Fall decorating, Fun, Funky guest room! Newbie party started

First room in the house to have the Fall decorating makeover. 

Only item new is the owl pillow, how cute is this? Found that at Kirklands last week for $5.99.  

The coverlet was a find at World Market a few years back.  The colors make my heart sing!

Let me first show you the Spring Summer guest room...

Note the summery DIY art work...that too had a little makeover.
Painted the matte border inside with my ASCP Arles color,
then I lightly waxed the outer frame with dark wax.
I also removed the glass to avoid the glare...DUH! What took me so long to figure that out?

BEFORE:

AFTER!

Little cutie pie here!

Bought this last year at Marshalls.

For details on the home made art work you can go

HERE
(today was an overcast kinda day)
Not happy with my pics and will get nicer ones when the sun be SHINING!

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Tuesdays Treasures
Tip junkie
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chic on a shoestring
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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

One thing does lead to another!

For those of you who read  Miss Mustard seeds blog, you have seen recently her bragging on this chalk paint.

She is so good at painting furniture and I thought to myself if she likes it, and it was that easy to use,

that has my name on it!
Why not take a risk?
I will be joining the Nester for her take a risk day...wait til you see the end result...please do come back and see.

Well, let me tell you, I am in some SERIOUS love here.

Not lust, we are talking LOVE, true love.

Sure wish I was getting paid to brag like this, but I'm not!~

I ordered this paint just a couple of days ago, and today it arrived.

I thought I would test it out on a night stand in the guest room.
Did I mention I did not prime or sand?
No need to with this paint.

I wasted no time to get started.

Seeing I am working on the master, I may as well give the guest room a perk me up too.

 Of course it is still in the process of drying, but boy does it dry fast. 

No drip, clean up was a breeze. I can't wait to distress the piece.  I will say for this little quart it was 35.00, and I bought the set of three brushes.

Oh and I did NOT buy the book. If you know me, I don't follow instructions anyhow.

This paint goes a LONG way, 

I barely put a dent in the can and I did two coats on this piece!

I am so excited to get busy painting more.  

Here goes another room transformation!
Oh and if you are interested in learning more about the paint here is the website
Annie Sloan chalk paint
Joining 
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Be our GUest? Lots of fun changes!

 
 I have had this old gold lamp that was a gift from my Mom many years ago, about 13 to be exact.  I decided it was outdated and in need of  a change.  Not sure as to what I wanted exactly, I started off with my color choices. First I wanted to show you some inspiration lamp shades....

THis is so cute, I really love the pattern and the simple ribbon and pretty flower. This was my inspiration to the poppy lamp I redid in my kitchen. HERE you can see that makeover.

This is a fantastic website I found with so many inspiring ideas.....http://www.homeworkshop.com
Now that I have shown you some really cute fun ideas, here is what I came up with.  I started with this BEFORE

 Pretty lamp, however my guest room is kinda fun and whimsy like...this really does not fit the bill.......soooooo......after two days of thinking what I wanted.....I decided to dress it up Like ME!~ I created my very own personal lamp shade dressed up the way I love to dress....I dig the Bohemian styles and have always felt kinda hippieish.....this lamp took me a long time to do.  Although not perfect, I was OK with that, because hippies really do not look all neat and tailored all the time either.  Hope you like it!~
BEFORE

I started off with my inspiration, that as I mentioned took me two days to figure it out.  I love when I see everyone adding burlap, fringe, beads, I really do like it, but that just was not me.......

I knew I liked this flower.....again whimsy and cute.....

So I started to paint little flowers all over.....First I painted the lamp my base colors, shade brown, base blue.
Still was a little blah.....I then added the center for added texture......

 

I then decided my lamp needed  a little belt...because I never leave home without a belt either, So I cut the inside of my pillow sham ever so carefully.....I then tied it around the base and fringed it up.....

I also never leave home without a necklace, so my lamp needed that too..........

And this is the guest bedroom in which it resides! I do not see lampshade design in my future, but I did have fun, and I will say it truly is a one of kind!~ THIS is the BEDROOM BEFORE my new curtain panels

 I had sheers and valances in here as you can see, and they never have been right or to my liking, it was time for  a simple change....I just love the AFTER

Af These are another line from Better home and gardens...they are fully lined, and where only 16.97 a panel...which is very reasonable in my opinion.

 As you can see the room is not that large.  I bought the little dresser here to put the TV on it for guests....I love it.  It is all hand painted and we purchased that at World Market for 79.00.  A little more than I like to pay, but the workmanship on it is so pretty, I could not pass it up....and look how fun it is in the room.

 

This beautiful round metal art work was purchased at Marshalls last year for 12.99...what a steal, and it is very unique.  I copied it from my Mom who bought one in Buffalo....I was lucky enough to have found one here.  I was thinking about painting it....perhaps my favorite blue.

This light that is above the TV....my husband bought for me many years ago.  When we lived in South Florida we would window shop down in Palm Beach...because that is all we could afford to do  down on Worth Ave.  Well I spotted this light, and loved it.  He surprised me for my Birthday one year, and I have cherished it ever since.  I had it in my kitchen in South Florida, and although it really does not go in here....I made it work.

My cousin bought me this special cross.  She lives in Arizona, and I just love this too!~ Can you tell I really love my stuff?  It all has such sentiment value to me really is all. You can also see my chair redo that I put in our guest room.

This sign is the first thing you see when you walk in the guest bedroom.  I regret to tell you all, I am booked for the entire summer.  You may be able to get in here come Fall.  Please check back:) Hope you enjoyed the tour, and my new lamp redo.

These are table candle sconces, that I thought would look cool as art work....they add a little unexpected to the wall.....I had the word art there already so I hung them flowing with the words.

Linking to some fun parties this week:
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com 
http://www.skiptomylou.org 
http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com 
http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com
http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com  
http://www.finecraftguild.com 
http://allthingzrelated.blogspot.com
  
The CSI project party
http://www.hopestudios.blogspot.com
http://www.domestically-speaking.com  
http://romantichome.blogspot.com
http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net 
http://thecsiproject.com 
http://todayscreativeblog.blogspot.com 
http://bluecricketdesign.net 
http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com 
http://www.lovinmylovebugs.blogspot.com 
http://733blog.blogspot.com 
http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com 
http://nevergrowingold.blogspot.com 
http://designitchic.blogspot.com 
http://theletteredcottage.net