Thanks everyone. I think I will try to figure out a way to live with it. I love both the color and the bedding, so i don't want to change either. It is a really good point that the crib bedding gets outgrown pretty quickly anyway. I hadn't even thought of plants! What a great idea, thank you. The rest of my home is overflowing with houseplants, so I can easily relocate one or two in here :) Like I said, I probably have a while before our little one comes home, but I am having fun planning his/her room. I will need curtains, and plan to make my own. What do you think? Green? Does anyone have any favorite fabric websites? I also need a mobile for the crib, probably something nature/bird/tree themed. Oh and a light switch cover. I am thinking about putting up some photographs of birds whimsical nature prints and framing them. Any other ideas to tie the room together? I think I need to paint the ceiling also, since it seems to be a brown color. Should I do white?

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

OilPainter, Thanks for your reply. I am going to try your way later today. Here is the pattern I'm using from Simplicity Home Decorating book. I am a novice sewer, and felt that I would be better off following directions, instead of trying to wing it. Step 1: Cut and piece the curtains. Using the cutting width and cutting length as your dimensions, cut the fabric for the curtain. If necessary, piece the panels, using 1/2″ seams. Step 2: Hem the lower edge. * After the panels are joined together, lay the fabric wrong side up on a large, flat surface. Press the lower edge up 4″, then 4″ again to form a double hem. * At the location of the piecing seam, hand-tack a drapery weight to the inner hem allowance, 1/2″ from the hemline. * Topstitch or, for a custom look, hand-sew or machine-blindstitch the hem in place. Step 3: Press the sides. * Press the sides in 1 1/4″, then 1 1/4″ again to form the double hem. * At each bottom corner, hand-tack a drapery weight to the inner hem allowance, 1/2″ from the side hemline and 1/2″ from the bottom hemline. * Do not stitch the side hems. Step 4: Prepare the header. * Measure up from the bottom hem and mark a distance equal to the cutting legth, minus the 8″ that became the bottom hem. Trim off the excesss fabric. * Press the upper edge down a distance equal to the header depth and the rod pocket depth. Fold down again the same amount, forming a double hem; press again. Step 5: Cut, piece and hem the lining. * To determine the cutting legth of the lining, add the finished legth of the curtain plus the header depth plus 6″. * To determine the cutting width of the lining, add the cutting width of the curtain plus 2 1/2″. * Cut the fabric for the lining. If necesssary, piece the panels, using 1/2″ seam allowance. * Press the lower edge of the lining up 3″, then 3″ again to form a double hem; stitch. Step 6: Attach the lining. * Place the curtain, wrong side up, on your work surface. Place the lining, right side up, over the curtain, so that the bottom of the lining is 1″ above the bottom of the curtain. Offset the lining slightly so any piecing seams in the lining and curtain are parallel and a scant 1/2″ apart. This will eliminate bulk in the header. Pin the hem allowances together at the bottom. * Working from center to side, and bottom to top, smooth, press and pin the lining to the curtain. * When you reach the top of the curtain, trimg the lining so it corresponds to the top of the header. Lift up the double hem and tuck the lining under it; pin. * As you reach each side hem, unpin the hem, open it out and trim the lining to correspond to the inner foldline. Fold the side hems back over the lining; repin. * When you get to the top, unpin the header area just enough to allow you to finish trimming and securing the lining under the side hems. * Topstitch or hand-sew the side hems to secure the side hems to the lining. Then repin the header area. Step 7: Finish the header and rod pocket. * Edgestitch along the lower edge of the header area, through the curtain and the lining. * Measure down from the top of the curtain a distance equal to the header. Machine-stitch, creating the header and rod pocket.

I have never understood the concept of buying a rug where most of it will be UNDER the bed and unseen. Maybe someone can explain? I would buy matching area rugs to go next to the bed on both sides of it.