The Bedroom Door Headboard is FINISHED!!

The euro shams don't hide it... Do you think I should put something on the top? The headboard is installed! I think it looks wonderful - who will be our next guest to enjoy this room?

The start of an old BEDroom DOOR

This is the start of a beautiful new headboard. I'm thinking the price tag will come in around $8!!! I know isn't that amazing. The door was free from a friend who found it in her house when she first moved in. The top shelf and 2x4's were free... my father-in-law supposedly picks up scrap wood-thanks!!! The only piece I had to buy was the crown molding and a few screws to attach it to the bed. I helped putty the joints and fill in holes.

I sanded it and primed it.

This is a picture of the detail shelf on top

This is the primed headboard. Now I just need to paint it white and attach it to the guest bed.

I hope you've been inspired!!

Guest Bathroom... Remodel

Here’s the before of this outdated blue and plastic (the vanity was plastic) bathroom… don't you love the ballerina border and the striped wallpaper. I actually thought about doing subtle stripes on the finished walls to keep at least one element from the room the same. I'm still debating... always something I can add later.

Do you see that the blue tub and surround match the toilet and the swirled seashell sink. One of a kind. It's especially cute to have a room where there are both ballerinas and safari animals.

Here it is ripped apart… but still blue and the inside of the mirror was OLIVE!!! Here it is today… More pictures to follow once I start putting the finishing touches on it. I can't wait for my towel holders, shower curtain and pictures to be hung. I also calculated the remodeling cost. This bathroom was done with NEW EVERYTHING (but the tub) for about $750. The refinishing of the tub ($550) is what put us at about $1,250 for the entire room. I still think that's a deal. Here's a breakdown of what we did:

• New Vinyl flooring - I installed it with a grout line ($40)
• New Trim
• New Vanity ($199) and Sink ($130) and Faucet ($55)
• Refinished Tub ($550)
• Toilet
• Mirror ($20) - got it on the clearance aisle at Home Depot
• Paint - already had it from the old house bathroom - FREE
• Light Fixture and bulbs
• Hardware for the door, towel rods and toilet paper holder
• Shower Curtain rod, rings and curtain
• Reusing some towels from other bathrooms
• I'm going to use the silver bowl I found at the thrift store for the back of the toilet I think!

Much more to come. I can't wait to post pictures of the room with clothes on. I thought you would all still appreciate the new clean look of the bathroom with the dirty work done. Thank you everyone who pitched in and helped or had ideas!

Guest Bedroom Update

The guest bedroom (gray bedroom we like to call it) continues to change. We had a white dresser (paint was coming off in places) with gold handles. Instead of repainting it I decided to just distress it and spray paint the handles in silver. What do you think? I need to figure out what to put on it.

Also, The bedding for this bed is a little of this and a little of that. The comforter was one I found before we got married. The bed skirt and white shams came with our down comforter, I found the Euro Shams this weekend. The quilt was from my mom and the pillow I made.

Speaking of Euro Shams - I was so scared of getting them because one - they are pricey and two I don't want to try and find euro pillows. Well after some digging at the mall I found some at Dillards for $10/ each sham. I think that's a pretty good price compared to some that were $40-$60/ EACH!! Then my next mission was to find the pillows. My MIL suggested just putting 2 standard pillows together. What a great idea. I had just seen pillows at Target for $2/ piece. So my euro shams and filling was just $28.

My mom gave me these pictures out of her house. I think they are going to go great in this room! Now I just have to wait for my antique door headboard to be constructed.

Rocking Chair for the Guest Bedroom - $13

Yet another thrift store find. Can you remember seeing this in your grandma's house... it smelled like it was there too! Nothing a little febreeze can't fix.

Anyway, I was looking for a small chair for the guest bedroom we just painted a dark gray. Kolin picked out the paint color in the clearance section of paint at Lowe's. Someone had returnd it because it wasn't the right color.

What do you think about the wall color? We painted it late last friday night and it almost looked like a chalkboard. Oh, and I made the curtains out of thrift store fabric (washed first). I didn't want to get our my sewing machine so I just used the iron hemming tape. I'll explain in another post.

Getting back to the chair I decided to paint it white and cover the cushion with yet another piece of fabric from the thrift store. This one was an interesting piece of light gray.

So I primed and spray painted the chair. Took off the cover and stapled new fabric to it. I think it turned out pretty good for a $13 rocking chair.

Well I can't just leave the extra fabric sitting their.... I have to make an accent pillow for the bed. So I got some ribbon and buttons and here it is...

I'm so excited to finish this room. We just visited a friend's house that has an old door as a headboard. I can't wait to start working on that project. Most of all I can't wait for visitors!!