Be our guest.
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 04:50PM Now that Nathan's mom is here for her visit, I can post pictures of the guest room (didn't want to spoil the surprise)...it's mostly finished for now. ;) We started out with a pretty dang boring white basement room (one window, poor light). Throw in some bookshelves from college days and a queen size bed with random bedding, and you'd have our guest room. Not very exciting, eh?
Back in January, (as part of our rec room reorganization and painting) we cleared it out and painted it. Slowly, since then, we've added new bedding, a bench for blankets, a side table, and other stuff...finally calling it "done" last month when I painted a white tree design on the back wall. Here's the before and after:
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(Yeah, sorry I didn't remember to take "before" pictures until we'd already started stripping the room, but you get the idea, lol.) Anyhow, here's a better shot of that back wall:
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I'd initially planned to build a headboard for the bed using plywood and covering it with batting and fabric, but ended up opting to paint a tree there instead. ;) I think it turned out pretty well for a free-hand job, don't you?
One of these days, we'll get around to replacing those ugly bookshelves and the strange colored carpet. ;) For now, though, we'll call it done and look forward to having guests come stay with us. :)
Reader Comments (6)
The tree is wonderful! You have a great eye, and a steady hand. :-)
ummmm, SO YEAH...when can i move in!!?? that tree is FANTASTIC amanda! might have to get you to pain one for us in our new place when we move to fort collins. how much do you charge!!?? oh WAIT, are you for hire!!??
Love the tree, love the paint color--feels good to check something off the list, doesn't it?
Wow ... that's beautiful! I LOVE the tree!
the guest room looks awesome!!!
that tree?? superb!!
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Love it!