I've started my next project which is
the guest bedroom.
It's pretty much in the "raw" state but
I figured you could handle it!!
We just painted the room two years ago
in a light yellow called "Italian Straw"
by Pratt & Lambert, so I didn't want to
paint it again, but had to find a way to
work with it. Of course I wanted
a new look so my brain went into
seek...ponder...and oh darn watch
the budget mode!
This is the room after I got it together in
2009. It's approx. 13.5 ft. by 9.5 ft
I grew tired of the dark drapes quickly
and I had them mounted too close to the
edges of the window so it ate up a lot
of the available daylight.
At the time the bedding fit the budget
and with some added pillows I was able
to pull the colors of the room together.
I put the dresser in front of the window
but I've hated it ever since. The heater
vent is behind there and it also made it
hard to work with the window shade.
The fabric also seemed to collect every
piece of cat hair like a magnet and I really
got tired of trying to keep it looking clean!
Last Sunday I suggested we move the
furniture around in the room, so I plotted
it with the room planner at Lazy Boy's
web site.
We bought this bedroom outfit for our
daughter about 8 years ago. It's a nice
solid cherry set by Stanley called
Louis Louis. The bed is a nickle plated
piece that we never actually put together.
We had it in the smaller bedroom and we
didn't have room to give up for the
footboard. I had a moderately priced
(cheap) frame connected to it but the real
frame and footboard remained in storage.
We were pleased to see the nice hardware
package it came with which included this
thick silicone rubber piece to help with
mounting the pieces together.
The frame has lots of support and we were
so happy to actually see it put together.
If you haven't followed me- I recently took
over her old bedroom and made it into
my office. All of her bedroom furniture is
still here. She lives in an apartment in
a city about 150 miles away. When she
settles in someday we will move this to
her new home. In the meantime I
claim it for the guest room!
(Possession is 9/10ths right?)
I love the sweet shape of the headboard
and footboard. The mirror reflects the
same shape. This is just a quick shot after
we got the mattress set back on.
It's tight in here as you can see! The tall
armoire used to be behind me and we
used some of those sliding discs to move
it over. Those are a handy thing to have!
The dresser is over where the armoire
used to be and these are new lamps I
got at Pier 1 Imports. I was drawn to
their unusual shape and thought they
might be a nice design element!
I love how they glow!
These pillows are my inspiration for the
new accent colors in the room. I'm
waiting for them to come from
Pottery Barn.
I found three matching frames at
T.J. Maxx. I thought I was going to use
them in the office, but it didn't work out.
They have that new popular "chalk" paint
look and I couldn't resist them!
I need to find pictures for them yet, but I'm
pleased with them and they coordinate
with the color in the pillows beautifully!
I also found some curtain panels that had
the same coloring!
I think this was meant to be!
Next on the check list....I have the curtains
going up and the new picture frames are
being hung above the bed.
Waiting on the bedding and I still need to
find pictures to put in these frames!
Thanks for visiting and I hope
your week is going great!
