Let him channel his inner teenage Bohemian girl. It will look great.

These colors are much more subtle but maybe you could make it work.

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Hahahahaha! Perhaps I should be more "concerned" than I am. ;-)

I envision that bed as it's dressed in the photos above. That's "grandmother's guest bed at the lake house", is it not? I see it in sweet and simple bed linens, certainly not a riot of patchouli-scented hippieness. But I'm trying to be a tolerant, compromising partner here. ::sigh::

I couldn't wait to see the bedding. First, I love the dresser. Quite masculine. Now, regarding the bedding, that is quite the surprise.

Macy's has got it on sale at 50% off with an additional 10% off. It is in a darker purple that might not be so surprising.

Hurry. The sale ends tonight at Macy's.

Well, I love that bedspread and I'm no teenager by a long shot (like 40+ years beyond that. Okay, I'll admit to being an old hippie with no decor skills to speak of...). But, anyway, I think it's great your husband likes that bedspread (shows admirable independence from stodgy norms) and why not make it work, it that's what he likes? I think it will be great.

That *is a surprise! Well, I love the bed & dresser! I don't know if I'd put the bedding together with that bed even for a teenage girl but... Perhaps, accessorize with brown & green pillows?

Your DH and I would get along just fine! In doing searches on Houzz for our master bedroom, I got sick of all the beige/white boring bedrooms ... the more colorfull ones that caught my eye, were usually labeled as "bedroom designed for young-adult child of homeowner". My DH also likes the more colorfull ones, so we'll join your DH in the young-adult-at-heart club!!!

I think it's great. Get a red or orange rug and some coordinating artwork and you're good.

World Market has some boho bedding that are exuberant but maybe a bit less girly. You might take a look and run those options by him if you prefer them. You might find a happy medium that he likes just as well but works better for you. But really, it's his bedroom. Let him get what he wants.

Love the thread title, BTW.

Oh boy, the post title, then the bold bedding and then Oly's comment! Ha I can't top that. What a fun thread just before I turn out the lights.

That is very funny;). I never expected the bedding. BTW I'm laughing as I type this from the guest, umm...my room as my much loved husband is snoozing away in our master, umm...his room. If it's not pricey I say let him win, the bed and furniture are spot on. If you can't live with it later duvet cover it:)

As long as he doesn't demand a wall tapestry from urban outfitters I don't think you have to worry about it looking too teenagery ;) I think the furniture is unfussy enough that it will go with whatever bedding you want.

But I second cawaps suggestion to check out Cost Plus because they have good boho stuff.

Off topic, but Paula Dean sells furniture? What....?

Olychic - That picture really does it for me. Love it.

Fishcow - Oh yea Paula does do furniture. Some kinda nice

Wow, the bedding is quite colorful but hey its his room so let him have what he wants.

I hear you on the snoring, we also have in our house the master bedroom and then his occasional bedroom when the snoring gets too bad.

hmmmm, now I'm better understanding the stripes looking like an 'old person's' comment !! lol ;)

Another vote to let him do his thing but do check out World Market first or any other place. Not because he might find a more subtle Bohemian look but because I would not buy Tracy Porter products. She did a trash and burn in WI, not far from where we used to live and left a lot of people and parts of the town to hang in the wind. I know, not logical, because the working conditions of the people making the products for WM are not what they should be, but one is distant and somewhat unknowable, the other is a situation I've seen first hand and spoken directly with the people who were collateral damage. We all have our battles, this would be one of mine.

I'd let him have his pick, especially if it isn't expensive. Maybe you can talk him into a solid color coverlet with this one folded at the bottom so the look isn't so bold. Company will think it's the guest room, so no harm done. He may tire of it and want to change it out sooner rather than later. I would probably look at IKEA for art...they will have inexpensive, colorful prints and you won't have invested a fortune if he decides to change the bedding later.

Seeing the bed on my laptop instead of my phone, I'd say that it could easily work with the boho style bedding, though it's a different choice for most guys. Could he just be messin' with ya?

