Help me create a pretty sitting room by day and guest oasis by night.
rebeccamomof123
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Comments (11)How wonderful to have a dedicated guest room! Mine has my roll-top oak desk in it for me. DD and her friends watch tv in there. I chose an oak trundle so that the room can look like a den when we don't have guests. We have a lot fo DS's friends that come with him to visit and so single beds work better for us, hence the trundle. Over the years I've found that visiting married couples don't mind sleeping in single beds while visiting us either. Like my brother said, "What makes me happiest is a COMFORTABLE guest bed!" We've made sure ours are very comfy. My biggest gripe when I I'm staying in someone's guest room is not having a bedside table and good reading lamp on BOTH sides of the bed . . . if it's a double, queen or king, I mean. DH & I both love to read in bed and I hate not having a good reading lamp on my side! Anyhoo, you'll have to show us pics of your guest room when you get it done. Here's mine. Lynn When guest are here, the trundle gets moved over here under the window and the Western chair gets moved across the room next to the desk. This room has five walls and the angle looks weird in this pic. IRL, though, there's plenty of room and it isn't cramped at all. The EC houses my collection of Western books, as well as a tv. The door to the left is the walk-in closet....See More2nd Lamp & night stand added to guest room - does it overpower?
Comments (24)I think the reason people may think your lamps are too tall is that they are so used to lamps that are not nearly tall enough. The purpose of the lamps is to provide light for a person sitting up in bed reading, and that light source ideally comes from above the person's shoulder. There is an easy way to determine whether the height is correct; sit on the bed with a book and turn each light on. You'll know immediately. I think you have done a marvelous job with the guest room. It is serene and lovely. The size of the oval mirror is just right over the headboard, as the ceiling is not high and you don't want the mirror competing with the lamps. If you are set on changing that, I would probably replace it with three smaller square framed prints in a horizontal row above headboard. Great job!...See MorePaint color nice in day, hideous at night... please help!
Comments (30)We have a similar (slightly greener) color in our bedroom, and it has a chameleon tendency too. (DH didn't even believe the bedroom and adjacent study were the same color when we first moved in---one room has two full walls of windows and the other just has two, so the effect is 100% different. But we confirmed it when we had to repaint some spots!) Lighting affected it a *lot* in our case----not only bulbs (interestingly, that improved when we switched to CFLs) but also placement of lights. (We had some electrical work done and added two small lamps when before there had been only the one overhead light---huge difference.) I would borrow lamps from some other rooms and play around with them to see what the effects are, and also try some other bulbs. (If you want to stick with CFLs, there are lots of options for "shades" of light that might solve the problem too. Our local ACE was okay with testing out bulbs and bringing them back for another room we were having trouble with---worth asking.) Good luck!...See MoreGuest Bedroom--Please Help Me Design
Comments (12)Autumn, I would suggest that you look at nightanddayfurniture.com. You say this will be a seldom used room you don't want to put a lot of $$$ into. However, you want it to look nice. Furniture made by this company is ready to assemble (rta). I've had their Chameleon bed for about four years, and it still looks like new. At that time cost was about $550 for a double bed. It has a lot of custom options. The headboard panels pop off if you want to cover with your own fabric. The bedrail adjusts to two different heights. Other accessories include roll out under bed drawers and a fold out footboard bench. Matching nightstands, dressers, chests, mirrors, and desks are also available. I purchased less expensive wood rta under bed drawers from another company and stained them to match the bed. Two drawers were $110 and push further under so I'm not hitting my toes when making the bed in the morning. I only use a foam mattress, no box springs, and all guests have commented how well they sleep. They also have a four poster bed, rattan bed, and other styles. Unlike you, my bedroom is tiny. I used an entertainment drawer with a supporting corbel beneath from Kraftmaid on each side of the bed to allow easy access to the under bed drawers. These are in white and the bed is stained cherry. I purchased a rta cherry coffee table from Night & Day and cut up the top so the night stand tops would match the bed. The bottom line is to use your imagination to do what best meets your needs....See Morerebeccamomof123
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