I'm taking a BIG SIGH of relief here because the romantic guestroom makeover I started several months ago, September in fact, is finally finished. I'm telling you right from the get-go that because of the way this silly room is laid out I had a really hard time finishing it up. It feels like I moved things around and changed them up a gazillion times before I was finally happy. I'm sure over the next few months I'll add and subtract different elements but I'm happy to say for now the room is 100% done. Whew!
You can read more about the transformation
This room was once bustling with activity! For five years it was our son's bedroom and more teen boys with their video playing expertise wreaked havoc between her suffering walls than I dare say!!! Today the room is soft and serene but I can't go in there without remembering on occasion the neon lights Brandon had strung across the walls! Sweet, sweet memories today...back then, um...no so much!
The room has an oddly placed window that makes decorating a challenge. The full sized vintage bed is a little big for the space but I love it anyway. Paired with a vintage rocker layered with vintage linens the room's gentle palate is pleasing to the eye. I purposefully left it void of a lot of unnecessary color. I'm not a huge blue fan...not at all. But, the rest of my home is done primarily in neutrals so the color is a nice change.
Here's another shot where you can see more of the elements next to the chair. I hope to rock grand-babies in this sweet rocker someday! The wall to the right of the small table has a small closet and a scalloped edged vanity. I forgot to photograph that one.... See the window treatments? The lace panel is the one I found earlier in the month in Cali for only a few bucks! A vintage embroidered square tablecloth has been folded over the top.
What is this? A pocket pillow of course! I love how it looks on the bed... Tucked inside are old love letters and a picture of my precious Momma when she was about four... A pillow just like it can be found on my A Gathering Place website...
Hope you enjoyed the mini tour!
Now...are you ready for my latest freebie?
I haven't done a giveaway since last December when I had a drawing for one of my vintage Gathering Cases TM (refashioned Train Case). I figured it was about time to do something fun once again...
See the pink rose apron above? It was fashioned using a sweet Rachel Ashwell cotton from her Simply Shabby Chic line. It's a full sized apron and includes a large pocket on the front, wide generous ties and tattered ruffles.
Want a chance to win it?
Here's what you do!
1. Leave a comment on this post for chance #1.
2. Visit me on Facebook (link is on my page), leave a comment there and LIKE ME for chance #2.
3. Blog about my APRON GIVEAWAY and include a picture as well as a LINK BACK to this post for chance #3.
4. Follow my blog for chance #4.
5. You can also enter by sending me a direct email if you follow my blog anonymously OR don't do Facebook! I've had several request for this so I'm trying to make it Easy Peasy for everyone to have a chance!!
5. You can also enter by sending me a direct email if you follow my blog anonymously OR don't do Facebook! I've had several request for this so I'm trying to make it Easy Peasy for everyone to have a chance!!
6. Now...you certainly don't have to do this one but I would GREATLY appreciate it if you would blog, share on Facebook or share with all your friends if you are to win! This helps me and my biz/website get exposure!
Once you have done any or all of the above please let me know!!!
Today I'm linking up with the following blog parties:
Kathleen @Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Patty @Ivy and Elephants for What's It Wednesday
HAPPY ENTERING! The deadline to enter the drawing will be May 16th at midnight CST. Drawing will be announced by the following weekend.
Hope your day is wonderful...
Love to you~
93 comments:
Rebecca the room has turned out beautifully...you have inspired me to paint my bedroom!
Deb
Becky Sue, The room is gorgeous!!!!
Beautiful,
d
Hello Miss R! I would LOVE a chance to win one of your beautiful aprons!!
Okay, I've just left a comment on your FB page, and I already have "liked" your page :)
Your room turned out so beautiful, Rebecca! I absolutely love it. It is soft and pretty. I am not a huge fan of blue walls either but I think this is an exception because it is so light.
I won't sign up for your giveaway because I have been blessed to win more than my share of goodies so far this year....but SOMEONE is going to be really happy to win that! xo Diana
Oh...my....WORD! That bedroom is pure dreaminess, Rebecca!
I am not a "blue" girl, and yet I can't help but think it is exquisite!
That apron is just beautiful too and I would live to win it as I am forever saying I need to make some but haven't as of yet!
Thank you for hosting it!
