House Tour: Master Bedroom

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Room No. 2 in the Casa de Doss is, as they say on MTV Cribs, “Where the magic happens.” And by “magic,” I mean the viewing of Andy Griffith on DVD, ample magazine reading and chasing the dog with the laser pointer. You know, magic.

We lucked out, because the space we didn’t have in the living room apparently showed up in the master bedroom. Take a look:

I’m a firm believer in all-white bedding in a master bedroom, because you’re inevitably going to get tired of whatever pattern you choose for your bedspread. With white, you can change up the look with new throw pillows, or a blanket at the foot of the bed. I’ve even used a tablecloth instead of a blanket before just to give myself some pattern. So, a fluffy all-white down comforter is a nice blank canvas. We searched everywhere for a pretty upholstered headboard that didn’t cost a fortune, and finally found this one at Hayneedle.com. I thought about making one, which I did in my last house, but frankly ran out of inclination to do so. I love the curve and nailhead trim on this one. It was a MONSTER to put together (Thanks, Trusty Husband!), but was totally worth it. Also, no need for a dust ruffle, which is always a plus. The bench at the foot of the bed was a TJ Maxx find for $80. It’s covered in one of my favorite Waverly patterns, and provides (a little) storage.


I wanted to have pattern and texture in this room, but not so much that it made my synapses fire every time I walked in. It needed to be calming. You probably recognize the cornice boards from a previous post – I think the pattern in them mixes well with the throw pillows, the bedside tables and the mirror on another wall (that you can’t see in this picture). Since the windows were so close to the corners, we couldn’t do curtains in here. But the cornice boards make them look finished.

A lot of people thought I was crazy when I told them that the main colors in this bedroom were going to be red, brown and light teal, but the bedside tables ended up really working with the red and brown. The lamps were a Target find a few years ago, and they’re one of my favorite things in the house. I like how they don’t block the light from the windows.

Above the bed, we’ve got sepia-toned photographs from different trips. I found these museum-style frames at Walmart for only $5 each. I really wanted to do another row of them, but it just wouldn’t fit.

This wall was hard, because it’s pretty expansive. We didn’t want to put a dresser there, because Trusty Husband has a habit of bumping into things in the middle of the night. We decided that a narrow console table and a pretty mirror would work best. The mirror is Allen + Roth from Lowe’s, and the table is a HomeGoods find. And don’t the hydrangea look real? They’re not. Hobby Lobby has really great looking silk flowers, and I like the white ceramic giraffe vase from World Market.

The dresser and chest were in my Birmingham house. They are a little more “matchy-matchy” than I like, but hey – your underpants have to go somewhere, right? They had a weird finish on the pulls, so I took them off and painted them a brushed nickle finish. Of course, the TV is front and center, but it irks me when designers leave TVs out of a room completely – it’s 2011, and people watch TV. The lamp is, of course, a HomeGoods find. Seriously - they have the best lamp department ever.

On the chest, I've got some pretty white ginger jars that go with the quirky artichoke lamp. I like to stack coffee table books for some height, and the poster is Louis Armstrong, who sings the song Trusty Husband and I danced to at our wedding reception.

That's the master bedroom. It's not as "decorated" as the living room, because I feel like the master bedroom needs to have fewer things to look at, so you can, you know, sleep. Next on the house tour - the master closet, with lots of organizing tips!