Bedroom Makeover: Putting it All Together

Guest Bedroom Makeover

Day 12: Putting it All Together

**Note: This is part of a 12-step bedroom makeover series. Find the previous steps at the bottom of this post.**

Hooray! Operation: Make-Guest-Bedroom-Not-So-Scary is complete! Of course, I think it will take a few months (years?) for this room to really and truly "gel." But that's okay.

 

My goal was to decorate this bedroom for as little money as possible. Like, $5. Okay, not quite. Realistically, I wanted to keep it under $100. I'll let you know how I did, but first, let's take a moment to enjoy a photographical montage, shall we?

 

Yes. Yes we shall. Remember where we started:

 

 

 

 

Okay, not like I think I'm so cool or anything, but I feel like incorporating just a few low-cost yet creative bedroom decorating ideas has made a big impact.

 

Below is a photo of the first view of the room from the doorway. The curtains are a little long, but I haven't found the energy to take them down and re-hem them just yet. Heh.

 

 

 

 

Those Petit Bateau onesies on the wall are meaningful on many levels for me...here's a closeup of part of their awesomeness:

 

 

Recognize the chevron rug? I actually ordered a different rug for this space but decided I liked it (the new one) better in the master bedroom, so I swapped.

 

 

I need another nightstand in the corner there, but it's a tricky teensy space, and I'll have to find just the right thing. Also, a clock of sorts would be great to add somewhere.

 

 

 

 

Have I mentioned how much I love my little pallet board bedside table? Yes? Many times? Oh. Well, then, ditto to what's been said before. (Times two or three.)

 

 

 

 

And in case you're wondering where all the games and unsightly binders ended up, they're in this Ikea Billy bookshelf on the other side of the fabric-backed one. This arrangement of bookshelves? It rules. Much better, takes up less space, and it can hide-yet-keep-accessible stuff on one side and be pretty on the other. Win-win.

 

 

 

Part of the guest command center, complete with note paper (hanging via clothespins on a rope line), mints (which the kids found and have significantly depleted), pencils, and coat/purse hooks. I even sharpened the pencils. Yes. Applaud.

 

 

 

 

 

 Found this suzani on ebay and hung it on the random bare wall between the door and the closet. I'm not thrilled with it, but I'll survive. And it'll do for now.

 

 

 

 

Okay. Moment of budgetary truth.

 

Complete Budget Breakdown:

$10 - headboard mounting hardware

$12 - pom trim on curtains

$19 - clamp lamps + spray paint

$3 - rope for hanging curtains & mirror

$3 - suzani fabric wall hanging

$15 - shelf-back fabric

$7 - bedding towers/Greek key trim

$12 - flat sheet for back of duvet cover

 Everything else I had on-hand, was repurposed, or was free.

 

TOTAL: $81

Wowie-wow-wow!! Under budget! That, like, never happens. Ever.

 

And now, may I just share a heart-warming story with you all? I've found my husband lying on this bed no less than three times in the past few days since finishing the bedroom makeover.

"You like the room, hon?" I asked him on the latest occurrence.

His reply: "This room is awesome. You did so great...I don't even want to leave."

 

Yesssss! *wipe a tear* Seriously. That's what home decor is all about - the feeling you get when you're in a space. Don't you think?

 

  Anyways. I hope you've maybe gleaned some bedroom decorating ideas for yourself and enjoyed this makeover as much as we did...and do...and will. (Especially my parents, whose room this has become when they visit.) Now I'm going to sit back and relaxy-lax for a little while before I embark on my next endeavor.

 

If you're interested, check out other bedroom ideas in my master bedroom makeover... or find living room ideas...or, heck, just take a tour of the whole house!

 

 Check out the previous steps to this bedroom makeover:

Day 1: Inspiration Board

Day 2: Paint Walls

Day 3: Ikea Malm Dresser Makeover

Day 4: How to Make a Pallet Headboard

Day 5: Beautifying Large Bookshelves

Day 6: Anthropologie-Inspired Curtains

Day 7: Nightstands

Day 8: Reading Lamps

Day 9: Stuff on the Walls

Day 10: Bedding

Day 11: Throw Pillows

 

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