Master bedroom

The master bedroom, at the front of the house, as it was when we first looked at the house. The carpet was 30 yrs old and very worn out. Window trim was dark brown, with beautiful original stained glass in the top frames. The walls are original horsehair and plaster, and wood boards on the bottom half.






The same room, just after painting and pulling up the carpets. The floorboards were in pretty good shape, but with a floor just suspended above a cold airspace (built on piers, no basement or slab and no under floor, just floorboards with cracks to the bare air below!) Soft grey carpeting was the choice for all three bedrooms for the cold winters (down to -10 C), as well as insulating under the floor of the entire house- a big difference!

It is now the master bedroom, about 9 x 12 ft (3 x 4 m), with 10 ft ceilings. It has no closets, so we have two large wardrobes along the left side of the room. Eventually, we'd like to get tall built-in closets along that side. Karl and I love this room, a calm oasis in a busy home! The flowered curtains are temporary, until we figure out what we really want for the windows. Bookshelves along one wall and antique bedside tables. The wall colour is Zen, helping us to mellow out at the end of the day!