Finished Yellow and Grey Guestroom

Finally.  Last night we put the finishing touches on the guest room.  I hope you like what we did. Here are pictures of the finished room.  Final cost $154.63 Click on all the hyperlinks below to go to the projects that we got accomplished. 

One day I am going to actually hit my cost goal, but this is not too bad for a great guest room.  You will see that I added a cute pillow to the bed.  I love the color and graphic.  I got it on Etsy.  The lamps make me happier than the globe lights.  I love them but the chain was too busy for the wall.  I am giving them to Sweet Amanda for the lovebird room.



Remember that it all started with a end table I picked up on the side of the road. I started looking for inspiration to get the table painted.  Then it hit me.  I had a whole room needing love.

Yuck.

This is the inspiration.  A bedroom from The Hills Blog


I stenciled the wall.

 I thrifted a milk glass lamp then made the shade.
 

I thifted and crafted this chalkboard.

 

I made these owls.

 

 

I love these owls.

 

Easy Artwork

 

I used a lot of my finds to create a mirror wall.

 

More thifted and crafted items.

 

A reused armoire is going to be my craft cabinet.

 

 

I tried these lights.

 

But I did not love them in this room.

 

 

 

I like this one so much better.  I found some curtains I can live with. 

 

I hope you like the room.  We are proud of our hard work.

 

 

 WE LOVE IT!  Now bring on the guests.



Painting the Night Stands Yellow

This weekend I finally tackled the two end tables that will go into the guest bedroom. One of them was a roadside find. The other I bought in a resale shop for $15.00. I am so excited about this project! I am on a self-imposed limited budget so the fifteen dollars total spent on the night stands combined makes me smile. They are going to look fun and be a little funky in the room. I bought some yellow paint in the oops bin at Home Depot. On the can it was a bright yellow, inside it was more of a greenish yellow. I tried to convince myself that the paint would work. It was cheap, good quality paint and went on the tables like no body's business.

When Hubby got home after I painted them with two coats, he said that they looked like pickle yellow. Not sure what that means but it would not work in the room.

 The original yellow color.

Sad days.  I had to go back for more paint.

Because I had already painted everything with the good paint I convinced myself that cheap paint would work just fine.  I did not take my own advice- NEVER USE CHEAP PAINT.  When you use cheap paint on furniture you end up painting everything twice where one coat would work in the better paint and it runs because it is so thin.  I started painting the tables Friday night and it took me two hours to paint them the first time.  I literally had to sit there and clean up drips for an hour after I painted but I am nothing if not hard headed so I marshaled on.  The second coat the next morning didn't look as bad but I still had the runny paint issue.  The color was Behr Chickadee.  I pinky swear that from this day forward I will use Behr Premium Plus with primer in the paint or Olympic paint and primer in one on any painted furniture.

Sunday afternoon I glazed them.

The pictures above are before I wiped the table down.

I love making my own glaze.  I actually used the wall color in the glaze.  1 cup of untinted glaze to 1/4 cup paint.   The pieces had lots of grooves and nicks so there was a lot of glaze detail.  They turned out great.

I love how this was headed for the trash and is now a star in the bedroom.  I am going to store extra blankets inside for my guests.

The Finished Mudroom Bench

Well, I do love a finished project.  We are FINALLY done with the mudroom bench.  Yippee!  Here is the final tally for the project:

Dresser- Free
Mirror- $10.00
Bead board panel- $23.00
Plywood- $25.00
Wood- $12.00
Behr Paint- $40.00
Crystal knobs- $12.00
Cushion- $30.00 for everything.

Total- $152.00
I overshot my estimate of $150.00 but not by much. 
I really do love the finished project.  I hope that you think it is worth the time and effort.  Come see it in our entry way.  We worked really hard and want to show off all the work.
 Here is a recap of the project: part 4; part 3; part 2; part 1
Here are some shots of the finished project.  I hope you enjoy.  The old dresser that was  bound for the landfill sure looks good.

 Married Son thinks that the color is like melted lime sherbet.  I think it is very restful.

 My crystal knobs!

 The mirror before the top was put on.

 The top is installed.

 It looks so pretty.  The pillows are some that I had.  They are going to work great.  I planned on making some and still will, but these look like they were made for the bench.

 The cabinet hinges came from our kitchen.  When we installed new cabinets I saved everything.  It sure has come in handy.

 What it looks like coming down the stairs.

 I am going to decorate the top for fall. 

 

 Shoes and dog leashes go here.  We still need coat hooks but I have not found the ones I want. 

Let me know what you think!

 

The Guest Room Redo

The mudroom bench is really coming to an end.  I painted final touch-ups this evening.  I need a new project.  It really is therapy for me.  Ever since I found that sad end table in the trash I have been thinking about redoing my newly married son's room.  It will now be a guest room.  The problem with the room was that I could not come up with a color scheme that I liked.  Friends suggested colors for the end table but I just could not settle on anything that I loved.   I wanted the room to be classic with a modern twist and still use my 70's furniture finds.  Inspiration came from The Hills blog.

I am good to go now.  The room is going to be gray and yellow toned.   I have set a budget for myself of $100.00 to redo the room.  I already have a great gray comforter I purchased online for $17.00.  It has literally been sitting in my bedroom for over a month because I bought it for the lovebirds thinking they needed it.  They found another gray comforter that they purchased so I planned on returning mine.  I just couldn't do it because the one I had was such a great deal and I thought in the back of my mind it might find a home.  Now I am glad I saved it.
Here is what the room looks like today. 

I already have a double bed and an upholstered headboard made from a hollow door.
It is pretty forgettable.

There is a dresser in the room that will move to the other guest room.  The treasures will have to find a new home.    

 The side table is outdoor furniture and the lamp was a clearance find. 

There are some photos I took in Hawaii on one wall and this art piece from my old office. I love the photos and will find a home for them.  The artwork is fine, just not very exciting. There is an oak desk in the room that has to stay, but it will work fine as is.

Here is the plan:

• Reupholster the headboard and reconfigure the room.
• Paint the dumpster end table into something fabulous.
• Find a great lamp.
• Re do the armoire- (I recently got an armoire back that was my unnamed son's when he was little. With a little fluffing up it is going to be amazing.)
• Find some great curtains. 
• Add art.  This is going to be my favorite part.  I got online and looked for yellow and gray inspiration. I found:

circles

more circles

 

birds

more birds

 

You will definitely see my version of something above in the room.

 

I also have on hand:

 A resale shop frame that I painted the blue color from Sweet Amanda's bedroom.  $2.00

 A large mirror that I bought last weekend at a garage sale.  $2.00



I need sheets, pillows, dust ruffle, fabric, curtains, and paint.

Tally so far:
comforter- $17.00
frame and mirror- $4.00

I think I should get it all done for under the $79.00 left. 
I think that this will be a great place to put my milk glass too.  I guess I am really going to find out if Hubby reads my blog.  He is at parent's night tonight and has no idea that I have gone off on another tangent.