Beachy guest room and thrifty treasures

This is our beachy guest room. It has been so fun putting this room together. We found the furniture on Craigslist. The furniture was a very dingy and dirty white color, already "distressed". Well this is the project that started my knowledge and my fascination for blogging. In searching the web for instructions on how to pain and distress furniture, I came upon Cindy's blog, "My Romantic Home". I followed her post on painting furniture to a the letter and have been in love with my furniture ever since. I then became a stalker of Cindy's blog and then her blogger friend's blogs and finally after 6 months I started my own blog.

The big shell lamp was a gift from my sister many years ago. She collected the shells and made the lamp for me. I love it!


The cute frame with the roses was $.99 at the goodwill. This room has a beachy cottage feel and the roses on the frame and in the linens just goes so nicely with the striped comforter and shams on the bed.

Our guests tell us that it a very inviting and comfortable retreat, just the atmosphere we were hoping to achieve

The big prints on the wall and the linen are from JC Penney..

I love cookbooks, these were $1 each except the Rachel Ray one was $.50. I love the pictures in the Vegan World Fusion Cuisine. Recipes come from a restaurant in Hawaii.

Big spoon and Fork, $1 each. Can't wait to paint and hang up in kitchen.

This pitcher is enamelware and very large. I paid $5.

Check out all the thrifty treasures over at Rhoda's at Southern Hospitality.