We’re finally making our final strides on the upstairs. Our bedroom is done (minus those pesky closet doors), so we’ve officially moved in. We were a bit eager, a lot of furniture and décor pieces were purchased well in advance. This did kind of turn our dining room into an obstacle course, but when the room was finally finished we already had everything on hand to move in.

Our bed is the most exciting part. We have been sleeping on a full size bed for almost five years, neither of us are small people, so it’s been pretty rough. A queen is only 6 inches longer and 6 inches wider, but it’s amazing how much of a difference that makes. I had a small checklist when searching for the right bed, must haves: tufting, fully upholstered, and storage drawers. This really did narrow down the selection, but eventually we found the perfect bed. Putting it together was quite a task, it came in five separate boxes and the instructions were trying to go the Ikea rout by using images instead of words…but definitely not as clear as Ikea instructions. It took the two of almost three hours to put it together.

This is what our room looked like while putting the bed together….

But all of that chaos turned into this!

I was worried about buying a rug online because one never know what the color will actually look like. The rug turned out to be a couple shaded darker than the bed which worked perfectly. Add a box spring and a mattress and we’re good to go. The bed is super tall, I really love tall beds, I don’t know what it is, but I just feel like they’re more luxurious.

Since we were going with a very simple color scheme I wanted to try and add texture with the textiles in the room. I loved the faded pattern in the rug, and choosing curtains with a pattern that would compliment without being too much.

The wood finish of the night stands helps add some much needed warmth to the room and balance out all the cool blues and greys. I switched out the drawer pulls to a more modern chrome, keeping everything cohesive. The contrast also adds some interest, the original pulls just blend right into the wood

I found an awesome dresser on Craigslist that works perfectly with the night stands. So I love the dresser, it has 12 drawers which we really need, it’s solid wood and very much our style. But it weighs almost 300 lbs. It took two people to get it into the house (thanks Ash), that alone was a struggle. Once it was in the house, we realized there was a chance it would not get up our windy stairs. I knew it could technically fit, but it would require a lot of strength to maneuver. I did look into lifting it over our balcony..it is quite expensive. So we hired two movers from Task Rabbit, which we thought would be enough, but alas it was not. Thankfully John came to the rescue and helped out, Seth had a sprained finger at the time, so one good hand was not going to do it. With removing the banisters, and the landing window we were able to get it up the stairs! It will never come back down, if we ever move it will be gifted to the new owners. I plan to replace the hardware in the dresser as well, but I have yet to find the perfect drawer pulls, I know they’re out there somewhere.

Now it’s onto adding the final touches, art, photos, shelves. Essentially making it look like actual people live in our home.