Attic Bedroom Makeover with Thrift Store Finds

Out of sight, out of mind--boy does that saying ring true for me. We started a makeover in out attic bedroom space six months ago. I JUST worked on more of it, mainly the sleeping area. 

First, to refresh our brains, this space is a large area that was our daughter's bedroom when she was a teenager. It originally had pink carpeting that we ripped out ten years ago before moving in. We replaced it with dark, barnwood LVP. After she moved out, it sat empty until the boomerang middle child moved back home in 2022. He lived here for about 16 months. When he moved out, I reclaimed the space.

The makeover started or was inspired by this wool rug that I thrifted from the Habitat for Humanity Restore. I picked a mossy green color from the rug to paint the walls. Down on the one end I have my art "studio"-- a drafting table (that now sits on a shag brown rug), a record player, and a small dresser that holds art supplies. I stage items that I find up here in this space.

In the middle of the room I created a sitting area near the stairway pony wall. The bamboo chair has been replaced with my more comfy thrifted, rocking bentwood chair. I have also added ottomans.

Opposite the chairs there is a TV on the wall, a long wood bench with some hand weights and yoga mat under it. 

In the other end, in the nook, is a queen sized bed, the newest addition to the space. I put up the barnwood wall when my daughter lived her. A queen box spring will not make it up the stairs, so this mattress sits on a new, wood platform bed. The Woolrich, corduroy bed spread is a thrifted find that has been washed and sanitized and is ready for guests.

The bed can slide to the middle to be made. At the end of the bed sits a newly thrifted, narrow wood bench. I am not sure it will stay here. I really was just staging what I thrifted and will probably put the bench in my pop-up shop. It was a fun find! It works well to hold an extra blanket and to sit on to put shoes on.

I added a hanging light with on on and off switch that sits on the small shelf I attached to the wall The shelf sits right above an outlet and provides space to sit a phone and a book.

I've incorporated thrift store art in the space. We also have a small fridge, microwave, and coffee pot in the space, next to the bathroom, in the opening to the walk in closet space. I will share the whole space soon, but I am thrilled with how it is coming together!