A Place to Lay My Head

Well, I am down to the finishing touches on the "mystery project room" so I decided it was time to start making important decisions in the bedroom. The walls are painted and I LOVE the color, the bedding is here and I LOVE it. The problem is I don't think I love them together. The paint sample looked great up against the bedding but Marc and I had................... an issue with the paint. We had never used Dutch Boy before but we had problems with the application, it was runny, and it smelled like dirty gym socks. Hmmm...... that's a new one. Anyways, for one reason or another it turned out about 3 shades off of what it is supposed to be. So now the bedding and the walls just kind of clash. So while I am deciding what to do about that I thought I would look for beds.
I was on Fabulous Fifi's blog yesterday. ALWAYS finding inspiration there! Fifi recently got back from a photo shoot of the famous Rachel Ashwell's home and shop. On display in her shop was a four poster canopy bed that really caught my eye. A beautiful, weathered-looking four poster canopy bed with all white bedding and sheer lacy curtain panels hung from all four sides...........ahhhhh..............I honestly got lost in that picture. I imagined sitting in that bed, surrounded by comfy white pillows, reading (the most recent issue of Romantic Country of course!) with the sheers blowing in the breeze from a nearby window with Lesley Garrett playing softly in the background. And then, just that quick, I snapped out of my little fantasy when I heard my son screaming "MOMMYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Bella took her diaper off and there is poop everywhere!!!" I looked away from my computer screen to see my naked daughter running proudly and happily down the hall........... leaving poppy footprints as she went. Yuuuuk! Hmmmmm............. Is all white bedding really such a great idea? Will my kids be hanging from those cross-bars like monkeys from a tree? Will those sheer drapes survive or be used as a Tarzan vine? How practical is a canopy bed?
I suggested the idea to my husband........ "What are your thoughts of a sheer- covered, four poster, canopy bed?"
His response? "Twelve year old girl."
Wow. Harsh.
So what do you all think? Do you like canopy beds? With their dreamy sheer curtains blowing in the breeze? Or is this type of decor best left in junior high??
I found several canopy beds online. None that really turned my head, so to speak. I have the ideal one pictured in my head........... just haven't found it yet. All of the beds tend to be black too so I would have to paint them white and give them a distressed finish.


This is a little closer to what I was imagining but it is still lacking some umph!

There, that is better......................

And then I kept looking at other alternatives. I found this cute four poster bed. Very cottage......

And then we have this elegant beauty. My heart sings......................

How gorgeous is this bed?? Very French, very shabby chic and OH SO ROMANTIC!! It is from the Chris Madden Collection at JCPenny. Hmmm. This would give me the romance I am looking for and have that same whimsical feel as a canopy bed. It would also be a shock to my wallet. But it is dreamy. I'll have to think about all of these beds and see which one comes up the winner. What do you all think??

Have a great day!!

~Heather :)