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Experimenting with bedding looks; help?

10 years ago

Hi all! We're making a lot of updates to our dreary, brown, 1970's house (we moved here in Nov).. I've never known my husband to be affected by external influences, but he is always talking about how this house brings him down, because it's so blah in color and feel. He wants cheery and uplifting colors.

Summarizd version: would love some help finding bedding elements that bring in color to go with mission-style bedroom set, and inexpensive/temporary window treatments.

We need to paint every room, but will be replacing all our windows this fall, so don't want to paint yet. We're tired of our khaki blackout curtains and brown/cream comforter. He says, no more brown!

I got into the habit a few years ago of making my bed daily, with a comforter and lots of pillows. So, I read a lot yesterday about current bed-making methods. I love the quilt or blanket look with the sheets showing, and a duvet or throw at the foot of the bed! I tossed our poly comforter aside and dug out a twin size blue blanket to mimic a quilt. I love this silvery green throw, though it doesn't stretch all across the bed.

We will likely paint the room SW Crisp Khaki, and he wants the bed to introduce color. I prefer the subdued bed looks, so would rather just have an element or two of color. The furniture is mission-style.

The windows had sheers before, but I discarded them. I'd like to buy light-filtering ones and new non-grommet drapes. I want to use the hardware that's already in place. We're don't really need blackout curtains here. When our windows are replaced, we might go for blackout roman shades with sheer roller shades underneath. We don't open our curtains much because it gets too hot, but I'd really like to start.

Any ideas or suggestions for bedding and windows, color/pattern-wise? Have you saved any looks/photos that might work for me? THANK YOU!!

Here's my new bedding attempt from yesterday:

We have four of these windows:


Furniture:

Comments (16)

  • 10 years ago
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    Tried to find SW Crisp Khaki but could only find it with BM paint, is that the one you are talking about?

    The one thing I sense with your style is you probably lean towards earthy more natural colors so the first thing I thought of was this bedding from Pottery Barn

    We have an earlier version on our bed which I really love because it's cotton and well made, it's not too feminine and even though it's colorful, it's not in your face. The pops of different colors also lends to a lot of color options for curtains and accessories, we went with chocolate brown.

  • 10 years ago
    Oops, it's SW Crisp Linen, not Khaki.

    That set looks great! I definitely want cotton. Our current cheapy set is polyester and we can't stand the feeling of it, so we take the comforter off at night. I'd love to find something we can sleep with.
  • 10 years ago

    Like Lukkiirish, I usually head to PotteryBarn.com because I love their quilts and duvet covers. I used to do an open bed similar to the way you have your bed now, but recently, I've begun using a quilt to cover the top of the bed, placing the sleeping pillows flat at the head with king sham filled pillows flat atop the sleeping pillows which hides them. Then I place decorative pillows upright in front. It's easy and quick to make the bed in the morning and I sort of like the less complicated look for summer.

  • 10 years ago
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  • 10 years ago

    They are awesome! I love their olf fashioned cotton, heavier in weight, cool and crisp to the touch and it's absolute heaven on a down comforter!

    Love quilts too...in the summer I pack the comforter away and put an old quilt we have in the duvet instead. Then I put a soft cotton yellow and white gingham blanket in a larger print at the foot of the bed.

  • 10 years ago

    I started adding things to my ideabook. My husband doesn't like the birds, though... He does like this one:


    Andorra 3-piece Quilt Set · More Info

  • 10 years ago

    Ikea. Lots of choices and inexpensive enough to switch out. I like their soft cotton satin ones.

  • 10 years ago

    It might be nice to do a pattern to complement the furniture style. A William Morris type pattern always works with mission. Usually a botanical or nature inspired print. Not all over just enough to ge the feel and then pick up a color or two to use throughout the room.

    This drapery fabric is a William Morris.


    Or this, but maybe the pattern folded at the end of the bed, not all over.

  • 10 years ago

    Oh, I really like that drape print. I've been thinking about a floral for the windows. Thanks!

  • 10 years ago

    Love that!

    I think the mission furniture itself looks good with various solids and bring in pattern on drapes or rugs with a bit of pattern repeated on the bed.


  • 10 years ago

    Love William Morris so much

    But where do you get the fabric? Is it available ready-made in some products , or you do need to order the fabric?

  • 10 years ago
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    Spoonflower has a nice selection of William Morris type fabrics. William Morris in the uk is still producing quite a few as well.

    Fabrics

    I found this fabric on dwell that I'm hoping to use in my master bedroom. It comes in a dark or light. It's not a true Morris but the style works. I then found that world market and target make furniture with this fabric which is an affordable way to get a bit in the room.


    Also, if you do a search on eBay or Etsy for William Morris you can find some cool vintage things. I am currently bidding on some vintage pillows that I'm hoping to use in the guest room.

  • 10 years ago

    I probably shouldn't even comment because Mission-style furniture scares me, it looks so stiff and stern, but I did want to say that I liked your bedding in the first picture best of all because the blue of the duvet lighted up the whole room, and to me none of the other designs came close to rivaling that wonderful solid color. Your pillows are pretty and compliment the duvet. If it were me I'd have solid curtains in that same color and the rooms would come alive. It would also give a more modern look than the prints that are shown. I notice you have no art on the walls than I can see and that's another wonderful way to bring color and life to a room.

  • 10 years ago

    lukkiirish, do you have the Fauna? I bought the duvet cover a couple years ago when I was shopping in the store. Seeing it on a bed in person was completely different than seeing it in the catalog or online. Always brings a smile to my face each night when I pull back the solid color quilt.

  • 10 years ago

    Turns out my husband was looking for "lively" -- meaning no tonal patterns, nothing with too-regular of a pattern (like lattice), and nothing with tan or brown.

    I stumbled upon this one after seeing the rec for Pottery Barn above, and he liked it a lot. It's not as calming as I was hoping to find, but hopefully it will look good in our room! He did not like any of my calm/serene favorites, but I love bright colors, too. I'm on the lookout for a bright green quilt now, like they have shown in one of the pics.

    http://www.potterybarn.com/products/soleil-duvet-cover-sham/