There’s nothing more welcoming than a cute “welcome” message … and a few things to make your guests’ stay even more comfortable. You’ll find most of these pieces in the BHG section at Walmart. The lamp and lampshade are from BHG – as is the candle! And of course, check out the whole gift basket and free printable below:

I raided the BHG storage section for a cute galvanized bucket – perfect for bedroom storage and for this fun guest room basket. I found the treats, beauty products and cute mugs (I used a paint pen on the conversation bubbles) while I was hunting. What’s in the bottom?

These cute BHG towels – perfect for the bedroom’s gray and white theme.

I also love the texture of this white BHG pillow!

The bedrooms in my #1905Cottage are still under construction, but this brightens up the cottage guest room in the meantime, and I love how the colors, textures and shades complement the room’s decor!

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And here is the printable! Just right-click this link or the image below and choose “save link as” to download the printable. Trim the paper to 5 inches by 7 inches to fit in the frame. As always, it’s for personal use only.

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Have you ever had a project in your mind and then you just can’t find what you are looking for?

That’s what I ran into with my guest room redo. For the bedding I knew I wanted a grey duvet cover that had some ruffles but not too many – so it wouldn’t be too “girly”. And I wanted it to be a plain color so I could make some graphic pillows to go with the bedding. I looked and looked and couldn’t find what I was looking for. I found a duvet at Anthropologie but it was a little too light and at $250 – out of my price range.

Anthropologie Nimbus Duvet

And urban Outfitters had a ruffled duvet, but it was a little too ruffled and still almost $200.

Urban Outfitters Ruffled Duvet

I decided to get some sheets and make my own duvet. But then while I was at Target, I went up their Bathroom aisle and saw a ruffled fabric shower curtain. And I wondered if that might work. So I bought a couple along with a matching sheet, came home and figured out a way to make a duvet.

I loved the ruffles at the bottom of the shower curtain. They reminded me of the Anthropologie Cirrus duvet. I Cut the ruffles off the second curtain and sewed them onto the first so that there were 6 ruffles. And then I took the left over fabric from that same curtain and cut out two 10 inch panels to add to the middle section to make it wide enough to fit a queen-sized bed.

Then I added a bottom 6 inch panel to the bottom ruffle. And now my top section was the same size as a queen quilt — 90 x 108.

Then I cut the queen flat sheet to the same size for the back of the duvet.

And since the shower curtain already had buttons at the top for the shower curtain rings, it was perfect as a duvet!

I sewed the top and bottom of the duvet together, leaving an opening at the top. The top of the sheet I used for the back of the duvet was hemmed and the duvet front had the button holes already in the shower curtain.  I made sure to sew the seams with the outsides facing inwards so when I turned the duvet right side out, all of the seams were inside of duvet.

the last thing I did was hand-sew on some vintage buttons and pop the duvet cover inside. I love the way the duvet looks, it’s just what I had envisioned, it cost less than the other duvets I was considering.

I’m almost ready for the full room reveal – it’s been a really fun project.

And I am also almost done with the next-door bathroom reveal. YAY! Here are the tutorials on some of the other elements in the room:

DIY Beachy Beaded Chandelier Tutorial

Painted Greek Key Rug Tutorial

How to Replace Sliding Closet Doors with Standard Doors

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it so much!!

Have a Wonderful Day!

xox

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