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i have a california king moving into my bedroom and so i need to accommodate. more accurately, i need to buy a new bed.
i'm thinking of a few different ways i could go. i love a padded head-board (but are they practical? you know, dogs, kids etc)
i also think this, idea, of a 'monogrammed' headboard is just so sharp. but then would this limit the room a bit? but ooh. i do so love this. back to the bed situation. this look is preppy and a bit vintage while feeling very graphic. great look. definitely a thought.
i'm not completely sold on williams sonoma home. i have no idea (having not checked it out in person) why they're priced the way they are. i mean, they're retail. right? i'm all for paying for quality. but i'm concerned that these may just be 'pottery barn' grade.
from afar, from the catalog shots, i totally dig these two beds. but what are they like up close? i need to test drive this one i think both of these can go formal and also look like there's some provenance to them. a bit unexpected in a beachy room. just what i like. the bottom one is from restoration.
***this just in.....a big giant thank you to reader/new friend courtney for sending me this full photo (from the nytimes) of that gorgeous bed above - and to stylecourt for giving me more info on the design specs of this room (i knew, just knew that stylecourt would give me the info i need. she's an omniscient one!)
******even more help from the outside. this time, editor, monika eyers herself (this was her shoot at domino) came in and bailed me out. "it's from jan/feb 06 issue of
Domino, pg 41. The sheets are by Souleiado! " i love domino and the people who work there. they're just good folk all around.
little more info. too:
wallpaper - "flowering quince"-clarence house
bed- we "think" it was a newly ebonized- hand me down. however i've seen a few that are very similar available to the public (i.e. not only to the trade)
and because my bedroom has a vaulted ceiling, an over sized, really dramatic, tall headboard would be subtly dramatic. of course i'd have to have it covered in an amazing fabric. and i would certainly need to make it removable for cleaning.ideally something not screaming with a mix of pattern and color but something that would enable me to mix up the bedding when i had the urge. these madeline weinribs would be beautiful:
i also think this, idea, of a 'monogrammed' headboard is just so sharp. but then would this limit the room a bit? but ooh. i do so love this. back to the bed situation. this look is preppy and a bit vintage while feeling very graphic. great look. definitely a thought.
again, my room can handle "tall". for which i'm fortunate. because this means that i can look at a four poster as an option. this one has long been a favorite shot of mine. (can someone give me the resource for this photo? i've lost it***) i LOVE these french linens. not exactly starched and pressed. natural and loose. i would totally use this look in my bedroom.
i'm not completely sold on williams sonoma home. i have no idea (having not checked it out in person) why they're priced the way they are. i mean, they're retail. right? i'm all for paying for quality. but i'm concerned that these may just be 'pottery barn' grade.
from afar, from the catalog shots, i totally dig these two beds. but what are they like up close? i need to test drive this one i think both of these can go formal and also look like there's some provenance to them. a bit unexpected in a beachy room. just what i like. the bottom one is from restoration.
***this just in.....a big giant thank you to reader/new friend courtney for sending me this full photo (from the nytimes) of that gorgeous bed above - and to stylecourt for giving me more info on the design specs of this room (i knew, just knew that stylecourt would give me the info i need. she's an omniscient one!)
******even more help from the outside. this time, editor, monika eyers herself (this was her shoot at domino) came in and bailed me out. "it's from jan/feb 06 issue of
Domino, pg 41. The sheets are by Souleiado! " i love domino and the people who work there. they're just good folk all around.
little more info. too:
wallpaper - "flowering quince"-clarence house
bed- we "think" it was a newly ebonized- hand me down. however i've seen a few that are very similar available to the public (i.e. not only to the trade)
Comments
I've also wondered the same re: WmS. furniture.
Nice enough merchandising and catalog layout - but whoa, is THAT is what you pay for, not necessarily, well..... craftsmanship and quality, I'm not sure.....??
Regardless, the last two nests are so fab.
Would take any kind of dressing - I would swish either up with a white cotton pique or subtle white cotton matellase coverlet, crisp pillowcases/shams - Perhaps that is where a tone on tone or white BB8 monogram plays in....How I love the demure, ForMyEyesOnly, reverse snob appeal of a white on white monogram.......
Oh, and did I mention a pretty cashmere lil ol' blanky (any color) tucked at the foot of this????
SweetDreams......Alison
when I read in bed, I can lean up against it. I can study, take notes...all with a nice cushioned back.
As for height, you can find these as tall as you like. I've seen some incredible ones available through some of our local high-end showrooms. They can run the gamut between ultra-mod and Victorian. Quite a range!
In the end, buy what you love. Not what you think you should love. ;)
Courtney Barton
i'll make sure to give proper credit. thanks you guys!
Joni
The black headboard with white piping is pretty sharp. I wonder if that would require less cleaning?
Keep us posted.
Good luck.
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