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Master Bedrom Redo We have lived in our home for 19 1/2 years. We moved in when Tessa was 6 months old. When we moved in back then we never imagined that almost 20 years later we would still be living here. But life happens, plans change and you end up with wonderful neighbors you can’t ever imagine leaving. A few years after moving in we decorated our master bedroom. I wanted to create a little garden sanctuary. This is what it looked like. Master Bedroom I loved it and I have loved it for about 17 years but it was time for a change. Change is good and since I don’t get a new house I decided a new master bedroom would have to do. When Glidden® paint invited me to use their My Image Inspiration to redo a room in my house I knew exactly which room it would be – our master bedroom.

In a previous post I shared with you my inspiration for the room redo. The look and feel I was trying to achieve. I also shared with you my love/hate relationship with paint. Well, thanks to My Image Inspiration that relationship is now a love one! I uploaded my inspiration image into the system and it presented me with four potential color choices. My Color Inspiration I decided to go with the Pebble Grey and it was the perfect choice! They hit it on the head the first time. Boy was my husband a happy camper! None of that 10 different colors of paint on the wall trying to decide. Grey can be a bit tricky. I didn’t want a taupey grey or a blue grey – I wanted grey and that is what I got with Pebble Grey, a nice light, grey!

I bought my gallon of Glidden® Duo™ Paint & Primer at Home Depot and we got to work. The paint went on beautifully – so smooth and it covered in one coat! Since the primer is built into the paint the coverage is excellent. My husband really loved that part since he is the designated painter at our house.Glidden Paint I am so excited to share with you what my new master bedroom looks like today. My bedroom does not have a lot of natural light so taking photographs is a bit difficult but I did my best. The room is still a work in progress as far as the decorating and accessorizing goes but I love it! It feels so calm and peaceful. Bedroom Redo2 I decided now that we are empty nesters I could go with all white bedding ala Target (no kids to jump on the bed and mess it up!!!) I brought in the egg colors from my inspiration photo with pillows (TJ Maxx). I love a few pillows on my bed. Bedroom Redo We needed a new bedside table for my husband’s side of the bed so I found an old sewing machine table at Goodwill for $15.00 and gave it a nice coat of paint – the height is just perfect by the side of the bed. Bedroom Redo I had a collection of gold framed mirrors I had picked up at garage sales over the last few years so I used those on the night stands to open up the room more. Bedroom Redo Bedroom Redo I have a little bit of a “thing” for empty vintage frames so I have used those throughout the room too. My very favorite part of the room is my little reading corner. This is where I start my day with a little reading and devotional time and it is often where I end my day with a little pre-bed reading. The chair is just my size! Bedroom Redo My little reading side table also came from Goodwill for $7.99 and a fresh coat of paint made it “just right.” I also found a good use for one of those yogurt crocks I made my husband carry home in his bag from Paris! It holds my pens and glasses. Bedroom Redo Here’s a view from the bathroom door. Bedroom RedoTrue Confessions: I don’t make my bed every day and in fact I don’t make it most days. Sorry if I have disappointed you!!! But since our Master Bedroom Redo – I haven’t missed a day making my bed! It’s amazing what a new coat of paint can do for a room. _DSC0523 So, yes I am pretty much in love with my new room and it is almost as good as getting a new house. And I think this is my favorite corner of that whole house!! Bedroom Redo Thanks Glidden paint for helping transform my master bedroom and making the process so easy!!

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  4. Barbara

    September 3, 2013 at 4:53 am

    Your room looks great, Leigh Ann! What a beautiful transformation! I’m getting ready to paint my dining room and will check out the color you used for your bedroom as I think it’s a great color!

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  6. Emily

    September 3, 2013 at 6:12 am

    Leigh Anne, I love your bedroom transformation! Can I ask where you found that adorable little chair? It looks like an Ikea Ektorp, but I have never seen that fabric before. I would love to paint our master bedroom- it still has the wallpaper up from the previous owners, and could use an update!

