Master Bedroom with a Custom Pallet Wall

When we first looked at this house, a major issue was that we could not fit our king size bed into any room. I know that is petty, but it is hard to go back to a full or queen size (those of you who have tried it know it is true). Solution: make two smaller rooms into one large master suite. This is easier said than done. Here is what the two smaller rooms looked like:

This is the opening between the two rooms with the yellow door leading to the kitchen.

This is the smaller room on the north side of the house with a small closet and door to the laundry room that we took out and replaced with a larger closet space.

This is the larger room with door on the left leading to the bathroom and the door on the right is my closet.

So it is kinda hard to tell where one room ends and the other begins, but this is two small rooms with many doors. There is a small closet in each with plenty of light. Normally I wouldn't advise taking a bedroom out of your house for resale value, but in our case we had to live in it at some point with our king size bed so there was no other option.

We ended up tearing down the wall in between the rooms to make it bigger. This was harder than it sounds because one room's floor was unlevel so we had to level the floor, reroute wiring, install a header to carry the weight, add recessed lights and tie the two rooms together. We all took out the closet in the smaller space and replaced it with an open custom closet that could accommodate more clothes (I don't think a single piece of my clothing is in that closet...).  We added a larger, new light fixture with dimmer controls to set the mood...I mean to provide better lighting for the larger space. Lastly, we added new carpet and new windows to tie the space together. Its not quite HGTV but it does fit a king bed. Simple pleasures.

So without further ado, here are the after pictures.

Now to discuss that odd wall with shelves. So everything was going great until we started painting and on one wall the paper started bubbling and pealing away leaving a rather distressed look. So devastated of course that we would have to do more work, Whitney suggested we use the opportunity to create an accent wall out of recycled pallets. Luckily, Pat has pallets at his store from the hot tubs varying in age from newer to aged so we used those to create a pallet wall/headboard with floating shelves. We randomly placed the pieces of pallet and used a finished nailer to attached the boards. It ended up tying the entire space together and was very inexpensive. You can get a custom look for less than $50. If you are interested, I have extra pallets and can let you know how I did it.

All in all, this room really came together and we were able to make major impact without spending a ton of money. I am excited to finally be able to go in there and sleep without noticing something else that needs to be done.