Basement Guestroom

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Filed under: Bedrooms, Makeover, Headboard, Decorating

Inspiration Room: $58,000

Host Brooke Channon and designer Doug Dolezal work together to re-create the look of Dolezal's design in the Inspiration Room, which has a luxurious hotel feel and custom features.

Makeover Room, before

Transforming the Makeover Room

Designer Doug Dolezal helped direct the transformation of a bland spare room into a grand guest room with the following steps:

Makeover Room, after: $1,800

Warmed up the impersonal white walls using a taupe color (Benjamin Moore: Tyler Taupe) and installed rods to hold the drapes.
Hung handmade drapes with a tea-stained background and a loose floral pattern featuring red hydrangeas.
Constructed matching headboards using birch and finished them with a walnut stain.

Pure white cotton sheets and a daffodil cotton chenille throw were used to create a luxurious look for the beds.

Antique wall sconces with cream shades and gold bases were strategically
placed over the headboards to add drama to the room.

The headboards were dressed with items such as a small shell sculpture, water carafes with glasses, an antique wall sconce with gold base, a framed photo of horse, a small bronze horse statue and an inexpensive candle.

Hung an original oil painting with earth tones on the wall; the painting was the perfect scale and added sophistication to the room.

To add interest to the room, finished a Greco-Turkish jar with brown glaze for an aged ethnic look.

The Bottom Line

To see where the savings are, take a look at this direct comparison of some Inspiration Room Items and the creatively comparable ones used in the Makeover Room:

Crisp white linen, yellow mohair throw, $600 / Cotton bedding, daffodil cotton chenille throw, $110

Collectible antique shell, clear glass water carafe, 1900s faux-painted wall sconce, original vintage oil painting, 18th-century antique Chinese stone statue and a Dyptique designer candle, $11,575 / Small shell sculpture, water carafes with glasses, antique wall sconce with gold base, framed photo of horse, small bronze horse statue and an inexpensive candle,
$220

Original oil painting by Cleeton, early 1800s antique ceramic jar, faux-painted wood pedestal, $7,200 / Original oil painting artwork, Greco-Turkish vase finished with glaze, basic wood pedestal, $82

vase, clay soldier statue, wood pedestal - Pier 1 Imports
chenille throws - Marshalls
shell sculpture - Expo Design
water carafes with glasses - Ross
bronze horse statue - Burlington Coat Factory