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Guest Room Redo on a Budget

In our Monday catch up, I talked about living in our house for 4 years. My sister had been living with us for the past year, so when she moved out into her own apartment, I decided to decorate the guest room.



Let's just say the room before was pretty boring! It was a hodge-podge of hand me downs.

I decorated and updated the room for under $35. I think it looks awesome!


I used a leftover gallon of paint from when we remodeled our rental property. Check out that post here.

I didn't do a whole lot when it came to decorating, but I found a couple things at Goodwill, like the lamp, the black vase, and the little bird all for under $8.


I spray painted the lamp base and bird and I hand painted the lamp shade. It was in rough shape, but now you would never know! Don't mind the frame without a picture in it! I haven't decided if I will put a picture or saying in it yet.

I redid the dresser a couple years ago, so I choose to decorate the room around the bright red color. 

I made a couple pieces of artwork to tie in the red, white, black, and silver colors.


The best deal of all was when I found this black and white comforter on Walmart.com for $13 and change.... talk about a find! I got the red accent pillow for under $5 at Wal-Mart. 


Otherwise, all the accessories I pulled from around my house. I think it looks great and cost us next to nothing!


Hopefully our future guests will enjoy the room!

Until next time,

Kara

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