Guest Bedroom Times Three
When our first child left home, I converted his room to a “proper” guest room. Unfortunately, I chose to re-use his full bed instead of upgrading to a queen. We now have two other bedrooms no longer used by our daughters and would like to rid them of the teenage décor and create two more guest rooms. Since this might get complicated, I will call Bedroom 1 the one with blue walls that was the original guest room. I have moved that full bed to Bedroom 2 which has flamingo pink walls. I replaced it with a new queen bed. (I want a queen bed in Bedroom 1 as it has a private attached bath and will be the most used guest room.) Bedroom 3 has the yellow walls and has a queen bed. Here is what I would like to keep –
- The three beds, and would like them to remain in the rooms I now have them in.
- The cedar trunk, the vintage chartreuse lamp, and the blue/white quilt (on the trunk) which all belonged to my mother-in-law
- The oak wall unit. It is very dated, but I like the storage. It can be moved to a different room.
- It’s not a must-keep, but I do like the floral bed skirt on the full bed.
I am open to new side tables, lamps, bedding, chairs, window coverings, etc. I expect to paint Bedrooms 2 and 3, but would like to keep the blue walls in Bedroom 1 if possible. The brown drapes in Bedroom 1 would also fit the window in Bedroom 3 and could be moved. Sorry to throw three rooms into one thread, but since I am open to moving side pieces between room, this seemed to make the most sense.
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last yearSitting here waiting for my old college roommate to arrive for a visit. I have three bedrooms to choose from that will provide a comfortable place to stay. I am choosing the toile room even though it is full of hand-me-down old furniture. But it is the one that fits her.
Meanwhile, I am calling Bedroom 1 done until next summer, when I will add a large quilt to the wall behind the chair and something white (likely stencils) to the blank wall next to the bed.
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last yearI have found table top decor to be a challenge in this room. I have been trying to use stuff I already own.
The bedside table just isn’t working for me. It needs something to soften it. And there are too many little things. I included my grandmother’s “watch dog”. It always say on her windowsill in front of the sink and it is where she would put her watch while washing dishes. It even has her watch on it. It was fun finding this and choosing to display it. Not sure it will stay. Might go better in the pink room.
The little tables by the chair were also a challenge I used a ceramic bird that had belonged to the same grandmother. And a fake plant I purchased. Would love to use real plants, but since we go south in the winter, I try to keep my houseplants at a minimum.
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last yearAnd here is the last one I made for our home here. I usually don't post a picture of this on a public site as I "copied" the pattern from an instagram post I saw. I felt guilty about copying it, and now I can't even remember who I copied it from. But this is my favorite of the quilts I made from this home.
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last yearOne last Arizona quilt. Made by my grandmother over 30 years ago. All hand pieced and hand quilted.
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