I will admit that I clearly don’t have a stylish bedroom.  My bedroom, like most of my house, is furnished with older, mismatched pieces.  My husband and I have a King sized waterbed, which we bought at least 20 years ago, and is starting to look its age.  My dresser is very nice, it is a mahogany dresser from my husband’s grandparents that I refinshed years ago.  My husband’s dresser is also from his grandparents, but it isn’t as nice as mine.  We actually have a matching mahogany dresser for him, but I never refinished it, so it is in my son’s room.  The only other furniture in the bedroom is a couple end tables (which of course don’t match) and an old kitchen chair.  All in all, it is not a bedroom you’d see in any fancy magazine photos.

Lately I have been doing a few simple things which I hope will accomplish my goal of adding style to the bedroom.  Now of course if we were willing to spend money on furniture we could get something like this Joli table and stool set.  But we have chosen to spend any extra money we have on things like our boat and a piano instead.  So I have settled for doing simple things to add small amounts of style.  I bought new curtains, which are an excellent and yet affordable way of making a room look fresh.  I also added vinyl bird decals to the walls, and hung a very nice mirror that was left by the previous owners of our house over the dresser.  All these little changes have helped the room a lot.  My next goal is to get matching bedside tables, and maybe even a more comfortable chair.

Of course one thing that would make sense to do is to refinish the second mahogany dresser for my husband, since they really are gorgeous pieces of furniture.  But I hate refinishing furniture, so that is pretty low on my list of projects.  Actually it isn’t on the list at all, unless I convince one of my teens to do it.  If money was no object we’d redo the master bathroom, and add a whirlpool tub or steam showers.  But instead we will have to settle for being slightly stylish on a low budget.