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Bistro White Walls | $100 Room Challenge Week 2

January 7, 2020 By Nicki 18 Comments

It’s all about my Bistro White walls here in our guest bedroom makeover, join me for week two of my $100 Room Challenge update!Bistro White Walls by Valspar

Hey friends!  Welcome to those of you who may be hopping over here from the $100 Room Challenge!  We have been working away on our guest bedroom makeover; we have four weeks to make over this room on a budget of $100, and this week I am so excited to share our bistro white walls and our painted doors with you.  It felt so good to finally paint our multi colored walls after living here since July!  I walked into this room the morning after I had painted it and I couldn’t believe how much brighter it was.  I was blinded by the light, Ha!

Bistro White Walls

What’s The $100 Room Challenge?

Let me start by thanking Erin over at Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry for being our lovely host, and this whole challenge was her brain child. If you are new to the $100 Room Challenge you can read more about it here.  But the basic premise for the challenge is this: you get one month, and $100, to completely makeover one space in your home. I know what you may be thinking… $100 is not a lot of money.  Just wait. What you can do with $100 (and a little creativity) will absolutely blow your mind.  And if you don’t believe me, just follow along, and click through and see what the other participants are doing for this challenge, and you will see so many great things happening with just a $100 budget.  This is my third time joining the challenge, and I am always so glad I did in the end!

See My Previous $100 Room Reveals

Modern Farmhouse Dining Room Reveal | Mudroom Makeover Reveal

 Modern Farmhouse Dining Room/Office Reveal

Please note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which allow me to make a small commission from your purchase, but your purchase price stays the same.

Goal #1 – Bistro White Walls

Let’s start with a little before and after, shall we?  Just a quick recap – this room was a home office with built-ins on two walls when we moved in.  They have since been relocated to our bonus room so we can have a true guest room in here.  We kept the cabinetry because it was very nice and useful to boot.  We just wanted a super comfortable place for guests because we will be hosting lots of guests in the years to come.  Here’s the room after we removed the cabinetry back in August.

We gave all four walls a fresh coat of paint (actually two layers).  The color I went with is called Bistro White by Valspar.  I went with an eggshell finish. I chose to go white on the walls because I wanted a color that would really bring out the color of the wood in the bedroom suit, which was bought for my daughter by her father.  The furniture is one thing in the room that is not being altered.

Paint color: Bistro White by Valspar

I love the paint color I chose, it is like a breath of fresh air now when we go in here!  I chose an eggshell finish, and it took two coats to cover.  As a matter of fact, I barely got this room completely painted.  I squeezed out every last drop from the can!  I really needed to paint this room with one gallon of paint because I am on a very tight budget.

One way that relocating halfway across the country affected me was that I had built up a supply of paint that I had to pull from.  I could do some projects for free because I had paint on hand that was left over from other projects.  I had to give it all away when we left WV, and now I am starting from ground zero here with a very small paint supply.

Goal #2 – Paint Trim

I painted the trim in a color called Simply White by Benjamin Moore.  This was paint left over from our One Room Challenge kitchen makeover, and it is a semi-gloss finish paint.  The baseboards had also been patched up when we removed the cabinetry, and they look so much better with a fresh coat of white paint.

Bistro White Walls guest bedroom makeover

Goal #3 – Paint Closet and Bedroom Doors

I wanted to paint the closet door and the inside of the bedroom door black, but I didn’t have it in my budget to buy black paint.  I had a tiny bit of the black paint (Plum Martini by Benjamin Moore) that I used on the doors in our kitchen and breakfast room left over, but it wasn’t enough.  I also had some paint in the color Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore.  So I mixed in the Plum Martini color I had with that and darkened it just a tad.  And then that is what I used to paint the closet door and the inside of the bedroom door.  I love the bold pop of charcoal!

Bistro White Walls with charcoal closet doors

This is the before shot of the closet doors.  I don’t love the little gold circles that are used to open and close the closet doors.  But so far I have not come up with a solution for them.  I don’t see any easy way to remove them, so we’ll see if I have time to give them some attention or not.

I plan to add some hooks back behind the bedroom door to house my husband’s growing cap collection.  I doubt it will be in my budget, so I may just add some large nails to the wall for now to hang them up.  but at least he will have a place for them that isn’t sitting on top of the dresser!

Bistro White Walls kendall charcoal doors

I hate to say this, but I seriously dislike the paint color of the doors and trim in this entire house.  It is all an almond color and it just doesn’t pop against anything.  Every single bit of doors and trim in this house need serious attention.  Each room down is helping me reach a goal.  I changed the look of all the doors in this room for free!  It wasn’t my very first choice of paint colors, but it was pretty darn close, and FREE!  I think it works, because it is the same color as our kitchen island, and that fits the color scheme of the house so far.

Below, you see another before photo with the remnants of the built-ins that were once in here.  Also, real life people!  Just look at the junk covering the dresser in here!  Well, one girls junk is her husband’s treasure.  I am so lucky to be tasked with finding a place for all of it in this room!  There is more than what you see here.  I can not make promises that these will make it into the reveal because I would like to photograph a styled room.  But I can promise you that all of it will have a spot in this room because since he is an amazing husband he deserves a few spots in this house to have the things he likes displayed.

