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PLEASE help me decorate my guest room!

7 years ago
I recently redecorated a spare room in my house and want a “beachy farmhouses” feel. I live on a small farm about an hours drive from The MD eastern shore, which is very rural and water oriented between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Hopefully this link to some art on Etsy that caught my eye works. I just don’t know what to put where. There is no overhead lighting and I need a floor lamp.

https://www.etsy.com/people/shadywillowfarm/favorites/guest-room

Comments (22)

  • 7 years ago

    Very pretty furniture, wall color, and bedding.


    I would go a bit bigger on the artwork than 11x14 size in the Etsy link. I like the artwork, the nice beach pics. I just think they might get lost on the wall. I would place them on either side of the window.


    I would focus on curtains that extend further out on either side of the window and have a bit more substance to them. Also the bedside lamps seem out of sync with the rest of the room.



  • PRO
    7 years ago

    The same curtains on other wall. I repeated theme from bedding on wall art.


    Here is the rule for hanging curtains.


  • 7 years ago

    Your room would be transformed if painted in a very pale blue, and would work well with your furniture and bedding. I would update your window treatments with soft roman shades. You would have better light when opened, and they would be easier to close all the way for evening.

  • PRO
    7 years ago
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    Here is my rendering how light blue would look on your wall.



  • 7 years ago
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    Have you tried flipping/swapping the location of the bed and/with the chest, with the chest going on the right hand side of the window, and the chair in between the chest and closet? Does that make sense? (It doesn’t to me and I wrote it!) And I like the idea of doing a shade, rather than long curtains, like calidesign suggested. If you really like the curtains with sheers look, then do it properly by sizing them correctly (they’re very skimpy as-is) and hanging them on separate (double) rods. If nothing else, at least get a new, beefier rod because what is there is sagging. ;)

  • 7 years ago
    Wow great ideas! Thanks!!!
  • 7 years ago
    celerygirl- I just purchased a couple of those coral prints on clearance from ballard and I love them!
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    wow! That is amazing! :-))

  • 7 years ago
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    Just wondering if you swapped the furniture around like I suggested? If so, I’m dying to see it! Besides looking good, arranging the furniture that way with the chair next to the closet under the window, and then the chest and mirror to the right of that, is the practicality of it as a dressing/grooming/reading area. (Ladies will especially appreciate having the natural light to apply their makeup by!) Oh, and the coral prints can go right above the nightstands. :)

  • 7 years ago
    OMG Sammy I truly don’t understand what you are suggesting!!! I tried to picture it in my head and failed. Plus hubby is working all weekend!! Go Ravens!!!
  • 7 years ago
    I have a dresser w/mirror, chair, blanket chest (low, currently under window), bed and 2 side tables. Two closets and the entry door take up one whole wall.
  • 7 years ago
    celerygirl - curious what software or app you used for the renderings. I need something similar for a few rooms in my house and not sure where to start!
  • 7 years ago
    love the furniture. would you consider adding a book or two under the lamp on the lower nightstand to bring the lamps to the same height?
    your guests will really enjoy your new room.
  • 7 years ago

    Not quite sure what Sammy meant but here’s a go... wall 1 has closets on it. Next to it is wall 2 with window and bed. Wall 3 has window, chest and chair. Wall 4 has dresser. Can the bed go on wall 4, and move dresser to corner of wall 2 and 3, and chair to corner of wall 1 and 2, and perhaps chest can go at foot of bed?

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    @Terri, I use Photoshop.

  • 7 years ago

    I would put the bed where the hutch is. I think the hutch looks small and lost on the big wall and the bed looks jammed in front of the window. You could then put the low blanket cabinet at the end of the bed. Fuller curtains and then figure your art.

  • 7 years ago
    If the bed goes on the wall where the current chest /w mirror is, then you will only have a few inches of clearance when the entry door opens up into the room. You will walk right into the side of the bed and take a hard left.
  • 7 years ago
    You can see the bottom hinge of the entry door at the right bottom of this pic. If I swap the bed with the dresser won’t that cramp the entry to the room?
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    We suggest getting bigger lamps and doing curtains across the back wall. Here is what one of our bedroom designs look like which might help. Note the lamps? We would also try a throw at the end of the bed.

    Beaches Residence · More Info


    Beaches Residence · More Info


  • 7 years ago
    Thanks everyone! My husband cried when I suggested we repaint the room blue. That might have to wait.
  • 7 years ago
    your room is very pretty, and restful. I love how you have curated pieces that you love. your guests will enjoy it very much.