Six months or so ago we switched from a queen to a king-sized mattress and I’ve been loving it!! (For anyone who remembers that I had neck issues… they are pretty much GONE now thanks to our new mattress, a Dutchcraft Mattress Co. 12″ gel mattress!!! Seriously changed my world.) For a few months, we had our mattress and boxspring sitting on the floor, and then got a cheapie temporary bed frame for another few months.
{Our old brass bed… goodbye my love!!}
I’m usually pretty decisive, but with no deadline of any sort, I took the scenic route in finding a new bed. (It was actually kind of wonderful!!) I was a bit bummed to have to let our antique brass bed go because I loved it so much but I ended up putting it in my dad’s lake house so I didn’t truly have to part with it. I didn’t want to go with a new brass bed because I knew I wouldn’t love it as much as my old one, so for a while I did nothing… But those nesting instincts kicked in recently and I got sick of the bed drifting out from the wall all of the time and the pillows falling in the crack. It was like one day I was fine waiting until forever and didn’t care and then the next day I was over waiting and feeling super pregnant and done. So… we ordered an upholstered bed from Restoration Hardware that arrived within a couple of weeks. I’m not going to say I’m in love with it but the speed and price were right so we went for it. (What I really wanted was almost twice the price so we didn’t want to go there.)
{our new bed in ‘”sand” Belgian Linen}
The new bed arrived a month or so ago and we shoved it against the wall where- as expected- it didn’t really fit with the location of our gallery wall and wall lights. The paintings dipped below the headboard and the lights were incorrectly placed over the now-king-sized bed. The gallery wall looked like mayhem and it felt crazy-chaotic in there with the center all life and the pieces all askew. We wanted to tackle it before the baby arrived and finally got a quiet morning at home this weekend. Here’s a pic of the “holey” wall once the whole gallery came down, complete with random light placement:
{Saturday morning: A wall full of nail holes and the lights hung for the old queen bed… And that beautiful little thing on the right pillow is my blanky. Yes, I still have one. Always will. }
We had pretty limited time while all three of our boys were occupied doing who-knows-what and attacked that thing.
{Propping art along the headboard to get a feel for where things would go}
And here it is all done:
There is SUCH a difference in the room now that everything actually fits!!!
People have asked me how I’m able to “rest” in a room with so much going on but when I’m in my bed, I don’t actually see any of it… just the view of the garden. (below) (It’s probably how I was able to go so long with it looking so terrible!!) I only see it during the day when I’m running around the room and am obviously awake, which is the time when I like having interesting things to look at.
Now that everything’s in place, I’m thrilled with the bed and the whole room:
I’m so happy to be done procrastinating in here!! Hope you enjoyed seeing the evolution!! Have a great week!!
*the professional pics are by Helen Norman… the washed-out ones are by me 😉
