Making It Home

The next major furniture we need for the house is a bedroom set.  We currently have a queen-sized Ikea bed that has broken twice now.  Dave, the handy-man he is, has been able to fix it each time with a drill and some screws.  However, it is time to get us some adult furniture now!

I really like the color of our bedroom now – a tealish green color.  But I am not so sure it works for a bedroom.  The room is also 7-walled circle with HUGE windows.  Very pretty but it also makes it hard for me to think about redecorating.  What would work well in this room?

I also like the rug, maybe even more than hard-wood floors.

So I have started searching through Crate and Barrel and Pottery Barn furniture online and have found a few ideas which I like.  However, they all require painting the room to a more neutral shade.  Here is one I am loving – it has an upholstered headboard, which I think is the style which would work best in this room.  Unfortunately, Dave is not a huge fan.

I also am loving the bedside table.  Actually, everything about this room I like.  Our current rug would even work well.  This image is from Pottery Barn.  (Every time I think of Pottery Barn, I think of the Phoebe and Rachel in the episode of Friends with the apothecary table!)

Another image I am liking is from Pottery Barn:

This bed is gorgeous – too bad it costs almost $3,000 whereas the bed in the first picture costs $1,000.  I also love this bedside table.

For the big windows, I have seen light-colored drapes used in master bedrooms on home decor websites.  Just like this, again courtesy of Pottery Barn

LOVE!!!

These are the kinds of styles I have been thinking about.  If you notice, no bold colors!  I have yet to think of or see an idea that would work with this green.

Finally, maybe we can get an expensive bed and I can dabble in the art of refinishing wood by purchasing a couple of end tables in garage sales or flea market (or even eBay, Craigslist), sanding them down, and painting them white.  New ones from Pottery Barn cost upwards of $400 each!

Now, if I can convince Dave to like this style, we’ll be all set!