Ever since we returned back from our Oregon trip to Sunriver, I had been itching to re-do our guest room. I was so influenced by the breathtaking lodges there, the textures and vibrant, yet soothing colors, I really wanted to bring a little of that back to Colorado.
My starting inspirations!
I took everything that was previously in our Guest Room and revamped our Master Bedroom...this ended up turning into a double bedroom makeover.
The new lodge Guest Room has ended up being more of "Country Americana" feel, with a few barn, lodge and sunflower accents. The jean comforter was made for us in Minnesota. We originally found them at a darling country fair there, made by a husband and wife team. The crochet blanket was made by my Grandma and the bedspread and shams are from the Lady Antebellum collection.
I was able to keep our accent throw pillows and just recovered them with new overlay zip pillow covers from Hobby Lobby, on sale of course. I also had our American Flag pillow from 4th of July and scored the red and blue paisley pillows on clearance at Target.
We found these wonderful signs at our new store At Home. Thank goodness it is a 45 minute drive for me to get there, because that place is very dangerous for any home accent shopping addiction.
I finished off our lodge room for our guests with a "Made In Colorado" basket. Everything for our guests to enjoy during their stay comes from Colorado.
Of course, nothing says American like Chocolate Chip Cookies and this take on a pie is unbelievable. I could not stay out of it...brought back sweet memories of dunking cookies in milk for an after school treat. Delicious!!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
1 (13 ounce) package Chips Ahoy Original Chocolate Chip Cookies) - the crunchy ones
1 (9 ounce) ready made graham cracker pie crust
1 cup milk
1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip
Place milk in a measuring cup. Dunk 8 cookies, one at a time in the milk.
Dunk each cookie quickly before it gets too soft and starts to crumble.
Place in a single layer in the bottom of the graham cracker crust.
Spread 1/3 of the Cool Whip evenly over the cookies.
Dip 10 to 11 cookies, one at a time, in the mile and place in a single layer
over the Cool Whip layer. Spread Cool Whip evenly over the cookies.
Repeat to create one more layer of cookies and one more layer of the Cool Whip.
Cover and chill for at least 8 hours before serving.
Enjoy and Sweet Dreams!!
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