Guest Room Redo - A Bed On A Budget

My goal was to have a welcoming guest room on the third floor of my home since the children had left the nest.  My goal was pretty big and my budget was pretty small so I had to get creative.

First, I used an antique bed frame that I bought about 25 years ago for $40.00.  It had been in the master bedroom until we upgraded to a queen size set.  We actually used the queen set on the full size frame for awhile.   Hubs rigged it so it wouldn't fall apart, but it wasn't ideal.  I sanded it down and spray painted it with a satin black paint.

  The foot board on the left has been sanded and the headboard on the right has been sanded and sprayed with one coat of paint.  I ended up using three coats and used 2 cans of paint.  Several light coats is better than one heavy coat.

 My spraypainting area was quickly set up using a drop cloth over my compost tumbler in the back yard near my potting bench.  Looks like I have some tidying up to do!

Here's the third floor of our home, waiting for it's new identity.

Here's Hubs trying to fit a full size mattress and box spring up a very narrow and tight stairway.  Now that I feel so much better, he's having a hard time keeping up with all of my projects.  I may or may not have heard him mumbling under his breath. 

 I was able to get the Serta mattress and box spring set at a deep discount because they did not match exactly and the box spring had a smudge on one corner.  I figured it would always be covered, so it wouldn't matter.  Saving several hundred dollars on a slightly imperfect, not to be seen by the naked eye mattress set?  Yes, please. 

Once all of the pieces were put together we had a nice bed for our guests. 

Next post - dressing the bed on a budget.