So, I’m pretty done with the guest room. Still a couple little things to finish. Waiting for some art & photos to come in. I love the “wireless” gold/black lights over the beds. I purchased them from Amazon, dimmable and light bulb rechargeable.

Still working on my gallery wall.

Need to finish painting the closet door and caulking.

I sooooo love this scallop trim! My inspiration pillow and the twin quilt/sham sets all came from Hobby Lobby. I didn’t realize they had bedding, but I found this section over by the picture frames. Super happy with how the room came together. The girls are excited to come for a sleepover and that’s what it’s all about!!

Bought 2 of these cute black iron twin beds from Amazon as well as the dotted Swiss type split corner dust ruffle.

I didn’t want to deal with the dust ruffle slipping all over the place so I use pieces of sticky back velcro strips to hold it down.

Bought these 2-12″ foam mattresses – also from Amazon! I mean seriously, what did we do without Amazon all our lives! Also went to Home Depot and purchased some 4’x8′ beadboard panels and had them cut in half.

So the painting begun! This is the color match from the back of my floral pillow. I used 1×6 primed Pine boards for my baseboards and this stinkin’ cute scallop trim from Hobby Lobby.

Next was putting up the beadboard and trimming it out. More to come . . .

My granddaughters are at the age that sleepovers are in my near future! The 2 older ones have already had some sleepovers but the little one just turned 3 so I decided to redo my guest room.

It’s also the “catch-all” room. I had an idea and that floral pillow on the bed was my inspiration. The back of the pillow has the prettiest gray/blue so I took it to Home Depot and had them color match it. Put the sample up on the walls and that was the beginning. Then I wondered if Home Depot still sold my laminate flooring from the front room.

They did, so I had 9 cases shipped to my house and spent the 4th of July weekend pulling up carpet, padding and staples.

It took me the WHOLE 3 Day weekend + a day!! Updates coming!

I had purchased about 5 new peony plants and they needed a little support. It’s been crazy windy around here. I had some tomato cages in the barn and had no plans for planting a garden. They were too tall but thought they would work if they were shorter. So, I grabbed my grinder and took off the bottom spokes that “ground” the cage. Still too tall, so I took off the bottom ring.

I just happened to have a can of green spray paint in my stash, because the yellow & red cages were not going to work!

Also gave these little guys a fresh coat of paint.

While the paint was drying I put out some new bark. I actually saw this suggestion on FB, just open the bark bag and use the plastic bag as weed prevention! I Can’t even tell you how MANY plastic bark bags I’ve thrown away!

These guys are ALWAYS falling over when it’s windy and I needed some kind of stake to hold them down. I remembered I had those cage stakes I cut off, so stuck those in their legs and they worked!

Love how it turned out! My peony plant was quite a surprise though! It was supposed to be a YELLOW peony but when it bloomed, the pic below is what I found! Still gorgeous!

I found these lights on Amazon – they’re dimmable, cordless and rechargeable!

They come in white or black and can be used indoor or outdoor – just tap the tops for the light to come on – choose warm or cool light and they’re dimmable – so cute!! They just slip over the bottle top of a wine bottle or any liquor bottle.

My window box was always part of the plan when I made the cedar shutters last fall out of cedar fence pickets. I had some 1×6 treated wood scraps left over from the porch and deck. So I cut what I needed. The boards sticking up are actually the bottom. I left it open for drainage.

Got the box built then added some scrap cedar pickets leftover from the shutters.

Just needed to coat it with clear sealer and get it hung.

I love it so much. It just finished off this space!

Have any of my locals been to “The Barn” in Castle Rock https://thebarncastlerock.com/? I just love that place, it’s full of treasures! I found this Vintage sconce and fell in love! It was set up to be “hardwired” but I decide not to go that route. I didn’t want it to be permanent in case I wanted to move it around.

I didn’t realize when I bought it, that the threaded thing you would pull the wiring through to mount it as fixture, was so long that it wouldn’t hang flush on my wall. So I had to get my handy dandy grinder out to chop off about an inch. Voila!

Next to “The Barn” in Castle Rock is a place called “The Emporium” https://theemporiumcastlerock.com/ which also has some fabulous treasures. There’s a place inside to the left, that sell all kinds of battery operated candles and they’re just perfect AND they have remotes! So this was the route I wanted to take with my little Vintage sconce.

Sooo, what do you think? The photo above the candle won’t stay but the frame will. I love how that sweet little sconce candle reflects light on the picture above it!

Did you know that the Dollar Store (now the $1.25 Dollar Store, lol) has hard back books? I’m not much of a reader, my daughter picked up that gift of reading from her Grandmother, but I do love using books as decor. So, I’ll occasionally check out the Dollar Store when I’m wanting specific colors and I was looking for a little Red, White & Blue. Usually the Book Jackets are not what I’m looking for – I normally will remove the jackets to see what color the book actually is.

Voila – exactly what I was looking for! I spent a total of $5, a smallllll price considering the cost of Vintage Books. If you prefer the tattered look, I suppose you could take some light grit sand paper to the edges of the covers?

Love, love, love! And if you’re ever needing a little quiet time to yourself, you’ll be surrounded by books to read!

BEFORE . . . .

AFTER!!!

I absolutely love these sconces! I want them everywhere, lol! I found them on Amazon – they are wireless, so no feeding wires through your wall – no electrician needed (sorry Hep)!! They come with the lightbulbs which are rechargeable with the USB cord which is included. They are also dimmable, timer and light choice for cool or warm. They each come with their own remote – one will work on both lights! On Amazon search – Bailoch Wireless Sconces