Now that the gf has moved in (I know, how very cliche of us) I’m having to make some changes to my beloved Garden Party Bedroom. Let’s recap, shall we?

As much as I thought the room was ‘done’ and ‘fantastic’ it seems that my mid-century loving, prefers-to-sleep-in-a-cave ladyfriend doesn’t like the whole tea at three approach to decorating.

So we redecorate*.

The whole thing started with a pack of playing cards from 1962 I found at a local market that I’m just madly, madly in love with. I’m in the process of blowing up the King & Queens of Hearts for above the bed. The Samantha Hahn will go near the desk. Maybe I’ll mix up the mod color scheme with some very-right-now DIY ombre curtains, a few embroidered pillows and my already owned inky blue bedding & orange glass lamps. The whole thing will be finished off with an overdyed magenta rug, because this is yet another trend I just can’t sit on the sidelines on. I’m still trying to convince a certain someone that we need a coat of green-y yellow-y mod paint to finish the whole thing off.

The only thing we need now is a headboard.  I was going to go with a custom ikat number with an amazing Donghia print, but I just don’t think it works at this point.

Is purple just totally out of nowhere?

This shape is perfection, but gray? Meh.

Is it just blue to match the bedding?

Maybe a pop of bright red is just what the space needs against the sea of blue bedding?

So what do you think?

(*Recently we had the pleasure of a healing consultation (yes, we’re new age-y like that) of our home. The lovely intuitive said that while the energy of the rest of our home was great, the bedroom was fraught with stress and bad ju-ju. Thankfully her prescription was a new comfy headboard, a rug and some new, darker curtains. She says that curtains are the eyelids of the room, windows the eyes. Take care to have your windows clean and your window treatments neat. Got it.)