I’m with Mtn, very pale gold velvet. No pattern.

Love this shade of green. Not sure how it would look with the black and gold.

I am in my olive green phase, so Id lean that direction?

OTOH I think almost any color could work. Which way were you leaning?

Excuse the rough mock up. I think that spring green would be lovely. Reminds me of KSWL.

Not leaning, just twirling aimlessly in the middle!

Light bulb!!

I have light coral linen velvet left over from the LR chairs….hmmm.. wonder if I could use the coral velvet on the headboard and use one of the chairs in the bedroom? The pillows on the sofa could be moved the the MBR. They are 24x24 in this fabric

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Thanks for the mock-up. The spring green is a contender!

That fabric you have would pick up the gold, too!

Hadn’t notice the gold in the Anna French toile! Good point.

Love that apple green! The Anna French also— I think almost anything goes with a classic black lacquered frame like that. Do you have stuff in mind for the LR already? if so, assuming the apartment is for one person and fairly small, I’d start with the largest piece of upholstered furniture you plan to use as is and work around that. Any color and many prints can be fabulous with that headboard.

Red and gold diamond pattern made me laugh as I still have this tray and I still think about replacing it!

Bummer. Lost my responses.

@Kswl, it is a 2 BR / 2.5 BA. Except for the headboard, I really have nothing. I will be giving the local consignment stores a work-out.

@Bumblebeez SC Zone 7, you nailed it with that tray table!

I would want a performance woven on this, particularly if you sit up in bed reading, even though you will likely have other pillows in front of this. I did a sofa in Designers Guild Manzoni fabric, that seems pretty good. They make performance velvets, but I feel like velvets can burnish when you are against one spot all the time.

The headboard in my bedroom is upholstered in Knoll vinyl with a silk texture. I am all for durability, and it doesn't announce--too loudly-- that it's plastic.

Good point on the velvets burnishing, @palimpsest. I currently have white (and I mean white) linen headboard that seems to be faring fine. Both the current headboard and the black chinoiserie are easily re-upholstered by me. Your Knoll silk textured vinyl sounds intriguing!

Unfortunately I find most Knoll greens not quite right for me.

Your bed sounds awesome, bb.

I’d consider something textured. Woven.

Excuse the lines showing, bad mock-up.

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It brings to mind a vintage feel, someone selling their 1950s/1960s furniture out of a beautiful old home. Maybe I saw something similar in a movie, who knows. :D

It also brings to mind wicker/rattan, which I love.

Can’t wait to see what you do!

ETA: I just thought of Allison’s stunning bed … the Mario Buatta one her mom had made (I think that’s the one).

ETA again: I saw this looking up Kevin O’Brien (Mtn’s thread), it reminded me of your bed:

Blank slate.

Do you have a bedspread/duvet/comforter picked out? Color coordinate or even repeat a pattern...

The flip side would be to use a chinoiserie style fabric and use plain bedding pulled from the pattern. This is the opposite of subtle but if I had a twenty room house, this would be in it.

That is gorgeous, Pal!

Here are a couple of fabrics google provided with the search bamboo print fabric:

I don’t know why or how the last one came up but I like the color and texture if you’re going in a green direction.

Gorgeous, KSWL. What a fun project, BBSTX

My parents had black lacquer furniture set. Mom paired it with gold accents. Your head board is a perfect excuse for a bombay chest--love them!

I have not vanished from the face of the earth. I just have a terrible cold with an horrific cough. The cough medicine is keeping me knocked out. I did a COVID test that came back negative. I think I have just a plain old garden-variety cold.

Although all of the greens look good and even though green calls to me from time to time, the times that I have answered its siren-call, I’ve found that I really just don’t like it for the long run. Long run being anything over about 6 weeks. If I were to visit your home and you had a green living room, I would tell you how much I love it…and I would be sincere. But experience has taught me that I can’t stay the course with green.

Is there carpet or will you find a rug?

I like Pal's suggested black backgrond, or a smaller pattern black fabric and let the Euros/shams, pillows and bedding bring in all the color. Also easier to change down the road.

This Scalamandre would be pretty too. It comes in four colorways, but this is the best bet with black. FWIW, it is the fabric I used in our last MBR with the coral antiqued/washed velvet bed. The bed is now used in front of our black and gold Coromandel screen.

From website and a horrible presentation of its true color.

Previous drapes for true color.

Gold upholstery fabric, here. This would most likely be my choice, then bring in pattern and color with bedding and rug.

@Allison0704, i love that gold fabric; where is ir from?

Mtn, click the "here" and it will take you to the website (added it on this post as well).

BBstx, sorry to hear about your cold ☹️ Is this a trial run to see if you are ready to move permanently to your DD’s town? Grandchildren are my siren call …

My first thought was to pad it in a solid tan fabric and then use the black as an accent only with lighter colors around it. I think it could be very sharp.

