Guest Bedroom- A year of Difference

 

Here is the guest bedroom after finishing the drywall and putting in the new windows.  Still didn't have the new ceiling or floors.  This picture was taken almost a year ago exactly.

 

 

This is the guest bedroom today.  The window still needs to be trimmed out, and there are a few decorating things it lacks, but in general it looks pretty close to finished.

 

The guest bedroom a year ago.

 

The bed today, with new headboard hung.

 

This headboard was made using a 30"x80" hollow core door cut down to 30"x60".  I had a pillow that was weird and kind of gross that I tore open to find that it laid flat the same size as my headboard would be.  That may not make any sense.  Oh well.  My mother-in-law helped me with this project last weekend.  We glued down the stretched open pillow, then stretched and stapled batting over the whole thing.  We then took two $10 curtain panels from Fred's, tore them into 3 inch strips long ways and short ways, stapled the top, and wove the pieces.  Once woven, they were all secured on the back with my staple gun.  I may go back someday and add a ribbon detail around the edge... but who knows.  Well, this post goes out to my mom who always likes to see what new things we have done.  Thanks for the support.

Touches of Red

Our guest bedroom is going to have neutral walls. Possibly a pale blue,or greyish color and the accent color will be....red. Not fire engine red. Or neon red. But a beautiful shade of crimson. It's hard to explain but it will be great.

I think this pillow would look perfect in the bedroom. The maker, Sukan is one of my favorite sellers on etsy. The pillow cover is a bit out of my price range, plus it would be coming from Europe so shipping is a lot, but it is fun to dream.

A couple of weekends ago I went to Birmingham, then Atlanta with my bestie, Lydia. The main purpose was to go to the High Museum of Art. We of course decided to make a trip to IKEA. It was fantastic. I really want to take Matty. I got several things and it was only $36 total. One of the things I got were these shelf brackets. They're the perfect shade of red and for only $5 I know they'll go great in the room near the corner desk Matty will be building. I'll probably use a natural board and seal it for the actual shelf. I think white has too much contrast and more red is just too much.