To the bedroom!

My luck has been rather high as of late. I sold a few things on Craigslist to help raise money for the downpayment on our future home, I got $50 worth of free stuff from Victoria's Secret, and *drumroll* I scored a heck of a deal on a couple of pieces of art from Target for the Spartan master bedroom I told you guys about last week.

Originally $29.99 each, I got both of them on clearance for $18. Ohhhhhhh yeah.

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Here are a couple of photos of the pieces in action. And please don't judge my bed making skills too harshly, I never claimed to be the neatest chick on the block.

A good start, methinks! If I come across a couple of dirt-cheap nightstands perhaps I'll consider adding those in as well. We shall see.

Maybe with all of this luck I've been having, I should play the lottery....hmmmm....

What do you guys think? Any other suggestions for our bedroom to make it more "us" on a budget?

Back in the saddle

Howdy ho, partner. Hope ya'll had a fantastic Thanksgiving - ours was super low-key and relaxing. And I think we'll have leftovers for the next month or so. Delightful.

Anyway, since we're prepping the house for potential buyers, today we're venturing for the first time into...our bedroom!

DUN DUN DUN

You may be wondering why you haven't seen our bedroom on the blog yet - well, folks, that's mainly because it's the one room of our house that typically isn't on permanent display, so it can get rather messy. Trying to keep a house clean with a toddler is like trying to prevent a puppy from eating every pair of shoes you own. So, in an effort to keep the rest of the house somewhat tidy, our bedroom was often left in a perma-messy state.

Since there will be prospective buyers tromping through the house soon, we figured it was about time to spruce it up a bit. I've been debating how to decorate it - did I want it to be tranquil? Exciting? Crazy? Traditional?

In the end, I wanted a mix of tranquil with a splash of our personality (so, that would be quirky) - plus, I need it to be on the inexpensive side, since we're saving every penny we can for our down payment sometime early next year.

I'm thinking about either a gallery wall (we have a TON of wall space above the dresser on the other side of the room) or an eclectic mix of art related to some of our favorite music/movies (i.e., Queen, Van Halen, AC/DC, Star Wars, etc. - by the way, has anyone seen the new Star Wars teaser trailer?! Have to admit seeing the Falcon fly again was pretty heart-stopping!). Here are some that I found online that I'm thinking about:

Led Zeppelin "All of my love" Poster, Etsy (via SouthernSassArt), $12+ (depending on size)

Queen Poster, Etsy (via Posteritty), $13+ (depending on size)

Star Wars Rebel "Hope" Poster, Etsy (via tkbdesigns), $19+ (depending on size)

Star Wars Han and Leia "I love you/I know" Poster, Etsy (via CreativeSpectator), $21+ (depending on size)

Any other ideas/thoughts on how to spruce up a bedroom with quasi-personalized flair on a budget?