Home Tour: The Guest Bedroom — Manchester Lifestyle Blog

AD:Gifted - I was gifted bedding from Christy, vases from Attpynta and a plant by Blooming Artificial as part of this post but all views and styling are my own.

You may remember a recent blog post where I discussed why it was okay to change your mind with interiors. If you didn’t see it then you can have a read of it here. To quickly fill you in, I discussed how I’d made a mistake with our spare bedroom and the pineapple wallpaper I’d chosen. I never loved it when I chose it and this little nagging feeling caught hold of me every time I went into the spare room and I knew it had to go.

Don’t get me wrong, it was better than the existing room colour when we bought the house, which was a sickly pink and magnolia. So you can get a full picture, this is what it looked like when we moved in.

Anyway, fast forward a few months and it’s ALL change in the guest bedroom. Well, not all change. The wardrobes, bed, bedside tables, chairs and rug are still the same. I’ve also not changed the paint, as one of the deciding factors for me on choosing new wallpaper was that it had to go with the existing paint colour. Not only was I still happy with it, but I didn’t fancy painting the whole room again, especially as I’d have to empty and move both of the wardrobes to paint behind!

The things I could realistically change with ease were the lighting, the bedding and of course, the wallpaper. The latter had to be my first decision, and even though I knew what I wanted, I had a job to find the sort of pattern I had in my head. I still wanted to have a tropical vibe, but with added florals, and it had to feature blue (to go with the paint).

The colour scheme I came up with was blue, green and pink, with elements of rattan and brass, and I wanted the whole room to have a boutique hotel feel to it. Well, it is a guest bedroom after all.

Once I’d found the wallpaper, after hours of searching on Wallpaper Direct, I knew how I wanted the room to look. I find it so exciting when I can finally picture the full idea of a room in my head and can envisage how it’s all going to come together. Also when you’re at that point with a room makeover, you know the fun bit of finding homeware to style the room is not far away!

I was lucky to work with both Christy (who I think make the best towels and bedding) and Attpynta (who sell beautiful Scandi style handmade stoneware vases) on some of the homeware for our guest bedroom. Christy gifted me some gorgeous pink linen bedding, a plush green velvet throw and some Moroccan style towels, whilst I chose two stylish green and blue vases from Attpynta. I bought the other homeware, which includes brass bedside lights, a vintage rattan lampshade and brass plant pots.

So without further ado, do you want to see how the room turned out? I’ve put together a moodboard of the new and existing items in the room below and scroll down to see how it’s all been styled and where everything is from.

What do you think? It definitely has the look I was hoping for; a boutique hotel style, without forgetting the fun! Below is a list of where everything is from, if you fancy creating a similar look in your own home.