For the past few months, I’ve been busy with all things reno at the lake house (among other things). So I haven’t been able to share and update the blog as much as I can. But you’ll find daily/weekly updates on my Instagram and Facebook, especially in my stories. So make sure you follow along! By the way, I also created a separate Instagram account for the lake house for our guest rentals! Follow us at Cottage at Conneaut Lake.
Now we’re *almost at the end* of our renos – which means I will finally be able to reveal all the projects one by one. Crossing fingers! I shared with you the bathroom reveal here, the guest room 2 progress/reveal here, and you’ve also seen the Guest Bedroom 1 and Guest Bedroom 2 here when I shared the barn door closet tutorial! So today, I teamed up with Soft Surroundings, to share our Guest Bedroom 3 Reveal! They provided the beautiful Kalinda quilt bedding that works so well with the Boho theme I went with! Are you ready to see it?
Lake House Guest Bedroom 3 Reveal
How gorgeous is the Kalinda quilt? This print is inspired by a sun goddess. The super-soft design is block-printed to create an artful one-of-a-kind piece. Intricate chenille trim outlines the medallion motif for a look that pops against a sunshine white ground. And don’t forget to add in the shams! The quilt is available in Twin, Queen and King, while the shams come in standard and king sizes.
I know they are more $$ than average, but they aren’t your average kind of bedding. That trim alone is a work of art!
Plus, I’ve had one of their quilts from 3 years ago and it’s still my favorite bedding in our master bedroom in our Pittsburgh home!
P.S. Blending in with the bedding in their latest Ipanema Dress that just came out today! How pretty is this dress? Imagine wearing it lake-side, pool-side or as a beach coverup? Or perhaps take it with you when you finally travel somewhere tropical? Caribbean? Yes, please!
Okay, let’s get to the before and after pics, and all the reno details, shall we?
Before
Dated, dark, dented faux wood panels and a weird wall light that looks like a ceiling light on this wall where the door is. Trims aren’t secured and not flush to the ceiling…
After
Secured the trims with more screws/nails. Caulked the edges. Cleaned the walls – removed the staples and star stickers (check my Facebook or Instagram stories today or my highlights to see the star stickers everywhere on this wall). Primed and painted the walls. Replaced the wall light with this Allen + Roth bronze coastal vanity light. Home Depot has a similar light here for a few bucks less.
Temporarily put my fave egg chair there while we waited for the bed. But now, it has two kid’s egg chairs!
Yes, I got them for Louis and Chloe. But also because this room would be perfect for our guests’ kids! And I know my trendy Moms would appreciate this for their precious babies! Imagine the photos that will ensue! Haha!
Now let’s get to the dirty part…
First stop: the closet!
Before
The rod and shelf were falling apart. There’s no flooring. It was dirty and filled with cobwebs (this was all over the house)!!!
After
With some elbow grease, a lot of determination and patience, and of course, paint, it now looks like this…
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And finally… the dreaded roughly-painted purple window and this wall of staples and stars that needed to be cleaned before painting…
Before
It’s all in my Instagram stories today, but to give you an idea what that purple paint looked like…
Thank goodness the previous owner left this furniture stripper behind… it worked wonders! Use paint brush to paint it on old paint you wanna get rid off. Leave for 20-30 minutes and it will start to kinda melt! Then use a plastic scraper (or old credit card for smaller areas) to scrape that old paint. Don’t put too much. You can always do a second round for thicker areas. Make sure you wear gloves, safety goggles or glasses, and a mask. It says no fumes, but there were! It took days to get rid of the smell.
After
Now, it looks like this…
Rattan Petal Headboard
Now let’s talk about the headboard! There were a couple of contenders for the headboard. This petal one actually didn’t win the poll in my stories. Most of you loved the rectangular basket weave rattan instead. Cleaner lines… and I agree – more timeless! I was going to order that… until I saw that it was only for a queen size bed. I didn’t want to risk, because the bed frame I got and the new-ish mattress (from our guest room turned office in Pittsburgh) are full-sized. In the end, I went with this petal headboard which I have wanted for myself for quite some time! I love love love this petal design and rattan finish. But I was willing to get the cleaner lines for a more timeless and universal look that most people would like. But because it wasn’t offered in full-size, I think I was destined to finally get this! Hah! Besides, wouldn’t this make more of a statement?
Old Nightstands
Now the nightstands are from our Pittsburgh home. I got them on sale from At Home Store probably 2 years ago to replace our huge nightstands. But it didn’t last long until I changed my mind and put back our old ones. These were just taking up space on either side of our TV stand. So I thought of bringing them here to the lake house to use in this room.
I was planning to spray-paint them white. I already bought the paint two months ago! But somehow, this silver is growing on me and thought it looked nice against the light blue wall. I’m gonna leave it as is for now. And when I get tired of it and need a refresh, I’ll give it a fresh coat of paint!
Computer Desk for Virtual Learning or Zoom Calls
Another piece of furniture I brought from our Pittsburgh home is this little Ikea desk! It used to be a mini computer gaming table in the basement that we no longer use. So for now, it sits here to serve as a computer desk for virtual learning or zoom calls!
