The rose-colored quilt at the end of the bed balanced the headboard and made the whole room look more cohesive. It’s January. It’s the best time to make your bedroom cleaner, cozier and more comfortable. Luckily my friends (Nick and Suzanne) had recently moved into a new house 4 minutes away from us and while they are not necessarily ‘in need’ they only had a mattress and dresser in their bedroom. Hopefully, all of you who are suffering the coldest winter ever can still find some tips in this more ‘California’ inspired bedroom winter refresh. WANT MORE OF WHERE THAT CAME FROM? If you want to make your own straps from the sleeve material, though, cut fabric strips just over an inch wide. I really didn’t want it to look like a DIY project by amateurs (of which I am). I thought about doing a whole DIY post about it but it was so custom and specific (and we were installing so quickly) that a whole post about this particular headboard seemed moot. There are a million upholstered headboard wall DIY’s online one of which we have shown on here before and thought about doing again, but this one was too custom to really even teach a how-to.
I understood you were joking Emily, and one of the reasons I keep coming back is that I love your writing voice. So we built an upholstered wall all the way across, in a vertical Rebecca Atwood stripe and man, I love it. We mixed in a pattern that looked great with the stripe - a diamond in the same color palette. Working off fringe purse of the headboard wall I shopped at Target, buying within that color palette - rose, blush, gray and navy blue. About the headboard wall: while you may not be able to tell in the photos it is a thick pad of 2″ foam glued on plywood, with perfectly stretched fabric overtop and a 2″ painted moulding all the way around with an upholstered plywood bed base to match. Now could you attempt to build this headboard? In the winter (now) we feel like hunkering down, and not leaving our house except to exercise, maybe. Now you will think twice before splurging on those branded bags at the stores. I think you did a really lovely job on this room!
My friend Mike (the lead designer) nailed it (or should I say staple-gunned it) and did such a great job. One of you commented recently ‘ENOUGH WITH THE BLUSH AND BLUE’ and while we’ve had a lot of laughs about that comment the last couple weeks (because she seemed really, really upset), I’m happy to say that this color palette is ‘rose’ and ‘indigo’ so don’t worry. This is one of my favorite openings. My favorite new piece is that BEAUTIFUL gauzy blanket that we layered on top of the quilt. With B still attached, place one end of strap behind top of side panel about 1/2-inch down from top (right side of strap facing out.) Reach through with hook from outside and pull yarn through and slip st around strap end (about 4 or 5 sts), forming a pocket on outside. As in her store, each piece of jewelry Sage put out had a printed card on which the spiritual aspects of the piece was touted: a necklace with amethyst crystals would help one in meditating and clear quartz would help focus the energy of their thoughts.
I have a lot of sets, I switch them out all the time and we prefer them over any fancy linen sheets out there (listen, Brian doesn’t like linen, and I like sharing a bed with him so he wins). He would have stopped and asked, ‘What next? We also have a lot of traffic, sprawl, smog and many questionable Hollywood people who live in LA and make us question our day to day existence, so there is a trade-off. Smart people are always trying to catch try-hards and will out us if no expensive art books are on display. After the Free John summer of 1971, smoking pot was everywhere and out in the open. And when summer rolls around well, we feel like slacking, partying and being reckless. In the spring we feel like cleaning and prepping for summer. The only wall for the master bed was that alcove which was tricky and needed to feel more important. The craft involves the writing of special Father's Day message and name of the child on it, making the gift even more special. I saw you were making a joke…
