Bedroom Makeover

Nine years ago when we moved into this house, I was thrilled with our large bedroom at the front of the house. It has two walls of windows, one whole wall of built in cupboards, and gorgeous views over our town. We have a lovely silver frame bed and I chose the colour scheme of lilac. We bought a nice wall print of a white lily on a lilac background from IKEA. I painted the cupboard doors in metallic lilac, made block-out roman blinds for the windows, then made sheer purple curtains which were so pretty billowing in the breeze.

Then...all of a sudden I was over purple! I was all purpled out...

So, we repainted the cupboard doors beige, took down the purple curtains and replaced them with sheer white ones. And tossed the pretty lilac quilt cover for a gorgeous cream Kylie at Home cover embossed with silver embroidery and diamantes!

 

This is the one we have, just the quilt cover & two pillow cases, not all the other stuff!

And then suddenly, the room was devoid of colour...and very boring. *Sigh*

So I decided that I wanted to introduce duck egg blue and soft golds or beige. I've searched and searched for a wall print (because our old one has faded to almost white) in those colours but to no avail. I considered getting one of my photos printed on a canvas but I can't find the right one. So I'm still searching...

Almost gone

A few weeks ago we pulled down the roman blinds (that I spent hours making) because they were mildew ridden and festy! We bought some new white and beige curtains from IKEA...and still we have no colour.

On the weekend, however, I popped into Spotlight on a whim and discovered that they were having a 30% off sale on cushions. And I found some things that I liked! Not in duck egg blue, but teal. So I've changed my thoughts to teal and aqua. I bought one gorgeous teal cushion with a silver thread, and two aqua covers that I just need to buy inserts for (I was in a rush, couldn't get them on the day).

Now I'm on the hunt for a teal/aqua throw for the end of the bed. I can't decide whether to buy one of these or hit the big smoke of the Sunny Coast to find something in the shops...

Lasoo

Click4Curtains.com

Ebay

Ebay

...and the perfect wall print! Something like this might be nice...

I altered the colour of one of my photos

It's all still a work in progress, but one day I hope it's just right!
If only my sewing table didn't have to be in the bedroom :(

Oh yes, what a mess!

And I just noticed that the stool still has a purple cover. Better change that too!

Do you like your bedroom?
What is your colour scheme?
Or is it still a work in progress, like mine?


UPDATE

I finally found the perfect print.
I totally LOVE it...

 

Almost done....