happyhousefour: Guest Bedroom Suite

One of the must-have features we specified for our new home was a 5th bedroom. Once our third child was born we lost our "guest bedroom" and have since been re-arranging children and combining grandparents with children and have had suitcases on floors amongst toys and dress-up clothes, and no one really had their "own" space. And one of the most important things for guests to have is their "own space"...so we were on a quest...and we succeeded.

This home has not only a guest bedroom but a guest bathroom also which is a definite bonus that our guests are sure to enjoy.

With my mom and her husband coming to visit us in the middle of January I've decided to make this space a priority in my list of rooms to decorate.

Above is a photo of how the room looks now...empty,definitley a bland beige on the walls, and the windows are lacking any decorative substance.

Here's is my tentative plan for the room...

Paint the Walls...this color

Sherwin Williams Mineral Deposit - SW 7652

This is the color that is in our current master bedroom and we love it. It's very soothing and provides a very relaxing ambience at the end of the day...makes me want to curl up in bed and go to sleep.

The Headboard...

Originally I was loving this tufted grey bed from World Market

but when I was searching for photos of the bedding I intend on using I kind of fell in love with this headboard from Pottery Barn...

At $400 for a queen size, that seems kind of hefty so I found a less expensive but equally appealing option at Pier1 Imports...

I will try to get something ordered likely this week.

As for bedding, my plan is to use this duvet set from Pottery Barn...

As you can see, it's a nice crisp white that will allow me to accent with different colors and I don't have to be married to one particular color scheme.

Speaking of accent colors, I'm thinking of doing some throw pillows along these lines...