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  8. Cindy Brickley

    September 3, 2013 at 6:48 am

    I need to paint the living room first and then the Kitchen, dining room and then the bedroom. Right now they are all paneled which I hate. We will have to rip it out and put up drywall which will be very costly.

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  22. Terry

    September 3, 2013 at 8:22 am

    My son’s bedroom. He is nine and whenever he goes to the store with my husband he loves to look at paint colors. He has picked a few WOW colors!!

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  23. laurie

    September 3, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Your bedroom makeover is fantastic. Love the colors. I really need to repaint my kitchen. All walls are wallpapered so it all needs to come off before I can paint.

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  24. Ginger

    September 3, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Love the make over. I love having my master bedroom be the most beautiful peaceful retreat! I am ready to do a new color also.

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  25. Valerie A. H.

    September 3, 2013 at 8:25 am

    Your bedroom looks like a million bucks! Great job!

    I would LOVE to paint my master bedroom. Embarrassed to say we have lived in our house for 14 years and we never painted that room. You can see where the previous owners hung 4 pictures together because it’s white on those spots. Yikes!!!

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  26. Teri Wiebler

    September 3, 2013 at 8:27 am

    I would paint my master bathroom. The color I originally chose is too dark and does not go with the tile very well. So hard to tell from a swatch!

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  28. Karen Wills

    September 3, 2013 at 8:35 am

    Leigh Ann…seeing your transformation has inspired me to get going on our Master bedroom too. It is plain white, so some color will be uplifting. I love your Goodwill finds and the reading corner!!

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  30. carla nilsen

    September 3, 2013 at 8:35 am

    I would paint Erik’s office, we call it the Mac Lab, since he’s a Human Computer Interaction prof, and other room in our house holds the PC’s. Your bedroom looks great.

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  32. Kylie

    September 3, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Oh man…every room in our house could use a refresher! But I think our living room is the worst right now, I’d love to spruce it up! Your room looks lovely. 🙂

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  34. Emily H.

    September 3, 2013 at 8:44 am

    I love the colors you chose for your bedroom. I love the pillows as well–I need to make a trip to T.J. Maxx now! I would also paint my master bedroom. My bedroom and bathroom are a sea of beige and could really use some color.

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  35. Mary B

    September 3, 2013 at 8:56 am

    I would paint our guest bathroom. We have never painted this room and I’m sorry we haven’t. It the place where guest visit I would love for it to greet them with a great first impression!
    Thank you!
    Have a wonderful day!

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  36. Harriet B.

    September 3, 2013 at 8:59 am

    I would paint the foyer leading into the house… with a semi-gloss paint. Little hand prints to not come off of matte very well!! (though I like the color already)

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  39. Alison L

    September 3, 2013 at 9:16 am

    I need to paint my boys rooms. They still have the basic builder white walls (after 3 years in our house) and they aren’t looking white anymore if you know what I mean! Love your room!

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  42. shannon

    September 3, 2013 at 9:43 am

    I am drooling over your sewing table! I picked one up at a garage sale awhile with plans to paint it grey. Seeing yours was like seeing the vision in my head brought to reality. I would love a tutorial as I am now feeling inspired to tackle the project! As for what room I would paint… I really need to paint whole house! 10 years and 4 kids later I would love to start with clean walls again.

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  47. Cheryl F.

    September 3, 2013 at 10:09 am

    Love your new look! We have been in our current home for about 8 years so every room needs to be repainted, but I would probably start with a bedroom.

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  48. Ashley in pdx

    September 3, 2013 at 10:09 am

    The upstairs bathroom needs some new color badly! The walls are this pale blue but the prior owners painted the ceiling tan. It does not look great together. I’m in the hunt now for some color in there!

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  50. Mary Lynn

    September 3, 2013 at 10:25 am

    I would paint (or should I say, my Husband will) paint our bathrooms. One is green and the other one is a salmon color. We are in need of a change. Love your bedroom redo.

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  51. Laurie

    September 3, 2013 at 10:29 am

    Your room is so beautiful and peaceful. What a lovely transformation!
    I would paint my laundry room. It is a dark taupe color which makes the room really dark to work in!

