The final part of my recent Spring cleaning project included a complete overhaul of the guest bedroom closet. Inside that closet was my wedding dress (that desperately needed to be mailed off for preservation) and several framed prints/a mirror, etc.
One of the first things I noticed about my guest bedroom was the lack of a mirror hanging on the wall. I just happened to have a gold framed one in the closet – I needed a brown frame instead.
I decided to spruce it up with a little DIY treatment and….
Voila! The mirror is now painted dark brown with light brown highlights, and my guest bedroom now has a mirror hanging on its wall!
Another change we made was to the art hanging in both the guest bedroom and the master bedroom.
While in Disney over Memorial Day Weekend, Jason and I stumbled upon two beautiful framed prints that we couldn’t pass up.
The first of the two was a print of the Disney Magic docked in St. Thomas. I wasn’t sure how the colors/frame would work with this room, but we hung it on the wall and it blended well! This is Jason’s favorite of the two prints.
I also added a few extra DCL touches throughout the room…
Would you believe we already had ALL of these items lying around? I’m glad they are finally being used!
Sailor Duffy is there too, of course! He was a Christmas gift last year! :0)
The final update to our guest bedroom was something I had in mind, but couldn’t find anywhere. I wanted a print to hang on the wall of a brown anchor over a blue chevron pattern. After searching and coming up empty handed, I finally decided to make this another DIY project.
I purchased a sheet of blue chevron scrapbooking paper, a sheet of brown sparkle scrapbooking paper, and a 12x12 frame that was half off at Hobby Lobby. My new Silhouette Cameo was used to cut out the anchor and the DCL logo (its first project)! Easiest and cheapest project ever!
…and now I want to go on a Disney Cruise… whomp whomp.
The second print we purchased now hangs in our Master Bedroom. This print is one that I fell in love with immediately. It’s of the Hotel del Coronado (or perhaps the Grand Floridian?) on a 1900’s day – ladies in beautiful gowns with parasols, men in top hats, children swimming, families enjoying the afternoon…
Isn’t it beautiful? I could stare at it all day!
The frame does have one major flaw at the bottom – zoom in on the full picture above and you can see it. The location of the flaw is in the center at the bottom – I’m going to have a little gold plaque made with some sort of saying on it… “An afternoon at the Grand”, or something along those lines. I also considered the idea of having the print reframed, but I haven’t fully decided what to do yet.
I am also thinking of getting away from the brown/green in our guest bedroom and moving on to something else, I just can’t seem to find anything that catches my eye. I’m going to keep searching and see what I find!
Sprucing up the bedrooms was a nice change and something I don’t do often. It’s refreshing to walk into one of the rooms and see new things hanging on the walls. I’m also glad that frames/photos which were sitting unused in drawers/closets for a while are now being used, too!
How often do you change pictures/prints in your home? Have you ever had an idea in mind and couldn’t find what you were looking for, so you created the item yourself? If so, tell me! I love to hear about others DIY projects!
