Summer Bedroom
I decided this year that I'd like to have summer bedding that was lighter both in weight and looks. That, and I'm an Etsy addict. Admitting is the first step, right?
My house is a 1930s bungalow in Jefferson Park, East Point, GA, just south of Atlanta. My fall/winter look for the bedroom is definitely more Arts & Crafts autumnal.
Here's what it was like when I bought the house. I cannot begin to describe how filthy the carpet was. We ripped it out, cleaned up the hardwood floors underneath, and painted.
Here's what it's like for the cooler months:
The bedroom furniture was inherited from my parents, and while it's not very saucy, it is very solid and a good quality. The curtains are from Pier 1, and the bedding is from Target. The vintage Turkish rug is by way of eBay. The wall color is Hubbard Squash from the Sherwin Williams Arts & Crafts interior palette.
My friend received a robe as a wedding shower gift by Etsy seller PlumPrettySugar. She takes great Indian cotton fabrics and uses them in bedding, decor, and clothing. I saw the Beckoning Creatures duvet cover and was sold on the idea of using it in my bedroom. Everything else came from that--the whole transformation cost less than $200 and will easily be reversed and stored in the fall.
I apologize here and now for my non-saucy and inconsistent photography. The room already had great woodwork. The closet is a more modern addition and makes for unusual angles. This is the only furniture arrangement I've found so far that works.
The ceiling fan needs to be replaced pretty badly. It'll probably be with another one--I know ceiling fans aren't generally saucy, but they're rather necessary in an Atlanta bedroom. I recommend going to the Etsy site for a look at photos of a more "crisp" look with the same bedding.
Old house=close neighbors. Overstock is an amazing source of longer curtains (hello, 9 foot ceilings) for cheap--I think these sheers were $12.99 apiece for 95" length.
I will end up regretting the white bedskirt (2 black/tan dachshunds), but any other color seemed to clash with either the rug or the other bedding. The bedskirt was totally a cheapie from WalMart.
On a similar note, the pillowcases and shams were also WalMart. Switching out just the pillowcases is a nice way to get a new look without shelling out for a complete sheet set. And those pillowcases were the only thing making that rug look vaguely right with the duvet cover. The rug was pulled from another room, so making it work was rather important, budget-wise.
I love the look and feel of slouchy, comfy cotton bedding, but I do wish that it'd look crisp enough to photograph better. I cannot figure out what to hang over the bed for either design scheme and am a bit terrified of hanging anything heavy on the old plaster walls over my head--I'd like to extend the picture molding that's in other parts of the house into this room for that reason alone. Side note: the ottoman is from an estate sale and is what my stumpy dogs use to get in and out of bed.
Silver trays and bowl are all from thrift stores, the jewelry box is from the local Methodist Children's Home Sale, and the message board at the far end is currently being used as earring storage. I'd like to replace it with better fabric, at the least.
Another PlumPrettySugar goodie, a robe in a print she calls Pink Love Poppy. Too pretty to stuff in a closet.
Fondue is another great Etsy seller, who uses vintage wallpaper to decoupage switchplates and outlet covers. This one is an awesome 50s Polynesian print--I literally have their stuff in every room in my house. Too fun.
The print is from the awesome 20x200, by Christina Muraczewski. I really recommend getting on their mailing list for first dibs on prints/discounts. The little jug is midcentury art pottery that I got on eBay, made by Betty Harrington for the Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison, WI. It goes better with the cool weather theme, but I left it out, anyway.
The Danish modern lamp and the hand blown green glass vase are both from the Methodist Children's Home Sale in Decatur. I got the fiberglass whip stitched shade from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Maryville, TN. The little yellow piece of pottery is a 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair souvenir that I got from an estate sale (love that particular Worlds Fair!). The random vase filler (silk orchids/peacock feathers) are left over from a craft project--making hair "decor" with my friend Alejandra.
PlumPrettySugar calls this pattern Beckoning Creatures. Besides this duvet, I also have a shirt and headband in the material. Yes, addicted.
Ignore the weird shadows. The rug is a sample from TJ Maxx and used to be in my library. It looked great as far as pattern/color, but was WAY too small for such a big room. So I got a new rug for in there and folded up my old Turkish one in here and shoved it under the bed till fall. The rug is labeled Loloi Rugs, but since it's a sample, that particular pattern seems to be discontinued. They have some other great looking rugs on the site, though, and I can vouch that it's excellent quality--100% wool and almost an inch thick.
