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I'm so sorry to hear about your DH; I hope the tests are wrong.

I really love the floral, but what about using the blue as the spread with the floral duvet folded at the end of the bed? It looks like it has blue in it. I'm not so crazy about the blue spread by itself. Maybe if you had some pretty patterned shams with it.
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Healing vibes coming your way for your husband.

I have the same bedroom suite. Napa Valley by Bernhardt. Though I don't have nightstands I have the chest, my bed has the canopy and my armouire is the full door style. So funny to see my set elsewhere..

Anyway, On my triple dresser and yes, same mirror - since it's sooooo big, I was afraid to try a different mirror, so I have two tall thin lamps to balance the weight and size of the mirror.

My wall color is a yellow/tan similiar to the furniture but darker. I used torquise and brown for my comforter and drapery. It is a soft spa like feel.

First off, prayers are being lifted for you hubby! God bless him. I'm sure he's already been through so much so I'll continue to lift up prayers that all is well.

Now for your bedding....I actually like the floral bedding you have now and think the I'd use it with the solids folding one or the other over the foot of the bed. IF the floral is a duvet you could always use it without whatever it's covering for the warmer months.

I think if you paint the room a pretty blue that would be the most relaxing and the taupe bedding and carpet would blend much better. Lovely room.

God speed to your husband, prayers for him on this Easter Sunday. Now for the room, that paint color is BM wythe blue and it's beyond gorgeous. If you love it then have it done, I think it would look so much better with your light furniture and would even compliment the rug. Then I'd get larger lamps with a larger base and textured shades like linen or burlap. I think your taupe and blue would work with new wall color. For art I'd pieces that reflect the outdoors aka trees or beautiful scenes of water etc. It's so personal. I like the sound of your drapes. For me the color would be the most important. When you have an emotional reaction to a color you should use it and the rest all falls in place.

Great bones...absolutely work with what you have.
I updated my 80's bedroom set by removing the big mirror and hanging an antique mirror. It made me feel so much better.
Try adding 2 botanical prints over your bed, like your inspiration pic. They will tie in your pretty floral bedding.
Add the blue coverlet folded on the bottom half of your bed.
Add larger lampshades...Lowe's has a big selection.
Try a wicker basket or large vase with dried hydrangeas on your armoire and yes, an ottoman at the end of your bed with a cozy throw and a toss pillow or 2.
Good luck with this and healthy wishes sent to your hubby. Please keep us posted~~

Suzie, blessings and prayers for your husband and your family. Also, I immediately recognized the Napa furniture by Bernhardt as I have the dining room furniture. You have lots to work with in such a nice room so I'm sure it will all come together nicely.

Good luck with your husbands health. Ask/believe God for healing!

I think the furniture placement might freshen up the space. I would leave the tall dresser alone and arrange a sitting area in front of windows with a table between them. The bed on the wall(where mirror is now) with the long dresser with the mirror on the opposite wall. It will really accentuate the window space. Try it, I had the same setup in mine and I loved it! A little longer walk to the loo if you sleep on the left of the bed but so pretty.

Everyone- Thank you so much for your prayers- we are so blessed with each day and with our children!

Paint- Vote- Leave as is, Do Cream colored, Blue- i�m afraid if i will be sick of the blue in time which is why I think of cream but then the cream will blend. If i Did the blue walls would the blue coverlet match or contrast? hmmm

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Thank you so much!! The problem is the Tall Dresser has the TV in it--- And that is the best wall for the TV - so layout has to stay as is.....

Some more pics- after sleeping with the new bedding- The blue is sooooo comfy and I need the duvet- I can probably return the tan one b/c hubby didn�t find that comfy and it was $175!! But my concern is the blue seems to not be as long on the sides so then you will see the sheet.... does that bother you? I can leave the floral duvet folded over.

I wonder if I should attempt to change the dresser hardware to black? Not sure if i can?? thoughts...

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LOL- The blue coverlet was on wrong- its as long as the one under it hahaha- So that problem is resolved

Off to home depot- going to look at hardware to see if I can find something that will work....

