Relaxing retreat for Guests!

Hello!  I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!  We did some grilling and chilling, but the thing I am most excited about was that we did some painting!  Oh I can't wait to show you what all we have been up to!!  So let's get right to it and take a look at the Guest Bedroom.

You may remember I showed you months ago that this was the way the guest bedroom looked when I decided it needed a makeover:

And when I say it needed a makeover, it really needed a makeover!  Once I found this comforter, I had my vision!

This comforter was on clearance at Walmart!  It came with two shams and the bedskirt, and I already had yellow sheets that matched perfectly!  I bought some curtains and paint, then we were in business!

The walls were in desperate need of some painting!

So my hubby and I  did the only thing we could do....rolled up our sleeves and put our painting faces on!

He's so silly!  Now you see where my little fella gets it from?  :)  And are you ready for some before and afters?  Me too! 

before

after

I can't believe it's the same room!!  And after shopping my house, the only thing I bought for this room was the comforter set (which was about $60), the curtains ($20 for the two panels) and paint ($20 because we found a can that had a messed up top and were able to get the whole gallon mixed to whatever color we wanted for $7!!)  So for around $100 I was able to totally transform this room!

On the walls I used a Better Homes and Gardens color called Ginger Lemon and had it color matched to Color Place.  The can we used had some cardboard glues to the top of it, but there was nothing wrong with the paint, so that's how we were able to get it for way cheap.  For the closet (which you will see in the pics) I used a light light green called Spring Leaf in the Glidden paint.  I used it mainly because we ran out of the yellow and I wanted the closet to stand out and not have to put a curtain back over it because it doesn't have a door.  I took lots of pics so I hope you enjoy them!

I found this little pillow at the thrift store for $1.00!  It still had the target tag on it!  It has a nice pattern in white on the front that was too busy for the comforter, but the color matched perfectly, so I just flipped it over!

The lamp I painted a while ago, and the lamp shade came from the little fella's train lamp that never really worked right anyways.  The shade was too big, but it worked perfectly in this room and with this lamp!  My hubby and I went on our honeymoon to Disney World and we bought that Mickey and Minnie frame!  That's my hubby and little fella when he was 6 months old  in the other! 

This was a gift from my mom, and it has flown around (get it?) from room to room ever since.  I think it's made a safe landing in this room!  (Ok, enough with the corny jokes!)

I bought the metal wall thingy from ABC Distributors months ago (love them!) and it too has moved from room to room.  That bird cage I found a few months ago at the Goodwill, and painted it white.  It was a gold color. 

Someone sketched this drawing for my hubby years ago, and I found it when cleaning out this room, and decided to frame it!  I love free artwork!!

I love the green in this closet!  It's the same hue and intensity as the yellow so it goes perfectly!  The pink table doesn't quite match, but it's a nice spot for guests to place their suitcases!

The main reason for not covering up the closet with a curtain or door is so that this chair could sit there.  This was my grandparent's chair and I love ti in here!  It's all original; original color and fabric and if you look at the back of it you would find an original burn mark from it being too close to an old wall heater at my grandparent's house!  :)

So there you have it!  I love the colors scheme and it's a nice place for my guests!  I couldn't be happier with it!  Another room completely....DONE!  :)


God bless!
Jessica