What about this chest?

Here is a link that might be useful: Currey & Co. Chest

I LOVE this one.....

Here is a link that might be useful: chest

The De Stijl chest is all drawers, just like the Mission chest, so I'd nix it.

The second one would be a standout piece. However, I think a showy piece placed on the right side of the bed competes with the chest and a showy piece on the corner side of the bed disappears. Maybe you want plainer nightstands and nice bedding and seating at the base of the bed and that's all you need around the bed, besides art. You also want a vanity/desk, potentially more wood, so I would use upholstered seating at the footboard.

I might look to the desk/vanity to be the attention-grabber. I think it would balance out the room more than decorated nightstands that don't really seem to have any relationship to the bed and chest. I'd probably shop for that first if it's a necessity for your bedroom.

May - I know you are right. I just got crazy looking for tables.

I think the Curry & Co chest is too contemporary and also looks like it will not "hold its lines" very long, i.e.: be passé and dated soon.

Yes Tibrix -- you're right.

How about starting with a rug? Tib is good at picking those out and you'll need one with the cold weather ahead. Then there will be colors and a style to work with.

A nice trunk? A nice chair and ottoman? Seating bench, perhaps a tall corner high boy with black hardware. I have a chest as large as yours, use it for folded seasonal clothes. It is a tough call to decorate around. But softer elements and textures help. My suggestions are what is in my guest bedroom with the chest. Along iron wall and table lamps. I also cut a fireplace surround down and have it hanging on the wall across from bed. Always have a bit of rustic going on, small amount.

Technicolor - I would love to see a pic of your guest room.

On the right side of the bed...(40w 20d 30h)

One the left (40w 22d 30h)

Or something like this on left...

Maybe I should move the dresser to the wall opposite the bed to balance out the room. I was hoping to put an armoire there for a TV but I don't really have to have a TV in the room. I could put a different (taller) mirror over it or even artwork and no mirror.

Oh, I LOVE the first two tables for beside the bed!

I wouldn't haul a huge armoire in there. the mission dresser looks to small, from the pics, for the long wall. Instead, I'd move the dresser to the wall opposite where it is now, so next to the windows, and I'd put a TV on an articulating arm where the dresser is now. That way, if you want to watch it, you can pull it out and angle it for watching, and when you don't, push it back against the wall. But a small table or dresser underneath the TV to hold the cable box, etc.

As for a rug, I think bedrooms should be very calming and serene places. You should get that feeling, softness, quiet, when you walk into a room. So I think rugs that aren't too busy, but have some texture going on, for bedrooms.

And actually, I LOVE the rug I put in my bedroom, which is rustic (it was a barn), like yours. It's got wonderful colors - grays, browns, soft blues. I absolutely love it. However, the original form is weird in that it has fringe on one end. Strange. I had them put a border on mine, like you see on sisal rugs. Much better. I also wish I'd gotten it one size bigger. Sigh.

I'll put a pick of it up here, but it doesn't photograph well at all. It is MUCH nicer in person. I put it on a thick pad as well, so it feels very nice underfoot.

Here is a closeup of it because the online photo of it is really ugly, and this rug is NOT ugly. It's beautiful.

Here is the long view of this rug. You can see the fringe on the end. Yuck. But I think this rug would be perfect with your wrought iron bed and rustic furnishings, wall color, etc.

See what I mean by it looks ugly? But it isn't.

Tibbix - Unfortunately, there isn't room on the wall opposite from where the dresser is now. There is only room for the bedside table. The wall is mostly windows and a French door to the outside.

The wall opposite the bed is 13' (with the door open). The dresser is 65" which would leave about 4' on either side. I plan to put a chair and ottoman to one side of that wall.

I like your rug. Do you have a photo of your room? It is difficult to determine the weave size from the picture without a point of reference.

Tibbix - what would you put on the wall opposite the bed to balance out the room?

Oh, I see that in the third pic of the room.

Honestly, I think the mission dresser really doesn't work in that room. I'd put that in a guest room. Put the TV on that wall on an articulating arm, with a table or small dresser under it.

You're going to have some kind of bench at the foot of the bed, right?

I think that along wall needs something substantial. If you have the $$, I'd go for builtins.

Something along these lines.

My camera's battery just croaked. Let me recharge it, and then I'll take a pic of the rug in my room. It's by Capel, so maybe there is a retailer nearby who sells it and you can look at it in person.

I like this rug....maybe too busy. Ignore the blue fabric - I'm not planning on using blue except maybe in the rug.

Armoire - comes in different finishes including painted.

Tib - Zowee! Beautiful build ins. I don't think it would work in my room and I've got too much to purchase to add that to the budget but great idea. I know the dresser is becoming a step-child. But, I haven't a place for it in the guest room. If I did you can be sure that thing would already be in there. :-)

Thank you!

Zoweeâ¦love that chair!

And actually, it would be PERFECT on my rug. Battery is charging.

I think you need a hefty dresser for that wall.

How about the dining room for the mission dresser and mirror?

That poor old dresser :-) I'm going to measure and see!

so, here is the rug. I don't know why this rug photographs so poorly from any kind of distance. I have three pics and have to post them separately. But you can see where I had the edges bound, and that I also have a rustic bedroom. Also, that the rug is just too darn small. Darn it.

