Guest Room Before & After -- Or: The Amazing Power of Paint!

With my kids on Spring Break this week, and all of the little (and BIG!) projects I'm working on right now, I had completely forgotten that I never showed y'all our

Guest Room Makeover!

Get ready for a Before & After
where the only $ that was spent in the room was for PAINT!
We used what we had to decorate & furnish the room.


BEFORE:

Sky blue with sponge-painted clouds above the chair rail,
and grass green below.

Yikes.

AFTER:

We primed & then painted a soft buttery creamy color (SW Decor White). What a huge difference the new paint made!

It went from a themed kids' room, to a lovely & soothing retreat for our guests!



The bedding is a cream colored matelesse with matching euro shams (from Linens-N-Things, which is now gone), two PB pillows, and the black pillow with the floral design was from Target a few years ago.

The curtains hung in our old dining room in NC. And the antique botanical prints were found on a trip to Door County, WI years ago, then framed in inexpensive frames from Michael's.

The lamp is a fun one :) from Homegoods, and the wicker chair was my mom's when she was in her early 20's.

I still have plans to make an upholstered headboard and also get a new dresser (this one is an old hand-me-down) and a mirror to hang above it.

We're going to paint the doors to match the trim, too. I'm sure the previous owners loved the doors this way, but to me they just stick out visually too much. Would you paint them?

I also would like to add maybe some plates or something pretty to the wall around the dresser, but in time....

I love how simple yet fresh & pretty this room is!

Since it is our guest room, I like to put a couple of pictures of those who use it most in here, which is our families.

Black is the bold accent we're using in this space.
It's picked up in picture frames, a pillow, candlesticks, and a lamp shade, as well as the curtain rod.

I love how the modern floral look on the throw pillow really plays off of the antique botanical prints hanging above the bed!

I am always amazed how just a little paint can completely transform a space! Now I really want to get moving painting the dining room & living room!!

Don't be afraid to just pick a color and get your project "rolling" (haha!)! Move a few things you already have around, and you'll end up with an entirely new look for very little money! Give it a try!

I'm linking to The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday Linky Party!

{Oh, and since so many of you had written to tell me that you wanted to do the Linky party again, be sure to come on back tomorrow to link up for the
Green Thumb Gardening Day linky party!

See ya then! :) }