You probably already know this, but I have already been a follower for a while. I would Facebook ya but I haven't yet jumped on the Facebook bandwagon:)
Rebecca,
Your guest room turned out so pretty.Love that color on your walls.Please enter me in the giveaway.That is a pretty apron.
Anne
I just liked you on facebook.I need to figure out how to add a button like that to my blog.I just started a white lace cottage facebook.But I don't have a button yet to direct people.
Anne
I would love to do a blog post on this.But it will not allow me to copy your photo to use on my site.Can I still blog about this with a link back here?
Anne
Oh goodness, just realized I didn't say anything about your guest room, lol! It is just gorgeous, and love the soft shade of blue on the walls!! Everything is wonderful and so inviting!! Love seeing pics of your beautiful home Rebecca ♥
Warmest hugs, Brenda
I love the color that you painted the room! It is so soft and serene with all the white accents. I want to come be a guest!
~Trisha
I am not a huge fan of blue either..but the shade of blue this room is, makes it gorgeous! You have such a wonderful eye for pastels..I love it!
E' bellissima!Con questi colori chiari e rilassanti!Rosetta
oh!!! it is all soooooo beautiful and peacefull!
Such a sweet apron, Rebecca. My Nana wore a similar one.
I've been a follower for quite a while. Love the serenity of your world :-)
I just posted this on my blog :-)
Anne
Hello Rebecca Suzanne (I like your middle name I hope you don't mind) I love the soft blue walls, you did an awesome job on the room. It looks so serene and sweet.
Would love to win your giveaway, I am already a follower.
Enjoy your day!!!
Suzann ~xoxo~
Beautiful! Very romantic!
♥Linsey
Oh my goodness you so inspire me. Now for the giveaway, I am a follower and fixing to go to facebook and like you. I will try to do the others later and guess will let you know. xoxoxox
Hello my friend,
I have to say I LOVE your BLUE room !! It is such a warm, relaxing, soft color !! I could so do a room in blue !! It reminds me of what Victoria magazines would always showcase and all the pretties with touches of blue ..
You are always rockin' up a new look and/or room, and so wonderful to invite us to peek inside !! You did it !! Blue is Beautiful !!
Happy rest of your day my friend
hugs ~TeA~ xo
What a lovely room. I love everything about it. I think it is so wonderful how your home is your haven. Everything is so peaceful and pretty.
Love, Linda
I found you thru Lace Cottage..I love this apron. I am a follower now..I would follow you anyway (not just because of the giveaway). Your bedroom is gorgeous! I love your stlye--I am a blue lover and the color looks similar to the color of my bedroom. Love the bed!
Okay I am leaving another comment for the apron (last one was for following)
I left a comment and liked your facebook page:)
Okay--now I posted it on my blog. Thanks!
Your blue room is so romantic and just lovely. you always make everything so beautiful. Got my bandaid box and I adore it, of course. Thank you so much. Would love to win the awesome pink apron, I'm a follower, of course, and I'm headed over to your Facebook now.
G
I always love what you do with 'white'. my hubs would have a fit if I decorated that way!! even a guest room. BUT both of you rock! great giveaway!
The room is gorgeous!! I love it!
Oh please enter me for a chance to win this beautiful apron.
I am most definitely a follower.
It's so pretty! I love love love the wall color and all the beautiful lace! Well done!
PS Love the sweet apron too.:)
I absolutely adore this apron! It is just darling and I would love to win it!~Hugs, Patti
I am a follower!~Patti
Oh GIRL, that guest bedroom will be booked SOLID for years:) I ADORE it! Enjoy your evening my sweet friend, HUGS!
I AM a follower:)
Hi Rebecca, Oh I just love your guest room. Everything is gorgeous as only you can make it.
The soft blue is so pretty and pale enough to not scream blue. LOL Looks icy and fresh. Love it.
Lovely giveaway my friend. I would love to enter, already follow but ended my facebook acct. It was a huge time drain. Had to let some things go. I'm on fb through Shabby Cottage Shops and that sends lots of biz my way.
Thank you for stopping by and your kind comment. I thought about going over that fabric with another, but in the end, paint worked best.
Have a great rest of the week.
XO Celestina Marie
How pretty! So soft and elegant. It is truly YOU!
Wonderful giveaway...as I have been so lucky to have already received a wonderful gift from you...don't sign me up! But thank you for your generosity!
