Welcome to Monday! It’s going to be a great week, right? Yes! Yesterday, I moved the furniture around in the guest room (I promise there won’t be too many more posts about it!). It looks like my first thoughts on furniture layout are the best option so I moved the furniture back into place. Ugh! I know we still need curtains and I’m thinking along the lines of DIY since I’ll need at least 8 panels.
Since the furniture is pretty much where it’s going to stay, I decided to start putting up some of my thrift store, garage sale and flea market finds – a little gold glam, tacky medallion, basket texture, distressed sunny yellow, Van Gogh print, blues, quote printed from TLC and the pretty DIY brooch wreath but it all comes together for an interesting display.
blank wall before
now…
Lalka has a few words to say… “I looooove this princess bed.” (She does love the bed but she loves following me around too. Or maybe she loves being in pictures?)
before
“But I think something’s missing.”
Me: When I was shopping at WalMart and picking up my Better Homes & Gardens products, I decided to browse around and look at other BHG products too. I actually saw a lot of pretty things. I spied these sheers with gold swirls. 84″ long panels for $4.97! What a great price!
Now how to get them to work with the canopy? I cut off the tags and used the 2nd seam of the sheer panel as a folding guide and sewed a straight line to create a larger pocket. I didn’t measure anything but after one panel, I remembered to check to be sure the length would work and luck was on my side!
I simply unscrewed the finial, lifted the beam and slid on panels.
I love the way it softens the posts and adds a little luxury. Wouldn’t filling in the whole thing be fun? Just like a big luxurious sheer fort. Dreamy. For now, I’ll be a grown up and live with it this way. 😉
Do you like how it’s coming along? I promise you won’t here a squeak or peep from me about the guest room for the rest of this week. I’ll be busy trying to catch up with each link from the parties last week ~ so many friends to visit!
Hope to pop in to see you!
Hope to pop in to see you!
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Don’t forget – Starting today, I’ll be over at True Value’s Ask the Blog Squad on Facebook. I’ll be hanging out there all week long. Head over, “like” them, visit me and feel free to ask DIY questions this week and I’ll do what I can to help! 🙂
Thanks so much to The Saturday Evening Pot for featuring my Christmas centerpiece in her 100 day Christmas Countdown (oh my…is it getting that close already?)!
Oh I love your beautiful room!! Those drapes did soften up the post on the bed! It was the right thing to do, made such an improvement.
I do love me a canopy bed! Who doesn't? You were right…exactly what it needed! And the gallery wall… it looks collected over time…perfect!
Really nice… I actually like the blank wall ratio to filled.
I want to know what that wreath is around the mirror on the gallery wall? That is really pretty!
Thanks, ladies! 🙂 I do love how it's coming along. I think I need to move in! haha!
Late Bloomers – the wreath on my gallery wall is the brooch wreath. Here's the link to the tutorial: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2011/06/brooch-wreath-tutorialdiy-project.html
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Roeshel
Very pretty! It's looking great! WalMart really does have amazing prices on their panels!
I love, love, LOVE your gallery wall…especially since I have a small obsession with your brooch wreath 🙂 Have a great week!!
-Michelle
Oh my gosh it is absolutely gorgeous!!! Love what you did with the $4.97 sheers, love the rug, the pics, bed, everything. A beautiful room.
Mary @ Redo 101
Wow, that is one really beautiful guest bedroom. Lucky guests that stay there, it looks like a beautiful hotel room with lots of personal touches. Great idea for the curtain panels! I believe stuff on the wall should never match, otherwise it looks like you just opened a catalog and ordered everything from the same place. You did a great job with the wall, it really looks stunning.
Hi Roeshel. Hope you're having a great long weekend. Your guest room is gorgeous. I love every little detail!! The canopy on the bed was the perfect touch. Nicely done. =)
~ Catie
I love the wreath around the mirror. What a great idea!!! 🙂
Your canopy bed is to die for…you did a wonderful job!
The wall looks terrific and what a deal on the sheers! The bed looks so romantic! Thanks for sharing.
lovely! very inviting!! 🙂
The sheers are really lovely on the the canopy! Thank you for sharing your guest room updates and details at Potpourrri Friday! I appreciate you and your participation!
love it!
I LOVE how it is coming along. My favorite part is the wall of art where nothing matches — i love that look!
Stacy
I'm so glad I found your blog! It's become one of my favorites, and your projects are so much like what I want to do in my home. Thanks so much for your daily inspiration!
PS: LOVE LOVE LOVE the sheers!!
I love your guest bedroom! The painted floor looks amazing and the sheers you added to the bed posts were the perfect touch! Your guests will sleep in luxury. Great job!!!
Great looking room indeed!
I still can't get over that painted floor…Your guests will feel most welcomed!
So pretty! Love everything about it! Why don't I ever get invited to a room that looks like that?
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