Also, I put this rattan chair find from the Anthropologie Home Outlet store here temporarily. I got it for $100 off! But I plan to use this in the basement and look for a computer chair for this spot instead. Lake print was a gift from the brother-in-law and his girlfriend! Thank you!
Other Things
We also painted the door (as with other rooms) and replaced all hinges and door knobs with modern black door handle levers! The door hooks were $3 a pair at the Target dollar spot! It was such a perfect find, I wish I bought more for our broom/utility closet!
Finally, another thing I made sure to grab for the all rooms is an air purifier with UV light! It doubles up as a fan when it gets really hot. But more importantly, I wanna make sure our guests feel more confident/feel safer when staying here, along with other sanitizers in each room and throughout the house!
Now time for the budget breakdown just like in our Bathroom Reveal post!
Budget Breakdown for Guest 3
Since the last bedroom we were painting was this room, we already knew how faux wood panels DRINK UP all the paint and how many coats we had to do in the other two rooms. That’s even with the Kilz primer! So we finally invested in a paint sprayer! Haha! I know… after 3 rooms, right? LOL! But in our minds, we were already tired and we still had the basement to do anyway. AND, I actually found a cheap paint sprayer for smaller rooms, recommended by another blogger. It’s on sale right now and the price is just like a gallon of premium paint. IT WAS WELL WORTH IT!!! Because of the sprayer, instead of using 3 gallons, we only used a little over a gallon! And we only did 2 coats! WELL WORTH IT! Only downside is you have to tape or cover everything – including yourself! Shower cap if you must, because it will get to your hair! We had our “work clothes” on, plus safety goggles and masks too!
So, here’s the breakdown of everything I bought for this room, not including what I already own or reused from our Pittsburgh home…
Breakdown:
- Paint Sprayer – $50 (it’s cheaper now, so grab them if you’re thinking about painting a lot of rooms, makes the job faster and you use less paint)
- Paint: primer, blue paint, white paint, door paint – rough estimate at $75
- Headboard – $395
- Bed frame and tassel bed skirt – $189 + $17 = $206
- Kalinda quilt and two shams – sponsored by www.softsurroundings.com
- Gold Curtain Rod (curtains are old) – $23
- Left-over carpet tiles for closet – estimate about $5
- Door hinge – $4.5
- Door handle – $30
- Hooks – $3
- Cabinet pull used in closet door – $1.7/pc (comes in a pack, leftover from kitchen cabinet pulls)
- Wall light/sconce – $59
- Macrame wall art – $30
- Pampas grass decor from Pier 1 is old and was from our Pittsburgh home
- Egg chairs – $127 x 2
- Air purifier – $90 (there’s a coupon now for extra $10 off)
- All new electrical outlets – normal $15 x 3, USB $35, plates $1 x 5 = $85
- Smart switch – $35
- Night lamp – $20 (Walmart lamp I got for the other guest room but switched)
- Boat decor – estimate about $12
- Macrame coasters – $5.5 for the two
- Harry Potter table clock – $49
- Full-size easel mirror I hung on the wall – $70
- Anthro Pari Rattan Chair – $30 (on sale at the outlet, original price is $130)
- Ikea desk – old
- Lake print – gift
- Miscellaneous little things like caulk, nails, screws, paint brush/tape – estimate $20
- Furniture stripper – left by previous owner
- Wooden hanger with non-slip rubber – $11.50 (half of pack of 24, I’m putting the other half in the other room)
- Luggage rack – $37
TOTAL RENO + FILLING UP WITH FURNITURE/DECOR = $1,601.20
(plus taxes)
WHEW!
Totally not bad for a reno with furnishings! Though I could have lowered that if I skipped the egg chairs and went with a cheaper headboard. But who am I kidding, right? Lol!
Timeline
As for the duration of the project, it’s hard to estimate because we were doing this in between other projects and life events! Perhaps the clean-up was the longest because at first, we used this room to store our reno tools, paint and all other supplies. So when it was time to do this room, there were a lot of moving stuff down to the basement, clean up, vacuum, wiping, and then removing the stickers and staples on the walls. Painting was probably done in 2 days (with a full weekend in between when we go home to Pittsburgh). Closet was done in less than a day. Stripping paint in the window took half a day. Door paint + knob and hinge replacement probably took a full day (2-3 coats and drying time in between). And then the electrical outlets and lights were about half a day too. Then it was just a matter of decorating, styling, waiting for orders etc.
Well, it’s been a long post. I hope you enjoyed this home project and maybe learned something new. Make sure to watch my IG and FB stories from today because I shared the dirty, nasty stuff, and some sneaks of the reno process!
Some key takeaways from this project:
- Sometimes, you just need some elbow grease and a lot of determination to make something pretty again.
- If you’re not doing demos and you’re reusing/repurposing old materials, it’s hard to make them look perfect and that’s OKAY! You saved materials that otherwise would have ended up in landfills! Now you have a room or piece of furniture that has a story to tell, imperfections and all!
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