That said, I did buy a new bed and headboard before Christmas because both of the kadults were going to be home and I wanted each of them to have a comfy place to sleep, but other than the bedding to go along with the bed, I didn't do anything else.
This room ended up holding boxes of childhood treasures for Sam and Allie to go through and choose what they wanted to keep, which was the plan for when they were here at Christmastime. I bet you are not surprised to hear that they didn't want to go through the boxes and that I could "get rid of everything" - can you feel my heart breaking? Or at least stopping momentarily; as a sentimental person who has a curated collection of childhood curios (and yes, I realize that a better word would have been keepsakes or mementos, but I was going along with the C theme), I didn't want them to have regrets about tossing everything. The boxes stayed unopened until March, when I finally waded in to start sorting everything, which ended up being a big job that I only managed to do for an hour or two each time because otherwise I wanted to save everything instead of being practical about what could be tossed or donated. And then April 9th happened and that project came to a screeching halt.
As I started to feel better, that room began to bother me. Not only were the boxes still in there, but additional stuff had stacked up; it was mostly things that I needed to put away in the closet, but couldn't because of my back. It got to be overwhelming. On Saturday Jeff solved that problem, at least temporarily, by bringing the boxes into his office, and then he put the closet stuff in the closet. The room was finally clear, and I didn't have to see those boxes and feel overwhelmed.
We hung up a few things that I'd earmarked for that room, washed the bedding, vacuumed, and then I got to work on the one project that I knew I could not only start, but finish - and in just a couple of hours, imagine that! The room itself is not really completed; I need to hang more things on the walls and figure out the lamp situation (as I have had to do with every room, why are lamps so challenging for me?), and I'd like to find a small, but tall, table for a nightstand. Oh and I want to get a black and cream ticking bedskirt but hoo boy, they are expensive! I'm hoping Target steps up with that item soon.
I know, I know - get to the pictures. Here it is:
The first go-round.
Second try - I moved the floor lamp to this side because I felt like the other lamp was too close in height to the jar of cars. I like this look much better but can't really use the floor lamp here because it pushed the nightstand away from the wall by at least five inches. Still, it's given me some ideas for a lamp.
Please enjoy my mad car stacking skillz. I went round and round the jar and made it to the top with a nice outer edge of cars and surprisingly, nothing caved in along the way. Then I carefully filled in the middle with the rest of the cars.
With the lid off - I left some of my favorite cars for the top layer.
What I started working with - these were dumped out from a big bin of cars that I saw about a year ago when Jeff was moving things in the attic. I knew I wanted to do something fun with them but wasn't sure just exactly what until I saw an empty glass jar in my kitchen.
All sorted, and if you know me you know that after I'd color sorted the cars, I considered moving everything to ROYGBIV order for fun, but decided to save my energy for the stacking that was to come. You can also see the smaller jar at the top of the picture - this was my original inspiration for the project, but very quickly I realized that I needed a bigger jar. I bought the biggest one in Target that day.
I ended up putting all of the big trucks into the smaller jar. Logan is currently mad for big trucks so when I saw them gathered together, this was a no brainer.
See? Intently watching big trucks while the grownups chatted.
Back to the guest room:
A picture of Paco from back when his face was black, and a dachshund chalkboard reminiscent of our sweet Jackie needed to be in this room.
The sheets - I saw them online when I was scrolling for sheets and was sold immediately. I love them! The bed is a full size, so there were a lot more fun sheet sets available.
The quilt and shams are from the boy's section at Target. Hey, it was the red that I wanted, in a cotton quilt - once again, having a smaller bed opened up more options. And yes, I do need to hang something above the bed. Any ideas?
Other side of the bed holds a chair that originally belonged to my Grandmother but we've had for over 25 years, and a cute side table that I inherited from her. I like that I can use it for a nightstand - the high bed made it work perfectly. The large picture hanging near the chair was what Jeff and I bought for our first house.
I found this old Coke box when we were out with Karen and Jimmy in July, and while I already have two of them, I loved that you could read HOUSTON, TEXAS on this one so it came home with me. Nothing is in it yet, but I have a plethora of little collectibles in boxes so one of these days I'll get to work filling it.
So there you have it - a guest room that is sort of finished and sort of a work in progress. It will be fun to see what ends up going on the walls; I'm not in any hurry but when I find the right thing, I'll hang it up. And then take a picture and show it on my blog, of course!
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