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  53. Elaine Satterfield

    September 3, 2013 at 10:31 am

    I just acquired a bedroom to paint since our daughter just got married. Looking for the perfect gray as a matter of fact! Your room looks great!

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  54. Mary Anne Best

    September 3, 2013 at 10:44 am

    Love your bedroom (how about some of your vintage pictures to fill some of the empty frames.
    I would paint my living room – tired of white!

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  55. tammigirl

    September 3, 2013 at 10:54 am

    I just bought a beautiful wisteria for my laundry room.

    The next room I want to paint is my master bedroom. I am in the process of building a bed. I would love to paint the walls before assembling the new bed in the room. So far every bit of our house is still builder-painted ivory.

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  58. Kimberly H

    September 3, 2013 at 11:01 am

    We just bought a house and I am painting everything I possibly can before we move our furniture in later this month. We finished the living room, kitchen, master bed, and basement. Next up is the office and guest room. Everything feels so clean and fresh with new paint!

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  59. Regan

    September 3, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Your room has so many of the exact touches I want to do in our room and a very similar layout, and now I have pictures to show my husband! Beautiful job! Our house is brand new (less than a year old) so it needs paint everywhere to get rid of the builder white! I think I would start with the entry, although there are many spots that are showing little handprints already!

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  60. Robyn N

    September 3, 2013 at 11:20 am

    WOW – I absolutely love it too! It totally says – calm and peaceful. We’ve never been happy with our bedroom decorations. We painted it shortly after moving in, which is now 8 years ago. And the colors ended up being to similar, except if the room is super well lit. So it just feels dark and dusty. Not to mention we desparately need new future in it. But that is soo expensive. I like how you used the good will pieces. This is very inspiring! So I’d say – I’d love to repaint our bedroom/dressing/bathroom area as it all goes together.

    Maybe i’ll even show my hubby this post. Maybe it will inspire him as well!

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  67. Amanda

    September 3, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Love what you did with the space! It looks both modern and classic! I would really like to redo my kitchen…big project. If its just paint than I would probably pick the hot pink teen girls room. I told them we would update when they became teenagers, but that happened too fast!

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  68. Ahna Proctor

    September 3, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    I am doing an empty bedroom into a nursery – I already painted the walls (greige), now I need to redo the dresser to contrast better to the walls. Also looking for a rocker with a highback.

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  70. Patti

    September 3, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    I would also paint the master bedroom……………tired of what I am seeing. Love that chair and ottoman. Where did you purchase the ottoman?

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  71. SE in Oregon

    September 3, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    I would take off the toile wallpaper in the guest bathroom. It was here when we moved into this house. And then paint the walls – haven’t been inspired by a color yet.

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  72. Kirsty

    September 3, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    It looks soooo lovely! Love, love love the colour! Can’t wait to try out that amazing paint tool. How AWESOME. I spy “Romancing the Ordinary”! I love that book-it is so pretty and soothing. I keep it next to my bed pretty much permanently. I actually think I recommended it here when you were asking for reading recommendations. Maybe it was somewhere else…:)

    I would like to paint my guest bathroom next. I’ve been wanting to for years but keep thinking it will be remodeled first. So far, no dice so I guess I will improve it with paint 🙂

    k

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  74. Kellie Stoddard

    September 3, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    I am trying to get rid of some ballerina teddy bear wall paper in my bedroom. I am 22, and my mom can’t decide how she want’s to redecorate…. So I have been stuck with the teddy bears for too long. I’d love to have a room like this to come home too when I come home on breaks from college

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  82. Jesicca Kallas

    September 3, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    I am wanting/needing to re-do my sons room. We have been in our home for almost 10 years. He was four when we moved in so he is desperate for a change. He needs a more grown up look and feel. It is currently an old world American look but, with a twin bed, and some cutesy décor. Bless his heart!

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  83. Heather

    September 3, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    I’d paint my daughter’s room. We moved into this house in January and she has blue and green walls. She wants purple 🙂

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  86. Leslie W

    September 3, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    I adore your bedroom! I have been looking for a grey paint for redoing my living room but have only found too dark or way to light, I love the pebble grey & the primer already in the paint! I hope I can convince my husband to go with pebble grey for our living room. I think it will really bring character to our space.

