guest room Archives ~ Lisa Goulet Design

Budget friendly, feminine and beachy guest room

November 26, 2014 By Lisa Goulet

This basement guest room was badly in need of some TLC. My client called me in, when she became stuck, after she had painted and bought some linens. I did up a mood board and did some sourcing and here’s how it turned out!

It had the typical very small window at the top of the wall and very limited light sources. The flooring was already installed, a great wood look laminate and that together with the blue/grays of the linens inspired the beachy and feminine feel we went with.

Here’s some before pictures:

The criteria was:

1. Small budget, as it was a guest room and my clients’ had just completed a major renovation.

2. Use the existing wall colour and bedding. this was not hard since both were great!

3. Easy for my client to finish off on her own, since I would just be providing the inspiration and sourcing of items.

4. There could be some DIYs as she was willing to roll up her sleeves.

So with these items established, off I went to come up with a design plan.

The mood board: (I originally posted about this mood board here).

I used the existing paint colour as the background of the mood board and suggested that my client, paint out the two wood and black end tables in a beachy blue as shown. The two tables were the same height and I like using mismatched end tables, as long as they have some cohesiveness, and painting them the same colour would do just that. And it was certainly budget friendly, as she was more than willing to paint them herself.

Here they are before:

And after:

I selected a reasonably priced sand coloured linen upholstered headboard (Bouclair ), which was perfect for the small room, as it didn’t take up much space (no footboard), added some great texture and it would be comfortable for guests to read in bed. A simple white dresser (Ikea, the knobs will likely be changed to crystal ones shortly) and an interesting white mirror were practical and pretty choices for the room. A small striped area rug brings a little more beach feel into the room as does the pretty little shell artwork.

My client found the perfect damask tone on tone simple roller shade at Ikea for the amazing price of $19, cut to size it’s the perfect compliment with the damask bedding.

This entire room was completed under $1000 and has been a huge hit with the female exchange student who was the lucky first occupant, she even emailed photos back to her Mom in Germany as she found it so pretty.

Filed Under: Bedroom, COLOUR, decor, DIY, Furniture, Haven, inspiration, makeover Tagged With: basement, beachy, bedroom, guest room, painted furniture

Fresh, modern den/guest room makeover

November 12, 2014 By Lisa Goulet

I visited these clients in the summer, and we discussed updating their newly purchased home, so that it felt more fresh, vibrant and youthful, just like them.

Since these clients are out of town and wanted a plan to follow so that they could do the rest themselves, I set to work doing up mood boards for each room, furniture layouts and suggestions for size and style of furnishings. Then they set to work with my plans and ideas.

They finished up the den/guest room and I thought I’d share the results. This is the mood board I developed for them.

And the 3D renderings of the den/guest room.

We kept things pretty warm and cosy in the rest of the house, but Cheryl wanted a slightly more cool feel for this room.

Here’s the befores, sorry I took really crappy before shots. But you get the idea.

Cheryl was kind enough to send me some pictures of the finished room. Drum roll please…..

Quite a transformation isn’t it? I am in love with the mural that they had custom painted based on my suggestion for that feature wall. It is the first room off the entry and this wall is easily seen from the hall, so I wanted it to have some interesting feature on it. Since the home is in the country on a beautiful treed lot, I thought this would bring a little bit of the outside in. We are all thrilled with the final results and this gives you a great idea of how easy it is to do things on your own but with some professional guidance. Contact me if you’d like to have these kinds of results in your own home, I’d love to help.

Filed Under: Bedroom, COLOUR, decor, Haven, home office, inspiration, makeover, nature Tagged With: branches, den, guest room, makeover, murals

Guest Room Makeover

March 8, 2013 By Lisa Goulet

This room was transformed from a teenage boy’s bedroom into a serene and soft guest room. The feature wall was stenciled with a modern graphic pattern to add some pop and to highlight the upholstered headboard. An antique dresser adds interest and it all makes this small guest room feel simply luxurious.

Filed Under: Haven Tagged With: bedroom, guest room, makeover

Guest room stencilling

April 27, 2011 By Lisa Goulet

Okay, I’ve finished the stencilling and I love the results! I ended up going with Pittsburgh Paints – Quaking Grass for three of the walls and Atrium White for the bed wall.