Disclaimer : This post is sponsored by Lulu & Georgia. All opinions are 100% mine.
One of my favorite places to shop online is Lulu & Georgia. It’s one of those sites that I go to if I feel too stuck or too neutral or too blah about a space in my home. I can just browse their site and I feel so inspired. Not only is it a great site for inspiration, but I can also score the freshest artwork or pillows or the cutest home decor and know that it’s on trend. It’s one of the swankiest sites in all the land. Seriously. And now you can swank for less with a discount code. You can thank me later 🙂 Just punch in “Bower20” at checkout.
Recently our air conditioner went out in our master bedroom. The entire unit needs replaced and of course, it happened on a Friday afternoon. That meant we had a very hot bedroom…and I’m not talking about “steamy”….I’m talking waking up in a puddle of sweat at night. Yuck. It was miserable. Thankfully the boy’s rooms are on a different unit so they were nice and cool but Max was in our room and to avoid having him sweat with the oldies (see what I did there?!), we picked up our pillows and moved into the guest room till we get a new unit up and running.
Relocating into the guest bedroom was probably a good thing because it actually lit a little fire under my bum to get the space finished. Each morning I sit in there and nurse and I look around. All I think is “What is wrong with me?! Why haven’t I hung artwork? Am I nuts? Who does all the hard stuff like repainting and installing a super cool accent wall and then doesn’t finish?!” By the time I am done feeding Max, I am sick of myself. And so this past week, I finally pulled the trigger. Back in April I talked about the four things I wanted to do in this room…
- Build shelves for prints (DONE! See those here!)
- Hang mirror
- Build valance for window
- Hang crap on walls
Not hard, right?!
You can see that the shallow shelves look great….
and this view of the room looks relatively finished…
But this side? It needs some stuff on the walls.
and a new light so that this corner doesn’t become a black hole at night time.
The dresser mirror definitely needed to be hung. Jeremy helped me and it was up in like two minutes. I don’t know why I didn’t do that already! The rest of the creative process is always fun. It’s like creating a decorating mosh pit and jumping in…
I still haven’t tackled the valance….maybe this week….but on either side of the window, the walls were literally crying out for artwork. Seriously. Crying like a twenty year old contestant during an episode of Bachelors in Paradise. I would cry too if I had a body like those girls. tears. of. joy. #thatshipsailed
The space needed some very simple updates and so I hopped on Lulu & Georgia’s site to get some items that I have been wanting for a while. Now, the guest room has some awesome crap on the walls. I did two mirrored thingies on one side of the window and some cute framed prints on the other side.
I am so glad that Anna Rifle did an Atlanta print. She seriously could of done a close up print of the Georgia Peach and I would have bought it. Framed butt in the guest room! And I mixed up the frames so that it played off the gold DIY starburst mirror. Also, if you haven’t jumped on the cactus trend yet…you are missing out!
When the box with a new lamp arrived, I immediately unpacked it and could be found cuddling it in the guest bed. I couldn’t help it! Curves like that call for kanoodling 🙂 Isn’t it cute with my little bulldog and one of my coveted Bower tins?
The other side of the dresser has a couple reading books, my little thrift store brass elephant, a vase with some faux florals and a framed picture with the wifi password. I hate telling everybody our password. No that’s a lie. I always FORGET our password. This way, it’s not my responsibility. Nothing like passing the buck to a picture frame 🙂
The biggest splurge was the navy Trina Turk pillow….but dude, if you are gonna splurge, get a super beautiful pillow to pamper yourself your guests. Navy is my new favorite color…ok ok….I have always been obsessed with navy….and it played so perfectly with the rice-bag pillow that I got for free from my mom and the chair I inherited from my grandma that I figure the overall cost of this little corner was still REALLY low.
Overall, I am amazed that the room went from this…
to this….
with just a little artwork and a couple new items. I can’t wait to tackle that window treatment so that I can finally call this room finished! Now go check out the new stuff at Lulu & Georgia (don’t forget your discount code) and get some pretties to finish your own spaces!
