May 13, 2012

Gray & White Striped Guest Bedroom Reveal

Welcome to Version 2.0 of the guest bedroom! 
You can see Version 1.0 here.

LiveLoveDIY Guest Bedroom: Budget Friendly Decorating Solutions Anyone Can Use!


Remember our guest bedroom that I just complete a few months back?  
Well, I redid it again.
After painting striped in our guest bathroom, I kinda fell in love and decided I must. have. more. stripes.


Plus, I decided to try some gray paint. 


I painted the headboard white from its original brown. The chandelier stayed as it was. I switched up the lamps, and moved the old ones into the living room. Those lamps are little $10 thrift store finds that I spray painted silver.


They got modern little drum shades and look great!
I also updated the pillows, which is one of my favorite parts of the room. I'm kinda obsessed with making pillows. I made two blue pillows from silky upholstery fabric.
Then, I got kinda creative and made my favorite black and white pillow ever.


I added an accent pillow using only a basic white pillow I made and a  SHARPIE. Seriously, a sharpie. I was inspired by the Kravet Windsor Smith Riad Pillows, but was not inspired by the price tag. So, per usual, I made my own for free. 
You can see the full tutorial of that here.


I also added a gallery wall. 


See how I make my gallery walls here.


I spray painted two round mirrors I found while thrift store shopping for $3 each. They were originally dark brown and got an easy facelift!


And then I decided to make a little DIY art.


I painted some skeleton keys in simple black paint and then matted and framed them!


And it really just all came together!
It may change one million more times, as my house is where I like to experiment with my decorating ideas, but for now...I'm really enjoying it!

Paint Colors: Gray is Behr 790C-2 Silver Drop in Flat and the stripe is Behr Ultra Pure White in Flat

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LiveLoveDIY Guest Bedroom: Budget Friendly Decorating Solutions Anyone Can Use!

Update: Visit here to see what happened when I decided to redo this room for a third time. :)


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36 comments:

  1. Love the gray and the stripes! I've been wanting to paint my master bedroom this color forever... maybe I'll do stripes too?!

    Visiting from Saturday 7...

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  2. I love the serene look your room has, great job!

    http://sensationalfinds.blogspot.com

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  3. That is a super pretty bedroom and I love the stripes. My 6 and 8 year old girls want turquoise for their bedroom makeover and I'm thining I will do some stripes like that - I just can't bring myself to paint the walls totally turquiose! I'm a white lovin' gal!!

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  4. What a gorgeous room. You did so many fabulous things. Nice job...

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  5. Love the gray stripes and sharpie pillow idea.

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  6. Ohhhh how very pretty!
    Beautiful and inviting!
    dee dee

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  7. I love this room! I want stripes somewhere in my house. Great job!

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  8. I love the gray stripes and the sharpie pillow is spectacular! I'm telling my husband that you agree with me, decorating never really done:)


    Jessica
    stayathomeista.com

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  9. This is stunning, and gives me ideas for my master in the house we are building! I'll be featuring them on my blog on Saturday!

    http://www.sumossweetstuff.com

    Thanks for linking up!

    Sumo:)

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  10. Gorgeous...so glad you linked this up!
    ♥Linsey
    oh, and now following you too.

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  11. What a gorgeous room! I'm sure your guests will love it.

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  12. This room is so pretty!! I just LOVE painting in grey. I did my living room that way this year after trying it out in the Master. I can't decide how I'm going to decorate my guest room, but this is just lovely. I can hardly believe a sharpie made a pillow look fabulous. I try to keep the sharpies far away from the kiddos because they try decorating with them--not so pretty. Would you mind also linking this to my Making Space Mondays? I'm trying to get it up and running.

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  13. wow- your room is so soft and pretty!!! i love those stripes!

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  14. So gorgeous~ love the colors you used and the stripes are so neat! Thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!

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  15. Beautiful guest room. Thanks for sharing at Wow.

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  16. It's very pretty and romantic. And I'm loving that Sharpie stenciled pillow ...

    :)

    Linda

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  17. How pretty, love it! Looks so peaceful and chic! =)

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  18. Hi Virginia, I love how your guest room turned out! I am currently looking to redo my craft/guest room, and am going back and forth on wall colors, I really like how lively your gray walls are, and might even consider painting it that. Thanks for the inspiration, I am pinning this to remind myself.

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  19. I love the striped and all the little touches in this room. Perfect guest room, light, bright and not too cluttered.

    Robin
    Robin Flies South

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  20. Love everything about this room! The colors, stripes and the pillow is icing on the cake.

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  21. Love the makeover especially the stripes. Nice job!

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  22. Thanks so much, everyone! Ya'll sure know how to make a gal feel special! :)

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  23. What a gorgeous and serene room. I love every little detail!

    My weekly Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party has just started and I would be honoured if you could join in and link up this fabulous post!

    Best wishes and I hope you have a great weekend!
    Natasha in Oz

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  24. Found you through tatertots & jello...love the oomph this added to your guest room. Small definitely never means you have to go small on design! Great job...stop by my blog if you'd like =)
    www.emersongreydesigns.com
    Take care!

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  25. I think we are following each other on twitter, but for some reason I haven't visited your blog? Saw this on I<3Naptime, love it!

    xo, Kristina
    www.pearlgateway.com

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  26. Oh I'm your newest follower by the way, I like what I see! ;-)

    xo, Kristina
    www.pearlgateway.com

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  27. What a gorgeous room! So glamorous! Love the grey, the chandelier, and the key art most of all :)

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  28. Absolutely stunning! Those stripes are fabulous and I love all your touches throughout the room. Megan

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  29. What a gorgeous bedroom!! Love the striped wall!!! Thanks for sharing on Fancy This Fridays!!! By the way, you're featured on Truly Lovely today!!!

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  30. The grey and white is very classy and refined! Love it. :)

    I also love that you stenciled a pillow with a Sharpie. That's just awesome. :)

    Stopping by from Feature Friday Free-for-All. :)

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  31. Beautiful Transformation! I'm going to do the stripes- thanks for the push.

    Kimberly @ mypinterestreality.com

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  32. The room looks fantastic, I love the stripes. And that DIY pillow is AHmazing!

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  33. The whole room is a breath of fresh air. I love the stripes and gallery wall. Now if only I could get enough courage to paint some stripes!

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  34. Gorgeous! You are a very talented lady! Love the stenciled pillows and the key art prints, well, just love everything! Nice to follow you.

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  35. I love this guest room!!! similar to the vision i have for mine... Where did you find those small night stands??

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  36. I love this guest room!!! similar to the vision i have for mine... Where did you find those small night stands??

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