I love our little guest bedroom.
It's tiny,
but it's cozy, bright, and warm.
The walls are papered with a subtle textured wallpaper that is painted a shade of French vanilla,
(not my color of choice, but I'm living with it for now)
(not my color of choice, but I'm living with it for now)
and the original extra wide wood trim work is also painted.
Painted trim rocks my world, you know ~
especially 12" wide painted trim.
:)
The Jenny Lind bed in here was purchased at one of the first auctions I went to decades ago.
I plan on switching that bed frame out this summer with a vintage one that once belonged to The Husband's grandmother. It has a rolled and embellished headboard
which will look beautiful painted creamy white and distressed.
The cafe curtains in here were originally full length sheers that hung in our master bedroom.
Being the kindergarten sewer I am and not owning a sewing machine at the time,
I just cut the curtains in half and hung them like that.
(Ok...ok....I can hear you seamstresses groaning loudly...)
It worked.....for a while.
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| A bright summer morning at Heaven's Walk. |
But I grew tired of seeing the unhemmed edges and the partial curtains.
The windows are nice and big and we could see only half of the beautiful view of our property out of them.
"Big girl" curtains were desperately needed.
Prairie floral-ness was calling.
So, I went searching for a cheap, quick fix.
And I found it at Target ~
on sale no less...
for cheaper than I could fill up the gas tank in my SUV.
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| A snowy winter's afternoon at Heaven's Walk. |
Simply Shabby Chic White Voile window panels were a perfect solution.
They're a light weight cotton with a pretty pale, lilac floral print scattered on it.
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A couple of curtain rods later ~
(which were also on sale for just a couple bucks each),
the room took on an elegant feel.
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| A different dresser here is on my wish list. |
I picked up this cute little lamp at The Habitat for Humanity ReStore this past autumn for a dollar.
I gave her base a little touch-up with some gilding wax,
and added the rosettes on the lampshade with my glue gun.
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| The vintage looking clock was a gift from my "lil sister", Michelle. |
Last year, I took down the gag-me-with-a-wooden-spoon plastic folding doors on the closet and hung some Pottery Barn curtains there instead ~ just as a temporary solution.
The Husband and I recently worked on a permanent solution to replace those PB curtains.
It includes a pile of this ~
taken from our stash in the barn.
[You have to wait until next week for the big reveal.]
After doing a "dash and turn",
I realized that the headboard wall needed something on it,
and I knew exactly what that was.
I spent the afternoon making a large dream catcher.
A bit of sweet, simple, shabby prairie love for my guests.
I'll leave the light on for you!
I'll leave the light on for you!
~ Blessings ~
