I forgot to add ONE HUGE DETAIL!!! The mattress height from the top of the mattress to the floor is 29" with a steel frame that is 8" from the floor. Boxspring is 9", mattress is 12." So the bottom of the bottom of the mattress sits 8" from the floor. Most complete beds with a head and footboard are 10+" from the bottom of the boxspring. I would be adding at least two additionalinches to the bed height! That is my DILEMMA! This is what happens when I peruse the forum prior to having my morning coffee!!! Sorry I inadvertently left out this big detail. That is the reason I do not think I can use a foot-board. I don't want a step stool (or ladder -haha) to get into the bed! I know the style of bed I want, but the challenges lies in trying to find that bed with a frame that is less than 10" from the floor.

I would like the furniture to match if it is the same kind of surface (painted wood). If you had an upholstered headboard or portion that would be a different texture and that you could change down the road, I might consider the pink. I think it is easy to overdo pink and for me, it is a color I more easily tire of - even when you start out loving it. I would limit pink to things that are easily changed out, and while you can paint the headboard to match, it will take multiple coats to get back to white. Besides, there are so many fun and creative ways to add touches of pink that are easy to change.

The off center placement will be tricky, but the other option is to switch walls, and place the triple dresser there. You will see the dresser upon entering the room, and the headboard to the bed will be to the wall to your right as you enter, or opposite the dresser. Here's the dresser: which is nearly 6 feet wide. and this is the opposite wall to where the bed is now, and also the room entrance: (none of those items will stay in the room) I have already purchase long, green curtains in a faux dupioni silk material (Target!) and will hand them on a dark turned wood rod (yet to be bought).

This was over our bed until a week ago. I made it before we acquired our sweet, little brown dog (who now sleeps with us) and it is a huge ordeal to keep it dust and fur free. I was also getting a little tired of all of the gathers & trim. The painting will stay and since I still like the fabric, I'll be re-doing the drapes on either side of the bed from "puddling" rod pockets to floor-length pinch pleats.