The spare room has sat pretty much in an unfinished state since The Girl's return to college. Oh, sure I cleaned it up and moved a few things in. But we weren't really using it for much. I sew in there, iron, craft a bit.
But I haven't made it a space we could hang out in. Until this week. The Girl is coming to visit, so I wanted to spruce it up and put some of the stuff away.
The best thing for this room would be a futon. I found a decent one at Target.
I added my Pottery Barn napkin pillow and a silky throw. Futons aren't historically all that comfy, but that didn't keep me from taking a two hour nap on it yesterday!
After I covered the rolling stool with some of that great owl fabric, I had a little leftover to make a soft cover for my sewing machine. I like that my machine takes up so little space. I could put it up and use the cabinet as a side table, if need be. Above that I hung a small memo board. My plan was to use that to hold pattern instructions up with, but knick knacks and photos soon found their way there.
I can't take these floating shelves down because they required huge holes to hang. So I just put a few items on them and hung an extra clock we had.
I had repainted the small pink lamp from The Girl's room, so all that was left was to spruce up it's shade. I covered it in burlap and added the monogram back on. I added some pretty drawer liner from HomeGoods, then set to work organizing those drawers with craft supplies. I plugged my owl wax tart plug-in with a fall scent and we were open!
It's not an exciting makeover, but it smells clean and is available for everyone to kick back in, read a book, do something crafty, wrap Christmas gifts, watch a video on their laptop, whatever. We renamed it The Lounge.
Gina
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