Rosy room redos

While I was taking time off, hanging with the grand fairies and on my home improvement kick, I spiffed up the guest rooms a little.

  Not much, just some switching of linens for this room, and bringing in a bedside table. (I really, really hate the carpet, but the room is used a couple times a year, it's not worth ripping it out and putting in wood or laminate, like I'd prefer)

The second attic guest room got more of an overhaul.   I hung a cool, old, mosquito net that Lisa had given me, and added a gorgeous net and lace bedspread from her too.

Here is a before. We don't use the room much, and around here, the guest rooms seem to just get leftover bits and pieces put in them.  It was okay, but a little blah.

The dark green shutters on each side of the window needed balance and I happened to have a $7, dark green table from a garage sale wasting away, and thought that helped a little when I brought it in. (both are things I thought I'd paint white and never did, but I'm liking the contrast with the rest of the room)

But it made the bed look washed out, so I added some pillow cases I made out of some green and rose curtains from the 40s.

I had a heck of a time getting the netting to hang right, so it wasn't drooping down too much.  I decided to use a beautiful hand made bit of wrapping paper from Lori Oles as an anchor to hold it on the wall.  It worked, but was too light colored, so I pinned a round piece of floral wallpaper in the center of it.

Then, I broke a ruler in half, wrapped it in torn strips of ivory cloth.  I gathered the netting, and nailed the fabric wrapped ruler over it in two places to hold the pleats in place.

The room is hard to photograph since it is so small and has those angled roof lines. The canopy thingamajig looks better in person than it does in the pictures. The bed is kind of cozy looking this way.

I stapled a millinery flower on each side of the ephemera piece, and trimmed Lori's ribbons to dangle a little bit, but not too far.

This room is full of hand painted rose pieces too.  I used to have an antique biz and I'd paint furniture.  All this is leftovers from that.

Sometimes I think my house only has things that no one else wanted it in. Either stuff I never sold, or things I bought dirt cheap second hand because another person wanted it gone. (except for the lovely gifts from Lori and Lisa, this room is all cast offs)

These shutters are actually a custom order that was never picked up, which is why they were dark green in the first place.  And that inspired the rest of the redo. And it wasn't even something I'd chosen to do for myself or the room. 

 

Comments

[Janet Ghio]

I love the room with the mosquito netting! You could take anything and turn it into something pretty!!

[Tessa]

I love, how you have such imagination! To visualize things, and then, make them *appear.* I love it, in all, who possess this Gift.

Because I do not...

So... Lacking it.... I appreciate it more, in others...

:-)

Tessa~

[jeanie]

It's awfully pretty, Karla! I love that you upcycle things! Makes me smile!

[Linda P.]

I love your "spiffing up" of the guest rooms! Their being attic rooms makes them so architecturally interesting. Your "cast offs" and "leftovers" are quite beautiful. How fortunate to have found such lovely pieces. I LOVE that gorgeous chest of drawers!

Thank you for sharing your pretty rooms with us, Karla. I never get tired of seeing them and how you add to them.

[Mrs. Tricia K. Johnson]

So I'm assuming your adorable B& B is taking reservations?
Can't wait to make mine!!! I'm come stay with your cast offs anyday!

[elaine]

so pretty and inviting

[Leann]

Oh can I come visit:) Both rooms are so warm and inviting!
I'm with Tricia - I'd take any of your cast offs!

Leann

[bobbie]

Love my room!