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December 2, 2011

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Wow.  We are done with the guest room and office.  We are done. We are done. We are done!  We had a very late night last night furnishing and decorating our basement, that would have been a whole lot later without Brandon and Stephanie’s help (thanks x infinity, guys!). It pangs me to not be able to share every last detail of the room with you today. … …  Like the long, luscious velvet curtains.  I meaaaannn…. *wink*  We are under contract not to divulge full pictures until our final video goes live next Friday on True Value’s facebook page (where you can see the previous 4 videos of our reno journey).  
I refused to leave you hanging for a whole week, so I here’s a little sneak peak of the art above the platform bed.  I meaaaannnn…. *wink*

Above the glass-topped desk on the office side of the room features a few original pieces by me, but I fell in love with the clean-lined, fresh look of these prints from A Vintage Poster.  After I picked out three pieces that, in my mind, would work well in a guest room (a stack of suitcases, an old-fashioned camera, and a Beetles quote that I live by) I was able to choose from 25 colors for each print.

We chose “Almond” for the quote, “Lime” for the camera and “Watercress” for the suitcases.  As you can see, the photo taken in our guest room is not a true depiction of the colors represented in person (especially the quote that turned a brownish color in the photo–eeks), the guide above is much more accurate to the colors in the prints.

When I knew which posters I wanted, I went back to our original basement game plan that we posted about all the way back in September, to choose colors.

And wouldn’t you know it, A Vintage Poster had exact matches to what we were looking for.  Woot!  I ordered an 11×14 of each and put them in a 16×20 frame with cardstock to serve as a mat to cheat the size up a bit.  They really did set the tone for the entire room.

And now, Chris and I are ready for a long winter’s nap.  Or some hot chocolate, a good movie and a few nights off.  ;)

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  1. meaganbriggs3 says:

    Those prints are goooooorgeous. And I love the colors. and I can’t wait to see everything!!!

  2. breanna_cross03 says:

    I cant wait to see the finished project!!!

  3. Love the artwork! So pretty and the colours are perfect.

  4. julie i love that! im going to the site, i am so excited for the reveal next friday, excited is an understatement.

  5. Eek! I am so excited. I don’t think I can wait until next Friday! I can’t wait to see the velvet curtains. whaaaatttt? I love velvet.

    Glad you guys got everything done. Have nice and relaxing weekend!

  6. Thanks so much. Those are from Ikea! I think they are just $5 a pop.

  7. avz says:

    Love the guest room! do you mind sharing where you got the white frames? thanks

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