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New home, too many neutrals!

last year

Hi all. We moved into a new home recently and I am having a bedroom challenge. There were no choices in paint or carpet color, we brought our bed and chair from home, and now that we’ve added a few items including a beautiful upcycled Thomasville dresser, I am in neutral clash mode. The replaceable items are the duvet set, nightstand and, not optimally, the dresser. The dresser would be unfortunate as is such great quality and the perfect size. I could possibly also paint the dresser myself but I don’t really have the time or talent to do a great job. Please guide me. Also pls excuse the cat toys, they are IMPORTANT. When I replace the nightstands (please suggest alternate colors), which add to the problem, I’ll
move the chair near the bed and the cat tree in its place. I will be a few adding black metal leaves to the wall above bed. We have 11 foot ceilings and I think that’s brilliant lol.
-Paint is SW City Loft
-Boring carpet (would have preferred wood or vinyl) is Shaw -Golden Cove Cascade
-Dresser paint is Behr Antique White
-Duvet is Quince Sand in European Linen Duvet Cover Set (they are awesome, will exchange at no cost. Have to stay light bc #catfur. Afraid of white but will do if it helps). I could do white but was flirting w Mist or Mist/White Stripe - but really was going for neutrals in this room.

I need to stay on a budget so I can’t repaint. Or replace the builder carpet.
Appreciate your guidance.

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