My Bedroom: Finished

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My bedroom is done.
It has been 1 year since I started on it from scratch.

To refresh your memory, the BEFORE picture.
This is what I began with:

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The After pictures below go clockwise around the room, starting at the bed.

WALL 1
-I still need something up at the top, but after rearranging the wall above my bed about 30 times, I will stick with this I think.

-1920s and 1930s sheet music, that I framed
-1911 Coles Phillips Hoot Mon Litho Book Plate, framed
-A for me and L for my daughter
-Some of my 1939 NY World's Fair postcards (I collect 1939 NYC World's Fair items)
-Howdy Dowdy Chalkware plaque (circa 1940s-50s)
-White metal IKEA side table
-1950s blonde veneer top hairpin leg side table


An older but better shot of the bed (Painted IKEA frame)
and the bedspread (Chinoiserie by Dwell)





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WALL 2
-1950s reprint of Gould's Parakeets
-Audubon Painted Bunting (my favorite bird) Book Plate, framed
-1930s Louisiana mini postcard
-1930s Cottage Plantation in Baton Rouge (F Conrad) postcard
-Vintage black bird



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WALL 2 (cont), WALL 3
-1930s burl veneer vanity, marked Made in Czechoslovakia
-Two old (date unknown) bird book plates in original late 1920's-early 1930s frames.
-1968 Pair of Miller Studios Chalkware crested bird plaques
-1970s embroidered floral piece, in original frame





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WALL 3 cont.
-IKEA drapes, storage boxes, and table
-1940s lamp with Fine China base and original shade
-Vintage Royal Copley Deer and Fawn Vase



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Corner of WALL 3 and WALL 4
-Refurbished 1970 chair in Marimekko's Tuuli fabric
-1960s wall hangings

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WALL 4
-Refurbished shelf (rescued from a gutted 1930s cottage)
-Deer, deer, deer, vases, vases, vases
-Childhood portrait of my Dad (my favorite person)
-1939 NY World's Fair Postcard
-Old Richardson Wright books
-Under shelf: IKEA storage boxes



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Cleo on her perch (which is my nightstand).
She loves this spot:

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It's so nice to have a bedroom that finally feels lived in and functional.
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