TEXTILES
This week’s focus was textiles. I am redoing the bed.
It will have:
1) One Duvet Cover
2) Two Euro Shams
3) One-Two Accent Pillows
4) A wool throw or quilt
I use a lot of cotton ticking in our house because it is so utilitarian. It lessens the cost of things when you put it on the back of cushions and duvets, for example, and it is soft and wears well. I found this denim fabric above at the WOOLEN MILL STORE and was told it is Levis denim, left over from a job they did. It washes really well. The blankets and pillows are available at STUDIO TULLIA and some are salvaged pieces I found in the “sold by the ounce” section of the store. They sometimes have left over Umatilla plaid that they use for their shirts and blanket fringe that I love to add to the ends of pillows.
My son reminded me that he wants the bedding to be super soft and not too itchy. As much as I love the vintage blanket below it may not work for that reason. I like how this blanket pulls all the colors in although that particular green is not really what he wants either. But I think this soft furry pillow might work.
HIGH SEAS WALLPAPER MURAL
We finally decided on the HENDERSON BLUE color way of HIGH SEAS.
The REBELWALLS wallpaper arrived within less than a week all the way from SWEDEN once we finally pulled the trigger. What a relief to have that decision made.
This next week is all about finishing the walls and getting the wallpaper up.
PAINT COLORS
This has been our greatest challenge. Arthur is holding firm on a pretty bold green. It will not tie into any other color in the room, but stand on its own. Let’s hope it works. The room is all prepped and ready for painting this weekend.
ART
The OWL painting above is by one of my favorite local artists, ELIZABETH SEE, that we are keeping in the room. We have lots of her paintings all over our house. She has an ETSY site if you want to check out her lovely work.
Recently I went to SCHOOLHOUSE ELECTRIC which is such a cool place. Not only the lighting, which is reproduction antique (schoolhouse) lighting, but they have all kinds of hardware, furnishings, art, textiles and a lovely cafe where I hung out for awhile.
I’m always inspired when I go in there. They have such creative displays and I love the interplay of new and old.
What I am liking for Arthur’s room is the graphic nature of their calendars and art work. I would like some sort of combination of images for over his desk so I need to get that together.
Things are getting pretty real with only two weeks left.
There are a lot of great designers and DIYers working on rooms for the next couple weeks so you should check out their progress:
Wish me luck on the wallpaper installation!
Thanks as always for following along.
