Re-decorating the Spare Bedroom

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Early last month I had a 3-day "window of opportunity" where I had nothing much planned (no Babysitting, Appointments or urgent Orders requiring attention) ... so I decided to empty out & paint my spare bedroom.

I had two newly-acquired Decor items for my spare room & both were sitting still in their wrappings in the back of my Wardrobe. I thought it was high time I got them out & put them in their rightful places.

I saw this Image on Instagram & it appealed to me 😊

I emptied the room out & gave the walls a thorough wash down - I planned to paint them the same colour (Cottage Cream) but they definately needed a scrub with sugar soap first. I gave them 2 coats & The Mr also gave the ceiling two coats - what a difference a fresh paint job makes to a room 💗

The left hand pic is the smaller window & the right hand side the larger window

The first new item I had was a blind which I'd had made back in January to fit the larger window in my spare bedroom. The smaller window already had a blind in this fabric & I had cheap tatty old calico curtains at the bigger window.

The second new item I had was this Stunningly Gorgeous Quilt which I had purchased from my dear friend Leeanne - also earlier this year. I had watched her make this Low Volume Log Cabin Quilt using offcuts of Vintage Linens as she would send me sneaky pics as she completed different blocks ... & I had fallen in love with it.

I did not think for one moment she would ever sell it but she has opened A Felt Store & is selling lots of her handmade quilts now. As well as her professional quilting business, she also enjoys making quilts to sell herself & is rather a whizz at it 😉

Look how perfectly it fits on my King Single bed .... Oh Be Still My Beating Heart 💗💓

This heavy old Oak bed was rescued from my daughter in law who no longer had room for it.

It is honestly impossible to show this quilt up in its full glory as every single time I look at it - I see a new & different block.

Leeanne has also quilted it on her long arm machine, using one of her edge to edge designs - Moulin Rouge

I absolutely Adore my quilt 💕 Thank You Leeanne !!

You can find Leeanne Here on her blog Quiltmekiwi .... or Here on Instagram .... or Here on Facebook

I also had another new-to-me item but this one was 2nd hand. This mirror had been languishing in my sleep out for ~~several~~ ~~years~~ quite some time & I decided to paint it & use it in the room.

Unfortunately some of the decorative edging had become brittle & fallen off but I was able to find most of the pieces & glue them back on. I filled any gaps with Polyfiller & then painted the mirror in Vintage White Chalk Paint.

When this was dry I masked off the frame & painted the decorative corner pieces in Pale Duck Egg. I'm so pleased I did this as it just makes them stand out that little bit more.