ANOTHER WINTER BED

and speaking of winter beds...

I find it a bit difficult to marry an ocean theme

to a winter theme..do you?

but I am so enchanted with water and all that implies

I love shells and beach wood and the endless beauty and mystery of an ocean

and I especially love the calming color of a distant mist

so I knew this room would be perfect for just that sort of thing!

do you remember us water staining these boards one by one?

boy howdy I sure do!

let me take you back

oh no...this is not the beginning...this is the tidied up version of the beginning

do you see over there just where there's a bit of a step up?

when we were taking this old apartment apart...well...we found a 

petrified cat

I think about it from time to time

and wish I would have kept it to go with our petrified squirrel we found in the walls

this is the view from the bathroom into the bedroom

after quite a bit of headway

do you remember the issue that our sconces were not measured for a bed?

only a mattress? so we had to get a queen?  that really has not been an issue at all, glad to say!

I had these vintage linens for nearly ever

carrying them around with me all over

tarnation

(this means the entire nation in Texas slang)

so I could match stuff with them

this is the duvet cover for our fluffy down comforter

which is something I insist on for every bed!

(overstock is the best!  $2.95 shipping every day!)

these velvet pillows actually go to my sofa..glad I had the sense to keep them 

I got my couch long before this bedroom was done!

so back to the winter ocean bedroom

I suppose all oceans also have winter, right?

so in the winter...this is what the bed looks like

but today?

ah yes...today...that will change...as the velvets and scruffy stuff will be put away

the sun is out, the air is warming

and the whites and lazy daisy blues

lightweight and summery

are about to make it onto that

wonderful queen size bed

for the season of summer!