Shafferland 3.0 - Be Our Guest!

The very first room we put together in our new apartment was our guest room - because we needed to stay in there while we waited for our new bed in our master bedroom. So today I thought I'd show you the (mostly) completed guest room! 

You may remember that during quarantine, we redid some rooms in our Kokomo house (having no idea that we were going to be moving out of it shortly), and the guest room was one of those! Though I think we would have been permitted to repaint the apartment guest room the same color we used in Kokomo, we elected to leave it the same color it was when we moved in. In the pictures you're about to see, it looks mostly pink, but depending on the time of day and the lighting, it often looks lavender. We felt like it kept enough with the feel of the Anne of Green Gables theme that it wasn't worth the work of repainting - at least right now. 

So here's a peek at the room!

We used the same bed we had in Kokomo - and you might remember that it expands to a king bed when necessary. We have the same art up over the back of the bed, and the same quilt bedding I loved so much. (The Rebekah!) The bookshelves on either side of the bed are the same, as are all the things on them. Down at the far end are the three art prints I got for my birthday that depict scenes from the Anne of Green Gables movie. The black bench was also in our guest room at home - and the frame sitting on it is one of the prints from Anne of Green Gables that Ryan used for my quarantine birthday party. 

We love the flowy white curtains at the window, and of course I think we all remember the scene in the movie where Anne and Diana lifted weights together...right? Okay, so we just didn't have anywhere else in the apartment to put the weights, so we put them in here! 

And here's the other end of the room. The other bookcase, another window with flowy white curtains, and the old dresser. (In our Kokomo house, this dresser was in our bedroom, but we don't have room for it in ours here, and I think it fits better in the guest room anyway. It's very Anne-ish. My Dad's old typewriter also found a new home in this room! 

This is the one part of the room that isn't quite done yet. This is the same little bookcase/shelf we had in our Kokomo guest room, and it still houses kid toys and books for when our friends with kids come to visit. We have the little basket for blankets next to it - but it looks a bit unfinished, doesn't it? That's because we don't have a TV for this room yet. Since we ended up putting our guest room TV in our bedroom, this one is is empty. We're holding out for Black Friday sales. :) 

Here are a few up close details...

The Anne print says, "Dear old world, you are very lovely." In a year where this dear old world hasn't always felt very lovely, I thought this was a good reminder to keep up in the room. Plus it reminds me of that delightful party-for-two that Ryan threw for me this year!

And the art prints that I still love with all my heart:

I love a little bed tray with coffee mugs and flowers. So cheery!

Old books...

I hope to one day get this restored...

But when it's all put together, I think it's a lovely little guest room. We have no idea who will end up being our first guests, but we're all ready!!

(I may keep an eye out for a rug, too, just for fun. I'm not used to a zero carpet house!)