My dream bedroom, sort of.

I spotted this Before & After on one of my favourite blogs, Design*Sponge a while back. The moment I saw the photo, I knew what had to happen to our bedroom. Our house is small, and therefore needs good storage and organization built into it. This photo is what someone did to their bedroom, and I think it is so smart- and great looking!

We don't have a dresser or chest of drawers in our bedroom at the moment. We actually don't have a scrap of bedroom furniture...seriously. Our bed and box spring sit on the floor. We have a chair and one table from a set of nesting tables in the living room as our bedside tables. We have a leather chair in one corner and the shelf on the wall. And lots of boxes on the floor around the walls from our bathroom reno which isn't done yet but when it is I will post pictures.

It's not a monetary reason that we don't have any bedroom furniture...it's a We-don't-want-to-buy-Ikea-furniture/Husband-could-make-us-bedroom-furniture/Need-more-hours-in-a-day-for-DIY-projects kind of a reason.

And then I see a cool bed like this...

and I know I'd rather wait to have something that great instead of buy something "meh" in the meantime.

While I'm on the subject, I'll show you the photo that inspired our bathroom. Ours definitely has a, um, feminine touch compared to this one, but we liked the contrast of the white walls and the wood in the mirror and shelves. 

We didn't copy the black floor, but found an awesome dark grey concrete tile instead that we were very happy with.

All of these pictures are from Design*Sponge...a site really worth checking out for home ideas!