Getting Started on our Master Bedroom

For months this is what our bedroom looked like. I’ve been slow to touch our room because I just couldn’t put my finger on what look I wanted to go for.

A few weeks ago we were at my friend Meg’s house, and I fell in love with her open concept living room/kitchen wall color. It was the perfect shade of true timeless gray, and she thankfully rounded up the name of it for me – Sherwin William’s “Dorian Gray”.

I knew this color would look great in my bedroom, so after receiving a SW gift card for Christmas, Jamie ran over there a few days ago and picked up a couple gallons on Dorian Gray in a satin cashmere finish.

My sister offered to roll while I cut in, and (no kidding) we had the entire room prepped, painted, and put back together in four hours. Maybe a few minutes less.

Side note: This is the only room in the house (well, and the attached master bath) that already had white trim. I’m thankful I could skip the trim work for this update!

Since this color is darker and the cashmere finish is thicker, we quickly realized that a second coat wasn’t going to be necessary. All we did was go back and touch up areas where the yellow peeked through.

We’re playing around with furniture arrangements, but right now we like this one a little bit better; it feels so much more roomy.

The lighting in the picture above makes the color look a little deeper than it actually is, so I snapped the picture below with my iPhone to give you a better idea of the true color. It’s really beautiful!

I’ve been pinning away tons of ideas for this room, so I’m excited that painting the walls is out of the way. I have white blinds on backorder from JCPenney, and I’m so ready for them to get here so we can replace those old brown ones. I’m so looking forward to how our room is going to evolve!