I fell in love
with this fish picture at a local consignment store. This is when I learned the fun of
consigning. I get rid of stuff I don’t
want, and get to take home things that I do. I have loved fish and gravitated
toward the East Coast since I was a child.
When I was ten I wrote the Chamber of Commerce of every Eastern seaboard
state asking for travel information. It
baffled my parents and, I think, scared them a little. They did not share my wanderlust, nor
gravitated, it would seem, in any direction.
Not being able to
ride my bike to the shore I started raising fish – fresh water, tropical, salt
water. I was lulled to sleep every night
by the noise of the bubbler. It was not a bad way to drift off to dreamland.
Back to the
present, a.k.a. REALITY.
When Mr. O-P came home from his hip surgery I
was sent to the guest room. He needed
time to heal on his own. Now, for a
lover of solitude like me, you’d think this was no problem. Well, take a look at the guest room.
Here is the layout of the lower level and the
room.
Here are pictures showing just what each corner
looks like.
Yep, a little room that has been ignored since
I moved into this house about 20 months ago; it was the last of my
priorities. For the next six weeks or
so, this, for lack of a better word, “cell” will become my home.
Are you stifling sobs? Yeah, me
too.
One of the problems is that not all of our
furniture is here. Some remains at the old house. So, I always figured that I’d
just wait to decorate this room. You
know, when I actually had decorative
items, or even a bed.
I know there are A LOT of savvy decorators out
there, so I need your help in telling me just what to do. Keep in mind that my budget is pretty much
$0. More sobs? I know.
The headboard/footboard combination dates back
to the 80s and I hate it. Number two son
suggested that I paint the headboard off white and distress it, and then bolt
it to the wall, eliminating the need for the footboard. I like this idea, plus, it will go with the
theme. Did I mention it is coastal? Yes.
Those of us with no coastline, long for coastal.
I have moved a bed into this room and topped it
with a rather mish mash of bedding from what I have on hand.
This chest, from an old set that son number one
used, shown here at the old house, was muscled into my Subaru by number two son
and my humble self earlier this week and is now in place in the guest
room. The sides have what look to be
slats, so I plan on painting this an off white too, and I think those side
planks will add to the coastal theme.
Here is what I like, all items found at a shop
on a recent trip to the Lake of the Ozarks.
I plan on painting the walls a “sand” color…maybe something
like this
I want the colors of the room and bedding to be
the colors of sea glass.
So, my question to you all is…now what?
Please comment!
Don’t be shy. I’m desperate here!
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