the guest room

Before I get too deep into the room update, I want to share how it happened. So often when I see other moms do this online I feel deflated, thinking how on earth did she get all that done?  The planets really aligned for this one.  I had a few days off while Chloe was out of school on spring break, so I never had to stop my momentum for drop off or pick up at school.  Two of the four days it rained, so she was happy doing things inside.  I didn't clean up every day--I left all the project stuff out, and the rest of the house was pretty much a mess until I finished, that stuff doesn't bother me, but would drive my husband a little nutty, he happened to be out of town.
I sanded and painted in the wind and rain, under our covered porch. I completed the project in five days, it didn't happen overnight.  Also, I just noticed that the hem on my little table cloth is super crooked in the picture below.  I like it, it's like a wave.

For our guests, an extra blanket, and some good books.  This five-piece modular set was left in the garage of our first house.  It lived in the garage for 10 years, and this garage for two, and we finally have a place for it inside.  I wiped it down with lots of Murphy's oil soap, followed by Old English oil.  It's still pretty dried out, but it is the greatest little set.  There's a power strip on the second shelf for guests to charge their electronics.  We need a nice tall plant for that empty corner.

I sanded and painted this side table.  That lamp we had in the garage, it was sage green, I sprayed it bright yellow.  The art on this wall is from a Paper Source calendar that I bought at 70% off, with the exception of the yellow and white piece, which is a wallpaper sample from Farrow & Ball.  The frames were old ones from my mom's garage that I spray painted white.  The Sunset Motel print is from a local Long Beach company, The Poster List.  I originally discovered their work on SF Girl By Bay, and then saw them in person at Patchwork here in Long Beach, where I picked this up.  

I spent some money at Target to finish the room off, I bought a lamp shade $10.99, urchin vase $14.99, table cloth $12.99, and a reed diffuser $10.  From that table cloth I made I made a smaller one, and the throw pillow, and still have fabric leftover. Maybe it will become a runner for our dining room table.  I hand-embroidered the little anchor for fun. Everything else I pulled from around the house.  The little yellow bowl is from Chloe's play kitchen set.  The train case was in the master bedroom, I like it here.  The fan stays in this room year round because one of my favorite house guests requires a fan to sleep.

Two more frames I took from my mom's garage, they were really ugly 90's splatter-painted.  A little white spray paint really does make me happy, it's true.  The art work is from a book called Seasons that I bought on clearance when Borders was going out of business.  It is full of fun graphic images.

I just need a basket, both to hide that ugly cable/phone box and to house extra pillows.  We need a plant and mirror, and I think we're ready. Oh, and one of those nice bedside carafes, I've always wanted one of those.  Oh, and a little alarm clock would be nice. Apparently it's not quite as done as I thought, but it looks pretty, and it's super cozy.