They are both nice, but the first is much more interesting than the second, IMO. The first also has a lot of green in it, which means you can use green towels, etc in the bath, not feel obligated to tie to the yellow.

I am smiling about your comment regarding the tie-in between the quilt and the little dark square tiles in the shower. Only a true GW decorating chick would even notice or make that connection!

I know what you mean about getting off target with your own decorating. I prefer the first quilt over the second, but would caution you about over-collaborating where no one other than yourself will make the connection between your bed quilt and the shower tiles. If you really want to connect your bed to your bath, I think I would look for something less traditional, although they are both nice and I can see the second one in my own guest room and am thinking about my braided bath rug runner!

I prefer the first one and think either would coordinate with bathroom. Whatever you paint in the rooms would be more where the tie-in would be.

I also like the 1st one and I'm not a yellow girl either :) I think it ties in with your bathroom tile just as much as the 2nd one because of the brown in it.

I love yellow and prefer the first one. I see what you mean about the second, but I just don't like the pattern.

You say your bedroom is virtually a blank slate, but you don't say what style you like best. I think the patchwork style (number 2) limits your style choices more than the first print, but I wonder if you have considered the PB botanical embroidered quilt? It has brown and cream only, so you could add accents of any color. You could even change the accent colors between summer and winter.

Here is a link that might be useful: Botanical

I really like the first one, it's more current looking and like Les says it has more interest to it. I'm not a fan of the second one at all, it's too busy and oddly enough dated looking to me.

Saw the 1st in in the store and I thought that it was beautiful!

Thanks ya'll, I will have to keep mulling this one over, DH the newly retired soldier is pretty resistant to the one everyone likes, and is lukewarm on the patchwork one. I think its a combo of the yellow and its more overtly girly. I usually get my way but on occasion he pipes up with an objection.

Thanks les for seconding my ocd in noticing and caring on the squares :^)

Forhgtv, I don't really have a defined "style" I guess if I *had* to put a label on it I would say Transistional. I tend to like what I like and have never absolutely fallen for one style. I love them all for various reasons. MCM, Traditional, Contemporary/Modern, I can give examples of things I like but as a whole I just haven't yet found my category. Maybe its too many years of living in Army housing and moving every couple of years and the necessity of having things that can work in many different types of houses.

Heck even the house itself isn't clearly a specific style. Unless you count "South Texas" as a style.

Don't you just hate that! When DH is quiet and usually has no real opinion one way or another then BAM! Out comes an objection! I think you can find a happy medium. Your house is very SW desert like to me (very much like our home in a high mountain dessert area). I tend to stick with the regional dessert colors and geometric prints, such as your bath tile. I agree, I wouldn't girly it up too much on the bed, but you can sneak in some good color on the walls. One of the most difficult decisions for me to make has always been the bed linens. They're so important to the room. Keeping looking -- you'll find it.

I'm in love with the 2nd quilt, but I'm a country/farm/cottage girl. Not only do I love the patchwork pieces, but the border is beautiful!

But it's not transitional. I do like the first one also. I love yellow accents.

Amielynn, I like eclectic design as well, but I lean more to the traditional side. It sounds like you enjoy a more contemporary look. While I think the first quilt is very pretty, I think it might read as too feminine to your husband. I think the perfect bedding for your room is still out there for you to find.

Love the first one....I just bought a pottery barn quilt ferom e bay....it is washable and I love it....What I like about pottery barn quilts are they are 100% Cotton...much more comfortable than poly....Mine is the Meredith...discontinued....but I love it...did I say that yet..lol!

I think you need to keep looking. The first isn't "modern" at all to my eyes. The second is definitely country/homespun. I like country but don't like that quilt.