Guest room suite with a garden view

So it all began with chalk paint.
Thanks Miss Mustard Seed, you have created a chalkmonster out of me.

 I know you have all been waiting patiently for my room reveal...so here it goes.
I am sure some of the snippets were not even making sense color wise.

Like where does orange come into play here?

So today the sun was shining! I could take some pictures finally. Sorry I am weird like that..I refuse to take pictures on a crappy day.

Blue has always been my favorite color, and I have no problem mixing different variations of blue together..

it works for me.

I do believe every room in your house should reflect

your personality.

This Mexican pottery light was in our first Florida home hanging over our kitchen table. I still adore it.

I hope when our guests come they feel the fun and energy we have to share.

I think they do, they keep coming back!

Color scheme, blues, lime green, yellow, orange, dash a white, wall  color by Restoration hardware, cappuccino. Lamp bought at World Market several years ago.

Wishing I had no glare on the pictures..I may remove the glass...

View out the window

I will be showing you the chair makeover soon, third one since I have had it.

Better shot of treatment on my chalk painted furniture.

Here is where the orange ties in, I bought this piece for the TV at World Market last year marked down on clearance.

I used two different stencil paint pens for this flower.

I had some left over fabric from the chair and thought it would look cute tied to the blue pillow...

And there you have it.

This room redo was all done on a small budget.

So the room makeover over was approximately $250.00

Resources I used:
Hobby Lobby
(stencil, fabric)
Chalk paint
TJ Maxx 
(Cynthia Rowley collection)
Walmart 
(Better Homes and gardens collections, sheets and picture frames)
You don't even have to waste your gas to go shopping, shop on line it's cheaper these days
some places even offer free shipping.
Wait just one minute...here is the very BEFORE bedroom

It was fun, and I still love the coverlet...I will use this one in the Fall and Winter months.
I will be linking to some fun parties later on.
Have to run out this evening for a school band meeting.
My son is leaving for a four day band event in Orlando.
I am so jealous!
NEWBIE party going on until midnight
HERE 
Joining Kim for
WOW me Wednesday 
DIY by design 
Power of paint 
Whassup Wednesday 
The charm of home 
French country cottage 
Miss mustard seed 
Finding Fabulous 
THe shabby nest

Chair makeover

Here is my first participation with a thrift store find. Have I ever mentioned there was a time I had a shabby chic room? Now you would never have thought that in comparison to our current style.  Our guestroom in our South Florida home was shabby chic from head to toe...I adored it, and it was a great place for guests to relax.  When we moved to the Carolinas I thought I would change it up a bit.  One birthday my husband had given me this very cool shabby chic chair to go in our former guest room, he found it at a thrift store in South Florida that specialized in Shabby chic finds.  When we moved here I had him store in our attic.  I seriously thought I will never use it, however, it did have meaning to me...the fact that he was so thoughtful to buy it.  The other day a light bulb went off and I remembered the chair was up there, so I asked Mike if he would pull it down for me.  I know he was thinking, oh geez another project! Yep it was,  fun, simple and totally transformed......

This project took me all of 30 minutes.  I bought the fabric at Hobby Lobby for $3.00. The paint I used was espresso color......

This fabric is so me...I love how everything came together, my recent lamp redo which I will show you later on this week,  and this chair, is totally custom to me!

  ties into the bedding......which I will be showing you more of our guestroom soon

                                              This is the after, it looks like an entirely different chair.

I very lightly distressed the edge of the chairs just to give it a more worn look.

 

Just a sneak peak into the guest room....I have a fun project I am working on.....
So let the party begin, what have you found lately? I will be linking up with some more awesome parties this week: Thanks so much to all these lovely hosts. PLEASE remember to link your post back to my party as well if you are participating.  And be kind and check out few other of these awesome posts.  These gals are so kind and I am sure they will do the same for you in return.