Here it is....

After searching high and low for the perfect pieces for our room, I decided the final pieces can wait, and I can reveal to you the {almost} finish product.

We are still searching for some green artwork or a modern sculpture for behind the bed. I know I will find it eventually!

Here is what we did...

• A fresh and modern coat of paint
• Stripped and repainted our nightstands
• New baskets in the nightstands
• New lamps
• New bedding
• Repainted our cherry wood frames
• Repainted our hanging candle sconces and added new candles
• Put up new shelves
• Framed artwork from our favorite artist...Camden High
• Added a few new accessories.

To see the *before* pictures, go here.

I knew I wanted a modern black and white room with a subtle accent color. I fell in love with this bedding and added accents based on the bed.

We needed balance on this wall across from our bed. We have our dresser and TV centered with our bed. It throws off the look of the wall, and I had to find a way to balance it. Wes was up in the attic putting away some baby stuff the day we started on our room. He found these 2 shelves up there that we have had since we moved into our house. They are the perfect balance for the wall, and a perfect place to add accessories. I really wanted to add some greenery on the shelves, I just have not found the perfect ones yet. So for now, just a few candles and frames will do.

We also have our H on the shelf. I made that a few years back and still love how it looks.

We left this space open to the left of our dresser because eventually we will have to move Wesley's desk in here for more peace and quiet for his studies.

We left the frames where they were before, to the left of the bathroom door. We painted them white so there would be more of a contrast between the wall and the frames. And the black and white pictures stand out much better. We have some frames to hang on the wall to the right of the door, they just are not done yet.

These sconces were originally a rusty bronze and I had white candles on them. Now they are white with a silver decorative candle. I love these!

Our nightstands are still pathetic, but not as bad as before. They are cheap-o Ikea nightstands that we bought when we lived in our apartment. When we bought our house we didn't want to buy new nightstands because we had greater costs to worry about. So we painted our Ikea ones and added feet to them as well as a travertine top. Over the years our pathetic paint job wore off and the baskets were hideous. Since we are still not in a place to buy new nightstands, we decided to repaint them once again, but do it the right way. I found better baskets, and love how they turned out. The only problem is that I could only find 3 baskets, so Wesley's nightstand is missing the top basket. He doesn't mind :)

I also finally found the lamps I wanted! I knew I wanted a green lamp with a white shade. I had a hard time finding exactly what I wanted until the other day. We were browsing through Target and I found these gems for $20 ea. A steal for a lamp!! They also had one that had a black base and white shade, but I knew I couldn't pass up another green accent! 

So what do you think? Did we do ok? 

We are so happy with how it all turned out. We love doing all the work ourselves and seeing what we can do on a tight budget.