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  89. Katie

    September 3, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    I have been wanting to redo our kids playroom. It’s quite a mess and needs some organization. Some painting would perk it up nice.

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  101. Stephanie

    September 3, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    Your room looks fabulous! It’s always nice to have a change. I think I’m going to paint our master bedroom next, but I can’t decide on a color. I’m not totally tired of the blue that it is now, but I feel like it needs some freshening up. In our house, I’m the painter and decorator, and make all the redecorating decisions. If it were up to my husband, NOTHING would ever change. Ever.

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  103. Deanne Helgesen

    September 3, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    I would definitely tackle our guest bathroom. We moved in to our “New” house seven years ago and I still haven’t redone that bathroom LOL

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  110. dawn

    September 3, 2013 at 10:38 pm

    I love your new bedroom! It is so peaceful looking. I would like to paint my sewing room or my laundry room next. Thanks for sharing. I love the chair in the corner of your room.

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  111. Deidre B.

    September 4, 2013 at 12:46 am

    Good job, Leigh Anne! I’ve redone all the rooms in my home already–except for one, my laundry room. So that would have to be next to do. Boring! But if I win, I’ll try to make it interesting.

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  112. Jenny

    September 4, 2013 at 4:43 am

    Just found your site as I stumbled upon your London wardrobe. Looks like a great trip! I would paint our living room. Its got 1950s wallpaper up…it is so ugly. Our whole house is in desperate need of a makeover!

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  116. Jessica

    September 4, 2013 at 6:32 am

    I would love to paint my bedroom! I recently started transforming my dark eggplant theme into a bright greige! On the same path as you!! Thanks for sharing.

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  122. Kim Henrichs

    September 4, 2013 at 7:12 am

    I would desperately love to paint our extra guest bedroom. It was a funky shade of green when we moved in and it’s just that last room that hasn’t been touched. Your pics are beautiful!

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  123. Melissa

    September 4, 2013 at 7:15 am

    I’m torn between painting my kitchen and my bedroom. I think the bedroom would win though. We did some room switching this summer, and the master bedroom was left in a bit of a mess. Maybe a facelift would help me love it again.

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  125. Wendy B

    September 4, 2013 at 7:54 am

    I would love to redo our master bedroom too. I have always wanted a pretty bedroom with a reading chair in the corner. But as a Mommy of four busy girls, almost everything in our house is here for function not beauty. As a design challenged person, this Gliden website looks like a wonderful tool to help me get some color on the walls.
    Thanks for the inspiration and helpful ideas.

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  126. Erica

    September 4, 2013 at 8:23 am

    I just bought glidden paint for the living room & need some paint for my bedroom & bathroom. Would love to use this to help with my budget.

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  127. Elizabeth Triplett

    September 4, 2013 at 8:23 am

    I really want to paint my kitchen! I have been “planning” to paint for 2 years! Want the walls to be pewter and white cabinets!

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  128. Stephanie Foster

    September 4, 2013 at 8:26 am

    I love your room and will have to try the Pebble Gray. It’s hard to find a true gray! I am ready to redo my son’s room and want to paint it with gray and orange!

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  129. Heather

    September 4, 2013 at 8:43 am

    If I could choose I would paint our master bedroom/bath. It’s a work in progress but sooner or later it is going to have to be done. I love your bedroom colors, greatly done.

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  134. natalie g

    September 4, 2013 at 9:38 am

    I would love to paint my youngest daughter’s room next. She just began high school so it is time to make her room look like a high schooler lives in there and not a young girl. It would be great to pick out new paint and new bedding!

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  137. Judy B

    September 4, 2013 at 10:13 am

    THis has inspired me to finally paint our Master Bedroom…it’s only been about 20 years, and kids are now gone, so I can decorate any way I want. Love your new “do”. Where did you find the adorable chair?

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  138. Christy Keyton

    September 4, 2013 at 10:16 am

    This looks great, Leigh Anne! I love your reading corner. I have one in my bedroom too. I would like to paint my daughter’s room next.