XO,
Jane
I want to stay here! The room is just gorgeous...:) chris
What a gorgeous bedroom so so pretty!
I liked your blog on FB and left a comment =]
I am a follower! Love your blog its so pretty!
I shared your giveaway on my blogs facebook page http://www.facebook.com/NotSoShabbyShabbyChic
I talked about your giveaway in a post I did tonight, and put a link to it on my sidebar also!! =]
Hi, Rebecca...I am a tad late seeing your photos of the newly finished BLUE guestroom..I been "under-the-weather", I think I have told you. But I just had to leave a comment about this make-over.I absolutely LOVE it..and I am with you, I have never been a blue person. This is by far the most gentle, soothing room I have see in a while.. .somehow the pale blue
brings out a quiet peace, and the way you have decorated it..simple yet elegnant...truly makes it beautiful. I don't know where to begin to choose a favorite..that "window" over the bed with the wreath is fabulous!!
The lacey curtain panel with the lace tablecloth folded over the top
is lovely!! Your mannequin and the pillows on the chairs in the new "neutral" color you are using speak louder than any color would, and the bed is "to-die-for"! What a wonderful crocheted bedspread (a family treasure or a "find"??) It just finishes off the room in a perfect way.......you amaze me, my
sweet friend....your eye for detail
is right on target. Anyone would enjoy the pleasure of staying in
this beauty!!! You may have trouble getting them to leave it!!
I am anxious now to see the second guest room, done in the taupe colors.....SOON, I hope!
Love your give-away gift, too. A lucky gal will really win a beauty
in it, too.
I hope you will be having a fun weekend coming up...congratulations
on a wonderful job of this project
and relax for a while now...
Fond hugs and love, Francy
Oh my sweetie! It came out so beautiful...fit for a magazine cover! xo
Olivia
What a beautiful room; I'd love to be your first "guest" to sleep there..lol, I'm a new follower and also "liked" your FB page..Please enter me in your drawing, I love the apron, my Grandma Brewster always wore aprons..:)
Hugs,Shar
This room is exquisite! Pale blue is my favorite color for bedrooms. I just found you through Janae's blog (Not So Shabby - Shabby Chic) and I can't wait to settle in and enjoy reading older posts! Blessings to you, thanks for the giveaway -
Becky in TX
Rebecca, what a lovely guestroom!
I liked you on FB, too! Thanks for another beautiful giveaway, Rebecca!
I'm a longtime follower, too!
Hello Rebecca... I am so happy to see your beautiful guest room all finished... I am packing my bags and will be on my way, tee hee hee (you did say it was a guest room... and I am a guest, non?)... it is just beyond beautiful!... love that rocker so much!... and I can just see gorgeous Nana rocking sweet little babies one day soon... yes, please enter me in your generous giveaway... I LOVE that apron!... of course I am a follower, and I tried to snatch a photo of it to put on my sidebar with a link back to you but it won't let me???... xoxo Julie Marie
Fabulous room and fabulous apron, too!
I'm not following your blog! I found out about your giveaway from For the Love Of White's blog :)
Have a fabulous day!
Julie
Rebecca, Your room is really lovely. It looks like it would have a calming effect ... very relaxing and chic.
Now about that apron ... I love it! It is really adorable. It looks as if there's some pretty stiff competition for it. Thanks for offering such a generous giveaway!
I, of course, am already a follower and I'd love to blog about it.
Blessings, L
Rebecca,
What a dreamy place. Bless you for taking such good care of your guests:)
Suzanne
Rebecca, I had to "sort of" open a facebook account for this ... I liked you and I left a message ... so I'm totally in girl!
More Blessings, L
Hi Rebecca, You do have a way special way of displaying things so nicely..... your room is gorgeous!
I would love to have a chance of winning this awesome apron.... I would even buy one if you had one for sale.
I am a follower of yours and realize I had to put you back on... what the heck. I'm doing so many crazy things lately.... it must be the age thing!
I also press the like button on facebook!
Thanks a bunch for having a great giveaway~
How wonderful your room turned out! Maybe your company will not want to leave...lol
Jeannette
Rebecca, I love your guest room. It is so inviting and of course I love the vintage linens. They are so pretty. I would love to enter your drawing, I left you a comment on face book. I need to work some more on mine. Never enough time. I am one of you followers. I tried to do a link back but blogger is so different now. I don't like it. I want to go back to the old. Have a beautiful weekend. Hugs from Your Missouri Friend.
