Good Morning Kind People! What an absolute delight it was to go online just now and read your terrific, supportive and helpful suggestions. If just for the notion of the tufting distorting the check fabric's symmetry alone I am forever grateful, decorpas! It had never occurred to me .... My husband really likes a tufted headboard so I just thought "sure!" But now I'll need to rethink either the tufting there or the fabric choice for the headboard. les917 -- you were the one who led me down such a great path with my boys' fabrics, so I was so happy to see your kind name here again helping me. Thank you for the links to those beautiful fabrics -- I've already bookmarked them! Thank you. gk5040 and oceanna, thank you for suggesting the solids. I think you're right: I was putting the cart before the horse. I should first wallpaper the room (because I know it has to be that red toile!) and then let me eye direct me. And of course, deciding what the actual seating will be (either that chaise or, more likely, two petite fauteil or bergeres) will certainly help decide what the upholstery should be. oceanna -- I am one of those who lives in a CL wasteland -- crap crap crap. We used to live in San Francisco where it was a shopper's dream! But things are different 'round here ... shoot. But I love your always-helpful and kind suggestions. When I first saw those chairs I posted above I thought I'd found a steal -- the two of them for $800. Then I reread it and realized I'd left off a zero. In this life I am just not in that bracket! And thank you for the nice words about my husband. Yesterday was one of those days with the kiddos (my one year-old decided to take NO NAP but did want to scream at me -- he was exhausted but wouldn't give in) where I realized I earn every penny (and then some) I spend on "me" things. I think he feels likewise so he knows if he wants to continue to spend private time with me anywhere (not just in the bedroom!) it behooves him to make sure I am pretty happy. But you're right -- I'm lucky that he doesn't put up a fuss about having a pretty bedroom. I have a friend whose husband hates smocking and gingham (for little boys' clothing) and will not allow their son to wear those things. Let's just say my kids would go naked if that were the case but, of course, I couldn't be married to a man who didn't appreciate smocked jonjons! Thank you for reminding me that I did good with my husband. We all need that mental goose every once in a while, and yesterday was certainly my day. When we get going on this project I'll be back to post pictures!

Thanks all ... here's another picture ... can't figure out why the album on picasa isn't showing. The hand-drawn acanthus leaf pattern is on the walls and ceiling ... our grandparents (on my Mom's side were artists) so we all have some sort of talent/appreciation for color and form. My sister has the physical drawing talent ... she actually studied under my grandfather who was a renown Buffalo artist. This room used to be a sleeping porch back in the day ... the 14,000 square foot home didn't have AC obviously, so they had a sleeping porch. The views, 3 sides of windows, are amazing ... this house is surrounded by fields/horse pastures .... I volunteered and spent the first morning that the Show House was opened, in my sisters room welcoming people in .... so many people walked in and sighed a big sigh of relief ... they appreciated the light, bright. comfy feeling of the room. It was lots of fun.

Tijeras: I looked at the curtains you like on the Country Curtain website. I specifically looked at the tie backs to see if I could figure out the size of the check. The tiebacks are 3" wide, and it looks like there are 1 & 1/2 "checks" in this width. So you might need a 2" check size. Here's a link to a yellow buffalo check fabric, if you decide to make your own curtains. It's about $17 a yard, so depending on your window size, you might save some money over the Country Curtains pair. Simple draperies are really easy to sew! http://www.decorativefabricsdirect.com/_p/6110611.htm?gclid=CIG1u6fHxMgCFQqFfgod440OoQ Anyway--good luck in your quest!

Funny, I just got a sample of black and cream buffalo check from Country Curtains for a valance in my kitchen. If it's trendy, I didn't realize it. Or perhaps marketing has seeped into my consciousness without realizing it. I like cheery kitchens, and nothing says cheery like yellow and white check. Given that I'd have to order cafe curtains and then shorten them, I may make my own as I did for what I have now. Even I can sew a valance.