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  139. Krista Reynolds

    September 4, 2013 at 11:04 am

    I would love to paint my breakfast nook a nice sunny yellow. We bought our house 3 years ago and it’s the last room that needs to be painted. My mom died of lung cancer last year and we use the space for her hospice ccare since she couldn’t go up the stairs to a bedroom. I feel like a clean coat if paint and some cute furniture would help me making fresh start and forget some of the hard memories that space holds for me now.

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  144. Holly

    September 4, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Our master bedroom needs a makeover! I love the shade you chose. Grey’s are so fun to work with aren’t they? Thanks for sharing your experience!

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  145. Susan H.

    September 4, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    Your room looks fantastic. I so want to paint my master bedroom next. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing Glidden’s color tools. Thanks also for chance to win.

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  147. Shannon

    September 4, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    I want to paint my kitchen the color I want it once and for all. But also our living room has one brown wall that I am not in love with. Maybe I’ll just do both!

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  148. Jenny O

    September 4, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Our kitchen! The previous owners tried to match the original color but didn’t quite make it–it comes off as purple in some areas instead of tan!

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  152. becky jackman

    September 5, 2013 at 8:47 am

    I would love to paint my kitchen and family room…My children and grandchildren are here from Papua New Guinea and after a year of living with us they are returning to Northern Australia…I think I need a pick me up and CHANGE- many marks on the walls from little boys driving their cars on them 🙂

    thanks,

    Becky

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  161. Ann Roseborough

    September 5, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    I would sooo paint my bedroom! I too have the “garden” theme going on. 🙁 I was so impressed with the garden theme, I put up a mid-wall flower border! : /. Your new room looks elegant and cheery–LOVE IT! 🙂

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  162. Katherine

    September 5, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    Love it! I need to paint the bathroom…its bright renters white and we have left it that way for 5 years since we bought the house.

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  164. carla

    September 6, 2013 at 4:58 am

    I’m really wanting to give my master bedroom a new lease on life it currently I’d half painted with stains beige carpet I’m wanting to do a dark hardwood floor. A grey wall color on all but one wall . My accent wall will be very dark purple and I want to acsesorize in sparkly silver. I can’t wait to get started

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  165. Madeline

    September 6, 2013 at 5:00 am

    I’d love to paint my daughter’s room next but it will be quite a chore because she has this bed with drawers that we’d probably have to take apart to move it!

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  170. Stephanie Foster

    September 6, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    Within the last year, we have repainted nearly every room in the house…except the master bedroom because we could not decide (or agree) on a color that we would both want to live with every single day. I change my bedspread often, so I am afraid of picking a wall color that would limit my options for bedspreads. Basically, I am too indecisive and I don’t know if I will ever settle on a color…so either my walls will remain white, or I will begin changing the wall color as often as I change my bedspread.

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  172. Brynn

    September 7, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    My Master! I actually came across your blog because i’m looking to do gray and am stumped on what color gray. I love your choice!!! Would love to use this $$ for the project! Thanks!

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  177. Karen

    September 8, 2013 at 11:59 am

    I would love to paint and redo our master bath – it still has ugly wall paper with roses on it from the previous owner!
    Thanks, Karen
    lemontart5kb at gmail dot com

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  210. Ellie W

    September 30, 2013 at 7:33 am

    I would like to paint my bedroom. It’s all white and has not been repainted since we first moved in 21 years ago. A touch of color would really bring it to life.

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  220. Carmen

    September 30, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    What a beautiful grey bedroom – I love it! I want to tackle our dining room – it’s a bright color and I want it more subtle

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  228. Kim Love

    August 22, 2017 at 7:47 am

    Hi Leigh Anne! Even though this looks like you posted it a few years ago I still LOVE you bedroom and would like to know which chair it was you purchased at TARGET and also where you got the ottoman. I’m in the process of moving and think I will have the perfect corner in my new master to replicate what you have done. My current bedding would match the grays you found! My fingers are crossed they are still available=) Thanks so much!

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