When my mom came to visit over the summer, we surprised her by completely re-doing the guest bedroom before she arrived. Here are some before and afters!
(keep scrolling down to the next entry in order to read a catch-up on my life since the last post and see more random photos)
BEFORE: no shades on the windows above the bed, a giant boxy TV, carpet/bedspread/walls that don't match, a basket full of stuffed animals, one tiny bedside lamp
BEFORE: more of the big TV, no place for guests to hang clothes (the closet is full of John's clothes since our closet is a weird size), and cheap vinyl blinds on the big windows, a paint job that wasn't done perfectly, and was too dark for the room (imo)
Step One: Primer!
Complete! ... also, you can't tell because they're up at the moment, but there are actually cellular shades on those windows now!
I got six FLOR tiles for around the same price as a nice area rug and they look like they were made for the room! I love that you can see more of the hardwood floors now, too, since this is a good size for the room
I've had this wooden blocks forever - and my parents and sister have a set, too - but I've never had anywhere good to put them before, so a goal was definitely to get a shelf to put them on, so John built me this one. There's also a nice green (to match the bedspread) candle on there now that I never got a photo of, but it helps so you don't think it says MOMK instead of MOM)
I was originally planning on repurposing some old lamps we already had in the house by just getting them new shades, but then I found these cute lamps at Target for the same price as new shades, so I had to get them! (we gave the old lamps away to a friend who needed them, so it was a win/win!)
I took this photo before getting the new lamps, but it gives you an idea of where we hung all the art, and you can see that we replaced the big TV with a small computer monitor (and computer), and left our guests with a wireless mouse and keyboard. There's also a shortcut on the desktop of the computer to take you right into our Netflix account so you can watch movies before bed! It's like pay per view in a hotel without having to pay! (and with no adult selections)
New Cellular blinds on all four windows! (at the same time, we put room darkening versions of these up in our bedroom. Awesome!)
And now there are hooks on this wall so you can hang a dress if you happen to bring one when visiting us! Under this (I didn't do a good job of getting photos, apparently, since I have to describe so much...), the basket that used to be full of stuffed animals? It's now full of extra blankets for when it gets cold in the winter!
A detail view of the FLOR tiles
We chose the paint color by taking the blue pillow (that I love) into Lowes and holding up paint cards until we found a good match - NOT BAD!
Close up of the bedding - ignore the lamps, I hadn't switched them out for the new ones when I took this photo)
Close up of the photo on the left wall - this is a photo of a hosta bud from our backyard that we used to have hanging in the living room. I love the photo, but it never really felt right there, it's PERFECT in this room
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