This poor bedroom has been through a lot.
While it started out as the office...
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...Brent and I quickly did a room
flip for layout aesthetics, and also because I hated the wall color. (Just further proof that paint colors don't transfer house-to-house. What I loved in
house #1, I absolutely hated here).
Once the room was cleared...
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And the carpet ripped out...
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It became the new R.O.C. (room of crap)...
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Which was just fine with me, because keeping the door shut meant not having to look at the paint color. This mutual agreement was going great, until we bought a queen-size bed for the guest bedroom, which then made bedroom #3 more like guest bedroom #2 (or more accurately, a room of crap with a bed in it). And it stayed this way for 5 months.
Why? Because I'm bad with expiration dates. At some point, I know bedroom #3 will become a nursery – and I thought investing in this space would be a waste of time and money. That was until I realized I could "invest wisely."
Meet the new bedroom #3:
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This area needs some organizing, but you get the idea:
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So, how did I "wisely invest?" The only thing I bought just for this room was the
duvet, and I got that on sale for $29.70 plus tax. Everything else I either had or plan to use once this room transforms again.
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Paint – leftover (it's the living room, entryway and hallway color)
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Bed – from the guest bedroom. The frame was actually from my high school days.
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Nightstand – my
$10 Craigslist find from last year
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Dresser – another Craigslist find from last year. Although, once this does become I nursery, I do plan on using it as a changing table
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Bookcase – my Ikea pride and joy. I love it here now, and it will be fabulous once this room is no longer a guest bedroom.