Beach-Themed Guest Room

• Sheinkopf shops for pine bookcases and finds them at an unfinished furniture store, along with a storage trunk. They're all painted white to add a crisp look to the fresh design. He finds an end table at a different store and enhances the legs with a rope detail at right. He screws and glues 1/4-inch rope to the legs and winds it up using the indentations as spacers. (bookshelves: Valley Furniture - Pf9-2484; end tables: Brylane Home -159101810294, 159102880294; storage trunk: Jayco Unpainted Furniture)

• A rattan reading chair in the corner provides a spot for guests to relax. (rattan chair: IKEA - Agen, 50058376)

Bedding and Window Treatments - $155

• Since the Bests may want to change the room layout when it's turned into a nursery, Cunningham disguises the headboard and footboard with particleboard and fabric to make it look like a daybed when it's placed against the wall. She sandwiches both the head- and footboard between 1/2-inch particleboard and fills in the gaps with foam. Batting is placed over each and stitched along the sides to give it a more structured, squared-off look. The two fabric slipcovers are outfitted with elastic bands at the bottom for easy removal. Additionally, she creates a bed skirt that's attached with hook-and-loop tape.

• The bed is dressed with white linens, a blue blanket and a tan faux suede duvet. (duvet cover: Kohl's - Taupe 085989405961; throw for bed: Target - 067100088)