Master Bedroom Redo: From Shapeless to Sophisticated

• The walls are painted a fresh new shade of taupe with a sand finish.
  
• A simple three-panel bed frame is created out of 1x8s. The boards are attached with flat brackets and upholstered with black fabric. Each piece is connected with corner brackets and secured behind the bed with a 1x6.
  
• A triptych above the bed is created by covering three artist's canvas with batting and patterned fabric. Three red pillows repeat the look on the bed.
  
• The mauve curtains are replaced with the cleaner lines of etched glass shutters.
  
• The '80s oak dresser, nightstands and trunk are updated with black paint. The trunk is dressed up with an upholstered top.
  
• A clothes valet is created out of an old chair, a wooden hanger and a swing-arm rod.
  
• The top of the dresser features a lighted floral display made out of copper tubing and artificial flowers.
  
• A full-length dressing mirror is turned on its side and transformed with 1x4s and copper wire scrolls.
  
• Two torchiere lamps are made into table lamps and painted with a copper finish.
  
• A copper floral cone holds branches on another wall.

Steps:

1. Construct the shutters out of 1x3s and route the inside edges.
   
2. Apply an etching compound to the glass, allow to set for five minutes then brush off the excess for a smooth finish.
   
3. Insert the glass panes into the shutters and secure with screen molding.
   
4. Hinge the shutters to 2x2s attached to the wall and add a hook closure.
   

Steps:

1. Remove the lighting assembly and two pole sections.
   
2. Cut off most of the top pole section and reattach.
   
3. Repaint with a copper paint and black wash.
   
4. Add a contemporary sconce and a strand of decorative beads underneath the sconce.
   

Itemized Design Elements

$60 - paint (Fleet Farm: McClosky Special Effects Suede Desert Sandstone SC2186)
$78 - bed frame (fabric - outlet)
$34 - wall display (fabric - outlet)
$80 - red pillows (fabric - outlet)
$121 - shutters (etching cream - Michaels, Armour Etching)
$10 - paint for dresser, tables and trunk (Behr - Stormy Weather, 3B45-6)
$17 - valet
$18 - mirror
$43 - lighted floral sculpture (light sockets, plugs, copper tubing - Home Depot)
$30 - reading lamps (on/off electrical cord - Home Depot)
$9 - floral display

$498.36 - Total Cost