Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Everything Old Is New Again: Guest House

James and Jo Ford's guest house isn't just any old house. It is actually their very first house. They sold it over 4 decades ago, then recently purchased it for $1 and moved the structure onto their family property. Think that is sweet? The icing on the cake is their designer son, Brad, made it over for them. Here is a bedroom before and after:What I love: the studded chest as a bedside table, the bedding-especially the pillows, the hanging lamps, the seagrass rug, and last but not least the wallpaper on the back wall. Perfection in a simple way.
For the rest of this makeover visit Country Living.

15 comments:

Suburban prep said...

I love Country Living and this story was a good one. I liked that they got their son to be the designer.

Jenny Froh said...

Love the make-over... that is such a quaint bedroom!

PS~Erin said...

How cool. What a neat redo/home tour!

bluehydrangea said...

I bought country Living just for this article. I loved what they did with the house and the story behind it!!

Yansy said...

This is such an amazing make over. I just love what they did with the house. Thanks for sharing it with us.

carlee {deliciously organized} said...

Wow, what a difference! Love that chest!

JMW said...

Great transformation - love the seagrass rug.

Anonymous said...

I love the wallpaper

LindsB said...

I still cant believe that they did this entire guest house for a next to nothing budget! It is just stunning and one of my new favs!

Unknown said...

I just saw it over at Brad's blog. It's an amazing back story. The house will certainly bring a lot of memories back to him.

Nicolette
http://www.furnitureanddesignideas.com/

Anonymous said...

Oh, I love the makeover! I'll have to go check out the whole story... the concept of just moving a house is such a mystery to me :-), but what a cool idea!

Blair Friedeman said...

Oh, adore that studded chest!

Down Pillow said...

Such a sweet, cozy space :)

Brooke @ Blueprint Bliss said...

Love that bedroom.

Megan said...

What a beautiful makeover, I can't wait to check out the rest!