Oly, that room is gorgeous and gives me a shred of hope that this "mix" just might work into something acceptable! And no - he's definitely not messin' with me. I was actually remembering last night (right before I drifted off to sleep) the bedding that he first had when we met. It was more of a southwest design, but the colors were vibrant - purples and some blues and fuschia even. He's funny. He loves this Tracy Porter bedding, but thought the red lumbar pillow I suggested for our new wingback chair was somehow "too much."

The TP bedding isn't what I'd call inexpensive - the quilt is $150-$180 depending on retailer. I did see the sale at Macy's though and told him about it. I told DH that we could order the quilt and a couple of shams there, and shop elsewhere for a few throw pillows. He then expressed interest in the TP throw pillows, so I just left it in his hands. As of last night, he still hadn't ordered any of it though, and said this morning he was mulling it over. He's not as impulsive as I am, but seems to know exactly what he likes instantly when he sees it.

I'll check out World Market too. Thanks for that tip!

OK ... I'm not finding these choices as disturbing as I initially feared.

Sounds like you might not have to do anything if he's "mulling it over" now. Play your cards right and you might get "brownie points" for agreeing to what he wanted (but then changed his mind) ;) By the way, we have the same sleeping "arrangement" for the exact same reason. So no, I don't think it "odd" :) We just completed his bathroom remodel and I'm hoping he'll let me do a "refresh" of his bedding. Bathroom is a masculine "Texas" theme and I'm sure the bedding will complement that.

ps...just saw your pieces all together. Doesn't look bad at all! I would just never guess it to be a man's room. But, that's OK! Like he said, who's going to see it?

I love the bed and the dressers!

The bedding, eh, not my style, but if he loves it...:)

Well, you know, I have so many duvet covers that I can go from Royal Tartan to Fiji tiki hut and on to white frilly French.

Something about his furniture reminds me of colonial India. The print on the bedding looks asian/ethnic to me. I think it will look nice. For fun ask him what color to paint the walls.

Yes - I can totally see taking this in a British Colonial/Indian direction. Or trying to, anyway! That might be fun!

He's now saying we need to wait on everything until after our shutters are installed, which should be within the next month. Although the furniture is on sale through today, he thinks the savings isn't enough to warrant rushing out and buying it all now. Still - I'm pretty sure he's decided that these are the items he wants. Once he admits to liking something, I've never seen him back down. ;-)

When taking into account your other thread on turning the master bedroom into "temptation island," it could really serve your purpose well if his "snooze room" has its own distinct personality. The furniture itself is quite nice and if the bedding puts him in a happy place, that is a very good thing.

I guess I'm lucky. For the most part my hubby "purrs". Granted whenever I'm reading a scary part in a book, then he lets out a honkin' huge snore. I always just laugh and say that "yes, God has a sense of humor".

When we first started to let the let the cats sleep with us when they were around two, too much fur so that didn't last long, Jazzy liked to sleep on my right side, hubby's on my left. The first time she heard him snore, she (no joking here) stretch her neck to see who was on the other side of me. When she only saw hubby, she looked at me and tilted her head, then back at hubby. She did this a few times until I convinced her humans can purr too. I've called it his purr ever sense, because he really sounds like a cat purring for the most part.

My only surprise is that others are surprised. I think they all work together and admire his sense of self.

I think he's earned the right to choose whatever makes him happy in his own room.

Justgotabme, mine purrs at times and roars others. But it's all good. I'm willing to put up with it since he's gone half the time. The boy cats go to bed when we do, but each has his own bed in the room.

I think it's great. Guess I don't understand why this is a problem if it's acceptable to him.

cawaps - I really love the paint you used on the walls! Both of those colors really work well with the bedding. Love that rug too (although we have frieze carpet and not hardwoods upstairs). We don't plan to paint, however. At least not for a very long time -- After all the many times we painted rooms in our previous home, we're ready to enjoy the neutral loveliness of SW Accessible Beige. ;-)

DH is still "on hold" as to ordering any of these items. I'm sure he WILL in time, but we both agreed, after our flurry of planning this past weekend, that other things need to come first right now. Our window treatments (plantation shutters) will be installed throughout the house soon and we still owe $ on those. Oh, to have vast and limitless resources!