Not my usual color palette

My attic is that place where everyone tosses things, but never puts anything away.

I went up to the attic about 10 days ago to clean and purge and have been on a "USE IT" kick ever since.

I have been wanting a change in our bedroom for quite awhile and have been looking at  Pinterest for ideas.

And then, I found this quilt in the attic.

I had forgotten we even had it and don't remember when we used it - I think it was in KC's room right after she went away to college.

I brought the quilt and shams down from the attic and made the bed with some Rachel Ashwell sheets I found with the quilt.

My colorful striped dust ruffle would obviously not work so I went back to the attic and found this white dust ruffle I made about 15 years ago.

Colorful striped curtains no longer worked with the pastel quilt so I hunted and hunted for the Martha Stewart cafe curtains that were on the windows before the stripes, but I only found one .

Why would I only have kept one panel?

But, the day was saved by looking in the stacks of fabric where I found enough white fabric for new cafe curtains.

I switched a long bench that was in front of the bed with my mother's cedar chest - I wrote here about painting it in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Old White.

I moved my favorite little green chair from the living room adding flowers, a hand towel which was a gift from a special friend and my mother's frog - there is a fun family story about that frog and I am pleased that I was the one to receive it.

I changed the colors of jewelry on the plates, but the hands are holding necklaces in reds, blues and oranges - I might leave them as they are.

I would have been finished with the entire project yesterday except for these two blogging women.

Jennifer of Godstellations commented that she couldn't wait to see the new curtains and all I could think was that my curtains were going to be really plain.

Then I went to June's blog, Laughing With Angels, and read her post,  I'm a lace kind of girl.

After seeing all her lovely lacy linens, I had to do something to liven up my plain white curtains.

I am a self taught crocheter and do what I want, so I made up my own pattern for crocheted edges.

The edging on each curtain is different and that was intentional.

There are still some changes I want to make in the bedroom, but with Steve I have to move slow and make him think things are his idea.

I want to remove the tall bookcases and put in low bookcases that are out in the garage- the winning reason will be that he can display a large painting over the shorter bookcases.

Until that change is made, I at least need to redo the shelves because the red basket looks out of place.

I have a can of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Greek Blue, but I have been procrastinating painting the dresser - I think the reason is because I really want to find something different.

Truthfully, at the back of my mind is changing our bedroom back to the larger bedroom right next to the studio.

I mentioned it yesterday to Steve and am letting the idea "percolate" - I'll bring it back up in a few days.

Definitely not my usual color palette, but I like the soothing colors and simplicity of our little bedroom.

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