One day I’d love to eat at the kitchen table without having to clear all my craft projects off it first. Matt would like that day to be 2.5 years ago… so we’ve decided to convert the guest room into a half guest room/half office space for me. The office part is going to be built into the closet (when the weather is warmer so I can cut and stain wood outside), but the rest of the room really needed a face lift. Here’s where we last left the room:

I painted the room orange when we moved in because I wanted at least one room to be a bright color. This is Cantaloupe by Behr.
I actually did love the orange color, but I wanted a more neutral palate to be creative in and I want to sort of even out all the color scheme of the house. I had leftover Partridge Gray from the striped sunroom so after a coat of primer (2 coats cutting in) and 1.5 coats of Partridge Gray (Better Homes & Garden, color matched to Behr), the room is looking like this:
I feel like I can breathe when I walk in there now.
So at this point you’re probably wondering…. what the heck is a head board necklace?
That giant beige thing behind the bed is actually a huge face-in-a-hole cut out made by a friend for our backyard wedding reception (you can see it in action here) covered up with a $10 painting drop cloth. There’s nowhere “away” to store it, so I decided to use it as sort of a headboard in this room- it needs to be easily covered and uncovered (so we can use it!) and work with the room.
- I watched this YouTube video to learn how to make a tassel- 4 are yarn and 2 are baker’s twine.
- Then I braided the yarn and bakers twine into the “necklace”.
- The wood slice is from Michaels (about $8, but use a 40% off coupon!), and the text was cut out with my silhouette cameo and painstakingly placed on. Once the text was on, I painted it with a clear coat of poly.
- The drop cloth and necklace are both held on with clear thumb tacks

The original art for the quote it can be found here, I just adjusted it when I got it into the Silhouette Cameo software.
If you noticed in the reveal picture there was also a map with some text on it. Also with my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out a Stevie Nicks quote to go on the map and hung it on up with tape:
Still to do:
- Swap out the chunky white nightstand with some short, slim wooden nightstands (update: done! HERE!)
- DIY a roman blind?
- Build my office space! (update: done! HERE!)
- Update the bedding? It’s really old
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Love the Every day I’m Hustlin!! That is me! A classic “Ross” verse from his song!
🙂 We recently moved and don’t have the headboard any more, so I have the little sign on a stand right by the front door. I love it.
did you put the sealer on the wood before you put the vinyl on it or after?
I put it after, but I think that’s why it curled up and had trouble sticking. I’d recommend you put it on before, to seal up the grain in the wood & create a smoother surface for the vinyl to stick to.
I’m not trying to be rude, but I would appreciate credit for my work that was used. Copied from this post: http://melissaesplin.com/2013/07/calligraphy-workshop-san-francisco/
Not with permission. But I’m sure it was likely some honest mistake because attribution gets lost in Tumblr, google images and pinterest.
Ooooh I had no idea… I did find it on tumblr with no link back. I’m on my phone now but I’ll add it in tomorrow!! So sorry about that!!!
I love the tassels. They are perfect. That paint color is so soothing. It’s a guest room I’d be happy to stay in 🙂
tassels are totally going to be my new thing– they’re so easy to make, and they’re so HAPPY!
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So cute! I love how you came up with some creative ideas for some different decor ideas. And I definitely love the gray, like Nonna : )
Thanks Michelle! I think by the time this room is done it’ll be one of my favorites!
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Love the idea of a craft space in the closet….I have a thing for closets turned into other things :). And voted for you of course 🙂
thank Gretchen! I love that we can vote for lots of blogs so we don’t have to pick just one 🙂
The orange walls would have me waking up screeming The gray is calming.
Haha glad they have your approval Nonna