Be My Guest!

I have an idea for a guest bedroom. The house I live in with The Husband God Gave Me is large. In the past year, several of these rooms have been repainted and reworked to accommodate guests. Last on the horizon is the room that has been occupied by Youngest Son, who mostly lives in his own apartment about 50 miles from here.

My plan is to create a guest room that will reflect my interest in old children's books. I already have two old desks - and two old metal twin beds that used to be in a lodge on Lake Michigan. Oh, and piles of old books. Piles.

The walls will be a mustard yellow (think gouldens). The furniture will be dark wood. THGGM will either need to make or buy some sturdy low book shelves to line one wall. I think we can fit a large old desk into the closet, but I'm not sure yet.

I've been collecting alphabet books for several years now, so I might be putting the alphabet around the room that way - in small frames making a boarder around the room. I really want to get an old round oak library table and four chairs, but I might have to stick with the child size folding table and two folding chairs that I already have (i paid $10 for those, i recently saw a five piece oak library set for around $600).

I'd love to find some really old venetian blinds for the three windows. I can't even count how many of those I have thrown out over the years. But, I will be happy with mini-blinds and old linen tablecloths draped over the rods.

I want Dick, Jane and Sally to feel right at home. But I don't know why.