One Room Challenge - Week 6+: The Big Reveal of My Texas Tiki Guest Bedroom

 
 

My first ever One Room Challenge this fall has been such a welcome journey to push my vision for our guest bedroom into reality during a weird pandemic driven time period. I approached this room with clearer vision and more willingness to experiment, thanks to a lot of inspiration coming from the other ORC Guest Participants who blew me away.

If you’re here for the first time for the before and after: welcome and i’m so glad you stopped by! Learn a bit more about me here, or get caught up on the past 6+ weeks taking my sad guest bedroom with indistinguishable features into my final product which I would consider very inspired by quarantine Wes Anderson binge watching and our overall aesthetic leanings, Texas-Tiki.

Want to see the space “LIVE” or as LIVE as we can get in 2020 with all the details? Join Austin home design and vintage expert @livingwithleah and I on her Thrifty Thursday Instagram, Thursday, November 19th at 4PM CST where we’ll talk all things ATX sourcing and more!

 
 

The before & after

Renovations

I spent the majority of the One Room Challenge skim-coating my walls to take them from orange-peel texture to smooth, check out my full tutorial video here. The other huge change to the room was ripping out carpet and installing Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring (and it only took us one day!). From there, it was gravy, adding a lot of green paint, bold wallpapers and updating all the fixtures.

  1. Antique Gossip Bench from Facebook Marketplace, Cane, Black Behr Hi-gloss Paint

Before: antique gossip bench purchased on Facebook Marketplace screaming for a makeover

 

After: painted shiny black with cane detailing and a chartreuse seat cover for all the vintage private phone booth vibes

2. Custom-designed ATX guest cards printed through Artifact Uprising - Wood Block & Prints designed on Procreate, with background icons sourced from Creative Market.

Those are my dogs, if they were in Moonrise Kingdom.

3. Assorted thrifted frames painted with Clare Matcha Green Trim Paint inspired by A Beautiful Mess Easy Living Room Accent Wall 

Styling

  1. Updated Gossip Bench (Facebook Marketplace), Vintage Phone (Round Rock Antique Gallery), Vintage Mass Market Paperback Books (Half Price Books, Round Rock Antique Gallery, Thrift), Vintage Binoculars (Side Kitsch Vintage), Candle (P.F. Candle Co. Teakwood & Tobacco) + Vintage Texas Hotel Matchbooks (Revival Vintage), Guest Towels (Target - Casa Luna Bath Towel, Hand Towel, Wash Cloth), Extra Vintage Floral Sheets (Revival Vintage), Vintage Carpetbag Suitcase (Blue Velvet Vintage), Vintage Folding Luggage Rack (Austin Antique Mall), Vintage Alabaster Tiki Bookends (Revival Vintage)

  2. Zebra Stool (Salvation Army), Portable Record Player (Byron Statics), Vintage Art Deco Lucite + Brass Magazine Rack (Goodwill), Jungalow Emuna Rattan Mirror, Floor Pillow (Target - Opalhouse)

  3. Thrifted Frames (Goodwill, Salvation Army), Whitney Avra commissioned art (Housekeeper Tiki Girl), Vintage Brass Candleholder, Vintage Brass Wall Pocket (Room Service Vintage), Pothos Plant

  4. Vintage Faux Burlwood Bedside Tables and Mirrors (Bold by Ritz), Custom Guest Cards (Artifact Uprising), Local Dried Florals (Second
    Bloom Designs    ), Brass Pineapple Lamps (Round Rock Antique Gallery), Accidentally Wes Anderson Book

  5. Vintage Rattan Tray (Kat Drew Designs), Seashell Accent Pillow (The Woven West), Vintage Barkcloth Throw Pillows (Round Rock Antique Gallery), Pink Standard Tiger Shams (Target - Opalhouse), Quilt (Target - Opalhouse), Sheets (West Coast Mercantile), Vintage Tiled Headboard (Stampworthy Goods)

Sincerely, thank you for your support, encouragement and readership. I hope you’ll follow along on my next design projects.

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