The New Guy's Room!

THE BEFORE PICTURES:
We used to call it "the blue room" -- technically a guest bedroom but used much more by that sweet Callie dog. She liked to sleep in the Lazyboy chair during the day so she could look out the window. And this was Frank's napping spot on Sunday afternoons -- it was a very comfy bed. We plan on having a guestroom again in about sixteen years.


It housed a bunch of books...
...and some family heirloom furniture.


But all that furniture has been moved to new spots in the house (or the attic or the garage). We only kept the blue walls as a "blank canvas."


THE AFTER PICTURES:
And now...the NEW GUY'S room! Bear with me while I tell you about all my nesting treasures. (It's the Lively Family Way -- we're garage sale people and proud of it.)



So! The daybed is my solution to keeping a guestroom available. It's got a trundle bed underneath so when we've got grandparents spending the night, it can pop out and turn into a king-size bed. Found it on Ebay for half the price of another bed I almost bought! The green shelf used to be brown (see the first guest bedroom shot), and the lamp is a $7 garage sale find. Daybed pillows, bedding, and white wall shelves are all from IKEA. Gotta love the Scandinavians.

This picture shows off my Craigslist finds. The upholstered chair and ottoman were about a third the price of what we would have paid for a new chair (no ottoman included). I bought a matching dresser, twin-sized headboard, and a corner table -- all this cool 1960's design with sliders that you can take out and paint different colors -- all for $150. Of course, all we're using right now is the dresser, but we've got the headboard and table in the attic for later (when Sophie has graduated from her toddler bed to the daybed and when the little guy graduates from his crib to a twin bed). This picture is also my PROJECT PIC, because I had to prime and paint the dresser and paint all the different mirrors hanging above. Nesting!

This is Sophie's crib...just got some new polka-dot bedding from Target. I didn't want to go with a "theme" baby room, but the dots looked cute with the planet mobile. I ordered an extra curtain that matches that I'm going to turn in to some cushion covers for the daybed. I'm not really skilled on my sewing machine yet, but I'm going to give it a shot! The shelf is a Target find, too.

The pic above is just a cozy pic of the reading corner. The pic below is the "toy box" system we got at Ikea. Sophie was happy to model how the buckets slide out like drawers.

So the room is ready. We have purposely left the infant car seat up in the attic -- as soon as we install that bad boy, the baby boy might think it's time to arrive. (This is scientifically proven -- Sophie arrived two days after we installed her carseat.) And the boy has about three more weeks to cook!