Master Bedroom & Office Nook....finished!!

*For those of you who only come to see posts about my girls...I'm sorry, this will be of no interest to you (ahem...dad)....but it's fun for me!

Alright, on to the next room I have finally finished (for the most part..), our master bedroom. Our room, like most rooms in old houses, does not have a bathroom in it and it has a teeny, tiny closet that was serving little to no purpose.

Here is the before picture of the closet.

A friend of mine came over and she had the genius idea to turn the closet into an office nook with a desk for our laptop and somewhere to put our t.v. (it was sitting on a tv tray up until this point) Sooooooo, I was on the hunt for a desk and I came across this baby at our local thrift store for only $25 (with the chair included!!) I loved it and knew it had lots of potential. We still needed a little more storage for some of Russell's clothes, so when we were in Texas visiting his family, his grandma gave us this tall chest of drawers and it fit perfectly....it was meant to be:)

This is what the furniture looked like before it got some much needed paint...
And after....aahhhhh, don't you LOVE it?? I painted both pieces black then lightly sanded them to give them that perfect "antiquey" look. For the desk, I modge podged some scrapbook paper on the top and front of the drawers. I put a little distressing ink on the corners to add a little something extra.
I already had these shelves and the accessiories are pretty much all from the clearance section at TJ Maxx or Hobby Lobby.

The chair fabric is the same as the curtains in our room.

The knobs are from hobby lobby and the pulls were laying around from another piece of furniture I had.

And this is the view from the "office nook". Russell's mom and dad, once again, were a huge help with this room! When they came to visit a few months ago, they helped us construct the headboard (which, by the way, only cost us about $50 for materials and fabric!)and his mom, Gail, helped me pick out the fabric (and she was very patient through all my indecisiveness....thanks:) ) The bedding is from West Elm, the lamps from KMart, and nightstands from David and Gail. (oh and don't look too closely at those little decorative pillows, they aren't really sewn yet, that's on my to-do list.)
The middle frame has a poem that written for our wedding by my sweet friend, Amy Ryburn.

The fabric for the curtains is from Hobby Lobby and a big, huge thank you to Layne's mom, Gayle, for teaching me how to sew and line these!!

Russell's side of the bed.(if you look closely, you can see our protection from intruders...)

That's right, an old baseball bat. Shannon, do you recognize those initials? That would be your hubby:) Thanks Derek for keeping us safe at night!

Before picture...view from the door.

After picture...view from the door.

Thanks for taking the tour with me! (up next...Marissa's room!!!)

I'm linking this up to one of my favorite blogs....I made it without my hubby (just with some help from my in-laws!)