Tuesday, 14 August 2012

"My Red Bedroom"

I've been wanting a change in my bedroom. Namely changing up my bedding. I've been looking and looking, googling and googling, to see if there are any duvet covers out there that will give me what I want.

I have a room accented in red, and off whites, and more beiges and browns. My current rug has red and grey cherry blossoms on an off white background. I wanted to play up the red and grey. Ever since touring IKEA during my kitchen purchasing trips, I want this bed:


It's comfy. Grey upholstered fabric. Perfect for reading in bed.

In my googling I found this image as an inspiration:


Today the new IKEA catalogue came and I saw these pillow cases:


Then in IKEA today, I saw this fabric:


And this pillow:


Next thing you know, I'm thinking of making a duvet cover from the striped fabric, something I was looking for. I also saw this fabric, while the wheels were turning, to pull out the grey from my area rug:


Trust me, the writing is grey.

And this is my plan, I just need to get a duvet pattern, but that's what the internet is for:


Now to find the pattern, the time, and the money....




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