That code didn’t work. Are there stipulations on spending a certain amount in order to use the code?
I love what you’ve done by the way!
I may have missed it but where are the white circle mirrors on the wall from? LOVE them.
Great updates! I love the accent wall- would like to do something like this in my own bedroom. – Brittney Bernfeld
Looks great! I’m having a heard time getting my butt moving on hanging stuff on the walls in a.lot. of rooms! You just might have inspired me to get on it!
#thatshipsailed your hysterical! Love your humor. Guest bedroom looks great. I never liked the color run but this room looks great! Love all the dark tones with the gold too.
As always, this looks wonderful & inspiring 🙂 For the life of me I can’t find the “mirrored thingies” on the Lulu & Georgia site. If they are there, could you point me toward them? Thank you!!
Love the update! Can I ask where that mirror came from? Did you make it?
Okay, I understand sponsored posts. I get it, you get blog fodder and products, and they get page clicks. I have bought several items after you posted links to them, and have never been disappointed. But this $130 pillow? I can’t get on board with that. $194 lamp? Insane to me. I hope other readers aren’t like me…. just a thrifty SAHM who could never imagine “splurging” on a $130 pillow for any room of my house.
The starburst mirror over the bed? Yes! I did make it! And here is the link.
xo – kb
Urg. Let me email them and double check…it could be a glitch.
xo – kb
They are WAY old…like I had them in our last house in the living room.
xo – kb
They are old wall hangings I got ages ago and they used to live in my living room. I don’t even remember where I got them. If I have time I’ll look that up!
xo – kb
I had sticker shock too (you definitely pay for the Trina Turk name) but I learned that if I set a limit to the room cost, I can splurge on some things if I keep my costs low on others. Since pretty much every item in this room was recycled or free, spending a little bit on higher end items if the budget allows is ok in my book. I definitely wouldn’t let the kids play with that pillow though. It’s like my fifth child right now 🙂
xo – kb
I love the wifi password in the frame! So cute and I love the font!
Oh … the wireless PW. I can never remember mine. I live 3 blocks off the lake so we often have family gatherings at my house… and all of those wireless devices! I made a stencil of the PW and painted it in a spot on my wall where you have to ask where it is. The stencil paint is the same color as my wall color … except being eggshell it is high gloss. The light has to hit it right to see it.
The idea to share the WIFI password with the guests is brilliant and thoughtful!
I am always hesitant to ask the password in the place where I am the guest.
You are so inspiring and unbelievably talented!!!
~Chitra
Framed WIFI password = BRILLIANT!!!!
I got it to work. Thanks!
You might want to change your WIFI password, you may have 10 people on it now. 🙂
I think this may be my first comment although I’ve followed your blog for several years. You have great home decor style, and I like all of the real-life, family moments you include on your blog.
I had to comment today, however, to say that I love the hardcover copy of Betsy In Spite of Herself on the dresser! I would certainly feel welcome in your guest room with the beautiful decor AND a Betsy book.
~Heather
No need to look it up on my account. That just means it’s time for me to find some good trivets or the like & mirrors, and get to DIYing 🙂
If your readers are interested in Anna’s work, her name is actually Anna Bond and her company’s name is Rifle Paper Co. I am a huge fan of her illustrations and would marry them if marrying paper products was acceptable.
Cozy, cozy, cozy!!! I am in the process of looking at vacation homes and I think I honestly desire a 2nd home just to decorate a new space, not to vacation there. 🙂
Yes! I follow her on Instagram and am obsessed with her new baby 🙂
xo – kb
I love the accent wall, and it all looks even more amazing with all of the art and finishing touches. Can’t wait to see the window treatments!
Okay, I am going crazy. I stumbled upon the shelve posted up and love the wall color. I have been digging through your side for weeks. What color gray are the walls?
Secret by Benjamin Moore 🙂
xo – kb