Holy cow it's been a while since my last project/post! We have been through a lot in this last year with some family and their friends living with us off and on so our guest room was always full with someone else's stuff. Well we finally have the house to ourselves again! As soon as the room was empty I cleaned it up, scrubbed EVERYTHING, and got to work making it ours again.
I always loved the idea of crisp, white, spa-like hotel rooms so I wanted to model our guest room after that. My husband and I love hosting family and friends whether its just for a bar-b-que in the back yard, overnight, or for a weekend so naturally I wanted to create a space where they will have the most relaxing experience.
Here's a sneak peak:
Before I show off the whole room, let's take a look at what it looked like before!
It was so generic before with the tan walls. I also had wall art that blended in too much with the walls and the curtains definitely didn't pop.
Naturally I hit Pinterest and tried to decide on a color scheme and decor. I found these pins that really made me want to go spend a night in these rooms. (click here for my whole guest room inspiration board)
So I decided on a dark blue/grey color with white accessories because I saw this pin:
Ok here it is!! My finished guest room!
I do wish we had a double bed in here but that's not quite in the budget right now. But I do have a white full size comforter that I got free from my cousin so I'm ready when we get a new bed! :).
I just love the white accessories and curtains and I LOVE this comforter from Wayfair! It's so cozy and pretty and I want to sleep here! Now let's take a closer look at the decor because I got almost all of the ideas from Pinterest.
Inspiration pin on top and then my version underneath.
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Reality
I think I've shown this one in my post "Print your heart out" because I just worked this up in Microsoft word and added some clip art, print, frame and voila, beautiful art! Plus I love Beauty and the Beast so of course this needed to be in the guest room!
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I love this one and the next one. I printed the little "Blessed" sign and used mod podge to put the glitter stripes and the sign on a canvas. (How-to post coming soon!)
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I love the lettering and they look great!! Who doesn't love a little sparkle?
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Little touches like the "get cozy" tag and a blanket make your guests feel well taken care of knowing that there are extra blankets in case they get cold during the night.
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The pictures of the ocean in the inspiration pin seemed so relaxing and beautiful to me. In my version I used pictures from various vacations that I've been on. Top left is the Ferris wheel on the Navy Pier in Chicago, next to that is Santa Monica beach in California. Bottom left is the sunset over the ocean on Maui and last is a view of downtown Chicago close to Millennium Park.
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Reality
For those of you who don't know me, my husband and I have 3 cats and a dog and there's nothing cozier than snuggling up with a kitty and taking a nap. I definitely wanted to bring some of this into the guest room. I found the inspiration pin and it didn't seem too hard to draw so I took a sharpie and just went for it. I added the "Snuggle up" from printing it off the computer and mod podging it onto a white painted board from Hobby Lobby.
My finishing touch doesn't have an inspiration pin because it was created about 40 years before Pinterest was around:
There's a little reflection on this from the window but it's a chalk drawing my mom did in high school that's an abstract picture of a woman holding her baby. It's always fun to have a family treasure like that around.
Fun fact! that picture is hanging right above the rocking chair that belonged to my Grandma (my mom's mom) when she was in high school!
This rocking chair is actually a makeover of it's own because it used to look like this:
This, I'm sure was beautiful in my Grandmother's room many moons ago but I love that I could take it and make it my own while keeping the sentimental value.
I am in love with this room and we've had several happy house guests since then. Here are all the close ups of the decor that I haven't talked about yet:
I actually took these pictures of my hands in black and white with an artistic tree background.
I still want to makeover this dresser, but I haven't found any drawer pulls that are big enough for these. It's quite frustrating.
Hope you enjoyed this little make over!
Which room in your house is your favorite?
