Reaching Back Into the Photo Archives: More Cottage Bedroom Photos

I really need to start making a list of all the things that need to be done around here before our overnight guests, my mother and stepfather, arrive around the second week of July. I've warned my mom about the state of this place we call home yet she isn't scared off. She knows all about home renovation and lived through it for many months while I lived at home. At any rate, I still want the place to be as presentable as we can get it before they arrive. Someday soon, when I'm feeling brave, I'll have to go through the house and take photos of all the scary, ugly parts. Renovation is not pretty and I'm sure not proud of the state of "undone-ness" and chaos this house is currently in. *sigh*

While I'm composing lists and working on last minute projects, I wanted to share with you the very first project we tackled when we bought this house three years ago. It was our oldest daughter's bedroom. When we finished painting the room and her bedroom furniture, I took a few photos that I don't think I've ever shared here in our renovation journal. The photos show that the room wasn't yet decorated but they also show what can be achieved with a little bit of paint. I wish the room would have stayed this simple and pristine with just a few added accessories (we added lamps, a bed canopy, and few little accessories), but I'm finding that a pre-teen girl loves to personalize her space with her own "decorations", such as posters, art, and her own crafts and such. Her "style" is a bit busy and cluttered for my taste, lol, but - it is her space and at this point, we just want her to keep it clean:)

The inspiration behind the wall and furniture colors was this quilt. I loved the periwinkle blue and greens and pinks in it.



By the way, the grey berber carpet you see in the photos is the same kind of carpet we just pulled out of our little girls' room. When we redo this bedroom again, we'll be pulling the carpet out, too, and replacing it with hardwood. Our daughter says that she doesn't want us to remove the carpet until we can put down the wood floors, so no painting the subfloor of this room, it looks like!






Somehow I was able to find curtains that matched the wallcolor exactly. (That floor really needs a rug, huh?!)


A five dollar yard sale headboard that we painted white...



This is a little Broyhill desk that we painted "Hibiscus" pink and white.



The same colors were used for the dresser. It looked like this before we painted it:



And then after...


I suspect that by the time we redo this room, she's going to want something a little more grown up. She loves turquoise and purple and is no longer a fan of pink, so I see a whole new color scheme for this room in the future. I recently came across a really pretty cotton duvet set from Designers Guild that she liked and I have to say, it changed my thoughts on using purple and turquoise together:)

Ok..well, enough daydreaming about future projects. There's too much to do here as it is! If you don't hear from me often in the next couple of weeks, just know that I'm busy clearing a path through this house and trying to get a few projects wrapped up!