Ready or not…here is the new bed!

The pillows are done!

That means I’m ready to show off the new bed my husband made.

I’d thought I’d start with a little “Before” picture to make everything look better by contrast.

This is how the room looked when we first started.  It was functional, but not very cozy.  The molding wasn’t up yet and the bed was just a Hollywood frame.  The mismatched bedding had been pulled out from storage, the stool by the dresser was just draped with fabric, and the wall was decorated with a framed Warren Kimball poster and a clock.  The  old dresser (my grandpa Palmer’s) was peeling and in need of some repair.

We were so excited to have another guest room that we tried to overlook the lack of style and just focus on the function.

Before:

These curtains hadn’t made the statement I had hoped they would.

Here is the after:

I love the headboard!  We painted the old dresser to match it and the stool is now officially recovered.  I bought the white comforter at Ikea ($20.00).  Notice the Euro-pillows?  I used the fabric from the catalog curtains to make them, and I had enough red flowered material left from the stool to make one more pillow for the bed. 

 

We changed out the wall pictures from other rooms in the house.

The white curtains were from Walmart. 

We brought a tan recliner down from upstairs to make some comfortable seating.  This room was decorated on a shoe-string budget, but it seems so much more cozy now than it did before.

Now, don’t you think it needs some guests?

 

JoAnn

P.S.  Hope your weekend is fun and relaxing!