A Feminine Look

The guest room is the one room in the house where I indulge my femininity.

The color palette is essentially red and blue, but in softer tones.

In January I posted about my 2018 goals and painting the white door was on the list.

This door shared by Maria of @dreamywhiteslifestyle had me dreaming of a blue door.

In that post, 2018 Goals, I said I was going to use either Louis Blue or Provence,

instead I combined Pure White and Provence 

to create my own color.

I found the chalkboard shelf in the attic and kept the decor simple with dried roses in vases and paper flowers on top.

I have been choosing colorful roses lately because they dry so beautifully.

The orange roses in this pic are now dried and they look just as pretty as they do here.

I restyled the shelves in this cabinet using clock faces both real and faux.

I'm debating on replacing the ladder with a chair, but I do like using the ladder as a bookshelf.

I used dried roses and eucalyptus to decorate one of my wire wreaths

and hung it on the tall cabinet next to the bed.

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In my post, Panoply, I showed the cute hankie my friend Rita of the blog Panoply had sent- it is almost a perfect match with the blue cabinet.

and it looks so cute made into a pillow and sitting on the bed.

I'm happy with the new look in the guest room

from each view.

The best part of the project is that when a holiday comes that calls for a white door, I can just turn the door around.

I can't wait to have Miss Violet visit for two weeks next month - I hope she likes the feminine changes in the guest room.

Although Lulu isn't so excited - Miss Violet happens to be little chihuahua!

in with the old ...

I absolutely loved this look in our guest room, but I wanted to hang some supplies on the wall and I did not want to tap nail holes all over the fresh paint.

In December we bought an old door at Habitat Restore for $35, but it stayed in storage until this week.

What took me so long in dealing with the door was not knowing how to "age" it.

I finally just laid the door across some saw horses in the garden, slapped on stripper and waited to see what happened.

Then came the fun part.

The door and the table hold a conglomeration of crafting supplies 

and things that simply make me smile - 

like my MacKenzie Childs sock purse hung in honor of Rita of Panoply and Sarah of Hyacinths for the Soul.

The doorknob has no function - I bought it for our pantry door, but it didn't fit and finally I have a spot for it.

With no one staying in the guest room 

and no one expected in the near future,

 I can simply leave things out on the table.

But when company arrives, they will have a pretty view out the window

 and lots of "eye candy".

Now, I need to head outside and get busy in the garden 

because Jann of Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson and I have joined up with the sweet ladies of Thoughts of Home for a Garden Party which begins on April 25.

I guess I was wrong - the guest room does have an occupant, but I don't think she even notices I brought in an old door!

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