Minimalist Home Interior Design

Dropping in for a quickie Friday post!<br /><br />Literally within an hour of hitting publish on my last post, Brad decided it was time to move the furniture back in. And so we did.<br /><br />We have a king sized bed, which takes up almost the whole room, so there were not a lot of layout options. Luckily, there was just enough space to include our nightstands and dresser.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraDLE-1hiM1kfxZYzSrixjjVhki77YMCQwthoqKOe-QmVTP-MhMRemSNaI0SJXO9W4zBw2tU5BUqQSpPJSxYeuUcMal0ppOsA9w7Zin_yfgHknqcdTpfrqyIhQ3JOxXNOzjGy_0uIjX0-/s1600/BEDROOM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraDLE-1hiM1kfxZYzSrixjjVhki77YMCQwthoqKOe-QmVTP-MhMRemSNaI0SJXO9W4zBw2tU5BUqQSpPJSxYeuUcMal0ppOsA9w7Zin_yfgHknqcdTpfrqyIhQ3JOxXNOzjGy_0uIjX0-/s1600/BEDROOM.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />First we had to center the rug and reassemble the bed frame:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZdrFTWpafMWJatviAdM1sDaF_tKag-RIHTYaxsqsdo5hbUjqBX1vv_8PF_x11dplqoFRG2nH5FWoBzipHon_MAPjWzkJAiVafaDAFDgFlR2X23ArtV_bGG68PHQQetO6o_kagSezJKpC/s1600/IMG_9987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZdrFTWpafMWJatviAdM1sDaF_tKag-RIHTYaxsqsdo5hbUjqBX1vv_8PF_x11dplqoFRG2nH5FWoBzipHon_MAPjWzkJAiVafaDAFDgFlR2X23ArtV_bGG68PHQQetO6o_kagSezJKpC/s1600/IMG_9987.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Once that was ready, we put down the box spring, bed skirt and mattress:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgjXfa-xhSa9oRDVbMJ2cbuJiBgXs8GzKgvf8eLK_msu0Z_cD_dbP4YaqUvmAJHpxxMzGzbOarZxjxp1Egr0pZnvMiQulQkQY3ieCdvK4CkNMqlU2_OzaBSJ339ye6ygzdvJTl4TnKgj2/s1600/IMG_9990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgjXfa-xhSa9oRDVbMJ2cbuJiBgXs8GzKgvf8eLK_msu0Z_cD_dbP4YaqUvmAJHpxxMzGzbOarZxjxp1Egr0pZnvMiQulQkQY3ieCdvK4CkNMqlU2_OzaBSJ339ye6ygzdvJTl4TnKgj2/s1600/IMG_9990.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally, we reattached the headboard using the same french cleat (see how we did it the first time  <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-upholstered-tufted-headboard.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpXrDJqPsAtUy5plLmWfEp1MNcsE79HDRfN6cY0oNodSYuRSfQpM_M64tLLlPgoHHlEBL2MdJr93BGl4exPYXBQuSp7TKHA1jmR7UbInPB5JWU5_vknr9HB_1xZpnv24fANmJn94tanOm/s1600/IMG_9991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpXrDJqPsAtUy5plLmWfEp1MNcsE79HDRfN6cY0oNodSYuRSfQpM_M64tLLlPgoHHlEBL2MdJr93BGl4exPYXBQuSp7TKHA1jmR7UbInPB5JWU5_vknr9HB_1xZpnv24fANmJn94tanOm/s1600/IMG_9991.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beauty-full.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also picked up some fresh new linens from Target's Threshold line:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDTIHPjBXngKT8rn8FyAd6JgL4bZTg5I3J09SAj6plBhQxXja6ncSEOfOQgXxf4Zl5IzHuBqCAZ647kkw1gnluWhKMyiBPTLiIYVh5Z9jvJu7-krv8g2bK3jRHfpFUfPuRStLP0vUabJf/s1600/IMG_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDTIHPjBXngKT8rn8FyAd6JgL4bZTg5I3J09SAj6plBhQxXja6ncSEOfOQgXxf4Zl5IzHuBqCAZ647kkw1gnluWhKMyiBPTLiIYVh5Z9jvJu7-krv8g2bK3jRHfpFUfPuRStLP0vUabJf/s1600/IMG_0025.