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The BIG Bedroom Reveal!
We wanted a cleaner, modern space so we decided to create our own plywood flooring, headboard and nightstands. With some accessories and decor, the Master Bedroom should be coming together soon!
While visiting an antique store, we found some great Canadian Inuit prints we fell in love with, so decided to decorate the room with them. Abstract, clean and modern, it’s hard to tell they are actually from the 1950s! This vintage vase was a great addition.
More Canadian Inuit Art. We really wanted a modern floor lamp, this vintage one we picked up a few months ago fit perfectly! The chair is also available in orange on our shop Hindsvik.
Inuit Art “Three Walrus” by Sheowak, wife of a seal hunter. Made in 1960.
Close up of the floor lamp with our air flow grate. We decided to keep the grate the same original iron color to keep some of the character of our 1940s home.
More photos are available on our flickr page. Full Plywood tutorial is available here. The hallway is a different project on it’s own. One by one we’ll be redesigning our house and blogging about it here, with lots of DIY!
This Sunday we’ll be heading over to cover the International Design Festival and checking out the Interior Design Show, The Gladstone Hotel’s Come Up to My Room Event and a few others! We’re super excited about it and will of course show you all the cool stuff and designs along the way!
EDIT: Since so many of you have asked, the floors have held up beautifully over the years with no sign of wear at all! Thanks for asking!
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Looks fab, love the idea for the floor and the built in nightstand and headboard!
All that white makes it so modern and crisp. Congrats!
This is gorgeous, modern and absolutely nothing like the previous look. This is so incredibly inspiring. Simplicity requires courage and you guys went the whole way. LOVE this.
Nice job guys! Love the Inuit art and storage solutions! Did you build the long bank of cabinets or are they prefab (fab)?
Thanks a lot everyone! We are really pleased with how everything turned out!
Juli – They are prefab. They were a super deal at $25 ea down from $125. We originally only bought four but when we got home we sat in bed and imagined having six all along in a row and rushed back the next day to fetch the last 2 they had in stock. Score! It’s about time they went up as we bought them almost a year ago..
a stunner! the art really makes the space. and you know how i feel about those floors…love!
Absolutely fantastic, I love the clean lines of the floating cabinetry and innovative use of plywood! I’m in the midst of a master remodel right now myself and this encourages me to keep going – thanks!
Jeeze Louise, $25! What world do you live in? Were they from the States? Awesome deal!
Haha, no they were from the Burlington Ikea. We first bought four, then thought we were crazy for not buying them all because they are so versatile so we called and they only had two left so we treked it over the next day.
Is the bed on a platform or is it on the metal frame with boxspring?
In the photo there is no platform or boxspring. We’re planning on making a matching bedframe (simple low one) but haven’t decided on anything yet.
I think this is a gorgeous modern bedroom and you’ve used the space really well.
The one thing that spoils it for me is that whiteboard. I love the idea of having a place to write down what the other one says in their sleep – that’s brilliant (“Can’t you see that green thing bubbling in the corner?”). But personally I’d want something kind of ‘softer’ than the whiteboard. Even an old-fashioned chalkboard maybe? I think I’d go for an area of cork (flooring) tiles glued directly to the wall, with a big sheet of nice paper pinned to it. Less office-y than the whiteboard. But hey, it’s your room, and it’s a very nice one!
Haha, I know what you mean about the whiteboard, kind of officey, but as we were starting a small business we agreed we needed a to-do pretty much everywhere at first haha!
the space is really beautiful. where did you find the artwork?
Thanks! We found the art work at a local antique store and framed each piece. We really like the Arctic and North and were looking for simple art so they were perfect!
Brilliant post, nicely done. And thanks for mentioning all that info – you have introduced to me to three new blogs and I love them all! Cheers :)
Great look! Did you sand the plywood at all before installation? And how many coats of sealant? Thanks much!
The planks were already sanded and we applied 2 coats of the sealant. Hope that helps :)
this is amazing. it looks a bajillion times bigger and so clean! i loooove this so much! how is the plywood to walk on barefoot? i just imagine it rough but it doesn’t look that way.
Thanks sRa!
No it isn’t rough at all as the planks have been sanded and sealed. :)
how is your plywood flooring holding up? We are considering doing it in our house. Did you stain it or is that the natural wood? What varnish did you put on it?
Any info would be much appreciated
Hi Desiree,
We sealed it with a clear floor varnish (no stains) and it’s been holding up wonderfully!
Amazingly clean and zen-like. Could the plywood be placed directly onto concrete floors in an unheated cottage-like building? Thanks!
Hi Heidi!
I assume you could place plywood on top of concrete but you’d need a way to secure it properly if you had nothing underneath. I know there is a type of glue available that you can use, but you’d have to look into it depending of your situation. Hope that helps! :)
Amazing! What a transformation & truly calming & beautiful. You two have an expert eye.
xo
Melissa
Love the look and I am particularly impressed at how affordable it is. Where did you acquire the two bedside lamps (I’m hoping they also come in red or yellow…)?
Hi James! Thanks for the kind words about the bedroom! The bedside lamps are actually from Ikea! They’re Beryll Wall Spotlights that are also affordable at $24.99 each! Here’s the link to the lights: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/00136070
Do the floors get dirty? I just love them and I’d love to do this in our whole downstairs.
xo Jana
@ Jana
The floors are sealed with a clear non-glossy hardwood sealant, so when they do get dirty (which you don’t notice despite them being a light wood, but we clean them weekly anyways), they are just as easy to clean as any other wood floors! :)
I know it’s been 2 years from the last post about the floating Ikea wall cabinets in your MB……but do you happen to remember the model name? US Ikea appears not to carry them and Ikea online is limited. Love them! Thankyou.
Hi Alice!
Unfortunately we don’t remember what the cabinets were called, but they were on their way out and on sale at Ikea so we snapped up the rest of them.
where does the plywood end relative to the next room? how did you create the transition? it looks great. thanks for the post.
Hi Nicolas!
The plywood does continue into the hallway. We made sure to make it a smooth transition! :)
can you tell me what the red geometric print is and what it symbolizes?
thanks!
Hi there!
The red print is a Native American art print which symbolizes “meat” or “food” – Hope that helps! :)
Love the look of your floors! I am thinking about doing my upstair floors as the carpeting is trashed and I don’t have it in the budget to put down hardwood or even laminate. I am concerned about the wearability of plywood. I noticed this post is a couple of years old. How has the floor held up for you?
Hi there, the floors have held up beautifully! Hope that helps! :)