Help with pillow choices

5 years ago

Hi! We’re DIY staging our home before it goes on the market, and our attic master bedroom has been long neglected. Yikes.

I have a duvet cover (see photo) that works fairly well but needs styling to tie-in the darker headboard and other furniture. (Unfortunately I don’t have and can’t source matching shams—this is an older West Elm piece.) The only print for pillows that I can find so far is this (see photo). I’d prefer to do an oversized lumbar pillow but am thinking another configuration would be better. The space is super tight so less is more.

Context is a dark purple headboard (sigh), vanilla walls, ebony low dresser/platform bed frame, and basic builder golden tan wall to wall carpet. Ignore lamps/nightnightstand/pillows in photo—everything in transition.

So frustrated! Any ideas here most welcome.

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paula lewis
5 years ago
Have you thought about having some pillows made? Your choice of fabric would expand immensely.
kala98
Original Author
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I am planning to make the pillow covers — thankfully better at that than the rest of this. :)
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apple_pie_order
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
A master bedroom should say "luxury retreat". Buy a fluffy new comforter and matching shams- there are lots for under $200. Adding new pillows can make the older fabric look faded and worn. Favorite old ones should be saved for your new house.
User
5 years ago
I don’t think your duvet cover is a good match for the headboard. I think you’d do better to get an inexpensive bedspread and just make the bed the old-fashioned way, with the pillows neatly hidden under the fold of the bedspead.

or buy this for $75

Mystic Quilted 7-Piece Bed Spread Set, Charcoal, Queen · More Info
User
5 years ago
Or even cheaper, $60

Reversible Quilted Bedspread, 3PC Set, Bed Quilt, Teal and Plum, Queen · More Info
kala98
Original Author
5 years ago
Sorry, I should have said that the duvet cover had just been spread out on the bed without an insert for a minute. It has never been used, but I sent it to the dry cleaner to freshen it up. :)

The headboard indeed is a poor match to all things. We’ll have to either bid it farewell or recover it.
Laura
5 years ago
How about colored pillowcases & sheets to match a color in the duvet? Fold the top edge of the duvet down, and fold the edge of the sheet over it. There are some long lumbar pillows available at Target that are quite affordable. Done.