Help me. I am about to sign up for a TLC decorating show so I don’t have to think about this anymore. Here is the canvas / our bedroom in its current humble state. Don’t judge, as these are the BEFORE photos:
When we moved into our house in November, we focused our decorating efforts on the downstairs, since that’s what people see first. Now we are ready to move on to our bedroom. This really shouldn’t be that hard. Bedding. Paint. Curtains. Done. (Right?)
Below, on the left are the curtains we purchased from Horchow. They’re kind of a champagne color with metallic gold bees embroidered on them. A little classic, a little kitschy. I’m into it. Plus they go well with the black-out blinds we installed immediately upon moving in and which cost us a small fortune and which are most definitely staying. The aqua swatch is the material of the headboard we are having custom made. It was inspired by Don & Betty’s headboard on Mad Men.
Still to purchase: bedding, including a dust ruffle or bed skirt. I was thinking we should go with something neutral, like ivory. Also still TBD: paint color. I had thought — again — something neutral, what with our turquoise headboard and gold bee curtains. Isn’t that enough going on? But now I’m worried that it’s boring and flat. The problem is, I have no idea what direction to go in now.
Obviously we are also going to want to replace those nifty lamps we’re currently using, but I can be flexible with that. As for our night stands, the ones you see there are from Ikea, and because I love them from a functional perspective and because they’re in great shape, I’m thinking about gold leafing them. Artificial metallic gold leafing, obvi. This isn’t Coming to America.
OK, friends. You’ve seen the blank slate. What would you do if you were the Duffys? You think about it and get back to me. In the meantime, I’ll be looking at my Elle Decor that came in the mail today.
xoxo,
