today kelly is doing her master bedroom home tour..i have missed most of her rooms but i will try to participate in this one…except, i dont really have a wide shot of my room! I mean i know i do, but i cant find it..so i will give you little closeups and try to post a wide shot later or find my old BHG pictures which are much better…

first off, our bedroom is really long, like a bowling alley, so we have the king size bed at one end and a comfy chair (ektorp from IKEA slipped in white with a garage sale ottoman (big enough to change a baby on) also slipped in white) and a desk and computer. The walls are SW urban putty which i love..the furniture is SAD yall, SAD! seriously i need to take a picture of this place in town where i bought our tv armoire, but it is awesome..it has FAUX chinoserie fretwork on it, a la 1970! looks great painted black, as does my Marcia Brady dresser, and even my broyhill college bookcase (all black) along with the extremely expensive Bombay Company nightstand and Hepplewhite chest of drawers;; Its all about expensive antiqus in this room!.. Seriously, I love this room but it is a hodge podge which is fine. For instance the headboard is my parents OLD jenny lind headboard that my mom had “made” in the 1970s from a full size..YEP she had it PIECED TOGETHER and behind that to give some height i have a SHABBY screen filled with leftover fabric from my bedding.

On to the bedding, Kelly mentioned white in the bedroom. Now we dont have dogs but we have a four year old and he had colic and reflux BAD! and well i love our white matelesse coverlets, sheets and slipcovers. WHy?? becuase they can be bleached and boraxed! I’ve had the Ralph Lauren guinevere floral bedskirt and shams for over 10 years (In fact the bedskirt is a queen that i “retrofitted” or mistreated as the Nester would say to fit our new king”..so for ten years our bed has been the same, i just switch out the white mattelesse every 3-4 years or when i find one for $29 at TJ Maxx, they usually shring from washing before they even get too stained. and i occassionally update the center throw pillow and thats it.. YES it is a tad tired but with another baby on the way and more spit up ineveitable, i think i will wait a few years before i invest in this direction;;

Oh and i used guinevere flat sheets for panels to cover the sliding glass doors at the end of the room..i will try to find a picture! For those of you who love Guinivere (there is probably a fan club on facebook i get so many emails about this fabric) it is discontinued from Ralph BUT you can still get it on ebay..just be careful..some of it is “weird”..they also made this print in an upholstery fabric.

thanks for looking!