I like it this way since everything else is solid in the room the floral at the end of the bed looks very pretty.
As for the blue, if you have a queen size bed I'd recommend exchanging the blue for a king size. That's what I do for our queen size bed. Seems they are making what they call a "full queen" size lately and they are too small for a queen bed.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your husband and hope that the prognosis is incorrect. I lost my husband suddenly in 8/07 and was not in a good frame of mind to say the least for a very long time. Your home looks beautiful as is, I think a few tweaks will make a huge difference, however, this should be your taste and style. Your friends can recommend what changes they feel is necessary but they must fit into your lifestyle.

Hubby did not get a chance to hang curtains yet. I am going tomorrow to benj. moore to get some paint samples !!! I�ll post more pics as I get them.

No great luck on hardware today. I�ll be looking again tomorrow.

Possibly Blue or Cream Walls

Rod- Black- with Textured Ivory Panels

Possibly Black Frames - 3 large over the bed with botanicals?

Switch Hardware on set to Black

Change out mirror over the dresser....

Something at the end of the bed- I love that black bench in my inspirational pic- I�ll check out homegoods - if anyone sees a similar bench anywhere let me know! Should it be black or dark wood?

I hope the news for your dh gets better asap!

I'd go very dark on the walls since the rest of your stuff is light. It will also help if he needs to rest in the daytime. It would be the reverse of your inspiration pic which has dark furniture and lighter bedding. I'd shoot for cozy since you have tall ceilings. We went with a very dark purple for our ceilings, and a pale gray wall with wallpaper-like stencils on 2 accent walls. If you did not want your walls to go darker, you could do a dark ceiling. With the height you have, you can risk it. Ours is vaulted and the color is dramatic and makes it nice to look at. I think with the blue you like, you may want to go with a dark silver gray color instead of tan. It would be a real change and would work with your blues tones in the bedding.

Just a question.
Since sadly, your DH might be sending a bit more time in that room, particularly if tests are rigorous.

What's his opinion?

BTW, that's a beautiful room.

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First, let me say cancer sucks. I am so sorry that you are dealing with this, and like everyone else here, I will say a prayer for you.
Your room is beautiful. I think drapery panels will be perfect, along with a new mirror. I really like the wall color. Have you thought about a soft blue for the ceiling?
And, you have an incredible amount of wall space. I see a large painting over your bed...something peaceful. Maybe a soft landscape that brings the blues of your inspiration pic. into play. And, if you don't find the right color/size hardware, you can always paint the ones you have.
Looking forward to seeing your room progress!!

First thank you all for thoughts/ prayers and comments!!

So I got some paint today- and I�m afraid the blue might be too scary for me!!!

The cream is such a pretty cream but I know it will "blend" without the furniture.... would it work if I do dark wood accessories, ie bench....picture frames etc....

See paint samples

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One of my cream/cream inspirations--- furniture is a bit darker

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Also what about my master bathroom

Cream or leave??

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after we nail down paint I�m def. changing the mirror!!!

Sorry to hear about your hubby - hopefully the next set of tests will come back with a happier result.

I like the idea, as others have posted, about going blue but since you are afraid of getting bored with it perhaps try to find a soft gray/blue that is a bit more neutral. This way even if you change your bedding or furniture down the road you don't have to worry too much about it clashing with the paint.

Susie, I am so sorry to learn of what you are dealing with and I think that it does make sense to do what you are doing- let everything be as soothing as can be around you.
Your room is beautiful and I think the color looks nice as it is, but if you are thinking of changing I think the blue would be perfect. I don't think I care for the cream. I also think I would leave the bathroom the color it is. (I may be biased as my Master Bedroom is blue but a deeper/brighter blue and my master bath is tan).
Good luck with everything... we will all be thinkin of you.

LOL cream does not look nice at night- blue does.... blue was a little bold during the day - ahhhh - might keep as is-- ??

I like the color as is! Love the furniture. I would bring in more blue with the artwork.

Very pretty room!

