Decorating the new guest room

Now that I decided to make Julie's old room the real guest room (so Alan doesn't have to get thrown out of his room every time company comes--yes, he sleeps in there but only because his snoring keeps me awake all night), I started thinking about what to do in there.

Mom gave me some really nice custom-made drapes that she found at a yard sale. I had to cut them down and take out the pinch pleats to hang them in my room, but they didn't really work in there. The window is so huge that they make the room really dark, and the colors don't work with my bedspread. So I decided to use the fabric in the new guest room instead.

Today I spent some time looking around in the garage for wood. Alan had some particle board shelving out there (that he bought for more bookshelves in the crawlspace but never used). I figured that I could put two of them together and get a good-sized headboard. I also found some 1x4s to use to hold the shelving together and for legs.

So after work tonight I put it together. I have a blister on my palm from pushing on the screwdriver. What an old wimp I am. But it's nice and solid (heavy!). Then I covered it with batting and the fabric. Thank god we have an electric staple gun!

It's all finished. I carried it into the guest room and put it up against the wall. I'm going to have Alan help me line up and drill the holes for the bolts (the ones that hold it onto the hollywood frame). Then it'll be done. It looks funny because we only have a box springs in there right now (I have to go out and find a top mattress). But I think it will look all right once the mattress and bedding is on (pillows and stuff). It looks super tall right now.

I'm also going to make curtains and pillows with the fabric and cover the seat on my grandmother's rocking chair, which is also in that room. I think it should look pretty decent. Now to figure out what color bedspread to get. I could go with several different colors.

The picture at the top is what the headboard looks like right now.