If I say I am going to do something, I do it. So, I mentioned on Monday that I would show you the numbers (how much it cost) to make Jack’s bedroom into a guest bedroom, let’s be honest, it makes for a pretty boring post. And besides, depending upon where you live, the cost would be completely different. So for those of you that love numbers like I do, take a look below. For those of you who don’t skip past the numbers and onto some Christmas shiplap cheer previews.

Let me break this down as if you lived in my neck of the woods:

Wall Paint: $28

Trim Paint: $14

Bedspread: $35

Curtain Fabric: $40

Headboard: $18

Lamp: $20

Total: $155

Considering I had the bed, the loveseat, the dresser, the cornice, the rug and all of the littles on top of the dresser, that’s not too bad.

Moving on to more cheery things. 🙂

One of the next projects I will be working on is decorating the house for Christmas. Spencer is coming next week to take pictures, so I need to get my poop in a group and get started on that.

Wade asked me if I was going to decorate every room. I thought about that for a second and decided that my main decorating focus will be in the family room and kitchen, but I want to have a little holiday something in every room.

After sewing up several pillow cover orders this morning, I made this.

Some of you might be thinking…that looks familiar. And you are correct. This dresser use to be in the family room and the shiplap looked like this:

Sanding the shiplap not only served the purpose of removing the previous saying, but it gave the boards a great distressed look.

Knowing that drawing skills are not my strong suit, I traced a Christmas Tree cutting board I had onto the shiplap. From there I traced the pencil marks with a silver paint pen, and filled in the tree with several small strokes.

I had Dana from Decals N Decor  (https://www.etsy.com/shop/decalsNdecor) make me a “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” stencil that was originally used for stenciling onto pillow covers. It worked great for this project too.

After tracing the saying onto the wood, I filled in the letters with a white paint pen.

Now the new bedroom has a little bit of holiday cheer for our guests.

So there you have it. A little numbers review and a little holiday shiplap cheer for all!

~Wendy