It’s reveal day! It feels like Christmas! Yay! The One Room Challenge – Spring 2017 is coming to a close. But the room transformations will go on and on! I am beyond thrilled to have completed the challenge and created a wonderful guest room retreat. The first guests will get to stay in it next week! The room has gone from a dumping ground of stuff to bold and chic, full of color and a mix of new and old. That’s my favorite way to decorate!
Let’s just get the before pictures out of the way before I can even get started:
Ugh! I can hardly stand it!
Here’s the after:
I feel like there needs to be trumpets blaring or something! I am so thrilled that it is complete! I am no longer embarrassed by my guest bedroom.
The guest bedroom connects to my office. It is kind of an awkward set up but it works. The bad part is that every time I worked in my office, I had to look at that horrible guest bedroom. Now I won’t feel that way!
The goal was the give the room a beachy chic vibe while still using the existing furniture. The dressers and nightstand had belonged to my grandparents. I remember that my grandfather used to keep wintergreen lifesavers in the drawer of the night stand and if my cousins and I were good, he’d let us get one. Sometimes the nightstand still smells faintly of wintergreen lifesavers. With a memory like that, I couldn’t get rid of that furniture. So I painted it in a bold blue.
This room has one dormer window so it doesn’t get the best light. Therefore, I kept the walls white. The bold patterned wallpaper adds a focal point and camouflages an awkwardly sloped wall.
After a few hiccups with the light fixture, I finally came up with a plan to make it all work out! Thank goodness! For a while there I thought we’d have no light in the room!
Blue is not a color I naturally gravitate to, but I’m loving this palette! I look forward to working in my office and gazing at this room from beyond the barn door. Thanks again to Linda from Calling It Home for creating this amazing challenge! The One Room Challenge – Spring 2017 was a success for me and I look forward to doing another one in the fall!
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Looks wonderful and so inviting!!
Thank you so much Kim!
How beautiful! Definitely has the beachy chic vibe and I love all the blue! Congrats!
Shelley
Thanks so much Shelley! I’m glad it does give off a beachy vibe…. anything related to the beach makes me relax.
brenna, this turned out so well! the blue is beautiful! i know you said last week it’s not your normal color, but i love it!
Yes, Cassie, it’s not my typical but now I’m obsessed! I’m so glad you like it too!
Brenna, what a beautiful guest room retreat! I’d love to be your house guest in this blue and white space! The accent wall with the wallpaper is absolutely stunning against the new bedding! You brought this room to life with sophisticated blue and white color! Bravo my friend on another ORC in the books! XOXO, Sarah
Thank you Sarah! I love doing the ORC, especially when I finish!
Well done! It’s such a beautiful guest room and so dramatic with that wallpaper. I think I did hear the birds sing!!! xo
Thank you so much! You are welcome to stay any time!
Brenna, that wallpaper is AMAZING!! One day, I will have a bold wall like that- so inspiring! Congrats on the finish!
Go for the bold Kelley! I’m so glad you like it!
Oh my gosh, friend! I love all of the blue! I love the wallpaper wall with the different textures of everything! Cheers to your beautiful new space 🙂
When are you coming to stay? You are always invited! Cheers!
So so great Brenna! That wallpaper is amazing! I’m sure you are loving your new view from your office!
I love the view from my office!! I’m so glad you like it!
Brenna, you outdid yourself with this room! That wallpaper is AAAmazing, such a bold contrast to the rest of the space and so pretty! The blue dressers, bedding, and all your styling are gorgeous, I love it!
You’re the best, Lisa! Thank you! I’ve kind of jumped on the blue bandwagon with this one.
I love the beachy color scheme! And those dressers look great painted blue…what a difference a coat of paint makes. Such a beautiful, relaxing room. You might have some guests that don’t want to leave 🙂
Thank you, Wanda! I agree, paint can truly change almost anything!
Wonderful makeover! Your guests will be thrilled to stay in this beautiful space.
Thank you so much, Jenn!