The day is finally here. You’ve seen sneak peaks already, but today you see the whole thing–the brand new guest room.
Let’s start with the before. Going way back into the archives, here’s what the room looked like on day 1 when the farm became ours. A herd of dust bunnies all over the floor and dirty valances on the windows.
Look closer at the windows and you’ll see the extent of the decorating in this space–sparkly butterfly stickers. Unfortunately, no more my style than the curtains.
We cleaned up the dust bunnies, removed the valances, kept the stickers and called this our master bedroom for our first three years. When we moved our master bedroom across the hall, this became a guest bedroom. But it wasn’t the most welcoming space.
I found this photo for my inspiration.
Source: Southern Living
And I came up with a pretty simple to-do list:
- Scrape the stippled ceiling
- Paint the ceiling, walls and trim
- Replace the light fixture
- Make window treatments
- Refinish the desk chair
- Strip the paint off the metal bedframe (and maybe repaint)
- Decorate and personalize
Ready to see where we ended up?
What do you think? Want to come for a visit? I confess, I’m in love with the way this turned out.
Next week I’ll share the details of what’s in the room. Hint, the sparkly stickers didn’t make it.
Home on 129 Acres 
It looks great! Your visitors will be very comfortable.
Thanks, Stacy. That’s the goal.
It’s beautiful, Julia!
Thank you, Audrey.
What a wonderful transformation! It looks very welcoming and peaceful!
Thanks, Sarah. I like the word transformation!
Wow, wow, wow, that is beautiful!! What an incredible difference. I think I’d be taking turns back and forth for master bedroom – maybe six months of each? 😀
I admit, I’ve considered sleeping in here a few nights!
It looks stunning. I could stay there forever!
Glad you like it.
Great job – it looks amazing! I’m a big fan of starting off big jobs (or small ones!) with a well thought out list – it’s so easy to lose focus & veer off course otherwise.
That’s absolutely the method that works best for me.