THE BIG REVEAL

After a very long Sunday, countless command strips and an extremely patient husband...  I can finally reveal the finished room I posted about here!

(My Inspiration)
 
I have been collecting these various treasures piece by piece over the past few years...

  

so it was a lot of fun to have so many things to work with in freshening up my college son's bedroom / new guest room.

We have a fairly small home, just under 1800 sq. ft.,  so it made sense to have this room do double duty while giving it a more mature feel.

It's interesting to think back over each find and how they all came together to create this "new space."

I felt like a stylist working with so many great props!

I guess subconsciously I had been creating this look in my head without really realizing it.

 It's a pretty small room as room sizes go...

 and even though I packed quite a bit into it I think it works.

I found this antique Chinese tole tea bin from England that was used to hold loose tea and filled it with  nautical maps and charts.

The dark painting on Academy board behind it is pre-1900 and though it is warped and damaged I love it.

 Here I hung a small butterfly specimen collection around one of the lanterns that flanks the window.

I found the lanterns at Home Goods a few years ago.

I recently came across this antler that was mounted in such a way that I was able to use it as a coat rack of sorts.

  

Miscellaneous accessories such as vintage rackets and horse trophies.

We did a small renovation on this room a few years ago adding a casement window and bead board ceiling which I think adds to the beauty of the space.

  

I still need to add a photo to the interesting frame I found on etsy.

 I purchased the John Robshaw duvet cover on ebay last year. I love the Moroccan block print.

  

I laid several durries and one Chinese wool runner over the wall to wall carpet.

  

I propped a plaid lampshade atop the existing one in order to decide which works better.  What do you think?

  

Here's an up-close shot of the gallery style wall behind the bed.  It was so hard to lay out which is the main reason it's taken me so long to get motivated!

A vintage luggage rack and megaphone.

The practical and purely decorative! 

  

Oh yes... the portrait wall.

Well let's just say we ran out of command strips and energy.  Maybe next weekend!

  

Here is a shot of the lantern on the other side of the window. I added a vintage shell specimen box to keep the lone butterfly company.

 I still need to edit the tabletop vignette a bit but I wanted to show you the art installation I made for our son last Christmas...

  

My mom found this wonderful majestic Bruin Bear while I found this vintage Trojan Soldier that just happened to be beat down and was inspired to create this UCLA / USC tribute to the famed college rivalry.  One can dream right?

I attached this set of antlers that I found mounted on a piece of lucite to the top of the mirror and hung an old boater from it.  I just scored this old needlepoint bulldog last week out treasure hunting and love how he looks up on the wall.

 

I scored these vintage English riding boots at The Alameda Point and the ribbon while visiting relatives in Colorado over the summer.

I picked up this wonderful old trunk which is missing the top at a garage sale and plan on replacing it with a piece of hinged plywood and then covering it with a Persian carpet remnant.  

 One of my prized possessions is this vintage bank bag which was the catalyst that started my friendship with Jordan, one of my partners in the House of Hoarders.

And so there you have it...

THE BIG REVEAL

I'd love to know what you think!