How much fun are reveal days? I just love sharing everything that gets accomplished over the course of one month with a simple $100 budget. During the month of March, I worked on a Master Bedroom Makeover. I had A LOT of goals for this space, but with such a limited budget, I knew I wouldn’t be able to accomplish every one of them. None-the-less, let’s see it turned out.
Here’s the “before” shot, just so you remember where it all started.
It was a “fine” space, but kinda boring, kinda dark, kinda blah. Here were my goals from Week One.
Our $100 Master Bedroom Makeover
Goal 1: Paint
This was probably my favorite part of this whole challenge; not the actual painting part, but the fact that I was able to paint this entire room for FREE! I had expected to spend at least half my budget on paint, but a couple trips to my local recycle center scored me free paint; all I did was buy a new roller. Can’t beat that. The room went from dark, beige-y brown, to a light, bright gray. The pictures don’t do it justice. The change was incredible! You can read all about my free paint here.
Goal 2: Window Treatments
This week I got new window treatments. I wanted something simple, flowy… and inexpensive. I found it all. Once the curtains were hung, however, I felt they were taking over the space. I realized I needed holdbacks, despite not being a huge fan of them. The problem was this, my budget was dwindling fast. I decided to use some simple hemp and tie it, as holdbacks can be expensive… and I didn’t have much space between the window frame and wall to work with.
Goal 3: Create A Gallery Wall
As you may recall from Week 1, I had vintage maps already framed, and our vows on canvas, but they’d been sitting on our bedroom floor for months. I finally got the gallery wall up last week. You can read more about the process here.
Goal 4: Bed Linens?
I didn’t think I’d actually get new bed linens with such a limited budget, but after I was able to get free paint, this became an option. I found this one on Amazon (which arrived at 2:20 this afternoon… nothing like cutting the reveal down to the wire). I also wanted to get rid of the old brown pillow cases and I found some at Target.
Goal 5: Nightstand Makeovers
Alright… this didn’t happen…
Goal 6: Do Something with the Cut-Out Above the Doors
… and this didn’t happen either.
Here’s the Master Bedroom Reveal… and, of course, it’s picture day, so we’ve got clouds and rain. Boo.
Let’s just pretend my old pillowcases are as white as that new comforter, okay?
A few Before and Afters:
The Budget
Up until this week, I had only spent $4.77. This week I spent the rest. Here’s the final budget.
Bedding:
- Comforter– $43.97
- Pillow Cases x4- $13.30 ($6.65 per pack of 2) On sale, plus an additional 5% off with my Target Redcard
Window Treatments:
- Curtains x2- $15.98 ($7.99 each after using 20% off coupon)
- Curtain Rods x2- $8.54 ($4.27 each)
- Hemp- $2.99 after 40% coupon
Total- $89.55. That’s $10.45 under budget!!!
Wanna Catch Up?
Week 1 // Week 2 // Week 3 // Week 4 // Week 5
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It’s amazing how just a few changes can make such a big difference! The paint color really worked wonders on the room–it looks so much brighter. Now I’m curious what happens if you still want to do things in the room after the challenge is over??? 🙂
I have actually thought about things I’d like to still do in both the mudroom and, now, the Master Bedroom… Maybe I’ll have to start doing two parts on some of them?
Great job Erin! Love what you did over the bed. Huge statement…
Thanks Anne!
Erin, I do a lot of pretending that certain things match, fit, or go with other things until I can do better. But your old pillowcases are so attractive and really bring out the black features so well, I think you are going to have a hard time finding a better choice. I would love to do your map and vow wall with something that fits my husband and me. We have been married over 48 years, and all we remember of our vows is that they were super traditional, but I would not want to cheat by picking one of the options. I’m going to think on this. Maybe a big copy of our marriage license would look good. Thanks for the great ideas!
Congratulations on your many years of marriage! My husband and I wrote our own vows and kept the index cards we wrote them on, which is why my husband was able to put them on canvas. If you don’t remember your vows, you could certainly incorporate other ideas, like your marriage license idea… even a poem or quote that describes your marriage.
Have a wonderful day Jewell!
Budget makeovers are my favorite! What you did with only $100 is amazing!
Thanks Roxanne! I am always amazed at how much can be accomplished when you think outside the box… and scoring free paint sure doesn’t hurt.
What a difference!!! Just beautiful. The paint lightened everything up and the gallery wall as well as the maps and the vow really made a terrific difference. You did a great job. You should be proud of yourself.
Thank you Doris! This was such a fun room reveal!
Beautiful. Great job
Thank you Brenda!
Love it!
Veryy cool! I get inspired to re-do rooms in my house when I see what you are doing. I did the basement and made it into a man cave.
So glad you have been able to find some inspiration. We have an unfinished basement, and my husband wants to make it into a man cave as well. Just gotta round up the finances first. I’m thinking when you start with a completely unfinished space, there’s no way to work with $100 🙂