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They are so soft and striped and yummy. We haven't changed out our pillow cases yet or added any of the other new bedding, so that will be coming.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We lucked out—the nightstands fit perfectly on either side:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OB_iDleYX8ws6eCOJgsUG8UxHMZKEEWYhMoJFcqhsCurh6fvUR7Q_Tm2FsKSVILEZbBwK2bMxugrRTOeJQH9_KjcLt8yE7S5O1BoiaCjkKy3Gm0xE-dFPA56ntCMYoabOK5JIyMYYDjq/s1600/IMG_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OB_iDleYX8ws6eCOJgsUG8UxHMZKEEWYhMoJFcqhsCurh6fvUR7Q_Tm2FsKSVILEZbBwK2bMxugrRTOeJQH9_KjcLt8yE7S5O1BoiaCjkKy3Gm0xE-dFPA56ntCMYoabOK5JIyMYYDjq/s1600/IMG_0035.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7p0Li8jjIEcbB7VMFBru-vXrQUtKSbq8i67wur12TEp445Oqd9sHEmsOh1b-I1piGTkz0rIXHL6c_pkABbhVmupp85RtbxBWpkbY77ZQ_6ttyY9ulM5c-vLFh59_aDXznoBamw1_wQAW/s1600/IMG_0030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7p0Li8jjIEcbB7VMFBru-vXrQUtKSbq8i67wur12TEp445Oqd9sHEmsOh1b-I1piGTkz0rIXHL6c_pkABbhVmupp85RtbxBWpkbY77ZQ_6ttyY9ulM5c-vLFh59_aDXznoBamw1_wQAW/s1600/IMG_0030.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At first I had set the mirror horizontally on the dresser like it was in our bedroom...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLVF4uvNydiQuVlMNtGar1Ndm0urnqj7lVVZN0xNSR9-_QMp0WYTu-hOow_Fb3hdoGucSa7s2fxAbVl6okTWXcdL_AjzKHjGOiK8CjTklu0WVFTJRG7r-Lj706Tr6TOPy868Mw4ODN0L1/s1600/IMG_6230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLVF4uvNydiQuVlMNtGar1Ndm0urnqj7lVVZN0xNSR9-_QMp0WYTu-hOow_Fb3hdoGucSa7s2fxAbVl6okTWXcdL_AjzKHjGOiK8CjTklu0WVFTJRG7r-Lj706Tr6TOPy868Mw4ODN0L1/s640/IMG_6230.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But after a few days of no TV, I started having withdraws and decided it was a necessity in our room. I just can't give up my bedtime TV ritual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brad agreed and we removed it from the wall mount in the office and set it on a TV stand.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here he is hooking it up:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk91BYgjC26oXI78FjwNj5aqaVNmjvTH7cZhHnZtuh1qB1_zaLEgw6GV1BDI4QwMVXEPfGdLaXh7_AfImL1eSps9P8Weu9Hyj_5FS4WmqWNLD8nGJETyGoXjJ_tsMdaPKi-r5iykM0Bda/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk91BYgjC26oXI78FjwNj5aqaVNmjvTH7cZhHnZtuh1qB1_zaLEgw6GV1BDI4QwMVXEPfGdLaXh7_AfImL1eSps9P8Weu9Hyj_5FS4WmqWNLD8nGJETyGoXjJ_tsMdaPKi-r5iykM0Bda/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I thought it made more sense to rotate the mirror vertically so the TV wasn't in front of it...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-ZlsLUDWeWx3LYCreM6nvmRMtz1Bz3hqbeoZidABpH6j6j9eUbJUI8fKQDvByq6bP6CB6NGMv7-udqSFockiEWGJW0wPJsfNKJvlWs0IdPWaZGhukyaufWd6LrUlBkxZ4CHcwzUH6EF6/s1600/IMG_0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-ZlsLUDWeWx3LYCreM6nvmRMtz1Bz3hqbeoZidABpH6j6j9eUbJUI8fKQDvByq6bP6CB6NGMv7-udqSFockiEWGJW0wPJsfNKJvlWs0IdPWaZGhukyaufWd6LrUlBkxZ4CHcwzUH6EF6/s1600/IMG_0033.