The Nest on the Hill: The Oh So Teal Bedroom

Thursday, August 5, 2010

The Oh So Teal Bedroom

Our bedroom fell into place courtesy of a lucky find at Target. I don't know if our local store was going on a Liberty of London purge or what, but I stumbled upon the paisley bedding set for under $20. Strangely enough it's still $70 online (how does this stuff work?). I saw it, gasped and bought it, telling myself that if Dan hated it we could return it. He hated it. But I worked my wifey magic and convinced him it would work, and we started on our way.

We had a blank slate, so my first task was convincing Dan that the walls should be a bold teal. He felt the same about the teal as he did about the bedding. Wifey magic again. My original plan was to paint the walls Olympic's Schooner and the area around the fireplace with leftover turquoise from the bathroom. As we came closer to finishing up, Dan suggested painting the fireplace area with the same gray we used in the dining room instead. We're lucky he's good at editing me, because it ended up looking much better. I added $7 curtains I stumbled upon at Marshall's and some awesome tiebacks from Urban Outfitters to finish up the windows.

The big empty space above our bed proved to be another problem. I grabbed some blank canvases at Benjamin Franklin, some paint and a few brushes and got to work. With the help of the 3M velcro that I used in the dining room, the grid came out pretty well.

We still have a bit of work to do on the area to the left of the fireplace. Right now, we have a chair and ottoman next to a great yellow lamp/table I found at a nearby consignment shop. I tossed the icky lampshade it came with and now I'm having the hardest time finding a replacement. After we find the shade and add a few more things to the walls in that area, we'll be all set.

And I think Dan actually likes it now, or so he says :)