Bedroom #1? Done!

The countdown is on, we've got two weeks to go till our Memorial Day weekend celebration of the-house-is-complete party.  That is, assuming we actually get the house complete by then.  I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed!

My husband and son just left for New York for a week, so I've got a week to get this house finished by myself.  And wow, there is still so much to be done.

At this point, I'm splitting up the remaining work into two categories: what has to get done by Memorial Day and what can be done in the several weeks after.  By Memorial Day, the house has to be ready for overnight guests.  But by three weeks after that, the house has to be ready for it's first renters.  

So what can wait till after Memorial Day?  Setting up the airbnb site, installing security cameras, installing locks on some internal doors, etc.  All the final preparations for us to turn the keys over to guests.  We've been working non-stop, and I know the house will keep us busy till the last minute.

So I definitely want to take a minute to celebrate getting the first room officially complete.  It is done!  Done, done, done!

We fondly refer to this bedroom (which is my son's, when we're here) as "Stephanie's Room" because of this little sign on the door.

I don't know if the former owners forgot to take it off, or if they left it on the door for sentimental reasons (I totally get that), but we love that it's still there.

I have always loved old houses, (and vintage houses, like this one) in part because of the feeling of history that comes with the house.

I love that this is Stephanie's room!

Anyway, enjoy the before and after pics:

Here is what the bedroom looked like when we bought the house; dark molding and a dark, brownish-gray paint on the walls.

Here's the one window with the curtains it came with.

And here is the after!

Funny, it's hard to tell that the wall color is different in these pics, but it really is!

It's now a light peachy-orange.

It definitely feels lighter and brighter.

All the molding I painted white took over a week to do.

Like the whole house, almost everything is secondhand or vintage.

The exceptions here: the blackout curtains I ordered online (inexpensive), the sheets, blanket and bedspread (from Ollie's Bargain outlet) and the two matching nightstands I ordered from Amazon for $50 each.

(I wanted to thrift some, but after two years of looking without finding the right thing, I ended up ordering them.)

I LOVE this painting of a woman I found at Goodwill.

I bought this iron queen bed for $200 on craigslist.  (And the sellers gave us tons of free stuff with it.)

I think the mattress and box spring came free with the bed.

(I have it written down; all the mattresses in this house we either scored for free or paid $100 or less.)

It's all in the details, right?

The catchall bowl is from Goodwill and the duck coaster's from a thrift store.

My son and I put removable wallpaper on the back of this bookcase to lighten it up.

It helped a lot!  (More to come on this later.)

I found the desk chair for $7 at Goodwill, we cleaned it with our carpet cleaner attachment.

It's so comfortable!

Yes, there IS an owl in this house!

I love vintage resin decorations like this.  The owl and the bird print came from an antique store.

I found this lake photo at Goodwill; I even love the frame color.

I honestly can't remember where I got the rug; I think it was free when we bought something else.

I just found the bed skirt a few weeks ago at an estate sale for $15.

Here is the bathroom before, with the same dark brownish-gray paint. 

Here's the bathroom now, with light green paint.

We're leaving the vanity and the (very short!) toilet for now; it isn't urgent to replace them, and the outdoor projects (shoreline excavation and boat dock) are expensive, so these can wait for now.

This little deer plaque (from Goodwill) reminds me of something on my wall in my childhood. 💗

I love the sentiment of this "friendship prayer" (from Goodwill).

I have a list of everything I bought for the house and what I paid for it, but I haven't done a final tally.  I don't think I spent more than $7000 for everything in the house, furniture, linens, appliances, kitchen stuff, etc.  My goal was $5000; I'm sure I went just a little over.

It probably cost about $500 total to furnish this room; but for a queen bed (with mattress and linens, etc.) rug, tables and lamps, etc. I think I did all right!

Stephanie's Room is done! ✔

Just 14 more to go...