Today, we’re tackling the last bedroom of the Spanish Sanctuary: the downstairs guest room! This is the only bedroom on the main floor of the house and it’s also the smallest, with french doors that step out onto the backyard patio.
Here’s how it looked when we bought the house:
Like the rest of the house, the ceiling height sits slightly above 9′ which helps make the room feel a bit more open and spacious.
The footprint measures just under 11′ x 12′, and the layout comes with a bit of a challenge. Since it doubles as a pass-through to the backyard, only one wall is really usable for furniture.
In our race to get this house rental ready by the end of the year (while not completely blowing the budget), the goal was to keep the design simple yet still intentional like the rest of the home. It also had two comfortably sleep two adults to reach our 14 guest capacity. Here’s what I came up with!
The Design Plan
Similar to the Twin Bedroom and Queen Bedroom, this design plan was inspired by one piece of furniture: the bed.
And you may recognize the bed… because it’s a brown version of the same one I used in the Twin Bedroom!
I don’t normally like to repeat the same furniture, but well-designed twin trundle beds at a reasonable price point are surprisingly hard to find. I wasn’t in love with any of the other options I came across, and I just couldn’t get this darling brown gingham bed out of my head. There’s simply nothing else that comes close anywhere near that price.
The brown colorway wasn’t available when I found my black & white beds, and honestly, I would have chosen it instead if it had been. Now I get my chance 😉
While the style of the bed is decidedly youthful, I still wanted the space to feel appropriate for grown ups, too. The key was balancing it with more refined elements: a verdure tapestry, dark wood beams and stained closet doors, a turned wood table, lots of millwork, and a soft, sophisticated color palette.
The result is a slightly unexpected Spanish-meets-cottage mix, and you know I’m always down for an interesting style mashup.
Progress
A long while ago we installed new flooring, trim and baseboards:
And just last week we tackled the shiplap walls. Still need to finish the trim, patch holes and caulk, but here’s a first look:
I plan to share a cliffs notes overview of the shiplap install on my Instagram soon—would a detailed blog tutorial be helpful as well? If there’s enough interest, I can put that on my to-do list!
Sources
You can tap on each source to shop it below:
Things are starting to moving quickly in this renovation now, so make sure you’re following my Instagram stories for all the updates! The living room makeover is also underway now and I can’t wait to share our big plans for it 🙂
Julie says
Way to get to the finish line! I think it’s totally fine to repeat a favorite, though I would have preferred a queen bed for the first floor bed, perfect for the older couple in a family that doesn’t want to do stairs. Are closets important for short term rentals? I thought you might take it out and have more room for the bed. Though the awkward placed window doesn’t help, but you also don’t need the window when you have the doors. I love the sweet mash up of designs and would love to see how you do the paneled walls!
Michelle says
I like the direction of this room, but the bed choice is a miss for me. As the only ground floor room with patio access I could see this as a room I would put my parents in on a multi-generational trip and they are not staying in a trundle bed. A nice queen bed would be much more beneficial for such a large home and the types of guests your rentals attract.
Laura says
Jenna, may I ask what software used for the 3D image as well as the floor plan and mood board. They’re so helpful! And I’d love a blog tutorial on the shiplap installation. Thank you!
Jenna Sue says
Hi Laura, I actually just used chatgpt for that! Will get started on the tutorial ASAP 🙂
Victoria says
This is lovely! You’ve probably already thought of it, but you might want to add shades/ blinds/ curtains to the outside doors so that guests could change or sleep while people are outside.
Jenna Sue says
Thanks Victoria! Definitely, we plan to mount blackout roller shades to the doors 🙂
Ann Schroeder says
I would love to read about all the details of installing shiplap walls. You and Lucas are true craftspeople!
Rue Ann Eyler says
Your designs are always so creative and lovely! This house will be so beautiful for guests! I’d love to see a tutorial on the walls if you’ve time. Thanks for taking us along❤️