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January 28, 2012

Guest Bedroom Makeover

Welcome to the guest bedroom portion of the house tour! 
This is the first version of our guest bedroom. (You can see the second version here).

We've finally finished every last detail of our guest bedroom!
Unfortunately I don't have any shocking before pictures to share as I started redoing this room before I began blogging. However, if you take a look at my master bedroom, you'll get a good idea of what this room looked like before.
I did all of the work myself and the entire room was done on a budget of just a couple hundred dollars. I'm excited to share all of the DIY details with ya'll today!



 

Here is the room today:


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 The first thing I did with this room was paint the old wood trim and paint the walls. I decided to go with a neutral color scheme to make this room calm and relaxing for guests.


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I found this gorgeous linen upholstered chair with french script that really adds some glamour to this room. The pewter nailheads add a special touch and work well with the mirror frame and lamps.


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Isn't she just lovely? 


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This mirror was actually a older piece we already had. It was originally a dark gold, and just didn't work with this space, so I decided to spray paint it with my favorite silver spray paint.


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For the lighting in this room, I found 2 simple pewter lamps from Ross. Then I hung a pretty chandelier that was similar to the one I diy-ed in the office.  The end tables were actually found while thrift store shopping. They were originally bright red, but I painted them with some homemade chalk paint and replaced the hardware. 



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This headboard was a second-hand piece! I thought about making another upholstered headboard, but decided against it when I found this headboard on craigslist for $20. It was fairly beaten up and was a really ugly color of wood. I patched it up with some wood filler, sanded it down, and gave it the same paint job that the side tables received! I think the end result is totally classic and works perfectly in this room! 


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For the bedding in this room, I kept it simple with a striped white duvet cover and some simple chic pillow covers.



To add inexpensive artwork to the room, I found antique botanical prints on eBay then framed them in frames I found at a local salvage store. It's one of my favorite ways to add art to a room.





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Thanks for checking out the latest addition to our always-evolving home. Don't forget to pin this post so you'll have this info when you need it!



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P.S. To see how this room ended up the THIRD time I redid it, click here.


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28 comments:

  1. You have such an eye! I can just picture it before with the old white walls and wooden trimming... whoda thunk it plunk. And I love what you did to the mirror! AMAZING!!! -Kwanie

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    1. Who is this? Kwanie? I know you must be a friend due to the plunk moniker! Well, unknown friend, THANK YOU! :)

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  2. What a beautiful room! I love the botanical prints.

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    1. Thank you Ashley! I'm glad you like it! I love the botanicals too!

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  3. Love the chair, the botanicals, and the "pewter" mirror. Just hope that isn't the same mattress you had when you left home. :-)
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    1. No, of course not, Jeannie oops! Wink wink! This is a budget makeover...remember? Besides, MOM, by the time you retire to this room, it will probably be a brand spankin' new bed. :)

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  4. This is such a pretty room. It looks so calm but warm too. I would be so happy to stay in a room like that!

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  5. Thank you so much! I am very excited for our first guests to be able to enjoy it! It's so much better than it was before we made it over! :)

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  6. This room is beautiful! I am a huge fan of white and neutrals for decor. The silver accents and the chair are stunning. Great job!

    Xo Ange
    ladyhub.blogspot.com

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  7. Thank you so much Angela! That's so nice to hear!

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  8. stumbled onto your blog and just wanted to show some blog luv! def enjoyed this post! you did a gr8 job on the guest room! it def looks amazing!

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  9. Such a beautiful and fresh room, love the light colors and the decor. Visiting from Serenity Now blog!
    Veronica

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  10. hello, what a beautiful room! what paint color is on the walls?

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    1. Hi there! Thank you so much! The paint is Behr flat in Sandstone Cliff.

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  11. This is a beautiful room! I love that chair you found at Marshalls.

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  12. I love, love, LOVE this room, esp. that fabulous and thrifty (though you would never guess it was such a deal) chair! I'm pinning this :)

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    1. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It makes me so happy to know you like it! :)

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  13. Lovely, beautiful job! I dream of my bedroom being in those colors.

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  14. This room is phenomenal and soooo comfortable... I would LOVE to be your guest!! :)
    Thanks for sharing- we'll be featuring you tomorrow :)
    xoxo

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    1. Yay Yay Yay!!!! How exciting!! Thank you for checking out the post, and I'm so excited to be featured!!! :)

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  15. What a lovely room! You have amazing taste :) I just found your blog and can't wait to see what you have coming up next :)

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    1. Aww! Thank you Simone! Thanks for following! So happy to have you as a new member!

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  16. When can we check in?? ;-) Truly that looks like a gorgeous hotel suite and any guest would feel so special to be staying in that room. You did a lovely job with it and we are so glad you shared it with us at Inspiration Friday this week!
    Vanessa

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  17. Gosh, that's something! I absolutely adore the chair and graphics and paint - everything. You made me thinking of my bedroom. I have 2 chairs that need to be reupholstered and I'm going to use this idea to my office room, too. I am thinking about a headboard but I've never done it before.

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