Using Yard Sale Finds For A Low-cost Makeover

When we feasted our eyes on Rhoda’s guest room overhaul, we could only describe the transformation as dramatic. Here is her letter:

I truly enjoy reading your journal & congrats on the success and press you’ve gotten this past year! I know you have asked for redesigns before from your readers, so I thought I’d share a recent project with you. This is my newly redone guestroom, which I titled From Granny to Beachy Glam. In its before state, I simply used some old linens that I had to make the room comfortable as a guestroom for a couple of years. Then, I found a strong black/white damask comforter set (at a yard sale) and that got the ball rolling on the whole room redo. Thanks a bunch, and enjoy! – Rhoda

Here is the before:

And the especially swanky after:

What a change, eh? And to think that Rhoda found a few things at yard sales along with hitting up discount stores like TJ Maxx (her whole budget came in under $500!). We also enjoy that she repurposed things to work with her new design (she painted the bronze mirror in her before pic, and also slipcovered the chair in the corner). Gotta enjoy a makeover that is industrious and cost effective. Thanks so much for sending your before and afters our way, Rhoda! We do enjoy a dash of zebra in the afternoon…