Ok.......I'll be the odd man out on this, but I'm not liking 'those' sheers with everything else. The sheers are lovely but I feel they don't work in that room. With the blinds, mullions, textured sheers, and now the fringe, there's just a lot of busy going on with the windows. IMO they give a more country feel than the other items........except for the quilt.

I'm really bummed that I can't see any of these pictures! I'm dying to see that trim! Ha!

Sorry. I was smacked down by Photobucket for exceeding bandwidth, so I had to upgrade. I am seeing all but a few that don't matter.

I don't have an opinion on the curtain colors because your room color reads differently from one picture to the next on my monitor. My comment has nothing to do with your selection, but it's not a total non sequitor since you're all talking about fringe. I saw this picture on houzz the other day, and I thought it was very clever how they combined this red toile fabric with carpet tape. I just wanted to share it, since it's an informal way to add trim to a curtain.

Here is a link that might be useful: [curtains[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/guestroom-eclectic-bedroom-phvw-vp~51936)

Kevin, don't get me wrong...I love all of the fabrics, but the chair and dust ruffle are very dark and masculine looking, whereas the quilt looks as though it belongs in a country cottage. I just don't see it relating to the other fabrics. I think it would relate better if the background color were not white, but a darker color. I actually thought it was fine until you put the bedskirt on. Seeing both fabrics back to back is what's throwing me off.

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Apparently there are problems with photo bucket:

http://support.photobucket.com/entries/21461525-2-28-2013-Plus-Users-Still-Seeing-Bandwidth-Exceeded-

I agree that the quilt is off. If you don't mind taking a chance, I would tea-dye it (or do the RIT dye equivalent) to darken it slightly and take the edge off that bright white. I think it would blend much better that way. I did that once to a Pottery Barn duvet color that was in a similar red-and-white color scheme. The original reminded me too much of my high school's football uniforms, but once dyed, it looked much better.

oops.... sorry, thought the bedskirt was a new addition and you were asking for opinions! i think the chair looks really great with everything in the room, but with the quilt right on top of it and the rug right underneath, the bedskirt doesn't have the same appeal... to me at least!

Moved down to bottom.

This post was edited by Fun2BHere on Sun, Mar 3, 13 at 10:32

I also can't see the majority of your pictures, but the ones that I did see I liked the adjustment of your curtain rod as well as the removal of the center panel. I think the layering of the WTs is just fine as in a bedroom, getting the just right balance of privacy and light control is so impt. and you have a lot of windows there. Still not much in favor of using the trim on the WTs, I'd prefer a more understated look since you already have so many beautiful items in the room. I love the tartan chair!

Love the Stickley pieces. How great to have one of a kind side chest made just for you! Cannot wait to see the entire room! How long till they all arrive?

Here's the first pair. I still have to move everything up about 2 inches or so, but it'll give you an idea (assuming Photobucket is working again).

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Photobucket is still not working. What's wrong with them, I want to see your curtains!

It's weird because I can see some of the pictures on here, but not others, and with my iPhone, I see others that I cannot see here. Who the hell knows what they're doing over there. Any company that has to post a comment about there being problems and not knowing how to fix them is honest, but a little bizarre. And I paid $29 to upgrade to limitless bandwidth, and it's still happening (and no word of a pro-rata discount). Jerks.

Here's the first pair. I still have to move everything up about 2 inches or so, but it'll give you an idea:

Kevin, I honestly don't know if it is the flash that's distorting the colors or my iPad, but I don't think you've hit on the magic color combination here as you have done in your other rooms. The cream color of these curtains is very saturated, as all velvet colors seem to be because the fabric is so dense. That effect sort of fights with the net curtains. The fringe doesn't complement the curtain color, it becomes yet another disparate element fighting for attention. Each individual piece and texture is lovely--- the furniture, wall color, chair, quilt, bed skirt, and so on--- but it doesn't come together as a pleasing, harmonious whole. I think I know what look you are seeking and you are not there yet.

I have never in my life recommended someone paint a room white, but I think a neutral off white/oyster might be a better foil here for your other elements. If you did that, a muted sage or darker green velvet would probably work for the curtains and set off the chair, quilt and bedskirt. I would also hem the sheers and weight them along the bottom and have your curtains clear the floor as well.

That's 3cents from me :-)

I don't really see what you're saying about the colors and flighting between the sheer colors and the velvet. Also, the trim definitely works well with this velvet and the rest of the room. It's likely something that is better in person.

So you have the gold, the red, the blue, white, and the brown of the wood. I prefer the gold velvet drapes with the trim over the others previously shown or suggested. I think I might like sheers in a similar gold tone rather than white but the white color is used in several other places in the room: the ceiling, the quilt, the lamp.
So mission accomplished, Kevin.

The sheers are actually ivory, but during the day, they seem more white because of the light, I suppose.

