Office Makeover Reveal

Are you ready for the office reveal?!? Last week we shared with you our Office Inspiration Board and today we're going to give you a tour of the room!  If you follow us on Instagram, then you've seen a few sneak peeks. 

 

We've been working really hard on this project - many weekends dedicated to building the built-in shelves and painting the stenciled wall.  The final product is exactly what we had imagined and we couldn't be happier! Plus Southern Color gained a new team member along the way...check Molly out below.

 

 

Year in Review

Another awesome year has flown by!! Thank you to all of our readers who continue to support us and our blog! When we started Southern Color our goal was to inspire others and to give them the confidence to DIY.  We hope you find our tutorials easy to follow and eventually try them out. 

 

We were pretty busy in 2013 so we want to take some time to revisit all of the projects we completed.

 

Checkerboard Side Table from a Dumpster Find

How to Create a Gallery Wall | Ikea Ribba Frames

Our client for the Guestroom Makeover wanted us to use her decorative plates in the room.  We thought the perfect way to display them would be with a Gallery Wall!   The idea for this space is to mix in vintage toile plates with modern framed black & white photos. 

Guestroom Makeover: Black & White Toile with Turqouise Furniture

Are you ready for another guestroom makeover?!?! Remember the first one we did a couple months ago?  We are just as happy with this one.  

This is probably the fastest we have ever made over a room.  From our first meeting with the client to completion, this project only took a month.  That's pretty fast for us since we have full time jobs and are only able to do this on the weekends.  

Guestroom Inspiration Board

We are back at it again, we're making over a guestroom for a family friend!  Our client is doing a furniture shuffle in her house and wants to spruce up one of the extra bedrooms.  She has a black and white toile bedspread for us to use and black and white toile decorative plates.   Here is our inspiration board for the overall look and feel:

How to Make a Guestroom Welcoming

The Guestroom Makeover taught us several things, but one that stands out is: create different spaces your guest can enjoy (reading nook, tv area, comfy bed, game area, dressing area, etc.).   You want your guests to feel comfortable and at home during their stay at your place.   Here are a few tips to do that:

You want your guests to feel pampered so treat your Guestroom as a luxurious hotel room.  The only problem might be is that they'll never want to leave!

Guestroom Makeover: The Reveal

The Guestroom Makeover is complete!

This past Saturday we had a reveal party with friends and family over at our client's house.  We had popcorn to snack on, in honor of the popcorn ceilings ;)  Everyone was very complimentary about the makeover, especially the one's who had seen where it started.  The client's son was also there for the reveal, this used to be his bedroom year's ago when he lived there - quite a transformation!

Enjoy all the pictures!

Curtains & Cornice Board Tutorial

Checkerboard Side Table: Trash to Treasure



Ombre Quote Board

The "W" pictures are place holders for the client's son to create custom artwork.  He is a very talented artist and plans to draw black & white pictures for these frames.  We used leftover curtains and printed out a "W" to fill the frames for now.  This way the room looks complete and gives the artist time to think of something special for the room.

Client Testimony:

One word describes the guest room makeover that Southern Color did for me – WOW! What started as an empty room with zero personality and ugly popcorn textured ceilings, ended as a beautiful, comfortable guest bedroom worthy of a high-end bed & breakfast inn. Julia & Elizabeth worked hard and very thoughtfully on the design, popcorn removal, painting, furniture selection & refinishing, shopping for furnishings & finding the best deals around, and personal touches tailored to my style – which I didn’t even know I had until after my initial consult meeting with them! They took the time to figure out my tastes, then designed and executed a plan to match, including some very specific touches that were personal and special to me. The creativity they showed in refinishing one “trash to treasure” piece was especially impressive, and the placement of curtains behind the bed was a brilliant idea to disguise an off-center, out-of-place window. Southern Color managed my expectations and consulted with me throughout the process to ensure I was happy with everything they were doing or planning. I am already discussing future makeover projects in my house with Julia & Elizabeth, and I completely trust them to provide excellent, personalized service at a great price.

Rob Whorton, Smyrna, GA

Check out last week's post for a full review of all the projects completed in this room.  If you are interested in Southern Color's services and live in the Atlanta area, please contact us at SouthernColor@gmail.com.

Guestroom Makeover: Sneak Peak

If you've been following us you have definitely heard about the guestroom we made over for a friend.  This has been a two month project and we're happy to say it's finally complete!  We've already shown you some of the projects for the room but I'm sure your dying to see the final project!  Well, you're going to have to wait one more week to see the entire room but here's a sneak peak in the meantime.

I am completely in love with this room!  Not to toot our own horns but I think it turned out great!  I love the mix of old & new and traditional & modern.  If I were to describe the room I would say its Contemporary Bed and Breakfast or Bed and Breakfast Chic...hmm both of those have a good ring to it.  Remember how this room started out - completely empty.  The only piece of furniture that belonged to the homeowner is the antique dresser.   This was definitely a blessing.  We didn't have to match colors to an existing piece of furniture or existing linens. 

In case you missed it here are the projects we completed for the room:

This is what the room looked like when we started.

Popcorn Ceiling Removal

Paint Color

Ombre Quote Board

Checkerboard Dumpster Table

Cornice Board

Come back next week to see pictures of the entire room!!