A finished guestroom and I LOVE IT!

Whelp....this little, itty bitty guest room was months and months in the making!

Yes, I had no deadline but ten months is kinda ridiculous!

Oh well....It's been used way before now but I just finally hung everything on the walls.

My finished framed herbarium pages!

I taped together packing paper pieces from Walmart to create a huge piece of paper.

Next I measured as best I could so they would be perfectly spaced apart.

You should have seen me on the floor, creeping around this huge thing!

I decided to mark around the frames a little bit to help me with the leveling

when I taped the pattern to the wall.

I also measured the distance from the top to the hanger on the back of the frame

to mark where the nail hole would need to be. I had to remove the stand on the backs

before hanging as they were way too long.

I used painter's tape on the top left corner then used a laser level on the right side

to determine where to hang it so my pattern would be level.

I promise, it's not perfect but good enough to make me happy!!!

Next, I hammered in a small nail on each mark on my pattern.

And this is the result sweet friends!!!!

These herbarium pages are real specimens and were created in 1898.

I'm just so happy they have a place of honor in our home!

More photos around the room after more items were hung!

I found the rug at Homegoods and it was pricey but the velvet bed skirt was a thrift find!

This little room is probably only 10' x 12' but I've managed to cram about a zillion things

in it!!! But I truly am pleased with the results. I hope you can get a few ideas from it!

Wishing you a beautiful week dear friends!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Still sprucing up the cottage ~

I've been wanting to do this FOREVER it seems like!! I found this piece of old molding in a junk store with three hooks and a big ol' nail. After adding a couple more hooks and securing it into the studs it was ready for decorating! I love that it's so out of the ordinary looking ~

Sorry the photographs are so dark, it was another late night decorating session!!

Having cathedral ceilings is so cool because you can hang things clear up to the sky! This mirror used to be hanging over the buffet but now has a new home ~

I found the most wonderful magazine today at the grocery store, it's the new issue of Creative Home. It's been a little too modern for me lately but this issue has romance as it's theme and has some beautiful features!

Hoping you have a great Thursday sweet friends!

xxoo, Dawn