Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Walker's Room



I am finally getting around to putting up some pictures of my house. This is Walker's room/the guest room. He gets kicked out when we have company. 
It is nothing too fancy, or styled. But I am good with it being simple. I would say it is nothing special, but I think it is so cute how much Walker likes his space, so it is special to me in that way!
Please pardon my unexceptional photography. It is so hard to photograph interiors. Difficult to get the light to look right! Arrrrggg!

Because I am keeping guests in mind, as well as Walker, I wanted to go with a vibe that would be fitting for adults with just the removal of a few small things. So the room ended up not being very toddler-ish. I am good with that. I like that it can transition to a bigger boy room if we decide to move Wally across the hall in the future.

I pretty much used what I had for this room. I was not feeling any DIY projects when it came to the space. I did get a few new things, but what we had ended up fitting nicely. I had a rug in here, but ended up returning it because it felt too busy to me. I wanted a pretty neutral, calm feel. Maybe I will come across another one that I feel fits the room better. You may not care where I got stuff, but I will tell you anyway.
Walker's room is painted Cloud Cover, by Benjamin Moore.


The dresser is a Craig's List find that I painted before Walker was born, for his nursery. The mirror had been sitting in our storage room. So I pulled it out. The framed word cards are from a local antique shop. I put them in a frame.
The bed used to be mine and Del's. I grabbed a quilt at TJ Maxx, and just used white sheets for the other bedding. The pillow shams were picked up on clearance at Alice Lane while I was in Utah. I found the trellis pattern throw pillow on Etsy.
The chair is from on overstock/scratch and dent outlet in Milwaukee. It used to be in the basement. The bin is from Hobby Lobby. I got the pillow on Etsy. I wrote in a past post about how I must have hit submit twice on the order and I found myself with houndstooth pillows coming out my ears! I still have unused houndstooth in the closet!
And that is after using THREE others in the older boy's room!
I got the lamp from The Land of Nod. It was one of the new purchases for the room.

The fox/field print above the bed is from Etsy. I found the frame on clearance at Michael's and threw it together with mats and glass I had around the house. The ladder and blankets are from Walker's nursery. Originally, the ladder was in Georgia's nursery. I made it while I was pregnant with her.
Idea, courtesy of my friend, Leslie.
The drapes hung in the front room of our old house. The bamboo shade was left by the previous owner! Score!



Like I said, nothing fancy, but it is cozy enough for Walker!
And hopefully for anyone else who would like to come and visit! The door is always open, and Walker is willing to be a floater to accommodate our loved ones! Hope you like houndstooth!

3 comments:

Kathryn said...

Yay on some pics of your house. Great job decorating this room. You have always had a talent for this and I can't wait to see more of your house. This room looks like its inviting me out for a visit ;)
I love that striped bin and the lamp! Such fun touches!

Jessica said...

Looks great as usual! I really need you to come and help me decorate. I am seriously the worst at it! Looks like we might have to come down for an overnight visit one of these days.

Maranda said...

I love it!! I love that I even got see it in person!!