She Added “Warmth and Coziness” to This Bedroom Thanks to Clever DIYs
Sometimes a couple of simple changes can make a room feel refreshed, and that’s the case for Callieanne Major’s (@ourvictorianhome1875) guest bedroom, which looked nice before but wasn’t exactly what Callieanne envisioned. Painting and sewing projects gave the room “warmth and coziness,” she says.
It Felt Too Formal for a Guest Bedroom
Before, the room was used as a home office, so Callieanne went with bright white and blue-gray wallpaper on the walls. But that felt a little too formal for her guest bedroom, she thought, and she was looking to make the space feel more cocooning.
The DIYer Painted Directly on Top of the Wallpaper
“I could have stripped [the wallpaper] all back, but I was trying to be cost-effective,” Callieanne says. “The wallpaper was in excellent condition, so I didn’t see a problem in painting over it, and it worked out so well.”
Perhaps also wise if you’re someone, like Callie, who likes to switch up the vibe of a room often. If she tires of this paint color, she can remove the wallpaper and the paint all in one.
She also painted the ceiling for a full color drench. “Because the ceilings were high, painting these was hard work on my shoulders … but worth it!” Callieanne says. She used a pink-meets-tan: Coat Paints’ “Piglet.”
New Fabric Details Also Make the Room Feel Cozier
The bedroom already had several great things going for it, like the wardrobe from Facebook Marketplace. Callieanne made decor swaps like a new sconce with shades she made herself by wrapping old cushion-cover fabric around plain beige shades.
Callieanne also reupholstered the chair herself (which was the hardest part of the bedroom transformation, especially getting the stripes to line up). Plus, the curtain panels she bought and sewed extra fabric onto “to create a frill.”
