Room For Improvement: Guest room

Room For Improvement designer Martin Amado meets with our homeowner to talk about a guest room that feels small.

Barbara, homeowner
"The area is so crammed, they can't even walk in here."

Martin Amado, designer
"What would you like to see at the end?"

Barbara, homeowner
"I would like to brighten up the room. It's kind of boring in here."

Martin Amado, designer
"Homeowners sometimes make the mistake of going to a furniture store and buying all the pieces that come with the set. So what happens once it arrives home? There's just way too much furniture for the room, making it appear even smaller."

Martin moves one of the dressers into the closest. Then up goes some lush curtains.

Martin Amado, designer
"So now we found a new home for the dresser, right in front of the bed. I'm just not too crazy about all these hard lines around the furniture, so one way to fix that is to replace this mirror with this round one, and that way we just personalize it a bit more to the decor of the room."

Eye-popping bedding is added to the bed. So are some lights for some bedside reading.

Martin Amado, designer
"So, now you guys tell me what's missing in the bedroom? Hint, hint, artwork. Let's go get it."

Here it is. Now let's finish accessorizing.

Martin, bring in Barbara.

Martin Amado, designer
"There's a lot more room to walk now, so that's a good thing."

Barbara, homeowner
"I'm not bumping into anything."

Martin Amado, designer
"So at the count of three you can open your eyes. One, two, three. Go ahead and open your eyes."

Barbara, homeowner
"Oh, my gosh! Wow, this looks like a different room."

Martin Amado, designer
"Isn't it?"

Barbara, homeowner
"I love it."

We all learned a valuable lesson here. Big bulky furniture isn't always the best to buy. Our designer says before you go shopping take some measurements, then you to can have a room like this one for under $1000.

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