I love the way Ralph Lauren mixes patterns, but if you will notice, he usually repeats elements at least three times and when he uses strong patterns with high contrast, they are usually an accent, not the whole top of the bed. I think if you added two Euro-sized pillows covered in shams made from some version of the blue and green plaid, that would help balance your color story. You could also fold down the top of the quilt so that not quite so much of that pattern is visible. Alternatively, you could fold a navy blanket at the foot of the bed, again to reduce the overall impact of the red and white pattern.

I think you know you have a good eye and are confident with your choices. I also know that standing in a room is quite different than seeing pictures. Earlier, I made a comment about thinking that the chair didn't fit with your scheme. At that time, I didn't know that you had repeated the chair's pattern on the bed skirt.

The thing that's bothering me the most is when I look at the room as a whole, it's the stark whiteness of the comforter and it's bold pattern that jumps out at me. If the comforter color were toned down a bit, your other elements would be more noticable. I feel that the comforter competes with the lovely, more subtle elements that you have going on.

Fun2BHere, I saw your comment before, but I didn't respond because I already have RL plaid Euroshams in a different pattern on the bed. The issue is more that I need a duvet, which will allow me to fold the guilt up at the bottom of the bed (I'll still use it in the summer), but I cannot find one that I like.

And, as I've said before, the quilt is not white. It's cream, which matches the trim in the room. I think dying the comforter would be fine if I thought it'd turn out right, but I don't.

I guess this just comes down to a matter of taste because I dont think the trim and curtains work together at all. The most i can say is that the curtain color is one of the trim threads.

Well, nuts. Once again, I couldn't see the whole picture to tell that you had Euros on the bed, although I will say that I would still prefer Euros made from a similar fabric as the bed skirt. There are a few pieces of fabric on eBay of that general blue/navy plaid that could be used to make Euro shams.

I agree with Fun that I'd make euros from a fabric similar to the bedskirt. The way I see it, your bed's 'dressing' looks so random. I just don't see all of the fabrics relating to each other. Also, I wouldn't put the trim on the curtains as it just looks like you're trying too hard and it's too fussy for your bedroom.

Too late for the trim. I'm doing it. It's only fussy if you think of it that way. I don't. I think it makes it look finished. The euros that came with that collection aren't plaid, unfortunately, and I'm not going to add yet another plaid. I'll wait to see what I do with a duvet.

I like the chair, the drapes with trim, and the check shams- soft gold, navy, and dark green with a touch of red are so beautiful together and so RL. But right from the beginning the quilt, sheers and even the lampshade in white (ok, cream) just threw the whole room off for me. The quilt would be fine folded at the end of the bed but not as prominent as it is now. Even if it is RL it draws the eye from everything else that truly look Lauren and is too stark. Just my opinion for what it's worth. There's some reason you with all your great decor skills can't get this room right.

I'm not keeping that lampshade if I keep the lamp. I'm trying to find one of the blue and white ones at a local Homegoods, but the only ones I have found have flowers. There are better ones on eBay because people but them and resell them. If I keep it, the shade will change. Why they put a white shade on a cream lamp I'll never know.

Have any of you tried dying something in a front load washing machine? I'm afraid to ruin my machine and do not have a utility sink or anything else I could use. I suppose I could go to a laudromat...

I'm still nervous about it. The only RIT I can find is yellow or tan. I think the tan is the way to go, but what will it do to the red?

I can't imagine trying to dye a perfectly nice quilt when you have no idea how the fabric will take the dye or what the result will look like.

Have you thought about a simple cream linen for the drape? Something lighter weight like that would add a nice texture and might be nice with the quilt as well as the sheers which IMO aren't a good pairing with the heavier velvet (especially with fringe).

Now that you have a new hosting site, can you repost the pics of the room that show the overall room including all the elements in question .... curtains, bedskirt, quilt, etc.

If you were planning on adding a duvet anyway (so the quilt will just be folded at the foot of the bed and less prominent), I would recommend doing that before committing to dying it. In my opinion anyway!

The drapes with fringe are staying. I tried linen. None of the colors worked and they all looked too frumpy and casual for the furniture. And light colors didn't look good with the paint color or the rug.

I doubt I'll dye the quilt. I'm fine with it as it is, but I do agree that it would be better if the white/cream color were more on the cream side.

Call me crazy, but what do you think of this. I don't really get the stripe RL paired it with, but I've seen it in person before, and it's nice. But it's loud.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-PC-RALPH-LAUREN-POET-SOCIETY-RUG-KING-DUVET-SET-WITH-SHAMS-NEW-930-MSRP-/230926145367?pt=US_Duvet_Covers&hash=item35c4455757

I dyed mine using RIT tan in a big rubbermaid tub outside. The water is supposed to be hot so I tried filling the tub with pots of water from the stove but it kind of cooled off while I was filling the tub so the dye didn't go in that strong - it didn't do much of anything to the red and just took the white from stark to kind of a vintage-been-sitting-in-grandmas-attic kind of yellowed white. But again, I did it in a tub, and I pulled some of the duvet cover out every minute or so to check it because I was afraid it would get too dark.

