Our Bedroom

I am not a decorator.  I wish it came naturally to me.  We moved into our current house in July of 2007, 3 1/2 years ago.  At that time all the rooms in our home were painted the same color, a really really light tan / off white.  I'm thankful that it was a nice neutral color.  We painted the kitchen and living room just prior to moving in and then Chad painted Andrew's room a few years ago and the basement after it was finished.  We had been wanting to paint our bedroom but we weren't really sure what we wanted.  This Fall Chad painted our bedroom.  Here is what we came up with.  (I don't really have a before picture, shucks!)

And another angle.  (I guess it was a very sunny day when I took these pictures and most likely the ground was covered in bright white snow....not anymore!)

The paint colors we chose were from Sherwin Williams...love it when your little brother can get you a discount!  The colors were from an Arts & Crafts brochure; 3 walls are in Twilight Gray & one accent wall Library Pewter.  We were thinking a light gray color and a dark brownish color to go with the new bedding..  It didn't exactly turn out the way I hoped, but I am happy with it.  I think the gray color looks more taupe than gray and the darker wall looks more like a dark greenish than brown.  We also got bedside tables this Fall and the Arts & Crafts style lamps that are on the tables.

 For a while now (YEARS) we have had a very mismatched linen set on our bed.  We wanted to get something new but it was really difficult for us to find something we liked.  We found these linens on Macy's website.  I also saw them on Ebay but was a bit afraid we wouldn't like them and then not be able to return them.  So we got them from Macy's, found we liked them, returned part of the order and got the rest off of Ebay for a good deal.  Here is a shot so you can have a better look at them.  We didn't get the sheets that matched the set (expensive) but found a nice enough light gray set at Home Goods as well as the down comforter that is inside this duvet cover.  We love it.

We do need some wall art or more decorative items, not too much but the room needs a little something something.  I like these cut metal wall hangings from Ten Thousand Villages.  Those might be a good possibility for the room  Right now there is a mirror on one wall and I framed 3 of our 4x6 proofs we had taken this fall.

The night Chad finished painting our bedroom he decided we also needed an updated TV in our bedroom.  The TV that was in there we got the week after our wedding back in 1999.  So hopefully our dresser won't be so top heavy anymore.  (in that link you can also sort of see a before picture of our room.)

The below picture is our guest bedroom in our lower level.  We took the linens that were previously on our bed (mismatched as they may be) and put them on the bed down there.  I liked these pillows but just got tired of moving them every evening and morning!  This room could also use some wall art.

Now I feel both rooms are more complete.