Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Guesting
So, we totally failed on getting the guest room completed by Thursday. Our friend will not be joining us until next week, so cut us a small break?! I am super bummed too because this would be the third room we can call finished. However, I thought we could go over what we have done, and what's holding us back.
A few months ago we started with this mood board:
Most of what you see has stayed the same, except where we failed. I'll keep it clean and make a list:
1.) The chevron painted curtains, fail. The paint got everywhere when Joey thought they had dried, and folded them.
2.) We painted the curtains again, but this time with a stencil instead of tape. Paint got everywhere. Then the dogs ran on it. So I tried soaking them in tea stain, it looked worse. I have about 100 photos of this mess. Not worth sharing.
3.) While painting the walls we discovered a "wet patch" they wouldn't dry out. It took over three days to paint a 2X2 area.
4.) Speaking of paint, it rained for three days straight so the paint took suuuuuuper long to dry. We needed the windows open for proper ventilation.
5.) I ordered some fabric to replace the curtain fail. I am still waiting for them to show up.
6.) The Andalucia rug from the kids room, is now moving into the guest room, we are now welcoming more yellow into the room! BTW, you can win this rug right now on Emily Henderson's blog!
So the walls and trim are officially painted, and the layout is decided. What's next:
1.) See these big built ins Joey made? We need to stain them, curtain them up, and build some shelves.
2.) We have a bunch of art to hang up and styling to do. We have been dying to showcase this beauty.
Yep. You read that right. Game of Whang.
3.) We need to agree on a fan.
4.) Make and hang curtains.
The list isn't all that bad. Almost all the pieces are there and I am loving the super bold color of the room. Here is a better shot of how it actually looks in person.
I am just relieved we have moved on from at least one room looking like this:
I would like to say this week will be the week, but I know it won't. I am jam packed with meetings and Joey is slammed with commercial work. Bit by bit. Man, I wish blogging was our full time job.
Reader Comments (6)
LOVE the wall color!!!
I still find myself a little shocked when things don't go as planned sometimes... like, "Oh my life isn't exactly like HGTV where you're guaranteed to have a flawless project at the end of 30 minutes. Weird." Progress is an achievement, even if it's not finished, and you've definitely made some.
@kim thanks! it's a bit bold, but we love it! paint has been in the house for 6 months before we cracked it open. so worth it.
@kit i imagine you always have a smile on your face. you are too kind too many times!
I love the wall color too!
Hi guys,
I don't usually comment on posts ( I'm typically just a vouyer to decor blogs) but for some reason your taste in artwork really tickles my funnybone and makes me want to comment! I frequent fleamarkets on a regular basis and I've never come accross anything as interesting and quirky as you seem to find! Can't wait to see where it goes! Good Eye!!!!!!