Upstairs Bedrooms

We've been through the master suite and the upstairs bathroom, so that leaves two more bedrooms upstairs. One is smaller and faces east and one is larger and faces west over the park. Both of these rooms will require the standard wallpaper and shag carpet removal, and the west facing/larger bedroom also needs some ceiling work from some water damage. Right now, the plan is that the Kid will take the smaller bedroom and use the larger bedroom as a playroom/guest room for the Sister. But that isn't set in stone and my favorite plan is to move the playroom down into the basement and use the smaller bedroom for a room of my own. Virginia Woolf said I needed it. Who am I to argue? Then the guest room can also go in the basement, where there is a full bathroom in a serious state of disrepair (like, no sink and no toilet).

The smaller bedroom is the (in)famous red room of pain: 

This closet pokes into the footprint of the upstairs bath. 

The laundry chute is behind it, the tub to the right. 

The Butterfly Room reflects the house's bucolic setting. The Kid really wanted to keep this carpet.

Our dearly departed homeowner spared no expense on flocked wallpaper. 

These rooms are actually my personal first order of business, as wallpaper steaming is about to be my full time job. We may need to skim coat the plaster when I'm done, but as far as we can tell the hardwoods under the carpet are in good shape and should be ready to go with some mopping and sealing. 

I'm doubling up on the design for these rooms, so that we can swap the Kid and the Sister without everything  clashing. We've actually bought our very first decor for this house, as an incentive (bribe?) for the Kid, who is pretty anxious about moving after the months of stress and drama and uncertainty surrounding the house purchase. We favorited these posters on Etsy and they emailed us back a coupon code. Sweet! They arrived today and are getting flattened out for framing. The Mr. seems to have resigned himself to the presence of Episodes 1-3 on our walls. 

Poppytalk.com featured this home tour which is also a big color inspiration for me. This room is painted Benjamin Moore's Yarmouth Blue, which, again pending swatches, is my pick for both of the upstairs bedrooms. It's also the color of Kelly Rae Robert's dining room. 

Random pinterest image.