Some years back I painted my bedroom peach. It was pretty, fresh, and I really liked it--until I tried to find linens and accessories. There was virtually nothing out there. I ended up going with turquoise and browns so it worked out, but that was a lesson to me: if you're redecorating, look at the whole picture, don't choose something like paint in isolation. Yes, it's unfair and maddening that the merchants have such limited offerings and trends are so short-lived, but there you go. The same thing is true for features besides color. Take furniture: a couple of years ago we were shopping for new, affordable, kitchen chairs. It seemed that every store had the same five styles, none of which we liked--and half of those were bar height, which we didn't want. We gave up and are still using our garage sale four-for-$20 chairs. I love the TJX stores for housewares and clothes, but bed linens and such can be trickier. I curse their buyers every time I go through there. Everything is overly opulent and traditional. Where are the clean-lined contemporary things? Their lamps are awful, too. I do seem to have better luck in Target, at least lately. I lusted after a solid color box-quilted coverlet at Crate and Barrel but wouldn't pay their exorbitant price, then found a virtually identical one at Target--and then on a later trip found a gorgeous brown and paisley accent pillow with tones that drew out my still-peach (I'm lazy!) walls. Sometimes you hit it with silly stuff. My cats fought each other to lay on a fleece vest I'd thrown on the bed, so I thought about buying a length of fleece to go across the foot of the bed. Then I walked through Kohl's and found a fleece throw, in perfect coordinating colors, marked down to $4.50 on their clearance aisle. Score! Now the cats are happy and so am I since I don't have to take the lint brush to the coverlet so often.

I bought the bosporus flax with the intention of having a duvet made-- when it arrived, I thought it looked rather blah on my bed. I also didnt think it was as soft as I would want for a duvet that was used--rather than just decorative. A few weeks ago, I pulled the material out again and draped it over my curtain rod and it came alive. I think it may have just needed to hang/drape and to get a little light behind it. I LOVE it on the windows. There are a wide range of toiles and fabrics-- and plenty of ready-made toile designs. I am sure you can find something that suits your tastes and needs.

There are these from Penney's: waverly pantry plaid I found other blue plaids and checks, but either the blue was wrong or they had beige rather than white.

I am actually quite impressed with my walmart panels they only carry 80inch in the store but you can order ship to site ones in all different lengths. I have canopy blue/green lined drapes that are 100inches in my living room that for the price I am happy with more so than any I have gotten for twice the cost at B&B. They have a back pocket so they pleat nicely and each set was less than $40. I have found some by chance at homegoods too but it is always hit or miss there.