“What are we going to do with this room?” Debra asked as she stood in the middle bedroom of the mid-century ranch. 
The walls were a light, sea-foam green, the carpet had seen better days. The sliding glass door leading to the deck had those vertical blinds, again. The ceiling fan was a $10 big box special. Nothing structurally wrong – just buffing and puffing and updating.
The room ended up as a guest bedroom, even though it could as easily have been an office. We opted for drapes without blinds, since they are more practical with the sliding glass door, and tended to soften the lines in the room somewhat. The wall color was actually a mistake. The painters misunderstood our instructions and painted the walls the same as the doors, Benjamin Moore Texas Leather. Since the room is not terribly large, we were afraid that going so dark on the walls would make the room cave-like. Once it was up, however, it worked, and looked nice with the bright white trim and ceiling.
A tending-toward-contemporary ceiling fan with 100 watt-equivalent LED lighting up new neutral carpet and you have Debra’s answer to her own question:
As you may recall, we were very lucky that this house had a guest suite with an en suite bath. While I didn’t get good pics of that room before construction, you may remember that it was the place where the toilet ended up while work was being done. Here is a reminder:
This room had three things going for it, other than the en suite bath. First, it was a pretty good size, which opened up options for furnishing. Next, the floors were original 1950’s light oak hardwoods in good shape – a lovely foundation. Finally, like most of the house, it had great light, particularly considering the age of the original construction.
Although I didn’t get a picture of it, the drapery hardware was massive and completely, inappropriately frou-frou (personally, I’m not sure that frou-frou can ever be appropriate in a mid-century ranch, but this stuff wouldn’t have looked out of place on Bourbon Street). And check out the gold-stenciling-on-white ceiling fan. Mercy.
We had the space for a little drama on the walls and this time turned to Sherwin Williams and Granite Peak. We let the floors speak for themselves and accented everything with white trim and drapes. And, yes, a new Minka Aire ceiling fan with a wall remote switch by which you could control speed and direction. Very cool. Here is the result:
Just as a reminder, from the earlier post here is a shot of the en suite bath that went with this room, completing the guest quarters:
Stay awhile – look around – make yourself comfortable.