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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Mood Boards

Alright, I'm still stumped over here.  I know a lot of you mentioned I'd regret the white duvet because of the dirt, but our master bedroom really is (aside from the newborn stage) a kid-free zone most of the time.  Plus it's a duvet, so easily washable.  PLUS...I almost prefer it to black, which shows lint, fuzz and dog hair like whoa.  But in the interest of saving money, I love the idea of keeping our current duvet.  And a big plus here is that having a white duvet would allow for a quick and easy change when I got tired of the current color scheme.  Just toss some new throw pillows on the bed and a few accent pieces and the room would look brand new.

I really loved the idea of making curtains out of that fabric I have now become almost obsessed with, but when I realized it's $15/yd and that it would cost me almost $175 in fabric alone, I sadly bid adieu to that idea.

So.  That brings us to these options:

A:

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Picture the chair covered with my beloved fabric, as well as a throw pillow or two in said fabric.  The room would be painted the background color.  I am super excited about the idea of having some swing-arm lamps above the bed or maybe just these fixed wall lamps (bottom left corner).  Either way, I haven't been able to stop thinking about them since seeing them on Young House Love here.

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Ah, my turquoise pick!  Definitely less soft and romantic, but bright and fun which I dig.  The background color would, again, be the wall paint color, which is basically the current color so I probably wouldn't even change it.  I really love grey these days, I just need lots of white and other bright colors to balance out the darkness of the grey.  Right now, with grey walls and black curtains and a black duvet, it's just TOO DARK.  I suppose I could probably even keep our current duvet with this option, huh?

C:

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And here's the cheapest of all options, keeping our current duvet.  I don't know if you can tell, but in the bottom right corner, there's a picture of a floating bedside table.  Tim is making us a couple, no matter which option we choose.  I love them and they'll save space, something we really need.  And it's probably obvious by now, but the background blue would be the color I paint the walls.

So, what's your favorite?  Please help me out and vote.  :)

6 comments :

  1. I once made a duvet from 2 bedsheets the same size as my comforter. nice because you can make it two different colors and just flip it when you get tired of your current color. you could also make reversible throw pillow covers.

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  2. That's an AWESOME idea! Thank you!

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  3. You could do your curtains with a thick strip of your fave fabric about 2/3 of the way down on an otherwise solid colour... or do a solid colour curtain and make a valance out of the patter you love. It is a super nice fabric, and small touches of it here and there would be so cute. I would do a bit in the curtains, a pillow, and the chair.
    My friend also made a duvet cover out of sheets and it was so nice. You know it will wash well and all of that.

    Erin

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  4. Another AWESOME idea! Thank you, I am totally doing the curtain thing. :)

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  5. How oh how do you find the time to surf the web for your inspo AND how the same heck do you create these adorable mood boards? You get props from me for your creativeness :)
    PS Have you visited our family blog yet? I haven't seen any comments come across and you know how all bloggers LOVE comments :P

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  6. Well I did a lot of it over the weekend when I was laid up in bed sick. :) But I spend A LOT of nap times right now searching for inspiration for our bedroom.

    As for your blog, do you have two different ones? I've left a few comments, but maybe I only have one of your blogs? A few last night, in fact. :)

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