Before/After: Cozy Bedroom Refresh

Our bedroom is the room I’ve put the least amount of design effort in since we moved in 2.5 years ago. I think the reasoning behind this is a sort of subconscious knowledge I had that every other room in the house (living, dining, kitchen, guest bedroom/office, bathroom, patio) is frequented by friends and fam who are visiting (although we haven't had visitors since pre-pandemic), whereas the bedroom is a space for only Eddie and I. It may not make much sense to some, but even though the bedroom is probably one of the most important rooms in a home, it’s been mostly put on the back-burner while we focus on spaces that our guests will feel cozy and comfortable in when visiting. Other than a recent dresser restyling sesh a few months back, we haven’t done much to the space. We’ve learned to live with the aspects of the room that bring us no joy - the broken blinds that come crashing down whenever we try to open and close them, the ugly flush mount light over our bed (aka the dreaded boob light), and our two dressers with busted drawers. We’ve procrastinated hanging curtains and kept using our old TV, even though it had a big dark patch in the middle of the screen from broken pixels. Not complaining as I know how privileged we are to call this space home and to have all the things that we do - but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t very much craving a refresh, especially with so much time spent at home these past 6 months. The day finally came when I’d had enough, and decided to start working on the room for real! Wanted to share my process with you as well as my design choices and reasoning behind everything.