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We've finally finished our downstairs guest room, just in time for Jessica to arrive this weekend. I will be so happy once our entire basement project is complete. At least it's looking so much better.
I had a lot of fun when I realized how little we had spend on our little project. Here's the before picture of this oh so hideous room:
What was the worst about this room was without a doubt the concrete flooring, which suprisingly was a step up from the dog pee infested carpet that was in the room when we bought the house.
Here's what the room looks like now:
Because of my love for both decorating and doing it cheap, I was excited when I crunched some numbers and realized how little we spent on EVERYTHING to make this room look better.
Let's start with the floors:
We got this flooring at a great deal at lumber liquidators - $.59/sq. ft!
The room is 110 sq. feet total so the flooring cost a total of $64.90.
This cutie little rug I got a few years ago on clearance at Target for $4.88.
I found this cute little reversible comforter and pillow set last year at Target on clearance and was so happy because it matches nicely with the rug.
Comforter and Pillow Covers = $12.00
Picture Frame = Ikea for $3.99 (The pictures inside are actually greeting cards that I got for free way back when I worked at Starbucks)
Also pictured are the two different paint colors we used for this room. As I mentioned before our entire basement project has been done with "Oops" paint. The darker khaki was $4.00/gallon at walmart and the lighter brown was also $4.00 for the gallon. The two gallons of paint not only went to good use in this room but we also used it in the family room, so total cost of paint for this room when you divide it out was just $4.00.
On to the dresser....I've had this dresser for a few years. With my love for cheap/free stuff I actually found it on the side of the road back when I lived in St. Louis and gave it a very small amout of TLC.
Funny fact about us Rodriguez' is that actually every dresser or chest of drawers in our house have been found on the side of the road. To some people this might be gross, but we love the challenge of fixing things up. I can't even begin to tell you how many times we've recieved compliments on the matching dresser and chest of drawers in our bedroom that we refinished together and then stained to match our headboard (also consequently FREE) back when we first got married. I will have to do a post on our bedroom on another day though.
Cost of Dresser: FREE!
The pretty fresh flowers are compliments of my sweet friend Katie.
So that's it, the room is finished. We still would like to replace the ugly blue curtains that don't really match so well, but until I find a great bargain they'll do.
Total cost of a brand new guest room - flooring, paint, comforter, area rug, pictures frames and all....$94.65!
I had a lot of fun when I realized how little we had spend on our little project. Here's the before picture of this oh so hideous room:
What was the worst about this room was without a doubt the concrete flooring, which suprisingly was a step up from the dog pee infested carpet that was in the room when we bought the house. Here's what the room looks like now:
Because of my love for both decorating and doing it cheap, I was excited when I crunched some numbers and realized how little we spent on EVERYTHING to make this room look better.Let's start with the floors:
We got this flooring at a great deal at lumber liquidators - $.59/sq. ft!The room is 110 sq. feet total so the flooring cost a total of $64.90.
This cutie little rug I got a few years ago on clearance at Target for $4.88.
I found this cute little reversible comforter and pillow set last year at Target on clearance and was so happy because it matches nicely with the rug.Comforter and Pillow Covers = $12.00
Picture Frame = Ikea for $3.99 (The pictures inside are actually greeting cards that I got for free way back when I worked at Starbucks)
Also pictured are the two different paint colors we used for this room. As I mentioned before our entire basement project has been done with "Oops" paint. The darker khaki was $4.00/gallon at walmart and the lighter brown was also $4.00 for the gallon. The two gallons of paint not only went to good use in this room but we also used it in the family room, so total cost of paint for this room when you divide it out was just $4.00.
On to the dresser....I've had this dresser for a few years. With my love for cheap/free stuff I actually found it on the side of the road back when I lived in St. Louis and gave it a very small amout of TLC. Funny fact about us Rodriguez' is that actually every dresser or chest of drawers in our house have been found on the side of the road. To some people this might be gross, but we love the challenge of fixing things up. I can't even begin to tell you how many times we've recieved compliments on the matching dresser and chest of drawers in our bedroom that we refinished together and then stained to match our headboard (also consequently FREE) back when we first got married. I will have to do a post on our bedroom on another day though.
Cost of Dresser: FREE!
The pretty fresh flowers are compliments of my sweet friend Katie.
So that's it, the room is finished. We still would like to replace the ugly blue curtains that don't really match so well, but until I find a great bargain they'll do.
Total cost of a brand new guest room - flooring, paint, comforter, area rug, pictures frames and all....$94.65!
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