Raw...Guest bedroom makeover....

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!