This wall is just full of door after hollow-core door. When I see those closet doors I just yell hollooooow cooooore doooooooooors in my head. The nightstands came from another room in the house. We moved the large dresser out to make room and, admittedly, kept our clothes in piles on the floor. A layout tip from me to you: if at all possible, set up a bedroom so the bed invites you in rather than blocks your path. The rearrangement made a huge difference in how large the room felt.

When we got the keys, we quickly rearranged the bedroom to fit a king bed (we upgraded to a king-size bed in our bedroom in Pittsburgh and now we can’t go back). And (as my husband says I can’t stop mentioning) with all the furniture pressed up against the walls, the carpet trapped a surprising amount of mouse poop from what looks like quite a mouse situation from years past. The room felt crowded and had an uninviting flow. The previous owners outfitted this room with a queen bed, a slipper chair, nightstands, and a large dresser. Here’s a look at the bedroom before we got the keys and while renters were still using the home. This is good and bad, good to have something to start with, and bad to get rid of if you don’t love it and need to move it all off a mountain. Like most vacation homes, the sale of our cabin included nearly all of the furniture. Get yourself a cup of tea (or coffee, or whatever, I’m not the boss of you) and settle in for the whole journey. In classic Emily form, I’ve got a big ol’ post for you here where I’ll walk you through what the room looked like before we got the keys, how we made it work for us for almost a year, where we’re going, and where we are now. And then I found the perfect modern plaid fabric which somehow led me to green contrast trim, but I’m getting ahead of myself! If you’ve designed a room before too, you know it often just takes that one design element that sets the tone for the whole room and I’m so glad it’s finally coming together.

We knew we wanted to carry the Stuga Shell engineered hardwood from the rest of the main floor through to this bedroom, so we started there. I’ve known overall what the room needs to do for both us and our future short term renters, but I couldn’t quite see what I wanted it to look like. We’ve been working away on the cabin bedroom (if you follow along on Instagram stories, you know!) but I can’t say I’ve always had a clear plan. If you make a purchase using one of my links, I will receive a small percent of the sale at no additional cost to you.

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