Guest room makeover: art

The other day I had the opportunity to shop without children in tow. This was very exciting, as I finally had the chance to duck into the little boutique home wares shops, which I normally wouldn't dare enter with my monster stroller and kids.

I'm pleased to announce I have found some lovely art for my guest room!

I found them at The Magic PuddingThe Magic Pudding in Peel St. They are made by a local artisan, Mark Hampstead of Mark Art. "Feathers" as they are named, are printed by traditional Lino Printing methods. 

The pink one is my fave, followed closely by the black print with blue detail. I have to make the headboard before I can mount them. I will add more photos as the room progresses. 

Guest room makeover: Night stand brainstorm

The other day I visited Pillow Talk, and spotted these side tables. 

I absolutely love them, but sadly they would be too small as a night stand for the guest room. Aren't the colours just fab!?

So I was thinking I could DIY something. How hard can it be...

Bedroom Inspiration

Hi there, here is some more inspiration for bedrooms and nightstand styling. 

All images are via Pinterest. 

Guest Room Makeover: painting complete

Some serious progress was made today. The old bed was sold and a new was purchased. Harvey Norman were having a huge sale, where I managed to pick up a brand new queen ensemble marked down from $1300 to just $900!!!  Plus there was one in stock (even better)! 

I even managed to get the room painted. The colour I used is called Arctic Crossing by British Paints. I have painted our master bedroom in that colour, and had a few litres left. Although it wasn't enough to finish the second coat on the walls, so another 2 litres were purchased. 

The pictures don't show a great deal of difference, so you will have to take my word for it. It feels fresh and clean now, no longer does it feel like I'm walking into a yellow mess. Next on the list is to make a fabric headboard.

Guest room makeover: the before shots

I thought I had better share a few before shots and a little info on my guest room, before I show some progress shots. 

As our home is a little limited when it comes to storage space, the guest room became the best place to store just about everything. 

Not only was it full of junk, but it consisted of items of furniture that have been thrown together out of necessity. My husband made the bed when we were at UNI, the too small lamp was an old one with a cheap shade I picked up at Big W a few years earlier and the pictures were thrown up to cover a mark on the wall, which I just could not get off. 

And least of all the condition of the walls was atrocious, there was paint chips and scratches everywhere. Not to mention the builders beige!!!!

And that's it for the before shots. Next post will be a progress update!! Yay!!

Guest Room Makeover

I'm tossing us a few ideas for my guest room. The room currently consists of a few odd items which have been thrown together in order to make the room useful. And now it's time to make it feel luxurious, so it feels like home for my guests. 

I'm roosting up a few ideas for the headboard and the nightstand. At this stage I'm leaning toward a fabric headboard rather than a timber one. And Navy Blue is so hot right now!  

What do you think?

Kitchen capers

Today I went on a cleaning frenzy. Not that my house is total pigsty, nor do I have layers of grime covering my kitchen cabinets. But my kitchen needed a bit of a deep clean. I've been reading a few blogs as of late one in particular is Atypical Type A written by Alicia Parsons. She has some great cleaning and organisation tips as well as a monthly house cleaning schedule.

Any way all this talk about cleaning and seeing as it's spring I thought there was no time like the present. So I relocated my tea and coffee facilities to a cupboard which opened up a heap of counter space then I cleaned my oven door. It took me a while but it is gleaming now. 

I have the cleaning bug now. My next project is inside the oven... Oh dear, stay tuned.