Hi Rebecca, I'm leaving for home in a little over an hour but want to be entered in this; I follow you and will go find you on FB. Plus if I should win, I would be honored to do a post about you.
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway. Blessings to you sweet friend.
Noreen
Hi Rebecca, I'm leaving for home in a little over an hour but want to be entered in this; I follow you and will go find you on FB. Plus if I should win, I would be honored to do a post about you.
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway. Blessings to you sweet friend.
Noreen
First time to your blog and just love it. would LOVE to win the apron.
Hi again...I am now following you. I still would like to win the apron. (smile)
I liked you on your facebook page and left a comment. And by the way I found out about your giveaway from Sandy at her blog. Glad I came.
Lovely apron - count me in :)
I liked your facebook page :)
I am following your blog ;)
Love, love, love the apron! Enter my name in the drawing, please!
Love, love, love the apron! Please put my name in the drawing!
Your bedroom is lovely! So much thought and time put into it to make your guests comfortable and pampered!
I am a follower, already! ;~P
I have liked your facebook page in the past, but just went there and commented. :~D
Oh my dear bloggy friend. I love how the bedroom turned out! It is so sweet and feminine. Your post about your mom deeply touched my heart. My relationship with my mother has always been difficult, but I am ever hopeful. I am so glad that you and your mother are so close, especially during such trying times for her. My love, and, God's blessings, to you all.
I cannot crab a copy of the apron photo. Says it is copyrighted and will not bring up a, 'copy' button but I did do a post anyway.
#2 Entry; for FB "Liked"...lol I love this aprong...
#3 Entry, for being a follower..I really enjoyed your post about your dear mother and grandpa...
Hugs, Shar
Hi Rebecca, Oh what a gorgeous room, I would never leave it. Thank you for sharing it with us. Your apron is so pretty, love it, thank you so much for the opportunity to win. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Terri
Hi Rebecca, I have been a follower to your beautiful blog for a long time and love to visit. Thank you. Hugs, Terri
The guest room is so charming and inviting. Any guest would feel totally comfy and restful in it. As you shared your progress, it is evident that a lot of work went into it and the result is magical. Your next give away should be...come spend a weekend with Rebecca!
The apron would be so nice to own.
Beautiful Site..Love the room and the post about your mama..hug her for me..i miss mine so much.
Here is my email. I cannot always see people's emails when I click their buttons. It is an issue with my system, not yours.
dancing tea cup at g mail dot com
Hi ~ I just found your blog. I really was touched by your "Just a bit about me" and your love of Jesus. I wanted to find a blog where someone professed their love of Jesus, and then I found your blog.
Beautiful ~
Michele
I would love to enter your give away and thank you.
Hello, This is Nola Hollis, I buy from you on Etsy, I love your bed room redo, I just finished doing my oldest sons room also. I did it in pink and white. Sure hope he doesn't want to come back home any time soon, any way that apron is also beautiful. I want it, I want it. You need to make some of those and put them on Etsy. Well take care and have a wonderful week end. Nola
This is such a gorgeous post! Congratulations on a beautiful room! Your apron is lovely too!
HaPpY pInK sAtUrDaY!
Mrs. Sarah Coller
What a delightful romantic room! I think however much time one spends in the room, there is always something new to discover. You sure have the magic touch when it comes to creating an oasis of peace, tranquility and romance. So beautiful.
Of course I would love to win that beautiful apron, who wouldn't. I don't do facebook, so can't do anything there, but I am a follower and I will also put a pic and link to this post on my blog. Fingers crossed.
Darn, was just about to put up the pic and link, but I can't copy the photo! Sorry, I failed, can't put it on the blog. xx
Your apron is beautiful Rebecca...I am now following your blog spot and posted about your giveaway on the blog I am trying to create......just learning to blog.
http://peoniesandroses.blogspot.com
Will go now and like you on Facebook and leave a comment.
Rebecca, your guest room is beautiful. I love the color!!
I would love to be entered in your drawing for the beautiful apron.
Hugs,
Carol
Love everything about your blog. Thanks for the beautiful giveaway :)
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