Ok, here's where I'm at. The Wasabi--not going to paint with it in this room. So, I'm torn between a cream (Affinity yling yling) and the Weimaramer. I was playing with the BM tool early this am before work on my home computer, I will upload some more ideas later. Anybody have the yling yling? hey it rhymes with Yuengling so maybe that's a sign. Would the Weimeramer, (can we call it "W" for short?) be too dark coming from the Baltic Gray foyer? Busybee--if you have any photos of W in real life, can you post it for me to see? While we are at it, any opinions on nightstand color? If I have a black bed, must the side tables be black/dark wood? Would white look too disjointed? Alrighty, thanks for the help and all the feedback. Back to work. Can't wait to get home tonight to play with that software some more and watch Ralph Lauren on Oprah. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I'm considering the Wasabi in the attached bathroom. If I can get it to work and look like it has a reason to be in there.

I had an epiphany this morning. I was trying to put some things together that just didn't quite jibe. I remembered my old lesson from my pepto-bismol bedroom walls fiasco--if something in a room is bugging you, the way to make it go away is to pair it with things ALMOST like it that don't bug you, rather than try to contrast it or draw the eye away from it. Make it blend in. And truth be told, I really didn't want to fuss with painting all those doors--closet and otherwise, window trim, etc., even if it would look good. And my dad probably wouldn't like it. And I wasn't planning on hiding those beach watercolors away forever in that bedroom, I had toyed with putting them in the dining room anyway, to give that closed-in room the feeling of having a view . . . and the stuff on the dining room walls was rustic and woodsy, not ideal for what I envisioned for that room either, with formal furniture. The art on the walls in there was just being OK place holders for now, so totally chage-able. Switching out the art in the dining room and bedroom went with a direction for the bedroom that I had been toying with anyway--rustic northwoods cabin instead of light and beach-ey. AND, I have been wanting to find a way to use this color palette in a room in my house, and this may be the perfect opportunity. I'm already halfway there with the orange-y wood and the carpet . . . So I'm going to see if I can do some major re-arranging of art and furniture that is already in the house, I have some ideas of some wood pieces I can use in the room. The painted dresser and nightstand can go in the pink and blue girly guest bedroom with the white walls. I really feel excited about the possibilities, like "a plan has come together." I'll keep y'all posted, it may take me a few weekends to get it all done. This weekend I'll be happy if I can just make some headway on getting a wall paint color chosen. I'm thinking to go dark raspberry or grey-blue for the walls, like a darker shade of the carpet or even swing it a little grey violet if I can. There's just nasty plywood under the carpet, this is late 80's house.

Personally I really like the nightstands. I think they go fine in the room and with your headboards and bedding. It is a more muted comfortable feeling. The navy of the benches seem too much for the rest of the color scheme. All of the elements together aren't cohesive. Also I really dislike the black table in the middle of the beds If you are intent on keeping the benches then I would change the side tables since you say that the bedding stays. You could either paint the side tables to match the headboard or you could go navy to match the fabric (navy would be my choice). I also agree with painting the legs of the benches to go with your head/foot boards.

I'm with Flo-repurpose the too-small night stands. You have lots of room-use it to balance the size of your bed. I would look in to small antique chests of drawers. The room is kind of industrial (like a hotel) looking, and antiques would warm it up and personalize it A lot. For this reason I'm also not feeling the brown and gray but maybe if you unify it with more dramatic bedding. a wall of drapes is definitely a thing. Covering the small widows with sheers could definitely soften the look. Every time I added furniture and window treatments to my home I worried about "the view." Your eye adjusts around the obstacles and you don't miss it at all. Especially when your room goes from drab to fab.