Another Option

Man do I have some progress pictures to show you! Let's just say that our master bedroom is coming along prehhhtttty smoothly. It is slowly becoming that rustic-shabby chic retreat that I have been looking forward to. Our plan is to make our bedroom our sanctuary. Yes, most people view their bedroom as this, but ours will be a little more special, as it will also be our place away from all the other work that is going on in our house. It will be the only room (other than the bathroom--but who just chills in their bathroom?) that is 100% done. So while the rest of the house is in varying states of chaos, our bedroom will offer a nice retreat. That's the plan anyway.

So, like I said, I am going for a rustic-shabby chic look. To me, that means a lot of wood - painted wood. The room should also look like it took years to put together-as if one collected all the perfect pieces and seamlessly combined them to form the perfect room. So, while I am spending 'years' figuring out the perfect room combinations, Jonathan was working on defining the space in another way.

In this post I mentioned that I was trying to convince Jonathan to leave the ceiling open and let the beams be exposed. I love me some rustic wood beams. Well that was a 'no' because of the impracticality of it all. But I was determined to get my "wood beams." So I casually mentioned this other option to Jonathan:

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I had fallen in love with the wood accents on the ceiling. It was a simple touch that I have seen done before and it just adds a little something without being too intrusive to the eye-this was important to me since our ceiling is relatively low.

Anyway, I mentioned it to him and he became all excited about it. Apparently, this idea was going to save him a lot of time! Instead of finishing the corners of the ceiling, after he drywalled, he would be able to cover them with the wood. Apparently, it is a lot more work to finish a forty-five degree angle (where our ceiling meets the wall) then a ninety degree angle (where two walls meet). The margin of error for getting a straight line is significantly higher in that situation.

So after the drywall went up:

Up went the wood:

Thankfully, Jonathan was able to purchase some pre-used wood from a local store. This cut the bill for the job in half. Plus, with a coat of white paint, you won't even be able to tell the color differences in the wood.

We decided to outline the entire ceiling in the 2 1/4" wood and then decided to add some strips down the walls as well. When planning our layout, we opted to follow the piece of wood that was at the end of the closet, all the way over to the other side of the room.  This just seemed like a natural place to do it.

Then Jonathan measured the distance between that piece of wood and the outside wall, to the right of it, and installed a piece of wood the same distance on the left (the side closest to the windows in the above picture). So basically there are three "panels" that are being formed by the wood trim. Plus, its also very symmetrical and I like symmetry :)

Our plan is to position our bed below the middle panel in the room. Something like this (sans the people coming out of the bed...really clipart??):

I think the trim will add a little visual interest and something special to the room. Today I am headed over to the house to put the first coat of primer on the upstairs! I cannot wait to see what it looks like!!! I promise pictures very soon.

What are you up to on this beautiful Wednesday? I hope the weather man upstairs has been as nice to you as he has been to us! :)