I would buy a white comforteR. Use your current spread as an accent. Fold it up by the foot of the bed. Keep the same pillows for a pop of color by the headboard. Buy a matched pair of much taller lamps. They should be as tall as the lock on your window. Purchase a piece of art that picks up your current spread's color.

Better photos would help. The room is simply suffering a total lack pf decoration. That includes your bedding, and I don't understand the rug with the bedding or wall color. You begin with bedding. Why the lavender, and why not a change if you don't like it?

Search Houzz for bedrooms you love.........post a few here. Nobody can help without some idea of what you want, or like. Not this below I presume? : )

Unless you provide some direction, you will simply get two hundred confusing opinions and suggestions. The headboard isn't the problem

It is always first about the bedding.............

That headboard is nice and simple and will work with a multitude of bed linens - keep it!

You could use some real lamps for a start. Taller than that dinky thing you've got. In the meantime, let's pretend you have lighting and we can see what's in the room.

Thank you all!

Jan- I wasn't sure that I could post pics from my Ideabook without giving credit to photographer/designer. Will do momentarily, though I actually love all of the pics you posted. (I am flexible with design, and really want something that seems tied together/finished and not random/undecorated.)

In answer to some of your questions.. The rug was what we had from our old house (in a different room) when we moved and the lavender was what the previous owners had just painted the bedroom before selling. The only thing I love in the room is our bedroom furniture. I am open to painting, but the lavender is nice enough and I don't have the time until the spring to do it myself (which I would prefer to do.)

I will try to start with the bedding.. :) Thank you again for your detailed and thoughtful reply!

This is a better/lighter photo..

I would get larger chests for each side of your bed. The bedside tables you have now look wimpy.

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If you don't want to redo the paint then you will have to work with the lavender. I would do a gray and white print duvet and shams

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then add some depth with a plum color quilt at the foot of the bed and then plum shams against the white headboard

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Do break up all the white of the shades and headboard I would do some drapery panels on each side of each window (keep the roman shades) in a gray

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If there is room at the foot of the bed I would do a upholstered Bench or two stools

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and I would do some nice lamps on each chest

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and some nice pillows

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and art work to tie it all together

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Anchor the room with a gray patterned rug

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Ddrake i added some rugs for you. I originally thought you had wall to wall carpet so didn’t go there. I see it’s wood floors now. ;-)

We think all you need is to add some lavender accents. Try some fluffy pillows, lamps, artwork, and a nice new comforter.

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