I’ve spent a lot of time in this room over the years. When I was born, Mom and Dad had started building their house, the one that they’ve been in ever since. They had this fantastic designer come in and do practically the entire house. It is a dizzying, gorgeous display of color, but well-done color.

Mom particularly loves her wallpaper, even to this day. Now that’s sayin’ something, when you still like the same wallpaper, even nearly 30 (gulp – am I really getting that close to 30?) years later. So whenever we talk about doing stuff to their house, she always puts the kibosh on removing any of the wallpaper. Nope. No way, no how. It is staying put.

While I eventually migrated out of this bedroom into another one as a kid, I have since stayed in my original room many a night. For one thing, it has the most comfortable bed in the entire house. And it’s just a cheerful, happy room. It probably gets the most sunlight of any of the bedrooms in the house, and that makes it all the happier.

However, as I surveyed the bedroom this past weekend, I thought, wow, I wonder what I would do to this room, if I just had carte blanche to pick anything. Now wouldn’t that make a fun blog post!

The walls are such a gorgeous vibrant green as you can tell from the photos above, but I think that this room could pop a whole lot more if it included some pink and/or yellow accents. Not a lot, mind you – the wallpaper is already pretty bright, so my goal would be to let that be the loudest thing in the room.

Despite having a kingsize mattress, the bed really does need a kingsize headboard. It’s currently sporting an oldie-but-a-goodie queensize headboard that looks a bit dwarfed. And a really beautiful green lamp on the one bedside table is being lost amidst the green paper (ahem – Mom, if you ever decide it needs a new home, we know of a good one. 🙂  Plus, there’s a new lampshade somewhere in its future!). It may need a new home in another room at least to really show off its potential.

Ok, so here’s one set of ideas:

Flower bedroom – by rachelshingleton on Polyvore.com

I found two headboards/bedframes that I liked, so I had to do two different designs. I love this gorgeous yellow bed, and it’s from Ikea of all places. It’s very similar to a bed featured in Martha Stewart a few months ago that was striking. The little girl in me has always wanted a four-poster bed, but I think this one would look gorgeous against the bright wallpaper in their room.

The other pieces are fairly simple and speak for themselves. I’ve tried to maintain a lot of the same feel and character of the rest of their house. That artichoke lamp is so something that would’ve been in their house at some point.

Now for the second set:

flower room 2 – by rachelshingleton on Polyvore.com

As I look at it all together, it looks reeeeeeaaaaaally white.  I think that’s mostly because the image of the bed takes up so much space and it shows no bedding. But that headboard is GORGEOUS and would look amazing against the wallpaper. Very Dorothy Draper. Again with a funky lamp (maybe a different color lampshade, s’il vous plait) and a great bedside table. Also I love that Chinese garden-stool inspired side table in the yellow, so I included it in both sets.

Ok, now about that long chair pictured above. Because my sibs and I tend to spend a whole lotta time out at Mom & Dad’s, they really do need space for all the grandkids to sleep. Currently, it’s a big plastic yellow car bed (see photos above) which the kids love. But as they get bigger, they’ll need more room and a more sophisticated option. My vote is for this chair that folds out into a bed.

OR

If they don’t want the chair in there at all, I would vote for  that West Elm parsons-inspired bookshelf in there on the bottom right. It could hold baskets for storage, books, lamps, photos– really anything.

Wait, we didn’t talk about window treatments, did we? I couldn’t find a photo, but I know exactly what I would pick. I would find some gorgeous white linen drapes that were edged in a colorful pink or yellow grosgrain ribbon. I haven’t decided about the drapery hardware, but something nice. Probably brushed nickel.

Ok. There’s my thoughts. This was a lot of fun! I should make-believe design more often!  Love you, Mom!