However, the cream or blue choices aren't working for me. What about a soft celery color? It would match the flowers in the bedspread, and you could put light blue accents (vases, artwork) around the room. It would also look nice with those bamboo shades. I think of soft green as a healing color and your furniture would pop better than it would with the cream or beige. Some ideas for colors:

Benjamin Moore Dune Grass

BM Hancock Green - would look nice with your beige carpet - here's a similar look:

Celery Sticks (Glidden) - green with some beige/gold undertones (I would do it at 50% strength since it's a little more bold, but I love the tone)

Cool Cucumber (Glidden) - more blue, but very soft with greenish undertones

Sending healing thoughts to your husband!

Thank you so much again everyone-

Thinking I will keep trying for a blue or leave as is-- blue reminds me of the beach which I know he loves- so thats healing ...... but it has to be a blue that looks great during the day and night..... for now I will continue searching

Looking forward to getting my curtains hung!!!!

He gets tested again in a few weeks- we have 2 young children....just keep praying :) thank you all!!!

If you see anything that you think would work well in my room send me pics - looking for something for the end of the bed- bench with cushion or something- and might consider getting rid of the large armoire and replacing with a unique piece of furniture and hanging tv.....

My situation is a little different than yours. My husband's health has went dramatically downhill. He had a neck injury and stroke in 2003 then was diagnosed with RA soon after. He has days he is literally stuck in bed.

I thought that since he spent so much time time in the bedroom I would change the wall color from Gold to Blue (his fav color). I painted a sample wall in the master bathroom SW Meditative and a sample wall in the bedroom SW Refuge. His response was less than enthusiastic. He said the Meditative looked like a baby nursery and he wasn't sure that the Refuge might be a little dark. My inspiration pic is similar to yours and I plan to go ahead and paint the whole room Refuge and see how dark it turns out. I personally like the Meditative and how neutral it is with my accessories but hate to proceed with painting the bedroom that color after his less than enthusiastic response.

Therefore my advice is to "Proceed with Caution"!

My first thought when I saw the very first picture was WOW! What a warm, crisp wonderful inviting space!!!!!

I only had opportunity to very quickly skim through all of the posts.

Don't care for the cream or blue so much at this time, HOWEVER, I am interested to know what colors you sampled for both the blue and cream (I'm sure I missed them listed).

Good luck to you and your DH!

BM Wythe Blue was the blue- I�ll have to look up the cream name later-
So far I�m leaning towards leaving it as is and just adding in some pictures etc.....

Hi Susie,

I suck at decorating - that's why I'm here lurking! One thing I'm pretty good at though is being someone who loves someone who had cancer. My advice comes from a different perspective:

First, it's not back until they say it's back. This mantra has gotten me through some pretty scary times.

Second, do you really want to paint right now -- or do you just want to "do something"? When my 21 year old son was undergoing testing to determine the extent of his cancer, we spent a long day in the nearest big city, with breaks in between testing. On the way to pick up some lunch, we drove past a car lot. "Turn!" my son said, and I did. There it sat, the car of his dreams. Being a 21 year old 'the car of his dreams' was a blue Honda hatchback with a souped up engine ;) We walked around the car a few times then he said, "If I wasn't sick, I could buy that car." It tore my heart out. As soon as we got back to our town, I dropped him off and headed for our local credit union. I told the VP there about the car, and why I wanted to buy it. Here's what she asked me: "Do you really want to buy a car or do you just want to 'do something'? Then she told me to come back in a week if I still wanted the car.

A week later, the tests were back, we knew what we were facing and the car was the last thing on any of our minds.

It's not that I think tweaking your bedroom is a bad idea. I think it's a great idea. You need something else to think about besides the great big crushing question mark that's hanging over your heads -- and a pretty room is as good a thing to think about as any.

Instead of major changes right now, maybe it would be best to look for all those wonderful details that can make your already great room even better. Shop for the perfect lamps, the perfect pillows. You love the blue and your DH loves the beach - why not look through your family photos for that one (or two or three) great beach pic(s) that reminds you of easier times. Get it blown up and frame it (them) like the ones in your inspiration pic.

Fingers crossed, prayers lifted, and hooping to see what you do to that room soon.

To find the right blue, google beachy blue paint and you'll find just what you want.

