Coastal Chic Style for a Guest Room With Water Views
A new knotty pine wall, coastal-inspired prints and a cream-and-blue color palette transform this Maryland guest bedroom
Before. Previously, the guest room featured chocolate brown walls and traditional furniture. The windows and French doors had no window treatments.
The homeowners were intent on keeping a king-size bed for the comfort of their guests, Fitzsimmons says. “A king bed takes up almost all of the wall space, so I had to get creative.” To make the most of the space, the designer used two small nightstands — just 14 inches wide — on either side of the bed. The new brass sconces with linen shades let the top of the nightstands stay clear while providing a light source near the bed.
The wall behind the bed is now covered in 6-inch tongue-and-groove knotty pine boards, with decorative columns flanking the bed. “The room has very tall ceilings, so it was important to add a visual element that went all the way up to the ceiling,” Fitzsimmons says.
A watered-down version of Cumulus Cloud by Benjamin Moore was applied to the knotty pine walls and quickly rubbed off with a towel. “This technique adds just a hint of the wall color and also helps seal the wood,” Fitzsimmons says.
Browse brass sconce lights
The wall behind the bed is now covered in 6-inch tongue-and-groove knotty pine boards, with decorative columns flanking the bed. “The room has very tall ceilings, so it was important to add a visual element that went all the way up to the ceiling,” Fitzsimmons says.
A watered-down version of Cumulus Cloud by Benjamin Moore was applied to the knotty pine walls and quickly rubbed off with a towel. “This technique adds just a hint of the wall color and also helps seal the wood,” Fitzsimmons says.
Browse brass sconce lights
The windows and French doors are a standard 6 feet tall, but because of the room’s high ceilings, they felt undersized. “There was a lot of blank space above the windows and doors in the old design,” Fitzsimmons says. “It was important for proper scale to add window dressings that drew the eye up.” She added stationary Roman fold valances and a pair of stationary drapes at both ends of the wall to fill in the blank space.
Chaise: Lee Industries
Chaise: Lee Industries
The console table next to the bathroom door provides a convenient spot for wallets, keys and other items. “There’s only 12 inches between the wall and the doorway to the bathroom, so I had to find a very thin console table,” Fitzsimmons says. “The 14-inch one I found cheats a little bit, but it doesn’t obstruct the room’s circulation flow.”
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Guest Room at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple with four kids
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Size: About 350 square feet (32.5 square meters)
Designer: Gina Fitzsimmons
The owners of this waterfront house on the Severn River in Annapolis, Maryland, felt their furniture and decor were too formal. So they reached out to designer Gina Fitzsimmons to create a guest bedroom — and eventually an entire house — to better reflect their style and to play up the area’s coastal vibe.
The upstairs guest bedroom is now a comfortable, casual space with a new knotty pine wall, coastal prints and a touch of Shabby Chic vibe that’s perfect for this family and its lucky friends and relatives who get to spend the night.