The bedroom is finally ready for a reveal! I chose to go with a monochromatic scheme for total serenity. Ready for a little bit of funky? (all 3 bedroom makeover links HERE) Welcome to my salvaged “White Trash” bedroom makeover… from burn pile junk! Basically, everything from this room was derived from the trash or thrift stores.I LOVE the extra colours peeking out on the paint ladder rungs after sanding. ~ The headboard ~ An old gate grouped with metal clad siding creates a headboard with substance! The siding was painted and glazed for rustic softness. You won’t find this bed neat, tidy and symmetrical. This bed is about rumpled crumpled comfy bliss. An old weathered table top becomes the ultimate charming and sturdy bed tray. I even created a tutorial on how I made the messy bed. ~ The window sill ~ Twinkling tea lights highlight random clear jars placed on an authentic stamped beam. A naturally crackled vintage dresser is topped with a character filled rusty headboard, creating a unique frame for the wooden framed mirror.  M

ore on the dresser HERE. My Mom’s jewelry box grouped with some thrift store finds further enhance the tone on tone look. The unique shabby lampshade is nothing more than torn strips from a white sheet. How to is HERE. The elegant teapot was my Mom’s wedding gift. How to make a board and batten wall HERE Odds and sods join forces, to create… … a silent sanctuary of bliss. I had no budget for a new bedroom. But I wanted something shabby white, so I dug through my garage to find these things and make them work. Neclipse thermal weave curtainsothing in this room is retail new except for the curtain rod I simply made out of a steel rod and the patchwork quilt hidden by the lacy duvet cover. Tpencil pleat curtains fullnesshe gate was from the dump. Tlalaloopsy curtains at walmart

he old door was from a burn pile. All else was from thrift stores. Aside from the odd sheet or pillowcase I’ve been gathering from the thrifts on an ongoing basis, this room was totally created with things I already had on hand. For today, the new look is unique, casual, eclectic, eccentric even, very me and… … my kitten REALLY likes it too 🙂 – – – – – The entire ‘White Trash’ bedrooom makeover series you are at Part 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ glass curtains elviria This bedroom has proceeded to win some awards and features: ninon curtains Mom Cave contest – $50 gift certificate reflections purple stall fabric shower curtain Blog feature in Romantic Homes Jan 2010 sound dampening blackout curtains

Update: to address some questions Curtains – simple sheets thrown over a steel rod. The edges are left in their torn state for an extra touch of shabbiness. They are not functional as I don’t require the privacy. (mountain view out back) Paint color – Cloverdale Paint Canada, Bamboo beach Board and batten wall – kitchen quality white eggshell with 1 drop of blackCracked Glass Globe Table Lamp THIS ITEM CAN BE ONLY DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME OR A PICK UP LOCATION This Item Is No Longer Available And Will Be Removed Shortly From Our Site Availability at your store [{{MyStoreData.StoreName}}] - Change Store {{MyStoreData.StoreInventory}} In Stock {{MyStoreData.LowQtyMessage}} Store inventory last updated: {{MyStoreData.LastUpdatedInventoryDate}} Check availability in stores [{{MyStoreDataSets.StoreName}}] - Change Store {{myStoreDataSet.StoreInventory}} In Stock {{MyStoreData.LowQtyMessage}} Store inventory last updated: {{MyStoreDataSets.LastUpdatedInventoryDate}}

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Shipping and handling charges are not refundable. Refund or exchange will be based on the original method of payment and the amount actually paid for the merchandise. Click here to see our complete return policyFor the last couple weeks I have been sharing the nuts and bolts of how we turned a 1920s detached garage into a tiny house, a tiny guest house to be exact. Today, I want to share all the detail work we did to really make the house fit that vintage 1920s feel we were going for. After all, what’s the point of having a 1929 Bungalow if your tiny guest house looks like something off the shelf of Home Depot? Finishing the outside gave a tremendous payback in appearance. My favorite thing about painting is how it absolutely transforms a space into something entirely new. Finding the right color was a bit of a challenge for us. It took a few tries, but eventually we settled on this color scheme from Sherwin-Williams. I love the contrast between the black and cream and then the soft green of the body fits right into the historical paint colors of the time.

Little details like the salvaged cast-iron porch light that casts a beautiful green glow really gave the exterior that cozy feel we were aiming for. This room was probably my favorite to do. The linoleum floors we talked about last week are so comfy under foot. The choice of countertops took a little while to sort out, but then I found a big slab of Brazillian Cherry for $150 at a local woodworking store. I cut it to size, rounded the corner and cut the opening for a small stainless steel bar sink and…voilà. For a finish on the counter I used my own homemade oil/varnish blend and added a couple coats of wax. Brazilian Cherry is a very hard wood and will easily stand up to what’s required of a kitchen counter. For cabinets we picked up another antique piece and restored the hardware. We saw beautiful victorian hardware hiding beneath layers of old paint and knew that it could make a real statement. We left the distressed old paint on the cabinets, added some legs and left a space for the mini-fridge.

I didn’t want to make the space feel any smaller than it already was with upper cabinets so we just sanded and painted some 2x10s and added $5 shelf brackets to hold our dishes and glasses. Next up was the laundry nook. My wife hated bending over to do laundry and when we looked at the prices for the washer and dryer stands I realized that wasn’t an option. So, I used some of the leftover beadboard and and framing lumber to build this laundry stand. I built out the cubbies to make sure they fit our laundry baskets. That way we have storage and a stand. Two birds with one stone and saved some excess materials from the landfill. To keep the laundry area from intruding on the kitchen we simply added a curtain. I thought about bi-fold doors but those always look so cheap to me. There wasn’t too much to do here. We added carpet and a pocket door to get from the kitchenette to the bedroom instead of having a swinging door that would get in the way of the TV and furniture.

After that we just put some drapes in front of the french doors for privacy and added a closet unit from IKEA so guests didn’t have to live out of their suitcase the whole time and the room was finished. Aside from a whole lot of tile work the bathroom was a lot of fun too. This is where we had to get creative with the budget. We installed a dual flush toilet and exhaust fan. Those were the easy choices. For the vanity my wife found an old side table. It was painted pepto-pink but after an hour with my Silent Paint Remover I solved that problem. We decided to paint the base a crackled grey finish and stain and finish the top with varnish. This piece was a little lower than a typical vanity so we used a vessel sink that sits on top to solve that issue. I am always a fan of beadboard wainscoting and a chair rail. So, I took the opportunity to add this period detail to our guest’s bathroom. The shower was the real cost problem. I had originally planned to do a frameless glass enclosure, but at about $1,200 that was out of the question.

I had to think on this for a few weeks before the answer came to me. I would make a custom shower curtain rod (since there aren’t curtain rods for neo-angle showers) out of galvanized electrical conduit. I’ll post the details on how to build one of these in the next few days. In the end this idea only cost me $23.17! The door for the bath came from our closet in the main house. Though the French Country style was a fortunate mistake. I had the door stripped of its old paint, sanded down and ready for paint when my wife came home one day. She loved the shabby-chic look and so we kept it and did the pocket door to match. The doors are one of my favorite parts of the tiny house now! We learned a lot by doing this project! Spending my own money instead of working on other people’s houses always stokes the creative side of me. Our tiny guest house performed like a champ for our visiting family. Everyone felt comfortable and had their own privacy. In the end the project cost right at $12,000 for everything so we did go a bit over our $10,000 budget.