guestroom: star wars room

when i asked matt to move in, he said that he would only move in if he could hang his yoda picture some place.  now, i would be lying if i said i loved star wars.  if i even knew who yoda was.  and if i didn't think, perhaps you should hang that picture in the garage.  however, marriage isn't about just me.  it's about compromise and making the other person happy even if it doesn't make you happy.  so, i said he could make the guestroom a star wars room.  BUT i will decorate it so it doesn't become some nerdy kids wet dream.  it had to look grown up and classy.  and a little nerdy.  i guess.

so, we started off with a blank slate.

my niece exploring the new house

and so of course, we painted 3 walls light grey and one navy blue.  it kind of mimics the guest bath. and i put in the bed i inherited when my grandfather passed away.  which is just a full size bed with a wooden frame.  apparently, this was my grandparents bed when they first got married many moons ago.  and i like to keep old things that have been passed down.  but anyways, we started with that bed.  and to keep it looking 'adult' i went with just all white bedding throwing in a few accent pillows in grey or navy.

i also used my old dressers from my room when i was a baby.  originally they were white with 'wood' accents and little yellow flowers painted on the drawers.  matt painted the white parts navy.  however, we did no sanding or priming so we're finding that the navy paint keeps chipping.  however, we eventually may buy new dressers down the road and were just using these for the time being.

i got a small side table from my mamaw that i used as a side table for the bed.  it currently is storing a lot of my scrap-booking material.  but on top, we stacked some books and put matt's old touch lamp on them.  (it was perfect that it was navy!) and i printed off some prints with our wifi password and a small sign saying "be our guest"

on the other side of the bed, i found a small shelving unit at a discount store.  on this, we have a star wars lamp that matt and i made.  we purchased a small lamp at the dollar store.  and we went to a local flea market and bought some old star wars toys.  matt glued them around the base, stacking the characters as he went.  and i just spray painted the entire thing silver.  i think it turned out pretty well.  we also have some more star wars pictures i found on pinterest that i just printed off and framed.  i painted some tiles with star wars characters to be used as coasters.  on the next shelf, i bought a large glass container and filled it with sample size toiletries in case our guests ever forget anything.  and we stacked some of matt's star wars books next to that.  on the bottom shelf, i just placed some towels and wash cloths for our guests.

above these side tables, i printed off more pictures i found on pinterest of star wars characters and framed them.  i chose pictures that were more pop culture than a basic star wars poster.  i feel like that helps make it look more 'adult' than child like.  i also loved that i found the picture of han solo and princess leia that mimic the old drawing by norman rockwell.  my parents have had this picture hanging in our house for all my life.  and i like that i could bring that to our home.

we also included the mirror matt and i made over the summer in the corner.  i always hate going and staying someplace and they don't have a full body mirror for you to use.  i like to know if my outfit looks OK before i leave the house.  and i hate when i don't have that option.  so, i wanted to make sure i included one in our guestroom.

right now, this room is taken over with boxes of wedding stuff.  but i think it turned out nicely.  i'm not sure how often it'll actually get used.  but it was a good compromise for matt and i.  and i believe it really made my house his home.

the picture that started it all