So that's it! I apologize again for the pictures--seems like this community is more about Saucy Pictures than Saucy Dwellings sometimes, but that's unfortunately not where my talents lie.
My house is a 1930s bungalow in Jefferson Park, East Point, GA, just south of Atlanta. My fall/winter look for the bedroom is definitely more Arts & Crafts autumnal.
Here's what it was like when I bought the house. I cannot begin to describe how filthy the carpet was. We ripped it out, cleaned up the hardwood floors underneath, and painted.
Here's what it's like for the cooler months:
The bedroom furniture was inherited from my parents, and while it's not very saucy, it is very solid and a good quality. The curtains are from Pier 1, and the bedding is from Target. The vintage Turkish rug is by way of eBay. The wall color is Hubbard Squash from the Sherwin Williams Arts & Crafts interior palette.
My friend received a robe as a wedding shower gift by Etsy seller PlumPrettySugar. She takes great Indian cotton fabrics and uses them in bedding, decor, and clothing. I saw the Beckoning Creatures duvet cover and was sold on the idea of using it in my bedroom. Everything else came from that--the whole transformation cost less than $200 and will easily be reversed and stored in the fall.
I apologize here and now for my non-saucy and inconsistent photography. The room already had great woodwork. The closet is a more modern addition and makes for unusual angles. This is the only furniture arrangement I've found so far that works.
The ceiling fan needs to be replaced pretty badly. It'll probably be with another one--I know ceiling fans aren't generally saucy, but they're rather necessary in an Atlanta bedroom. I recommend going to the Etsy site for a look at photos of a more "crisp" look with the same bedding.
Old house=close neighbors. Overstock is an amazing source of longer curtains (hello, 9 foot ceilings) for cheap--I think these sheers were $12.99 apiece for 95" length.
I will end up regretting the white bedskirt (2 black/tan dachshunds), but any other color seemed to clash with either the rug or the other bedding. The bedskirt was totally a cheapie from WalMart.
On a similar note, the pillowcases and shams were also WalMart. Switching out just the pillowcases is a nice way to get a new look without shelling out for a complete sheet set. And those pillowcases were the only thing making that rug look vaguely right with the duvet cover. The rug was pulled from another room, so making it work was rather important, budget-wise.
I love the look and feel of slouchy, comfy cotton bedding, but I do wish that it'd look crisp enough to photograph better. I cannot figure out what to hang over the bed for either design scheme and am a bit terrified of hanging anything heavy on the old plaster walls over my head--I'd like to extend the picture molding that's in other parts of the house into this room for that reason alone. Side note: the ottoman is from an estate sale and is what my stumpy dogs use to get in and out of bed.
Silver trays and bowl are all from thrift stores, the jewelry box is from the local Methodist Children's Home Sale, and the message board at the far end is currently being used as earring storage. I'd like to replace it with better fabric, at the least.
Another PlumPrettySugar goodie, a robe in a print she calls Pink Love Poppy. Too pretty to stuff in a closet.
Fondue is another great Etsy seller, who uses vintage wallpaper to decoupage switchplates and outlet covers. This one is an awesome 50s Polynesian print--I literally have their stuff in every room in my house. Too fun.
The print is from the awesome 20x200, by Christina Muraczewski. I really recommend getting on their mailing list for first dibs on prints/discounts. The little jug is midcentury art pottery that I got on eBay, made by Betty Harrington for the Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison, WI. It goes better with the cool weather theme, but I left it out, anyway.
The Danish modern lamp and the hand blown green glass vase are both from the Methodist Children's Home Sale in Decatur. I got the fiberglass whip stitched shade from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Maryville, TN. The little yellow piece of pottery is a 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair souvenir that I got from an estate sale (love that particular Worlds Fair!). The random vase filler (silk orchids/peacock feathers) are left over from a craft project--making hair "decor" with my friend Alejandra.
PlumPrettySugar calls this pattern Beckoning Creatures. Besides this duvet, I also have a shirt and headband in the material. Yes, addicted.
Ignore the weird shadows. The rug is a sample from TJ Maxx and used to be in my library. It looked great as far as pattern/color, but was WAY too small for such a big room. So I got a new rug for in there and folded up my old Turkish one in here and shoved it under the bed till fall. The rug is labeled Loloi Rugs, but since it's a sample, that particular pattern seems to be discontinued. They have some other great looking rugs on the site, though, and I can vouch that it's excellent quality--100% wool and almost an inch thick.
So that's it! I apologize again for the pictures--seems like this community is more about Saucy Pictures than Saucy Dwellings sometimes, but that's unfortunately not where my talents lie.