Guest Bedroom Reveal

This is our upstairs guest bedroom, it is actually an in-law suite with an attached kitchen (don't worry I plan to show that too).

We moved the antique bed frame from downstairs up to here last week because when my parents stay over they always sleep in the downstairs guest bedroom and my dad is so tall that his legs hit the bed posts when he sleeps.

Up until now this room was sort of just a miss-mash of furniture and very embarrassingly a storage place for the empty boxes that I use to ship my Etsy items. For years I thought about how I wanted this room to look and just recently finally had the time to get to it.

I started by painting the walls "Antique White" by Glidden, to me it is the perfect soft white.

From there I sort of just happened upon the perfect things. Like the bench at the foot of the bed for example.
I found it at the flea market a few weeks ago for $10. I have extra quilts on it for those chilly nights, but it would also be a great place for our guests to set their bags.

The stools are also flea market finds, they were a $1 actually if you can believe that. I thought they would be perfect because I didn't want large nightstands that would block the beauty of the windows. I painted them "Chinchilla" by Martha Stewart and then distressed them some.

The shelf was a thrift store find that I painted my favorite "Whispering Wheat" by Glidden.

 It took me awhile to find the right bedding. I am not the kind of person that just goes and buys bedding when I need bedding because honestly I just don't like most of what is out there. I take my time and wait till I find just the right thing. I usually end up finding the perfect things at a super great price. Most of the time I just don't see items that are my style in stores, but I love scouring different thrift shops or discount stores to put together a style that is totally me.  For example I just found an absolutely beautiful linen bed skirt at the thrift store for a $1, if I went to a store and bought one it would have been $20 or $30 and I probably wouldn't have loved it so much.

I like very simple plain bedding and you just don't see much of  that out there. I frequently drop in TJMaxx in the hopes that there will be something that is my style on clearance. One of the last couple times I was in there they did happen to have just plain white quilts, I was so excited. Why are plain white quilts so hard to find?! They also had the quilt that I have folded at the end of the bed on clearance, I knew it would be the perfect camel color that I try to add pops of to all my rooms. I then layered an antique french monogrammed sheet over the quilt. 

The small pillow incorporates the gray and camel colors yet is still simple enough for me. The larger pillow behind it is a Vera Wang sham that I picked up on clearance for $10. And I found the pillow cases for $3 a pair at Gabriels, they too are the perfect camel color.

I think it was worth the wait because I feel like the bed came together just right, actually as I was taking these pictures I wanted to curl up in the bed:)

I know I sound like a broken record but the dresser, the mirror and the shelf are all from the thrift store and cost less than $30 total. I painted the dresser "Whispering Wheat". Then topped it with some recent flea market finds.

Hand made boxes are one of my favorite things to collect and I am smitten with my newest one.

I hope I answered all of your questions, if not let me know! I still have the whole other side of the room to show so stay tuned.

Bedroom Sneak Peek

I don't have the time to do a full post of the guest bedroom because I am headed out for a last minute camping trip but I just had to give you a sneak peek!

Be back in a couple of days!

Peonies In The Dining Room

The rest of our peonies opened up this weekend, these ones are a dark magenta color and oh so pretty.

 I put some on our dining room table along with some ironstone I just recently added to my collection. I bought the covered tureen at the flea market for $2 and the plate and the bowl were 50 cents for both pieces at a garage sale! Can't beat those prices!

Here is a peak at my scoop collection, my mom recently bought me some really great ones.

I am trying hard to get the upstairs guest room finished so that I can show you the big reveal. We had family in all weekend and I am in the middle of multiple projects so I fell a little behind schedule in finishing it. Plus it is finally nice out and my yard is in need of some attention. I hope to show the guest room this week though...stay tuned!

Peonies In The Living Room

I recently made some little changes to our living room that I thought I would share with you. The one bad thing about blogging is that once you put a picture out there, it is out there for good. I am a bit of a perfectionist and once I decide something doesn't look right I can't wait to change it.

One of the things that I changed is the color of our stepback cupboard. I just wasn't feeling the bright white that I had painted it so I painted it a warmer color. It is called "Whispering Wheat" by Glidden. It is one of my new favorite go to colors, to me it is the that perfect khaki color that is so hard to get right.

