Update 2/6/2012 – welcome YHL readers! Sources for items in these photos and additional information on the room can be found here. Thanks for visiting!
This weekend, among other projects, I decided to tackle a contest entry that we’ve been meaning to do for awhile. This particular project category is a bedroom makeover, and since it’s for an old house publication, and this is certainly an old house (134 years and counting), we thought it might fit the bill. This room has a lot of the components that they are looking for – a pretty incredible “before” story (think pigeon droppings…and well, the pigeon remains too…as well as a rotted floor, masonry walls with joints you could see daylight through, plywood in lieu of windows and a decrepit winding stair about two feet wide as the only access. Not only did we clean up, restore and replace the few features the attic had going for it, we took the modern day requirements for making the house livable (like a zoned furnace, hidden ductwork, and new plumbing) and created an enormous amount of custom built-ins to accommodate and disguise them. We reused material that we salvaged from the one existing wall, and we relocated an extra mantel from the kitchen down below. The entire front mansard roof was rebuilt on the inside and the outside, creating the great dormer window, sloped front wall, and activity ledge in the room that gives the space its character. Throw in a custom mural, some hand painted and glazed tiles, a plethora of colorful books and a kid that is always making her own personal mark on the space, and we think it’s a great bedroom – prizes or no prizes.
If you haven’t seen the entire project from start to finish you can find the photos of this room and the rest of the house by clicking on the category “rehab slide shows” on the right. I’m putting a few before shots below as the cliff notes version.
The wall that now has the wardrobes and window seat.
The new mansard roof / sloped wall in the room.
Wardrobe installation.
Salvaged pine boards are installed on the back of the sloped wall.
Final woodwork is complete and ready for paint.
Beadboard and decorative beam covers are installed at the ceiling and painting is complete.
Wardrobe painting in progress.
New flooring goes down.
those built in wardrobes are the bomb! ;p My favorite part has to be the lighting though, very modern for this kind of room– and a nice surprise.
Hi! I just saw your remodel on YHL! Great work! I have to ask – wherever did you find the tiles in the fireplace from le petit prince?? I am IN LOVE!
I just saw this through YHL too and also love the Little Prince tiles… where’d you get them?? 🙂
Absolutely Beautiful! I saw your feature on YHL and needed to see more! Awesome job!
Popping over from YHL as well. I love this renovation to pieces. I was wondering if on the one bookshelf wall with the map at the bottom, did you hand paint those swirly flowers or are they vinyl appliques?
My best, Lynn
Also stopping in from YHL – what a beautiful room. I love the window area! I wish I had that room when I was a kid, heck, I wish I had one like it now! 🙂
Welcome all! Glad you are enjoying the room!
Kaitlyn – I love the lighting too – and the fact that they are adjustable.
Kyla – thanks! I actually painted those tiles while I was pregnant (and before I knew if I was having a girl or a boy). I have always loved that book, and I felt like it was appropriate for a room that would be full of books and so near to the stars.
Lynn – I painted those flowers on the short knee wall – the inspiration came from a card I received in the mail from a friend. (I painted those after E was born – in fact, I used to paint while she was napping in there!) Somewhere I have a photo of her catching me in the act while she was supposed to be sleeping. 🙂
WOW!
This is such an impressive project. You guys are so talented! I love the handpainted tiles and wall. Found you through YHL.
Holy Monkey…AND you paint? wow, what a lucky little girl
I love love the paint color on the ceiling. Do you mind sharing the color? What a beautiful space for your sweet little girl.
I’m loving this room especially the built-ins, the ledge and the window seat….especially the window seat. good job!
Absolutely gorgeous. I am impressed by your eye for seeing the potential in such a space!
Saw this on YHL and love love love it. Can I ask where you got the bed from? Thanks!!
Found you through YHL and was excited to see someone else with a mansard home in St. Louis! Yay! Beautiful work on this room. Can’t wait to look at your other posts now.
Emily and Matt – Paint color – that’s a tough one – it’s been awhile. I know it’s from Benjamin Moore, and I think I may have it in a file somewhere. I’ll check. I’ll tell you this – it was painted twice – and not by me. My husband wasn’t very excited about painting that second blue – but the first one was too blue.
Laura – the bed is from Charles P.Rogers – it was a gift to E from my parents. We got just the headboard – not the entire bed.
Hi there, can you tell me where the closet and drawer hardware is from? It’s fantastic!
Ikea! They don’t have a lot of sizes though. Haefle has more options and they are solid, but more expensive.
I am also stopping in from YHL and am absolutely in love with this room !!! You guys have done a terrific job, I can’t believe you painted the little prince on the tiles yourself, what an amazing talent !
Greetings from Belgium,
Silke
this is so very beautiful — i see renos all the time, but you made the space look SO clean and SO gorgeous that I can hardly even connect it to the “before” — you clearly have a great vision and talent! Well done!!
I am stopping in from Young House Love and think the remodel of your attic is so lovely! May I ask where you purchased the colorful cube-like maze toy sitting on the window seat? I love the splash of color from your mini spectrum mobile.
Found you through YHL’s reader redesign…
Love your remodel! We have an attic that is super-huge that we have big plans for in the future. You’ve given me some great ideas! LOVE the small nooks and crannies that create book shelves and drawers and LOVE the flower detail under the sill…adroable! Bravo! LOVE the final product!
Over from YHL, congrats on the feature! You have quite an amazing room to share. I’m from STL and was thrilled to see your cute reno in progress. Visit me at http://www.preparingforpeanut.com!
What a beautiful room. I really like the attention to detail from the built ins to the flowers….You should be so proud!!
This is so amazing. Can you please share where you got those little hanging lights? They’re beautiful.
All – thanks for the questions. See update above with link to post on sources. Hope that helps!
What an amazing transformation! Love it.
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