Guestroom Linen

Remember back in July while my parents were here and I told you about my curtains? Well if you recall, the first bit of fabric was too short, so I'll show you what we ended up doing with it! Before my parents left, we laid the fabric out and pinned it to make a duvet cover. I'm such a fan of duvets because I don't always have to wash the comforter part that goes into the fabric. I took the leftover fabric from the duvet and made 6 little throw pillows for the bed. Here's the pictures of the final product.
P.S I'm in absolute LOVE with the fabric pattern!!

Guestroom, Complete!

Aside from finishing my dresser, I painted the guestroom. I wanted to decorate in a way that my guests would feel at home without feeling overwhelmed with family pictures, clunky wall decor, etc. I went on a mission one Saturday, I hit up Target first. They had this wooden floor vase on sale for $10. Michaels had some flowers for it on sale for $2. I had some old, handled, ceramic crocks that I threw in there. I then found some doilies at my favorite antique shop for $0.75 each. I painted them green and displayed them in front of a piece of scrapbook paper and hung them on the wall. The frames are from Hobby Lobby, probably the most expensive thing in the room. Finally, my little vintage mirror was picked up at a (usually) overpriced antique store, for $5.

Guest Room Dresser

First things first. I got this dresser for free from a friend. I had a vision of what I wanted to do with it, it was just the matter of having the time to do it.

I transformed it into this! Only took me 3 weeks to figure out what I wanted to do, how to do it and execute my plan.

I filled in the old knob holes with wood filler and re-drilled the center ones. I used my leftover paint from my theater room, gave it a good coat after sanding it. I then painted it white with leftover white paint we had. I sanded it down pretty well. I then found some stain in the garage and lightly painted it all over the white, concentrating on the edges. I found the knobs at Hobby Lobby for 50% off, so 5 for $10. Needless to say I'm in LOVE with my new dresser. It looks amazing in my guest room!

Curtains

So while my mother was here, we decided to make a set of curtains for my odd windows in the guestroom. We went to Hancock, Hobby Lobby and a local store in Rapid City called Fabric City. I settled on a fabric of a beautiful cream base with brown flowers for about $35. I got it home and ready to be cut and found out I was short by a little bit so I had to put that one aside for something else. So our adventure took us back to Hobby Lobby where I found this awesome baby blue base with cream and white leaves and branches. Oh and I forgot to mention...I got that bed for free! This was definitely a great find.

Here's a before picture.

I don't have a pattern as my mother has been making curtains for years. But we ended up making two curtains in about 2 hours. I was ironing everything while my mother sewed the curtains (she's awesome at sewing in straight lines!!!)

I know they look like they have Christmas trees, but it's branches and leaves!

So it's a start to my guestroom makeover.