Your posts have really hit home with me. I, too, have cancer (NHL) that has just shown up again - after finishing a grueling round of chemo in December. Just started another 6-month round yesterday and today with new drugs. Feeling pretty good right now as no side effects have kicked in yet. BUT GUESS WHAT! I'M PAINTING! NEARLY EVERYTHING! Had floors redone, too! (Must admit, the fumes are horrible right now, but it's been raining so hard here in L'ville that can't open windows to air it out). The kids were teasing me that i "might" be fixing this house up for Dad's "next wife" but that's okay, too. We're both having fun and gives us a project to do and a chance to finally clear out some of these unnecessary items we've collected over the years. Too much 'stuff' and 'clutter' can depress you, you know.

A couple things: Where did you buy your gorgeous duvet and blue coverlet? Love them! And though I like your current color, I was leaning toward Wythe Blue until Pipdog posted those lovely greens. IMHO, cream may be too light with your furniture and a contrast might work better for you.

I really wish you and your DH the very best and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. There's so much they can do now, so keep your spirits up and keep us posted. -Fripper-

My husband has been through 3 different kinds of cancer in the past 9 years. We are in the midst of a whole-house paint job (ceilings, doors, walls, everything--I don't dare stand still!). The master is done but we haven't installed the 2" blinds, but tomorrow a.m. I'll take pictures. The walls are a very light aqua with white bedspread. It looks lovely and the color is a beach color. We live a block from the beach in the Daytona area.

Good luck! I know you will be fine, but right now, it's got to be tough! Stand strong.

I was thinking about the Wythe Blue some more and looking at your sample pic. It looks like you used a flash which is making the color seem really bright and it's also not dryso it's reflecting even more of the flash looking even brighter.

You're def. not going to get the look of the blue room that you posted since your furniture is all light so here are my thoughts:

1: It's only paint - if you have enough sample paint out the whole wall behind the bed in the Wythe Blue and let it cure for a few days then evaluate.

2: Since your furniture is so much lighter maybe you would want to consider a more greyed hue of blue. I can totally see a relaxing shade of blue in your room and what a wonderful way to treat your DH - something inspired by ocean & beach colors.

edeevee- OMG ok really you had me crying- I�m not kidding!! Thank you for the words. YOu are probably right- keeping busy helps me and creating a nice environment I think helps him.... Today I hung the Curtains- I will post tomorrow but he loved them--- truly loved them-- that made me feel so good- and I have to say the color popped great off of our current walls. I think with the right art work I can achieve what I�m trying to do. I loved the idea of printing our favorite beach pics. I will be seeking art work, lamps, a bench.... a big mirror to replace our existing.. changing hardware... and that should do it!

Fripper I am so so sorry to hear of your news. My heart and prayers are with you. Coverlet - sale at West Elm. Duvet- Pottery Barn!

Beachlily- Sorry to hear about your hubby- hopefully right now is a peaceful time for your family. Treasure each day.

TTodd- Hubby did not like Wythe- I think i have to agree- was too blue for such a big room....

Thank you all!

Looking forward to seeing the curtains!

PS to the rest of you who ARE painting - I think that's great too!

Panels hung!

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Bought 2 Large black frames with chains to hang over the bed like this: Next project!

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Then I need more suggestions- Need new lamps- Something at the end of the bed-- More stuff on the walls... new mirror... ....

What I was trying to say is that to the left of my current mirror I would imitate the inspiration pic and put 1 25x25 photo with 2 smaller photo frames.

Then swap out my mirror for what kind of mirror? What would look good next to the black frames (and would look good over my dresser?)

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So in looking at our room and the space above the bed I think that large frame might be too big for our space. FYI the frame is 25x25.

So I�m thinking I need something different over the bed? I wish I knew how to draw on my pics- But Any suggestions are welcome.

I can use this as inspiration and on my wall to the right of my mirror I can put one of those large frames and get two more. But I don�t like the two small pics overt he bed.
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I like the panels!

I know you said you thought the frames were too big - and remember, I warned you that I suck at decorating - but do you think they would fit above your bed, one on top of the other one, instead of side by side?

Love the way your bedroom is changing. Are you using black and white photos you took yourself(your family, vacation, beach,...)?