I found a place for some of my recent flea market finds such as the galvanized bucket, the sieve and the shaving mirror.

And I am quite smitten with my new antique french ticking pillows that I found at A Farmhouse In France on Etsy. I have been wanting pillows like these for years and finally found some that I could afford...the best part is the back is made from an antique french sheet.

I was so excited to see this morning that our peonies had opened up, we have 10 bushes total on our property.

The light pink and white ones are my favorite. 

Peonies in ironstone.....what's prettier? 

I am finishing up painting a few pieces I just got at the flea market that will go in our upstairs bedroom. As soon as I get everything all put together up there I promise to show you the big reveal!

A New Office Space

So I wanted to show you where I put the new white table that I recently posted about.

This is the upstairs bedroom in our house, I wish it could be the master bedroom but being there is only one bedroom upstairs that would leave our son on the ground level by himself. We plan to expand the upstairs at some point down the road so that all of the bedrooms are up there. For now though this serves as a guest room.

I thought the table would be great up here because I could make a little office area. And then I thought, "This office area needs an old fashion organizer"! I found this amazing one on Etsy, it was hand made and then painted many years back, perfect color and all.

It has been really fun looking for cute little things to fill the spaces with.

Most of these items are recent flea market and yard sale finds. I will often buy a box of items for a $1 or $2 at the flea market not really knowing what is inside. I love to go through them when I get home. I usually find the neatest things, like that pencil sharpener or the old cow.

The shelf is also a flea market find that I painted and then distressed a little. I love that it has pegs.

On rainy days I have been working on trying to get this room as a whole finished. I took down the paneling and repaired and painted the walls a couple of years ago. I had originally painted the walls stark white but I felt like the space was cold so I spent last week painting it "Antique White" by Glidden.

 

I will be showing the entire room soon, I just have some finishing touches to make. Hope you enjoyed what you have seen so far.

Blue and Red Boy's Room

I was cleaning my son's room and thought why not show it on my blog?

You know how I feel about color but my son loves red and blue so I painted the walls "Sisal" by Martha Stewart to create a calm back drop for all of the vibrant colors. Most items in his room are from the flea market, thrift store or were hand made.

Like this old library cart that I found at the thrift store for $10. I just painted it blue to match everything else. It is perfect for holding his many books. The red can is a flea market find that I put his blocks in. You know how I feel about cute storage.

Neal made this long book holder when our son was a baby to go along side his crib. Once we moved the crib out and the bed in it still seemed to work. I have been on the search for a great head board...last week at the flea market I saw a cute metal head board for $10....but I had to no way to get it home:(

I found a large piece of wood in that "Discounted Wood Remnants" bin at the Home Depot for $2. I painted it with chalk board paint and then had my sister paint "Eli's Workshop" on it for above his workbench.

I found the Ikea duvet cover on Ebay and the little quilt I found on Etsy.

And I just found this adorable Country Living pillow yesterday at Gabriels.  I don't know if you have a Gabriels where you live but they have the best deals.

The framed picture is a page from a calender that my sister framed for her kids years back and then passed on to me. Old jars keep Eli's small toys organized but still visible. And we just found this adorable barn for $2 at a yard sale last week...I am teaching my son early how to spot a good deal:)

There is more I want to show of his room but it started to cloud up as I was taking these pictures, so stay tuned. Thanks for visiting and I hope you all have a great Memorial Day weekend!

The Perfect White Table

I couldn't wait to share my latest flea market finds with you, I bought some really great items yesterday at our flea market. Actually I bought some really amazing things on my way to the flea market....

like this awesome white table for $25! I saw a guy on the side of the road selling stuff and among the things was this white table. I was beyond excited, it is perfectly aged, the perfect white, has great legs, it is my new favorite thing to say the least. I have a thing for tables, I actually bought another antique one yesterday for $15. My car was jam packed by the time I left the flea market, I think it is time I got a truck actually.

At the flea market I found lots of things in that perfect blue gray color that I love so much. I will be selling some of these things in my Etsy shop so stay tuned.

I already found the perfect place for the cute bench I bought. I put it right between our wicker chairs on our porch.

I also bought some really great things at some yard sales my mom, sister and I stopped at in up state New York last week. I will show you those things soon, one of these days I am going to have more time on my hands:)