Thanks for the ideas everyone! eliza, unfortunately I donÂt know how to tell you to post a picture. Can you describe the bookshelf (dimensions, is it at the head of the bed or along the side, etc.)? Does your daughter bump her head into it? valinsv, I agree about liking the "daybed" kind of feel of the bed against the wall. We too sit back against the wall while weÂre reading. 3dgrad, I do have a swing arm wall lamp, but it's pretty big and seems like it would stick out too far from the wall into the bed space. I think I still have some smaller wall sconces that I might try. I hope I still have themÂthey were in the "going to Goodwill" box at one point. Now that you mention it, I have seen a little folding shelf thing like you described, but forgot all about it. Thanks for the idea. budge, there is a headboard, so a clamp lamp might be what we end up with. Does yours get knocked around? ThatÂs kind of my dilemma, a clamp lamp will be down near pillows and such, but a wall-mounted lamp will be up where the light might glare down too much. I did see a canvas "nursery organizer" which is like a hanging shoe bag but with wider pockets at Babies R Us. I was thinking about that because itÂs soft and would hold a few books and maybe even a water bottle. I might have to do some surgery on it though to make it more horizontally-oriented than vertically.

Yes, you can order just the headboard and use a heavy duty bed frame. That's what I did with the Charles P Rogers iron bed in my guest room. I love the look of the footboard but didn't have much space. Brass Beds of Virginia also offers a low footboard for its iron beds. I like that option better than no footboard because I think the interlocking frame makes for a more sturdy bed. If you go to their website and click on a bed you like you might be able to see an illustration of what the low footboard option would look like.

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I have tried to match Farrow and Ball paint with Ben Moore and believe it cannot be done well. There is such a depth of pigmentation to the F&B and it interacts with light so differently - especially with neutral colors. Instead I think it is best to find a Ben Moore existing color that is a close match, use big swatches of it on the wall and see if you like the Ben Moore color. This link shows Maritime White as the closest match to Diminty. I used Maritime White in my old kitchen and adored the color. Does it look anything like the Dimity in my bedroom? Not at all. But finding these supposed equivalents could lead you down a path to finding a good Ben Moore color you would not have originally thought of. https://www.colorsbykellyhaller.com/farrow-ball-colors-matched-to-benjamin-moore Also, you may want to splurge on F&B in just one room. If you are doing a whole home renovation, a gallon of expensive paint won't even be a drop in the bucket.