Musta been my night! I stopped at TJ Maxx on my home from work just to see if they may have something that would work and they did! I put a quilt & 2 shams on layaway in a modernish watercolor like paisley & floral print in fresh green, blue, coral, pink and orange as well as a magazine tote very similar to the folder leaning against the window in the pic. I'm going to dig out my black piano stool and see if painting it kelly green is an option and use it as a little side table. Looking at SW Dovetail SW 7018 for walls & Natural 7542 for trim.

Thanks everyone for the tips! Looks like I might need to do at least a bit of quilting, just to tack the quilt top to the backing so that it can withstand repeated machine washings. Good idea to use a sheet for the backing, as well as for the other side of the duvet cover. Then I don't have to worry about shrinking or wrinkling muslin. Might be my project for NEXT winter!

Now I can't remember the term for the thin spreads that I received as wedding presents fifty years ago. These were not 'bedspreads', but lightweight, rather feminine covers that went over sheet and blanket to 'dress' the bed when the spread was removed. "Dayspread?" "Nightspread?" "Napspread?"

My husband I just purchased our first bed together and he has given the me the go ahead to splurge on buying a new quilt (and we will eventually replace our existing linens/duvets etc). We're looking for something to last a long while, right now I've been looking at Coyuchi's Twilight Quilt i love the organic, soft aesthetic. But if anyone has any other suggestions for a high quality product please let me know! We'll add a new duvet/insert later, that's some serious $$$. This is our bedroom (the photo is from the perspective of the bed (it's in a nook with our office/book public space on the other side). Excuse the mess , crooked picture and the artistic toddler work on the white walls which will be repainted this week : ) We're remodeling our entire house and acquiring furniture etc. so it's a decorate and acquire slowly as we go. Fun, but lots of room for improvement and more art! I love the white color quilt, but I'm terrified about the dirt factor. I think the gray may be too cool. You see my old waverly quilt which is 15+ years old, it's held up great, but is finally starting to show its age. Plus it will be too small for our new bed : ( HALP!!! Please!