I promised on Monday that I would give you the whole shebang of guest room pics – beginning with the scary before picture. I love before & after pics, don’t you?
Here’s what the room looked like when I started:
I had so many ideas for colors to use in this room, but continually found my eyes drawn to the same colors over & over. My color inspiration came via Young House Love:
and nature.
The crazy early-morning painting happened and the room morphed into this:
I found some gorgeous fabric and made super simple curtains:
made several flowery tiebacks,
created new wall art,
framed some special artwork from an artist-friend:
and made some crazy easy pillow covers:
After all that, here’s what things look like:
And so you don’t have to scroll all the way back up, here’s the before & after right next to each other:
As for Anna Grace sitting on the bed…as soon as I started straightening things up to take a picture {because let’s be real…this room isn’t always this neat}, she grabbed some books and jumped up on the bed to read. Cutie. <3
I’m not totally satisfied with the way the guest room looks. For example, I’ve already moved things around since I took this picture. But that’s part of the fun of decorating. You can always switch things around. And, like Nester says…It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.
I think that’s pretty true, don’t you?
