Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Fourth Bedroom {In Progress}: Round Two is Color

A few months ago I put together a guest bedroom using only stuff we already had on hand.  One commenter noted that it wasn't my usual color explosion.  True--the room was pretty brown, but it was free and functional, so that's what we used, figuring eventually I would save some pennies and come up with a more colorful plan for that room.  (I went through a beige phase in 2008; I have a lot of brown stuff left over.)


In September I visited my family in New Jersey and came across some colorful paintings that I had shipped back to California.  I've decided to put the horse painting in the guest bedroom and use that as my jumping off point.
I was further inspired by a navy blue and green living room that I wrote about last week.

I changed out the bedding, the curtains, and added the horse painting.  Everything else, such as the furniture and lamps, remained the same.



I've loved this blue diamond Nate Berkus bedding from Target since it first came out.  I debated between the orange version and navy, but once I saw that blue and green living room I knew it had to be the navy.  Last week the navy blue curtains were on sale at Target, so that seemed like fate.  The green quilt on the bed was also from Target years ago and was formerly in our master bedroom three houses ago.

I feel like the bed could use a bright, fun decorative pillow of some sort, but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet.  This room feels bright and cheerful (and less brown), so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

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I didn't get this room done in time to join up with the One Room Challenge, but yesterday was the reveal day for all the participants, so I highly recommend you check them all out here.  

8 comments:

  1. HI ,

    I think I was the person who said the room previously lacked color. Well you have definitely fixed that. The room looks happy and fresh. I'm sure that any visitor would be happy to stay in that room. I am still dying to see your bathroom - what happened on the other side of the room ?

    Kind Regards
    Cathy

    Kind Regards

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    1. Cathy--thanks! I've done nothing in the bathroom--its still the same beat up vanity and crooked green mirror. I still haven't made a decision on what to do with it.

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  2. I LOVE it!!!! Beautiful color combos! :)
    Also, I adore that painting, but every time you post it I swear I see men in crazy hats playing giant drums in it at first... and then you say something about horses... so I scroll back up, tilt my head, and "Oh yes, there are the horses..." Either way, I like it :)

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    1. interesting...I am looking for men in crazy hats but not seeing them....I guess all art speaks to us individually :-)

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    2. I scrolled up to take another look and immediately saw the men in crazy hats with drums...wow! But I do see horses first, lol

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  3. Ohhh, I love it! Really like the green against everything else. I signed up to do the ORC, but then life got pretty busy and I failed to make any progress at all beyond my initial posts. I'm hoping to paint my guest bedroom this long weekend, tho!

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    1. Kelly, I loved the pillows you had for your makeover. I'm looking for something like that--I'll have to check back on your blog to see where you got them.

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  4. I love that painting over the bed!!! Such a colorful room!!!

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