Now I want to do a Bosporus room!
I was recently looking for a ready made comforter in Bosporus, but couldn't find one. After following funkyart's thread, I'm thinking about using the Bosporus for the curtains. My mother can make the curtains, but she's never made a dust ruffle and I don't want to ask her to try it, so I'm wondering if anyone has seen a ready made dust ruffle that would look good. I can't decide which color I like best, so I'm thinking I'll go with whichever I can match more easily.
I'm thinking of the bedding in cream. I'm kind of scared of white bedding, so the deeper the cream, the better. I was then thinking the dustruffle could be in a coordinating fabric.
My next questions is about the style of curtain I should use. Could I do a simple panel on each side of the window or would this type of window look better with a valance.
{{!gwi}}
Laurie
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I guess I should have mentioned that I'm thinking of matelasse for the bedding. That's why I was thinking a print for the dust ruffle might be nice. Kind of like HPJ185's on Rate My Space:
I'd love the find a coordinating dust ruffle in a plaid.
Ree - I posted this on another post, but I wasn't sure if you ever saw it. I'm getting divorced and moving in with my mother while I save for a house. The room above is her guest room. It's pretty the way it is, but I was thinking about changing it just to make it feel more "me".
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Both my coverlet and sofa slipcovers are white. I wanted to be able to wash them and use bleach if necessary. I have washed both numerous occasions using bleach and I dry them on high heat. The coverlet shrunk the first time I washed it using the gentle/cold cycle and I let it air dry. It shrunk anyways so after that I threw caution to the wind and went for it. It stayed the same size. With my slipcovers my seamstress told me to wash the fabric on hot and dry it on high heat before sending it to her. Great advice now I'm able to wash and bleach my slipcovers without fear of shrinking them.
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