Need help decorating bedroom
Samantha Lane
3 years ago
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Comments (12)Hello Everyone, Thank you all SO MUCH for your suggestions! I really appreciate it and the "vision" is starting to appear in my mind! Oceanna - I will check out the cottage decor gallery, I have not done that yet. Thanks! frazoo - I love it too! It is SW Bamboo Shoot. I also have it in my kitchen. I get a lot of compliments on my color scheme, I have the Bamboo Shoot, White Raisin and Steely Gray throughout my home. They all work great together. newdawn1895 - no, dh would have a heart attack if I wanted to paint the furniture! LOL! It will have to stay as is. As for the chaise, I may try to work with it, when all is done if I still don't like it, I'll move it to another room and get another chair for this spot. As for roman shades - yes, I love them! I found some at Bed Bath Beyond that can be hung on a rod instead of mounted. I am picking them up today! I am getting a textured white shade. Also picking up a white duvet cover. I'll post more pics once I have made a few changes and go from there. Elaine...See MoreNow onto bedding!
Comments (20)Actually, I only use the Metalasse quilt for my guests (I rent my house out). I'm much less forma for myself! But yes, when the quilt is on the bed, I have a blanket underneath it, which can't be seen because of the quilt. I fold the top of the quilt back and put two sets of pillows on top of it. I don't dress up my bed for myself though. In the warm months, I have on the bed only that which I sleep under. In the summer, it's a white Sferra cotton blanket or I sleep directly under a thin 100% cotton quilt; in autumn and spring, it's a wool-filled comforter with a duvet cover, a white cotton percale Lily Pulitzer from Garnet Hill for cool but not cold nights, then an LL Bean flannel duvet cover for cold nights; then for frigid (I sleep with the windows open all year unless it gets into single digits), I put the flannel covers on a down comforter and I sleep directly under the comforter, no top sheet on the bed. I'll give you what I have found to be a great tip I learned myself, though, recently. No fitted bottom sheet. I learned that hotels use flat sheets for bottom sheets and just tuck them in on all four sides. When ordering new cotton sheets for my renters, I decided to go that route and ordered a case of all flat sheets (which are huge, despite being queen, since they're made for hotels. I was nervous they wouldn't fit, since I have a deep mattress, but they do). It is SO much more comfortable because you can really pull on the sheet, get it very tight across the bed, and tuck it in. It makes an enormous difference in comfort. Back to you, I'd put under the quilt whatever bedding you need for temp and comfortable sleeping, and I'd get a cotton or wool quilt or coverlet to fold down at the end of the bed in the gray/silver (or whatever) color if you want to add color and more texture to the bed....See MoreNeed help decorating bedrooms
Comments (4)Sometimes it's best to settle in and get a feel for the light, the mood, the purpose of the room...before you decide to spend the money and then change your mind months later after the move. I think I'd work on the common areas first. Good luck! Looks like a very nice house!...See MoreNeed help decorating apartment bedroom, attached bathroom
Comments (67)I also vote no to the plastic liner. hard to clean and wasteful to just replace them all the time. Nylon curtains can be thrown in the wash and bleached (it's easier to wash them routinely though, before the bottom hem gets moldy). I use this kind of hook which makes that chore super easy. I used to have two curtains doubled up on regular hooks and that worked just fine, btw. double sided hooks or double rods are not really necessary unless you just like the way it looks....See MoreSamantha Lane
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