ANOTHER Master Bedroom Update: Accessories and Bedding (and Lots More Photos)

First, thank you all so much for voting yesterday. Most of the votes were by return email, so the post itself shows skewed results. On both email and the poll, the gray ceiling won, but the email responses made it win by even more than the poll shows. It was about 70% for the gray.  I'm SO happy because that was my inclination, too, and you guys confirmed it - thank you! And I think more of you will agree after seeing the new accent colors in this post.

After posting yesterday, I got inspired to shop and try to finish this room up, and I hit pay dirt at Home Goods.  (I always link to them when I mention them because I'm still hoping for that assigned parking space at the Norwell, MA store. Parking is a nightmare. Here's an idea Home Goods - maybe a blogger or two can win assigned parking for a month or something through some contest - "Blogger of the Month Parking" or something? Just a thought ;)

I knew I wanted to do purple accents. It was a fluke really - I'm not sure I would have thought of it, but Ellie brought a purple blanket in once and I loved the way it looked. So, even though it can be hard when you are looking for something specific (not just at HG, but anywhere really), I got extremely lucky.

 I'll go through my Home Goods ("HG") finds in the images....

1. This purple floral and the pot it is in, and the blue velvet sofa, which started this whole project about 8 months ago (wow, that's a long time, even for me), and two of the silver tables (the largest is from eBay years ago):

2. The shams (today), purple pillows, bedding, blankets, pillows, curtains, silver tables and throw - i.e., just about everything - a while ago.  The bedside tables I actually don't recall - they were years ago by mail order somewhere.

I'm one short on the shams, so I'm going to look at my other HG tomorrow:

3. Candles, candlesticks, bedding and blankets:

4. Gold box ($10!), gold frame, white container and floral (Lamps, curtains, and silver frames were from another day, also HG):

5. Both lamps, the mirror over the dresser, the settee, the silver stool, and the blue pillows were all HG. The large leaning mirror was Anthropologie, and the mirror between the windows was custom:

The mirrored dresser was HG a few months ago, but they usually have one or two in stock, at least at my store:

Can you believe how much was Home Goods? I was kind of surprised actually when I was writing this.  The only things that aren't are the bed and chaise (Overstock), the rug (OKL), the large mirror (Anthropologie), and the chandelier (Horchow).

Thank you Home Goods - I quite literally don't know what I'd do without you. Now let's talk about that parking space.....

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And, because you're likely so sick of this project by now, I wanted to include some other rooms.... here is your eye candy :)

Images

How gorgeous is this? It's still expensive, but fun to look at:

Bedroom Update - Painted at Long Last and Please Vote on My Ceiling Color!

I still have a long way to go, but this weekend, my husband and kids painted the bedroom for me!! They are so sweet. It took about 5 hours with three of them working (albeit slower than professionals,  but they still worked very hard).  It just shows that I was right to be completely and utterly overwhelmed by the daunting task of doing it myself (so I just never did it). With all of that trim work it was a nightmare.  But I really didn't want to hire it out  because it was a big job and would take a substantial amount from my family room project. So, Patrick and the kids gave the day of painting to me as a Mother's Day gift, and I am eternally grateful. 

The color is OC-45 Swiss Coffee by Ben Moore in semi-gloss (which I only use on trimmed walls like these - normally I prefer flat).  Since the last time I showed you the room, that is all that has changed. The usual pile of clothes on my chair to be put away is still there. Ellie's purple blanket and pillows are all over. I didn't show you the front of the room for a reason, too. You get the drift - it's not finished yet or cleaned or accessorized....

Next, I need to decide the bedding and paint the ceiling (next weekend I hope). Do you guys want to vote on the ceiling? I'll add a widget at the bottom - thank you! 

Of course these photos are also far from good (everything looks a little flat I guess, but the paint color is pretty accurate). Please imagine it without the blue ceiling:

The blanket on the head board below is just there to help me decide bedding colors -it won't live there forever:

With the blue ceiling cropped out:

I wish it didn't look so flat in the photos, especially the walls. I think it's because I had to lift the shadows:

Very true to the wall color on the left (but not the doors - those are unpainted): 

So what do you think for the ceiling? 

I'm thinking maybe a slightly darker version of the walls? 

Like this, which is two shades darker (OC-47 Ashwood):

2. Or a light gray like is on these walls, to mimic the curtains:

I'm not sure those two images help a lot since they look pretty similar, so maybe go on your gut:

What color should I paint the ceiling?

A beige slightly darker than the walls

Light gray like the curtains

Either will work

Neither (ceilings should be white or I hate them both)

Poll Maker

Thanks everyone!

Rooms I Love

Images

These are a couple of my favorites that are coming to a close soon: