One Room Challenge Kickoff: Guest Bedroom/Office

One Room Challenge Spring 2016

The hodgepodge guest bedroom

• Paint the room: The room got a quick coat of paint after we moved in, but I wasn’t in love with the color. It’s Swiss Coffee by Behr right now, and I plan on painting it Repose Gray by Sherwin Williams.
• Replace the Blinds/Add a curtain: One of our dogs has a thing for blinds, and he made is (teeth) mark on the current ones so I’ll replace those and add a curtain. We get a lot of afternoon sun in this room, even though there’s only one window, so not sure if I’ll do a Roman shade or maybe a blackout curtain, but definitely something!
• New Bedding: The duvet cover is a few years old – I think I’ll keep it, but add a lighter weight quilt. I love a ticker stripe, but am looking for something in a neutral palate. I’ll keep the cornflower blue throw pillows, and I recently bought new sheets for this room that have a lot of soft greens and blues.
• Paint Shelf & Desk: I’ll give a new coat of paint to a plain black shelf that serves as a bedside table. I also found  a great deal on a desk for $35 that needs a coat of paint. The new desk will replace the antique desk I currently have – I’ll still keep the antique, just move it to a different part of the room, which leads me to …
• Rearrange furniture/remove furniture: I plan on removing the dresser from the room; it’s pretty beat up and there’s nothing in there that can’t be store elsewhere. Instead, along that wall, I plan to use an old TV stand as bench, so guests have a place to put luggage. The bedside table will also be removed and repurposed elsewhere in the house and the antique desk will go here instead.
• Rug: I have a rug that I think will work in here and will switch it out with the current rug. While in an ideal world, I get a bigger area rug, for now, I think I’ll use the 5×8 rug that I have and later one buy something bigger.
• Wall art & Shelving: I’ll add some more art to above the bed; and I’d love a big clock or mirror to go above the bench . My plan is also to add some open shelving above the desk for additional storage.
• Lamps/Accessories: I’m planning to try and work with a lot of what I have, but I do need to make a decision on if I plan to buy new lamps and if not, spray paint the old ones and get new lamp shades. I’ll probably need some desk accessories, baskets, etc. too.

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  The current antique desk area in the guest bedroom

When I write it like this, it doesn’t sound as bad, but it’s enough to keep me busy! This week, my initial goals are to get the room painted, possibly the desk & bookshelf, order bedding, and remove the dresser/move the antique desk.

Be sure to visit this week’s Linkup at Calling It Home to see all the great makeovers planned!