A vintage Santa will be the focal point of a guestroom refresh for our Christmas guests, both friends and family.
We’ve lived in our home for five years now, and we have yet to paint a guest room in our finished basement. This December, we’re hosting a family Christmas party and expect to have the guest rooms filled with family, of all ages, for the weekend. With that in mind, nothing motivates a homeowner more to start, finish, refresh or clean a room, then entertaining. Knowing that everyone will “see” your progress, or lack of, is indeed the equivalent to lighting a fire under you, moving you along quickly!
What motivates you to refresh a room? … a holiday, the season, an event?
I suppose we all have different answers, and there may be quite a few who simply “do” …. the love of the new, a change, or challenge, is all they need. I’d like to think I’m in that second group, I simply enjoy “doing”. On my own. At my pace. And yes, a party on my calendar motivates and stresses me at the same time, but I will be ready! Ha!
This year I’d like to refresh two bedrooms with a new paint color, perhaps some new pillows or linens, and a small Christmas tree in each room. Festive but not too over the top.
Actually, I’d love to go “over the top”, but we won’t be in this house too much longer, we’re considering selling within a year, or by next Spring.
This is my current situation, 3 weeks before “THE” party:
Things I did not do:
No painting has occurred.
No shiplap was installed, or purchased, though the walls were measured multiple times, to ensure the measurements remained the same! They did.
No large “Black Friday bargain” rugs were purchased prior to children spilling on them.
No new Christmas trees were needed, I, in fact, had what I needed, or chose to use.
What I actually did:
I used an Ethan Allen quilt purchased years ago by my mother, adding that to top off a black and white bed skirt and sheet set from a previous home. The quilt is a traditional style, using patterns and colors perfectly paired to my Cabin themed Christmas.
Fresh greenery, purchased to use on the porch, is now swagged over the black iron bedframe, letting “nature sing” in a way that changes the entire “feel” of the room. Never underestimate the power of “bringing the outside in” to freshen your spaces.
I hung a shelf with hooks that I made for the lake cottage, used color, primarily pops of red, to unify the room. A small tree with white lights sits in an old washtub, on a vintage green table with a natural wood top (which matches the shelf, and the green matches the Santa), texture everywhere I could find an empty space….
Oh! The green on Santa matched my vintage table perfectly, circa 1930, and Santa’s sleigh rails pick up the swirls on the black iron bed… just sayin’ !
And, I may or may not have made multiple trips to Marshall’s for the “extra” goodies that I had to have,…
I had a ball!
So much fun to put this room together!!!
Note: Imagine if I had ship-lapped those walls, there’s NO WAY I’d ever leave this house!
My photos are a bit blurry, bad lighting I suppose, so sorry. I am making a few reels showcasing areas I’ve finished, or entire rooms. Keep an eye on Instagram and Pinterest, I’m also on Facebook.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, from my home to yours,
xx,