That’s a very attractive combination, Annie D!

@Kswl, yes. I’m trying to decide if I’m ready to move yet. Which brings up a conundrum…on the one hand, I don’t want to buy or otherwise acquire a lot of furniture because if I should move, I would bring with me what is in my house now. On the other hand, I don’t want to live in a place that is so bare that it is embarrassing. No broken down sofas and TV tray end tables! And on the 3rd hand, I don’t want to strip my house bare. I’ll still be coming back at least once a month if for no other reason than lunch with my cookbook group.

AD, your mock up looks quite similar to the current iteration of the headboard. This isn’t exactly the fabric that it is covered in, but it is awfully close.

Have you considered a rental service? Some executive condo rentals are furnished nicely, almost always modern stuff but if it’s not yours it might be relaxing?

I’m considering everything at this point. I’ve even considered long-term hotel rental. I’m not sure buying a condo is my best option, but I’ve always been drawn to this building. I’ll go look next week.

bbstx, if that's the fabric now, you've got it made! I like it alot.

Saw the condo today. It is a nearly total gut job. The previous owner was apparently in a wheel chair for some time, so every door facing needs to be replaced. The kitchen would be a total gut-job. The marble tile in the bathrooms needs to go. And what in the name of all that is holy is this?

Every shower in every unit in the building has this weird little tub faucet in the shower. Why? Granted, we are in the Bible belt, but there ain’t that much foot-washing going on!

I wish I had a better handle on how much it costs to …. fill in the blank.

Good lord that is very strange!

As to costs…. however much you think ot might be, probably at least half again to double that figure. Remodeling is less predictible than new construction.

There were two purposes for this apparently. One is to flush cold water out of the system so the first blast that came out was not cold, if you got in before you turned the water on full blast. The other was you could test the water with your foot, before you got in, because our hands tend to be acclimated to much hotter water than the rest of our bodies. A third was, if it was a little higher at least, you could fill a bucket or basin in there even if there was no bathtub in the bathroom.

This is something that did not catch on in the states although I think it was a thing in Canada for a while.

Further research (via Reddit, Google, etc) reveals it is called ”toe tester” and is used to make sure the water is the right temp before hitting the diverter for a full shower. ETA: pretty much what Pal said when were were crossing in the ether!

kswl, experience teaches me that I grossly overestimate the cost of construction. If you think it will cost $2500, my estimate is $10,000. I’ve never (in my head) seen a reno project for less than $100k.

ETA: @Allison0704, the white carpet in the 2 bedrooms was truly white. It also appeared to be new.

My 2 walk in showers have the toe tester faucets. We liked the one that was original in our house so much we had one put in when we redid our en suite.

I put a toe tester in my shower about 12 years ago. I love it to run the water to get warm before turning on the overhead. No splashing if the shower curtain is open while I wait. It's also really nice to fill up containers, like when cleaning.

Bbstx you may be the first person ever to be over-objective!

I’ve never seen one of those faucets and guess maybe always having had showers with doors is why? But I haven’t seen them in others’ houses in the south, so they may be regional in areas where the water has to be run longer to get warm. Good idea for filling a bucket or washing a pet if there’s no bathtub.

I've never seen a toe tester faucet, what an interesting plumbing feature. When we remodeled this house we installed the water control next to the shower door - it's on the opposite wall from the shower head. You can reach in, turn on the water and wait until the temperature is right before stepping inside. It's something that has worked out great for us since our master bath is about as far away from the water heater as it can get.

That’s wild! I’ve never heard of a toe tester in my life.

The Negative Nellie in me says: one more thing to clean (water spots) and something I’d injure myself on. 😄

My thoughts exactly Jilly--for me it would be more of a toe stubber than toe tester!

I look at it and think, just another something to need repairs! And as klutzy as I am, I can see myself tripping over it, too.

Mine is about as short a spout as was available - 3“- 4” I think, so I’ve never even bumped into it. I’m sure I learned about them on the bathroom forum. I’ve never seen another in real life, so I don’t think they are regional around here.

Seems a lot of extra plumbing -- which can leak and cause problems -- for something you can accomplish with your hand...let alone needing the balance to test the water with one foot which is only harder as we age.

Vote yes for toe testers!

Note: They are not tripping hazards. Unless you are someone who likes to lean on shower walls. The wall that has the shower controls. 😊

Our original one was put in when the house was built in 1968. Its now a guest room bath, but was used numerous times daily when it was our children’s bathroom. Never a leaking or cleaning problem

The one we had installed when we ripped out the jacuzzi tub in our en suite to make a big walk in shower is used daily by 2 people for over 10 years. No leaking or cleaning problem.

There is no need to balance to use it properly. You just stand close enough to the wall with the controls so your toe gets hit with water. Then you back up.