Guest Room Redo

It is amazing what a gallon or two of paint can do for a room! This guest room has never been painted since we moved in. It was still builder beige/pink until I finally got around yesterday to putting some much needed color on the walls. We have a lot of company coming this summer and I couldn't bear to put them in that sad, boring room! Now they have a bright, fresh place to call their own. I had seen a lot of cottage style rooms in magazines where the paint color had not been taken from some of the fabric used! I was very nervous to try something so different but it is only paint! I chose a cool green. Not red or blue or beige, the colors in all the fabric and accessories. I do believe it really "cottages" up the room! By the way, I made the bed runner a few years ago. It started out life as a table runner but now looks great on the end of the bed.

Here is my grandfather's old desk (my brother Matt didn't want it, can you believe it? Of course that was before we refinished it). It has great claw and ball feet and a drop leaf front. I love this piece!

This mirror above the bed is one of the first antiques I ever bought. It was $150 back in the 80's and I have carried it around to every house we have own since then. It is soooo heavy and old it just screams cottage to me! Now I feel ready for company!