Guest Room Inspiration and Help With Painting Over an Ugly Paint Job

I’m smack dab in the middle of cleaning out one of our spare rooms.   It’s my son’s old room but for quite some time now it has been used as a “drop zone” for everything.     Actually, I’m surprised Hoarders didn’t give me a call!!!     Where did all this crap stuff come from?     After getting rid of everything in the room, I still have plenty of stuff I just can’t part with.    The closet is about 1/2 way done so lots of the keep stuff will go in there.    I just ordered a mattress and box springs so I’m on a deadline to finish up for that delivery.

Here’s what I have in mind for the room:

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This was the bedroom I fell in love with at the Southern Living Idea house in Senoia, Georgia when we toured it back in June.     I’d love to have planked walls but doubt I can talk hubby into that.    But I will be using buffalo check pillows and curtains, buying white bedding and linen colored duvet & shams.      Also, I found this fabulous DIY headboard here and am going to try my hand at making one ..

 

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They made a template for the headboard, cut it out and covered it with a drop cloth (one of my favorite go-to fabrics) and finished it with nail heads.

Now for the “ugly paint job” question….I have a bookcase (very cheap) and a french provincial 4-drawer dresser that I spray painted black a few years ago.    The dresser finish is too shiny.    My questions are:    what color should I paint the bookcase and dresser?     Should I use a primer before painting?     Just to remind you, here’s what the color scheme will be:

• natural color headboard (made with drop cloth) with bronze nail heads
• white bedding
• linen color duvet for the foot of the bed
• natural buffalo check curtains and 2 euro pillows (see inspiration pic from the Southern Living Idea House above)

Right now the  current wall color is a pale, pale grey and I really don’t want to have to repaint but I might have to….the wall color looks very similar to the one behind the headboard I’ve featured.   

Here are some ideas I like…..

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Then I would paint the bookcase a solid color.    But I’m not sure how these would work with my linen and cream bedding….thoughts?   

Now that I go back and look at the two dressers, I don’t think they would work.    I’m totally confused!!!!    I really don’t want to do just solid color because I wanted to do something a little different on the dresser.    I love that grain sack dresser though!

Okay, enough of these “!!!!” and not enough of these (ideas)…..can you help a girl out?