My Cottage Guestroom

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I know that many of you love cottage style, so I thought you might enjoy seeing one of our guestrooms. This particular guestroom (of 2) is my most cottagey. I used to have the toile linens & matelasse in my masterbedroom several years ago in GA & when we moved here, I started from scratch in the master & moved all of this in the guestroom. I really love rooms that evolve & have that layered look, as opposed to things that all match & come as a set. So, this room is completely eclectic, with bits & pieces from all different places. I found this bed once upon a time at a yardsale. It was a cherry finish & not all that great, so I painted it black to better fit what I wanted for the room.
I decided to add a soft pear green to the walls to mix it up a bit. This is the other pair of drapes that my mom made that are in my diningroom. Wall color here is from Lowes & is called Marsh, in case anyone is interested in it. It's hard to get a good shot of this color, as this room has low light, but this is pretty accurate. The very first pic is probably the most accurate colorwise.
These oak pieces were a wonderful find & I've had them for 20 years. Even though I'm not really an oak person, I love these pieces & will probably keep them forever. The story of how I got these is pretty interesting. I met a young lady who was in college at the time & she was about to move back home, so her mom told her to get rid of all her college apartment furniture. I saw it & said that I'd be interested in buying it, so she said I could have it...just like that! I couldn't just take it for nothing, even though she insisted, so I gave her $50 & she was a happy girl. I got both of these chests, along with the desk that you'll see further down & another dresser with mirror that is in another one of my guestrooms. I think these pieces are very charming & I still treasure them. I don't think I'd ever replace them with brand new pieces. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

This is one of the dresser scarves I picked up yardsaling this year. It didn't sell in my shop, so I decided to find a home for it here & it works.
Side table with vintage lamp.
Top of smaller chest with one of the many bunnies in the room. Those green pottery pieces came from Old Time Pottery a few years ago. Would love to find more of those, they were a real deal too.
A bunny painting I picked up on clearance from Tues. AM.
Here's the oak desk I also got from the college girl. The chair was picked up later. That's the old ceiling tin mirror I picked up a few weeks ago for $10. Some of you may recognize the shape of that plate above the mirror. It is indeed milkglass (shame on me for painting it) and was a yardsale find years ago. I painted it black & decoupaged the center with wallpaper. You can spot another bunny in the middle.

Left side table is a column I've had for years with a piece of glass on top (from Hobby Lobby). toile lamp was a yardsale find for $5. You may remember that I covered the lampshade with the toile. Plant stand in the corner was a yardsale find for $1, if I remember right. It needed gluing, but I love this piece. I painted it too.
Bunny print was a yardsale find for $15. I did repaint the mat on this one. The architectural piece over it was also a yardsale find, for probably $2.
Another yardsale find, this wood tray was a good candidate for painting & decoupaging. I think this was $3.
Paris prints & some black/white plates I found at Ross. The prints were new & not a yardsale find....surprise!
And the Paris sign was also a yardsale find for around $2. I can't remember where I got the round fleur piece, probably Ross.

So that's my cottage guestroom. I love the feel of it even though the rest of my house is not so cottagey. Hope you enjoyed the tour of the girlie room!