sis2two - No I have not decided!! LOL I am all over the place with this and my mind is doing mental gymnastics trying to pull it together in my head so that I don't make any costly mistakes that I will end up regretting. At first I thought I wanted black/cream. Then I was leaning towards brown/cream. Now I am stuck on a red/cream set on the Horchow site. I am trying to work out the details of what would go on the windows with any of the patterns. Once I figure all that out, I will then attempt the paint color. LOL I am still confused and frozen as to what to do next. cheri127 - thanks for the info. Your bed looks very pretty! What color is that painted on your wall behind the bed? It looks like a golden yellow in the pic. That is interesting what you said about the material being stiff..I was wondering that myself, about the feel of the material. Even if I did get the French Laundry Duvet (or use similar red toile fabric to have one made) I am not envisioning what kind of color should go on the walls. The only color I could imagine would be some type of cream or yellow. I am having such a mental block with this room! The key problems being, that it is so open (because of french doors) to the rest of the house so it must flow. And the other dilemma being that because of the L shape in the room, the bedding pattern will be on side of the room. I very much want to go with the pretty cream colored curtains that I posted above but still unsure if those would coordinate with any of the bedding I am considering. I need an HGTV expert to come rescue me!!! lol :)

les917 - you are the sweetest thing ever and I think you need to move to my neighborhood to be my personal shopper!!! LOL We have a Tuesday Morning a few miles away, I wonder if they carry the same items from store to store. And I am completely addicted to this forum and would be lost without it!! I was just reading back to the thread in which people were voting on which wallpaper to choose for my room, and you had mentioned (and others agreed with you) that I needed to get bedding that would balance out the colors in the paper. You had posted a really pretty JC Penney bedding set in that thread is simply gorgeous but because I have my heart set on solid colors I am getting stuck on that and feeling discouraged...I really wanted solid color linens but just struggling as to what direction I should go. I am not opposed to introducing another pattern in the room, but really don't think I am talented enough to pick the right thing. The only patterns that I am thinking will work are ginghams or stripes (and I hate stripes). LOL

What a beautiful bedroom!! I hope your doggies don't sway you from the white bedding!! I have gone to a white matelasse b/c of my dogs - it will pop into the washer/dryer & I can use bleach on it. I was using an expensive Eastern Accents duvet that I had to have dry cleaned every time it got dirty. Also, the room above doesn't show a bed skirt - which is what got dirty for me when I had one before. My big old lab like to go under the bed when I had a bed skirt. I saw how dirty it got & took that thing OFF!! Now, I would have a hard time keeping that cream carpet clean, thou!! But to me, the carpet could easily be darker & still work - like a darker taupe (or a color that blends with your dogs hair color :) ) I also really like the printed sheets that Caminnc posted above. Smiles:)

I think I might be a bit hesitant about the black and white flooring. I love that look, but it could be very limiting down the road. If the carpeting is still okay, and you want to keep it, I would tell her that an area rug would be an option - zebra, or use carpet tape to tape together black and white bath rugs for a checkerboard look if you can't find an area rug like that. As for convincing her, I think maybe that is backwards thinking, LOL. She needs to convince you. Have her draw a scaled drawing of a wall on graph paper (you can download that on line for free if you don't have any). Have her draw up and color the design she thinks would be best for the walls. Then tell her that you also want one done the way you would like it (perhaps the banding I suggested, or something else that you like). Pin 'em up on the wall in the room, envision what they might feel like IRL, and work to some kind of compromise. Also make sure she understands that NO work can start until everything is off the floor and cleaned up so that furniture can be moved, etc. Perhaps offer to help her, but make HER start it and show some progress before you join in. As for the ceiling, with 12 feet up there I still think the blue is the way to go. Be sure she has enough lighting at 'people height' - lamps on the dresser and vanity, a wall-mounted swing-arm up by the sleeping area of the loft bed, a lamp by a reading chair or desk if she has those in there.