Lindsi Gabler Designs: Mom's Bonus Room

Philosophy

I believe that your home should be your sanctuary and shouldn't have to cost you a lot of money. You should feel safe and comfortable in your home. My personal motto in my own house,"I want to feel like a blanket is wrapped around me in every room I go into". There is nothing more comforting to me than a soft blanket wrapped around me (that is probably why I am always buying throw blankets to go in every room). My home is all done in warm colors to create that feel for me. Your colors and textures may be different than mine and that is perfectly fine, but I think that we all agree that the goal is to feel safe and comfortable, our own personal sanctuary, in our home.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Mom's Bonus Room

This past weekend, I along with some siblings, painted my mom's bonus room. We just painted the entire room an off white color and I can't even tell you what a breath of fresh air it is already!

This is the before picture of it with the wood trim. I couldn't stand the wood trim anymore, so we decided to paint all of the trim in the room the white and it looks so amazing already! It lightened the room immensely, but of course I didn't get a picture of it after it was finished being painted. (I will get that soon)

Next week I will be going back by myself and staining the room. We are going to leave the doors the off white color along with the trim and I will just be staining the walls around it. We aren't doing inside of the closet, do I decided to climb in the closet and do a sample of the stain on the back side of the wall. I am using a lighter stain than I have used before and I think I picked out the perfect color for this room! It will be the perfect shade to blend the white trim and doors to the dark headboard. I can't wait to get it done... then we will be replacing carpet and finishing up with furniture. Oh, we will also be replacing the railing sometime this year with a nice wrought iron rail.... can't wait to show pictures of the progress.