Way cool! Sounds pretty and thanks for the tips!

glad you got it done, dejavu! It sounds really nice.

I don't know what a teal blue is, but I bet it looks lovely with white trim. That's such a good feeling of accomplishment after renovating a room. What color carpet have you chosen?

The carpet will be a soft gold/beige. I'm going for a teal/gold/brown palette with that little touch of crisp white. Today I'll be phoning the carpet store to check on a delivery date.

It sounds lovely, dejavu. Show us some pics when you're finished.

chick

Bought the new bed yesterday; it will be delivered tomorrow. Also went to Linens 'n Things and bought all the bedding. The one thing I don't have yet is a headboard - everything we've looked at is too tall. In order to fit under the painting I'm putting above the bed, the headboard can only be about 30" tall, which means it really will only clear the mattress by a few inches, just enough to keep the pillows in place. I may have to make something myself.

Will post pix when the room is complete.

Bed arrived, all made up, looks great. I also bought a brown suede-like draped valance for the window. So now I'm waiting on the desk, chair and filing cabinet for my scrapbooking stuff. They will take 2-3 weeks. The room is really coming together.

The room sounds absolutely lovely. I painted my bedroom teal blue once and had white trim. It was in another house I owned and I loved that bedroom. It was soothing. Wish I still had it.

The headboard. Are you still planning on making one? Could you find ladder-back chairs that are damaged and cut the bottoms off, nail the ladder-back together (like three or four of them) and paint them? Then just tack them to the wall for a headboard. Just a suggestion. They would be short and "removable" if you decided on something else.

Some people use pieces of fences for headboards. Like picked fences, even the iron. Like an old gate. And lastly, old manels that adorned some fireplace would make a great headboard and probably have a shelf. You could cut it off to adjust the height.

Fireplace screen? Somebody stop me!

Actually, I did consider a section from a room divider screen, placed cross-wise (but it was too long). And I tried a footboard from a wrought iron bed, but it was too tall. So now I'm looking for something Jussst Riiiight.

Actually, the painting really serves visually for the headboard. The bottom edge only clears the pillows by a few inches. I just want something at the head of the bed so the pillows will stay in place. My husband is going to cut some thick plywood in a very slight curved shape and I'm going to cover it with foam padding and staple brown fake suede over it to match the valance.

But I like your ideas for a headboard. There are so many different things that can be done.

I have some photos now of this room makeover, but I don't know if it's okay to post photos here. Is it?