The closeup of the rug really shows you what it looks like and what the colors are. That chair would be PERFECT on this rug. Btw, it is a wool blend.

Another shot

Closeup of pattern and colors. This pic is very accurate.

Very nice rug. I like your floor as well.

Interesting you should mention putting the dresser in the dining room... It would probably fit in there where the painting and shallow table are now. Would that be strange to have a dresser in the dining room?

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I don't think the dresser would be strange in a dining room, however, is seems like it would give you a lot of big furniture close together in there since you already have the china cabinet. I think it would make that space look "heavy".

It's perfect for your DR. Wow.

However, I'd put the taller China cabinet on the tall wall and the dresser and mirror on the shorter wall, where the China cab is now.

LOVE your DR chairs.

Indeed, the drawers in the dresser would be great for storing your dinnerware, plates, bowls, etc. Then you just lift them out. So much easier.

That rug, in a large size, in your room would be perfect, IMO, with the wall color, that chair, the wrought iron bed, the blindsâ¦

The bound it for me for free, btw.

I'm curious why you are straying from the A&C bones of the house and your other decor. The rug and armoire you picked out are Craftsman, and both are gorgeous. You obviously have excellent taste and know how to decorate a room.

Coll - I agree We have two arm chairs for the dining table and two leaves. So with the 6 chairs and the extended table it would be too much. The dining room is part of the kitchen. We have no formal dining room.

May - thank you so much for the compliment. I really needed it. I just haven't much confidence in my choices. I've made some major $$$ mistakes via a decorator and am scared to make another decision. I'm sort of frozen. Talking things out with all of you is so helpful. You all have so many good ideas.

I'm keeping the Mission dresser in the bedroom but wanted the bedside tables to be different. I like the armoire and rug sample too. Just need to get the sample and see how it goes with the paint.

The rug in the dining room, as well as the little skinny table were a decorator's choice and I don't like them - but thems the breaks. I should have gone with my gut. Too late now.

Which bedside tables do you like so far?

I love that first one you put up. What is it called? And I love the latticed Louis XVI from RH, but I don't like them together.

If you don't need another dresser, how about putting a seating area against that wall, using that chair up above with another, a low, round coffee table, maybe a pendant light hanging from the ceiling, with artwork on the walls.

something like this:

Love this!

Here is a link that might be useful: Not-blurry pic of pendant

Tib - I think the scroll/lattice type things aren't me. The first table is by Hickory White - not sure of the name.

Nice light fixture but I cannot give up my ceiling fan... I might get the vapors. :-)

Oh right. I forgot about the fan.

Well, what I meant was a pendant light for the sitting area along the wall, if you didn't need another dresser. So a pendant light would hang from the lowest level of the ceiling, not in the center where the fan is.

I don't blame you for not wanting to use all mission style furniture. Although its a classic style, it's can also look a bit rigid....it's one thing if you have a small period bungalow, with the wood trim everywhere etc., but your lovely home looks like a contemporary build, so I think you can definitely mix it up.

I don't think i'd do another chest of drawers for nightstands....just seems like a lot of drawers altogether. How about a round or demilune night stand/ table

I think "brown wood" for your blinds. Also it never hurts to mix styles such as a touch of Victorian for "oomph".

I wouldn't want a strictly Mission room either. We have some of the Ethan Allen Impressions furniture, which I think they describe as contemporary Mission. Much more relaxed than Stickley.

I love that round table coll posted and also noticed you have a love of drawers. Me too.

I like Coll's table too. Coll - who makes that?

Yes, I tend to want storage and function.

Rr, I found that table while image searching round night stands....

It was on this site:

http://www.colders.com/item.aspx?itemid=-822990847&itemnum=816-63-82

It's Stanley Continuum and not on their website, so it must be discontinued. I didn't see a price on Colders. Stanley is sold in some of the better furniture stores in my area.

I found it on another site - it is only 28" h and 29"w so probably a little small for bedside but it is a possibility to put by the chair.

It would look nice with the armoire.

I'm not a big fan of a lot of painted furniture but it is really the thing these days. I think wood is timeless. I

I liked this Pottery Barn Stratton table too. Thought the big boxy drawer face was neat. It's 24" wide. My Mission style entertainment armoire has the same feet.

I think that bed, and the room need good-sized bedside tables.

From Pottery Barn. It actually is labeled a bedside table. Not sure if that raised edge would be an issue, though.

On one side, you could have one of these cheap-o round tables, which you then have a table cloth made for out of your choice of fabric. Put a glass top on itâ¦voila.

This option would also help in limiting the different woods and wood tones in the room, as well as giving the room another way of adding color or other design.

I'd get a larger table and a nice fabric, but this is the idea. And do NOT do fringe! Who's brilliant idea was that? Can you imagine trying to vacuum around and under that? G'bye glass lamp!

This post was edited by Tibbrix on Mon, Sep 15, 14 at 12:01

This is probably too small for you too, but I thought the fact that it was oak made it relate somewhat to the dresser, which I assume is oak. It's by Bernhardt and they make a two drawer chest too. ( I still like less drawers in there)