Sunday, June 8, 2014

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Hi everyone,

Hope your weekend is going great.  All over and done with down in my part of the world and Monday morning I've woken to a rather gray day and it looks like it's been raining over night.  Oh, well, I suppose the fabulous fall weather had to end eventually.

With the change in season, I am finding I'm focusing more on projects to be finished - yes THAT BIG LIST again.

This time it's curtains for the master bedroom, and the family room.

Now as you know I chose this fabric for our master room headboard.



And the purple is the wall color - all four walls, though one is a mirrored wardrobe too and another is a sliding door out onto the patio.

Not that it's any closer to getting the headboard done, but... well, good things take time - at least that is what I'm telling myself.


So the conundrum for the curtains is this - do I go simple white/off white (boring??) or do I go color co-ordinated. I could have chosen the co-ordinating fabric to the headboard fabric, but it was a tad too much I thought, all stripes in yellow, purple, pink and green.  I did find a nice off white fabric which had a thin purple stripe in it (intermittently), but felt that it could be like sleeping in a room with a white sheet hanging on the window - and yes, we've probably all done that in our student apartment days, and I'm all grown up now, so want a big girl room!

These are some options I've come up with 
The Samples from Martha's Fabrics - a fabric heaven in Newmarket, Auckland.


 The check is actually reversible, white check, or purple check.
 The reverse side

 The darker purple fabric, I think might be adding too much purple in the room.


I love the lemon and white print, but again I think it's adding another major print to the room, given that we already have a striking print for the headboard.

Then there is this stripe which i quite like...but....

Oh...decisions, decisions.

However, I think I’ll be going with the reversible check fabric, using the white check as the side facing the room.


Or... there is another option.  Go with a plain velvet headboard (silver gray??? or even a dark purple) and use the original headboard fabric for the curtains.

 Here's some Pinterest ideas

 From Pinterest - the Missing Piece


From Pinterest - mycandicedesign.com


What do you think?

Happy days

Jane



2 comments:

  1. Gosh decisions, decisions. If you are going to have that striking fabric for the headboard, I think you might be best to go with plain curtains. What about a really soft gauzy linen in a pale mauve colour or colour picked out of that fabric, I think that they have some gauzy linen in Marthas. Then though you would have to back the fabric, maybe you could back it with a soft grey. If you then went with a grey velvet headboard it would look stunning.

    A grey velvet or linen headboard (if not in direct sunlight) would work well with the purple check fabric as curtains too.

    Lots of decisions for you to make, I am a terrible procrastinator, so wouldn't want to be in your shoes. I am starting on my bedroom next and I will have to go through the same procedure but creating a mood board definitely helps.

    Lee :)

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    1. Hi Lee, yes decision making is tough and procrastination is my middle name. I love your post on making the headboard, - will be showing it to hubby when i enlist his help. Definitely think i will go with themultiple colored fabric for the headboard, such a statement, still in love with the check!!! Just call me the color girl

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