With dye, though, you do never know. So I would recommend erring on the cautious side.

The quilt is beautiful and while I think a tea-dyed look would offer a softer appearance I would only dye the quilt if I could replace it in the event the outcome is not what you like.

Commercially finished fabrics may not take the dye evenly. If you had a sham in the same fabric then you could test it.

In any case you might want to read this thread about dying items at home.

Here is a link that might be useful: dying fabric

I wouldn't try to dye it. If the container isn't large enough for the quilt to fully open up, some of the areas may never come in contact with the dye and it'll come out splotchy. This is first hand knowledge.

My reaction to your last picture of the curtains - they are a great look with your wall color and the furnishings in that picture (chair, dresser, also the rug). I probably would not have thought to have had fringe added, but it seems to work nicely. Like others, I question the sheers but if you say they're ivory, then they're ivory. :)

However, I also agree with people who think the white of the quilt is too stark relative to everything else. But, like you, I'd be leery of trying to dye it. Someone suggested folding it down at the end of the bed - I like that idea. How about the folded quilt on top of a blanket or coverlet with a background color of one of the room's major colors, and with some red in it to pick up the red in the quilt? What do you think of that idea?

That poet society set is lovely. I wouldn't really say it is loud, but then again I like bright things. It is heavy. Like really really heavy. I love a nice fluffy down comforter and how they work in hot and cold weather. That particular RL one negates the pro's of a down comforter.

I have a king size one in my closet. :) It did not work for me. I loved it in my room. Loved it on the set of White Collar. Did not love actually using it.

I don't think I would love it with your rug either.

I find window treatments one of the most challenging elements in a room to get right. And its hard to imagine until its up there sometimes. Have you tried a deeper but muted gold? It seems if you are thinking about changing other elements of the room to go with the drapes, then the drapes are not the right ones.

I like the idea of trying the quilt folded at the end of the bed and adding a coverlet in a solid. But then again, I like the look of layered bedding.

Not your colors - but I just love this look:

Since I happen to have some of the fabrics you are contemplating, I thought I would post this picture. You can see the RLL skating party plaid beside RLL Poet's Society against an oriental rug. I think my rug colors may be a little deeper than yours, but...for your consideration...

Fu2BHere, what else are you hiding? I think they look pretty good togoether, but I still think it's a bit much for the duvet (and for my own tastes) and that something monochromatic would be fine, perhaps in a gold color. Are you hording things and reselling them on eBay?

To repeat, as to the drapes, they're staying. They are at the seamstress now. The first pair, hung above, are already sewn. I can always remove the fringe down the road, but I think I'm going to like it overall.

LOL! No hoarding here...I own a few select pieces that feature red and navy because I've been using that combination for a long time. I agree with you that the Poet's Society duvet would probably be an overwhelming pattern in your room. I think you are on the right track choosing a solid color duvet to tone down some of the pattern in the room, but I still vote for Euros to match your bed skirt. I really think you need to tie that blue/green plaid together a bit better. I like your choice of draperies and fringe as I mentioned on that thread. I'm looking forward to seeing them in place.

Glad you are keeping the drapes and the fringe. maybe add one small pillow of the plaid matching your chair to the bed. Coverlet would be nice in a great off white, something by Ralph that comes from one of the collections you already have.

If you can't find a duvet that you like it's very easy to sew one from 2 king size sheets. It's obvious that you have a keen eye for decorating but perhaps you haven't had the time to master sewing 101. A duvet isn't much more than an oversize pillowcase. In any case if you find RL sheets that you like - or any other for that matter - any seamstress, upholsterer, or drapery fabricator could create a duvet and shams.

Maire, I don't do anything like that myself (let alone sewing). I will install anything, but lack any skill for other tasks.

Ah - but you excel in those areas. Just remember that if you stumble across a fabric that fits your needs it can be crafted into a duvet, coverlet or even a full bedspread. While king size sheets are the easiest due to their overall size even regular cloth cut from a bolt of fabric can be used.

We had a quilted coverlet made from a Schumacher fabric based on a historic pattern from the Stencil House at the Shelbourne Museum. The coverlet was sewn with 3 layers - the top layer was the stencil pattern, then a layer of batting and the bottom was a solid that complemented the background color of the stencil. The entire coverlet was then machine quilted outlining the rose and leaf design of the fabric.

Since I think you're looking for a solid color duvet 'm sure you'll find exactly the right bed covering without having to resort to having one mad. But it can be done if necessary.

Ruelala.com has curtain panels and rods featured today 03/05 starting at 3 p.m. ET. I don't know if there will be any hardware that would work for you, but I thought I'd mention the sale for your consideration.