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvTR2DB0jLxC2-oneqKzFL4xU6ARUfd9PKIUCgkG18o1k8wf-spTawYBzDURygbUuralbfesZdM36MwVADoBqMw1Rts3NpIKWZ93LUnAN9Tb_vUY4AgDEi8Um6_eg1E0lUlXg2neAWTW4/s1600/IMG_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvTR2DB0jLxC2-oneqKzFL4xU6ARUfd9PKIUCgkG18o1k8wf-spTawYBzDURygbUuralbfesZdM36MwVADoBqMw1Rts3NpIKWZ93LUnAN9Tb_vUY4AgDEi8Um6_eg1E0lUlXg2neAWTW4/s1600/IMG_0034.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For now, we set the cable box on top of the TV (for lack of anywhere else to put it), but we may re-evaluate this later:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1gjVvZ6wnh0OEneQD264dhDH7mYwRUG8kDpveWvd2ETW_N3gUqvBJnUZVRz28RacLRh61c3vfpaWrNsOCjoGNwJ1GaA3Qbzr1ZIlZHaNsS8Yk5a-miIJPXqb0iRnRBlwdQqzKW6x9vQe/s1600/IMG_0026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1gjVvZ6wnh0OEneQD264dhDH7mYwRUG8kDpveWvd2ETW_N3gUqvBJnUZVRz28RacLRh61c3vfpaWrNsOCjoGNwJ1GaA3Qbzr1ZIlZHaNsS8Yk5a-miIJPXqb0iRnRBlwdQqzKW6x9vQe/s1600/IMG_0026.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As for the empty space above the TV, I've already figured that out. I have a craft or two up my sleeve to fill the wall.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that about covers it! It's definitely a tight space... but that makes it more cozy, right? Cozy is what I'm going for here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 5'11" x 8'2" <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60050172/" target="_blank">Tarnby rug</a> actually covers most of the floor. You can see how it's only around 8 or 9 inches from the door here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5slS1x2Hsmb9cQG1ep8bV3PyGl5wwk_LtXtiSZOyoRw1K14IcTV_SCWSF3dF544f4GmChkQq8fqnCZsPC5JVFZ-J5DYph6ZHW6VZgqvKXh3Qhx6FLxGCVBCCE_2jC3GRr43PnVQybNbM/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5slS1x2Hsmb9cQG1ep8bV3PyGl5wwk_LtXtiSZOyoRw1K14IcTV_SCWSF3dF544f4GmChkQq8fqnCZsPC5JVFZ-J5DYph6ZHW6VZgqvKXh3Qhx6FLxGCVBCCE_2jC3GRr43PnVQybNbM/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are far from done here, people. I have about 7 weeks worth of projects planned until we can call this room "Finished."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next week I'll attempt to convert my bamboo window shade into a blackout shade, and we'll also swap the existing ceiling light for a fan. Getting there, slowly but surely...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope everyone has a happy Easter filled with extra chocolate and peeps!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wgVAW4CkQJKe7F9T2TN0wW1SrDi-slD9gmVbLIZalyLM_SjovLgmJd6T5JVGN-zGsPjsUT8JqpC0Hg0bvBSKNbL2vSFE5zPRGb85uqM6xT3uwkNviMJoN_gRPvh-14Y8_L7ctp1v1IQ3/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wgVAW4CkQJKe7F9T2TN0wW1SrDi-slD9gmVbLIZalyLM_SjovLgmJd6T5JVGN-zGsPjsUT8JqpC0Hg0bvBSKNbL2vSFE5zPRGb85uqM6xT3uwkNviMJoN_gRPvh-14Y8_L7ctp1v1IQ3/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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