This calming and neutral palette really allows the furniture to take center stage, and that was really my vision for the room.  I have already unpacked my bedding and added it to the bed, and it is so fluffy and pretty!  I can’t wait to share it, but it’s a tad to early for me to be sharing the best part, so you will have to wait on that.

Bistro White Walls in guest bedroom

What’s To Come:

We are very happy with the existing hardwood floors in our upstairs.  I would absolutely love to buy a new rug for this room,  but that’s not gonna happen for this challenge.  So I may do some rug rearranging and move the rug that is in our breakfast room up here to this bedroom.  I have toyed around with the idea for awhile now.  I really feel like I want a new rug in our breakfast room, and I also think the one that is currently down there will look really nice up here on these hardwood floors.  So I need to sweet talk my husband into moving it for me.  That does mean, however, that I will have to live without a rug downstairs in our breakfast room temporarily until I can afford to replace it with something I like.

Bistro White Walls with dark wood floors

I also have project I am working on that involves making over a trunk I have had since high school.  I will be using it to sit a the foot of the bed.  It makes a good place for some storage, and it also serves as a place to sit luggage, or laundry of my husbands, or a place to sit and tie shoes and the like.

vintage trunk makeover

To Do List for Guest Bedroom Makeover:

paint walls

Paint closet and bedroom doors

paint baseboards and trim

hang curtains

hang shelves

add a rug from another room

make over vintage trunk

add new bedding

update ceiling light

add accessories, decor, and wall art that we already have

My Budget For The Guest Bedroom Makeover So Far

Wall Paint- Valspar Bistro White:  $28.98

Door Paint- left over from kitchen island:  $0

Trim Paint- left over from breakfast room: $0

I have $71.02 leftover right now.  I won’t count the bedding until I share it in my next post.  But I am going to be extremely close to going over budget.  I can already tell!  I may have to use a curtain rod that was here when we moved in, because I don’t know that there will be room in my budget to purchase one.  Or maybe I will get creative or find a steal on one.  Stay tuned to find out!

 

You don’t want to miss the other awesome makeovers that are a part of this challenge.  Please click through below to see all of the other bloggers who are participating in the $100 Room Challenge, and you can follow along with their room makeovers as well!


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Comments

  1. Christian Alcantara says

    January 8, 2020 at 4:15 am

    Having white walls really has its perks and charm, the white wall also compliments your wooden floor, great job so far, I look forward to your next updates.
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    • Nicki says

      January 8, 2020 at 5:00 pm

      I agree with you! I haven’t painted a wall white in a long time, so it seems so fresh to me right now!

      Reply
  2. Kelli says

    January 8, 2020 at 11:26 pm

    Good call on the paint choices. Really highlights the bed set. The doors absolutely pop now and with the gold…just love. Still waiting anxiously to see how you tie in your husbands memorabilia.

    Reply
  3. Elizabeth Jones | Jonesville says

    January 9, 2020 at 9:04 am

    Paint is such a miracle worker!! Great progress!

    Reply
  4. Patti says

    January 9, 2020 at 9:36 am

    It’s looking good! Love charcoal accent doors!
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  5. Lindsey from Hilltown House says

    January 9, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    The white walls makes the rest of the wood tones look incredible! And I’m loving those charcoal colored doors
    Lindsey from Hilltown House recently posted…$100 Room Challenge Week Two – Coming up with a Plan for the Guest BathroomMy Profile

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  6. Pamela says

    January 10, 2020 at 7:39 pm

    Staying within a tight budget sure does bring out our innovative side. Love how you made the two paint colors into one to make it work. I have that same trunk! I had forgotten about it and now that you reminded me it may make some great (free) storage in my Studio Cottage.

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    • Nicki says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:19 pm

      That is awesome! I love the way my trunk turned out!

      Reply
  7. Tammy says

    January 13, 2020 at 9:29 am

    Wow! Such a difference. Love your choices of paint colors and can’t wait to see what you get done next week!.

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    • Nicki says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:19 pm

      Thank you so much Tammy!

      Reply
  8. Vicki and Jenn 2 Bees in a Pod says

    January 14, 2020 at 11:31 am

    You accomplished so much this week. We especially love the charcoal doors! Great job.
    Vicki and Jenn 2 Bees in a Pod recently posted…How to Clean and Oil Wood Cutting Boards and UtensilsMy Profile

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    • Nicki says

      January 14, 2020 at 8:42 pm

      Thank you! I am having a guest this coming weekend, so I needed to speed things up a bit to be able to use this room. I feel so good having done that this time! Good luck on your space!

      Reply
  9. Lia says

    January 15, 2020 at 3:04 am

    I love love love that door color! Great choice!
    Lia recently posted…$100 Room Challenge​: Linen Closet Week 2My Profile

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    • Nicki says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:18 pm

      That is so sweet of you, I am glad you like it!

      Reply
  10. Joann J Moree says

    June 6, 2020 at 11:13 am

    Very nice article. Some brilliant ideas you have shared in a budget-friendly decoration. I really loved your wall color and those charcoal doors. I am surprised by your trunk makeover. It’s looking very trendy and cool!
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  11. Manco Painting says

    August 6, 2020 at 10:14 am

    I like your bed!

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