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Guest Room: Before and After

March 9, 2015 By Karen Cooper 8 Comments

I fell in love with our home because of its 1929 features: original windows, stained glass, exposed brick. But the guest room had none of that; it was just a beige box. I wanted our guest room to be special and have some color and architectural detail, too. So, check out our guest room: before and after.

Guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

By adding color, trim, and furnishings that fit the space, I transformed our guest room into one of my favorite rooms in the house!

Bright and happy changes to the guest room - thediybungalow.com

As I explained in this post about how I was thinking about designing this room, our guest room was a tall, long, beige room.

The guest room before was a long beige boring room - thediybungalow.com

The bed took up most of the room, and there was just nothing interesting about this room.

I found this picture in a magazine and decided it would be my inspiration:

My inspiration photo for the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I love the trim at the top of the wall, and it looks like the trim on the outside of our Tudor-style bungalow home. I wanted a bit more color, though.

I came up with this:

Plans for the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I changed a few things from this sketch in my final design. For one thing, I built a daybed out of old doors, rather than using a quilt hung on the wall as a headboard.

The daybed I built from old doors in the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I decided to use bolder colors than the “lilac” noted in the drawing. I love bold, bright colors, so I went with Brilliant Blue by Benjamin Moore on the accent wall and “New Life” DecoArt chalky finish paint on the daybed. I kept the remaining walls the same color.

First, I hung the trim. I used pine 1x4s, cut to size with my RYOBI miter saw. I made sure that the vertical trim was evenly spaced on the wall and I used a square to draw and hang the angled trim. I nailed the trim to the wall with my RYOBI cordless nailer.

Adding trim detail to the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

Then I painted the trim. First, I filled the nail holes, then primed the wood. Then I painted it semi-gloss Ultra White by Behr.

Painting the trim in the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

Once the trim dried, I taped off the trim. I confess that I usually don’t tape before painting a wall but, because the wall color was so bright, I didn’t want to get it on the white trim and then have to fix it.

The wall took two coats of Benjamin Moore’s Brilliant Blue.

Brilliant Blue on the guest room accent wall - guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

Wet Paint!

Once the paint dried, I removed the tape and the room was ready for furniture.

Finished guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I wanted the room to be a comfortable retreat for guests. I added lots of pillows to the daybed:

I love lots of pillows on a guest bed to make it comfortable for guests - thediybungalow.com

I even made custom pillows from plain green IKEA pillows. I just used some fabric glue to embellish the pillows with bright blue ribbon.

Jazzing up IKEA pillows for a fun guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I added a desk that we have had for a while, but didn’t know where to put it, with some reading materials.

Reading table for guests in the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

My favorite piece in the room is this vintage “Vacationlands” map.

A fun Vacationlands of the US map is the perfect touch in the guest room before and after - thediybungalow.com

I bought it from a woman who found a box of maps in her mother’s attic. I bought two maps for $25 and had them framed at Caroline Budd Picture Framing in Atlanta. I thought the vacation theme was perfect for the guest room.

Doesn't everyone feel like they are on vacation in my guest room - thediybungalow.com

Doesn't everyone feel like they are on vacation in my guest room - thediybungalow.com

The other side of the guest room is Dear Husband’s music room.

Now that the daybed is in the corner – rather than the bed being in the middle of the room – there’s plenty of room for the music room and space for guests.

daybed in guest room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

take a seat pillow - guest room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

But if it’s time for the guests to leave, we have this:

favorite pillow - guest room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I love our new guest room. I hope our guests love it, too!

panoramic view of guest room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Not the best picture, but I thought it’d be cool to take a panoramic picture with my iPhone! Not too bad!

For the post on how to build a daybed from old doors, click HERE. The daybed was featured in This Old House Magazine HERE! (Eeeeeeek!)

daybed featured in This Old House Magazine - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

For a tour of the rest of our home, click HERE.

Guest room before and after reveal - thediybungalow.com

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, Paint and Color, Repurposing and Upcycling, Room Reveals Tagged With: Bedrooms 8 Comments

About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Brittany Moore says

    March 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm

    I love this project; the way you’ve used color in this room is just phenomenal!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      March 13, 2015 at 2:31 pm

      Thank you, Brittany!!

      Reply
  2. Kathy says

    March 18, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    What an awesome transformation Karen!! I love the blue and molding. Stunning… and that kelly green. Perfect pair. Thanks for sharing at The Creative Circle. Hope to see you this week. 😉

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      March 19, 2015 at 7:05 am

      Thank you, Kathy!

      Reply
  3. Angela, blue i style says

    March 19, 2015 at 8:34 am

    Holy cow do I love that day bed made out of old doors! Such a creative idea and now it feels so cozy! Love it! Thanks for linking up at The Creative Circle!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      March 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      Thank you so much!!

      Reply
  4. Maggie says

    September 14, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    Great job! One question; why didn’t you put a matching footboard? That would really make it look like a daybed, and it would cover the raw end of the backboard and the brace. Then pile on the pillows along the back! 😉

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 15, 2017 at 9:29 am

      Hi Maggie! Thank you! I didn’t put a footboard on it because the door into the room is right at the foot of the bed. So, someone walking into the room would almost walk right into it – or at least it would be right there. It would also make the room look smaller. I thought that, if I had put the bed along the wall with the window, I would have put a footboard on it with the pillows all around. As for the raw end of the backboard, it’s funny – I thought about painting it, too, but then I thought it was fun to leave it to show its former life as a big ol’ door! 🙂

      Reply

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