DIY Anthropologie Duvet

This was one exciting project to complete and see the final look on our bed! 

The making of this duvet cover started over a year ago.  And if you ever want to make one, no it does not need to take that long, that's just how it worked out with our situation.  I had a friend helping me and between the two of us we have 8 kids, two of which are babies and she lives about an hour and a half away.  So when we got together to work on making the duvet we made a day out of it.  I'd drive out to their farm, have lunch and then we'd work on our project throughout the afternoon, as much as you can while still taking care of the kids and everything else that always comes up throughout the day.  We always had so much fun though, the kids loved playing with friends and we enjoyed having a reason to sit down and sew, and when a project is done with a friend it just makes it so much more fun.  Usually I'd stay for dinner and then head home before it got too late in the night.  We'd try to get together about once a month but it didn't always happen.  Eventually we were able to finish it and when I finally got it home to put it on our bed I was ecstatic! 

I found this Anthropologie Duvet tutorial from Pinterest.  You can check out how to make it here.  One thing we didn't pay attention to in the first place was to make sure the sheets we had matched the width of my duvet cover.  We cut, pined, assembled and sewed it all together come to find out in the end that the length was perfect but the width was too short.  So we improvised and came up with an edge for the sides that in my opinion make it look even more beautiful!    And in all honesty, unless you are the sewing queen, I think the project takes more than 5 hours to complete.  Just something to keep in mind.

Anyways, I love the final look!  Here's our new DIY Anthropologie duvet cover!

 

New Devet                                         Old Comforter

Master Bedroom Tour

Well, it's been a while since I've shown off some of the rooms in our house.  So it's about time I got back to it.

Here is our Master Bedroom.  Although it's one of our most finished spaces as far as decorating goes, I still feel like there is so much more that I would like to do with that space.  I am a huge fan of making the Master Bedroom a haven for the couple.  A restful and relaxing place to come together at the end of a long day and catch up and find rest and retreat.

I always love decorating the Master Bedroom and finding ways to make it inviting and pretty.  Here's what I've done with the room thus far.

Our Master Bedroom

Originally the whole room was painted blue, once I saw the chocolate brown wall in our dining room I decided to use the same color as an accent wall in our bedroom.

A beautiful view from our room!

My side table.





This basket I found at Target, it fits perfectly underneath and holds our pillows that we sleep with.



A shimmery beautiful bed skirt that my mom found at Goodwill for me for a couple bucks, score!

Right now, until our basement is finished, we have the tv in our room behind the cabinet doors.  Same with the exercise machine, once I have room in the basement for it I'll switch in out with a comfy chair.

Hopefully I'll have a beautiful large mirror for this wall, eventually.

Nate's side table.

These need to be hung on the wall.

The clock is hidden behind the plaque/

This jar has 50 questions for spouses, we can grad a question to ask each other in the evening or when we're heading out on a date.  Check out the questions here.

And a place for Nate to drop all the things from his pockets and still keep it out of sight.

I finally decided to go with a ceiling fan for the bedroom, I went back and forth for a while but I think it's the smarter decision.  It's one of the few light fixtures put up in our home.

Our awesome headboard that my mom found through Craigslist and one of the things they brought up in the trailer last summer.  We just need to put it up higher on the wall so you can actually see it.



Some of the trim is done...

And some is not.



Still work to be done but it's coming together and I'm happy with where it's at.  I hope you enjoyed your tour of another room in our home.