to frame it originally, but when I picked it up from the printers, they ended up printing it the wrong size, and it didn’t work for framing.  No worries- I love the look of matted, but unframed art, so I did a quick project and ended up with this result.  Here’s the tutorial.

Art

If you check out the before pics, you’ll notice I painted the dresser.  There were just too many wood tones going on in here, and I’ve been wanting to paint this piece for awhile anyway.  I do really love the lines of the drawers, which read a little more midcentury, so I left those.

I added the leather pulls to coordinate with the leather on the art shelves above.

Leather Drawer pulls/brass knobs

This rocking chair was my great Aunt Birch’s- I love the kind of kitchy, mod vibe!  We picked up the art on the wall at a thrift store- it’s of the St. Simon’s Island Lighthouse.

Well, what do you guys think?  I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!  And don’t forget to pin this post!