Believe it or not, decent looking ceiling fans exist. On every design show I've ever seen they're the first things to be thrown out, but I have them in every bedroom. Mmm slight draft at night without the sound of floor fan... I pspent no fewer than 18 weeks looking (off and on) for a "pretty" one to go in my master. I have lived with a 4 poster bed. My experience - unless you have really high ceilings, and I'm talking like 10 ft, and a sizeable room, it will turn your space into... tiny. Once upon a time in a previous life I thought I had a big bedroom until I put a poster bed in there. I like your computer nook. I always wanted a space like that, which I could separate from the rest of the room with some romantic drapery tied back. I might force that idea on my formal dining room. :) beds/headboards coverin ga window do bother me. I don't like anything to cover a window (couch, table, or otherwise) -- but that's just me. And if it came down to a queen bed, or covering that window, sure - the window would get covered! We have single panels on our two bedroom windows, mostly because they're skinny and it looked silly to me to have two panels. If you need to cover the window, something that seems to help (at least when I've seen it done) is to pull the bed away from the wall a foot or so. Then you can go with two panels, and it looks kind of intentional instead of "didn't have space." Something else to keep in mind with blocking windows -- does the sun come directly in such that it would fade your bedding over time?

Yes, too busy to do a teal on teal damask BUT I would consider a cream tone on tone damask. The stencil could be in a gloss to have it be subtle but noticeable.

Kendog, The reason that those blues on the same card don't work, is that those are the historical colors. They are not actually meant to go together. The regular colors have varying shades on one card but the historical colors do not. I love that color! I am posting a link to a photo of a NPB bedroom. I think I would go with a cream or creamy white like BM white dove. What color is the furniture? I have Desert tan in my home. While I love it, I think it would be too much to have the two colors painted on the walls. I could see, say, a dresser painted in the desert tan in the room but I think it would be too choppy to have 3 wall of it and one wall of blue. Notice the bedspread colors in the photo. Maybe that would give you an idea! Here is a link that might be useful:

So is Pal saying to put khaki pants on the bed? Thats what every man down here in the virginia south wears. Yes to white bed linens. Ode to Tom Wolfe.