Basement Guest Room - My Mom's Room

My Mom stays with us every fall.  I am lucky that she can

come and stay with us for so long...2.5 months this time!

She has a bedroom in our basement and a nice bathroom

too.  Every year I do something a little bit different in her

room...here are a few pictures of what her room looks

like this time around.

I love this old metal bed.  It has a lovely medallion on the

headboard and footboard.  Some people would probably

have painted it straight away, but I liked the way it looked

this way so I left it.  The screen behind the bed is from

Target and it is a Simply Shabby Chic piece that was

available years ago.  Why is all of the great Shabby Chic

stuff discontinued?  The green rose throw pillows are

also SSC as well and yes, they are discontinued!

Just a closer view...

I love the details on this bed!

Here is another view of the room...the closet is behind those curtains.  The white chair in the corner is a chair

(one of a pair) that I purchased at an auction years ago

for $40 for the pair.  They are Ballard Designs chairs

and I looked up the retail price of them...quite crazy!

This is an old needlepoint that I framed in a beautiful

ornate gold frame that I had kicking around in my stash.

I love the way it turned out.  I have a mixture of cottage,

French and Shabby Chic items in this room.

One of my favorite pieces is this old claw foot table.  It is

shabby and worn and I just adore it!  The dresser is another

auction piece...there is another matching dresser on

the other wall.  I was forbidden to paint them.  Does your

husband ever do that?!  (*_*)

This lamp shade and base is also from Simply Shabby

Chic and they are long since discontinued.  I always include a picture of my Dad on her bedside table.  We all miss

him so much!

One of my favorite statues wearing her little tiara...

An old corday lamp and lamp shade.  I just propped up

the frame against the wall to give the lamp a background.

The candles are all flameless so Mom doesn't have to worry

about setting the basement on fire!  Ha ha!

I have had this little floral settee for years now.  It was

upstairs in my front room for a long time, but when I

found a new French settee, I moved it downstairs to the

basement.  I works perfectly in her room and it has roller

wheels so it is easy to move.

Isn't it cute!

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my Mom's home away

from home.  She really loves it down there in the basement.  It gives her privacy and it's very comfortable.  I have a little portable fireplace that she uses as well if it gets too

cool for her down there.

My next post will be pictures of her bathroom.

It really turned out pretty!

~Stacy~