This $1,500 Bedroom Makeover Oozes “Quiet Luxury”

Not every home renovation happens all at once. Often, DIY projects happen in stages or cycles — especially if you’re someone who likes to change things up with the trends. That’s exactly the case for DIYer Megan Hamann’s (@homewiththehamanns) bedroom. Megan and her husband, Jeff, moved into their townhouse in 2019 when Megan was fresh out of grad school. That was when they took on their bedroom’s first revamp, removing the old carpeting and painting over the pink and yellowish walls.

At that point, Megan had “never chosen a paint color” besides “bright green and pink for her teenage bedroom,” so she scoured the internet, using apps like Pinterest and YouTube for inspiration, to find a shade that would best suit her adult bedroom. She opted for a gray-green that was popular in the late 2010s. “At the time, grid walls were all the rage,” Megan adds, so she and Jeff embarked on their very first DIY accent wall.

Over the last few years, though, the couple outgrew the look and feel of the space. As their furniture changed from college leftovers and hand-me-downs to pieces they’d picked out themselves, their design preferences for the rest of the room changed, too.

“We were so proud of this space and the accent wall we created, but as the years went on and our skills vastly improved, we started to see all of our ‘mistakes’ from our first DIY, such as not using caulk at the seams where the trim met the wall leading to gaps in the accent wall,” Megan says of the decision to switch things up once again. This time around, their additions cost about $1,500. Here’s what they did.