Plaid Equine Bedroom

Busy weekend here!

A flea market purchase

on Saturday

brought about some necessary changes

in one of the bedrooms.

I decided to pull together things

we had and create a cozy plaid

equestrian space.

Here is the room before the pieces were added:

Just so you know... 

the parts aren't exactly perfect --

but I worked with what we had

around the house

swirling things around

to see what might work.

Yesterday, I went to a huge flea market

 out in the country west of Chicago

that is held monthly at one of the county fairgrounds.

I unexpectedly came across two 

plaid twin upholstered headboards

for sale --$55 for the pair. 

Winning!

So I brought them home.

The price was right but the plaid was a bit crooked

and as it turned out did not match with the existing

plaids I had collected. So I stripped one of them down

and recovered the headboard frame with some

red ultrasuede I had in my stash.

So it went from this:

To this:

 

Then I brought in some lamps

(i know, they need new lampshades )

but I did not have matching side tables

or bedside stands. 

So pulled in a pine trunk

and nightstand but the heights were off.

So I stacked some vintage wicker storage suitcases and I was able to get 

the lamps to sit at the same

height -- which is important to me!

Blurry photo - oops. Need to stand STILL!

Next ... I decided to take another

flea market find ...

a vintage 

original pastel drawing of a horse

(that I LOVE) 

but needs to be reframed, 

and used it as a focal point

above the new red headboard.

Isn't he handsome?

It looks so much like a photograph,

I wish I could find the artist 

who drew this! Very talented person. :)

I flanked it with two old

framed horse tack prints 

and then  

started layering in the 

yummy plaids.

Cozy, right?

Adjoining bathroom.

RL wallpaper in attached bathroom coordinates
with the plaid bedding.

The ultrasuede duvet cover is a dark navy but in the sunlight it appears bright blue. Odd!

My baby boy used to sleep in this room! It is sad to think he is grown
and gone from our plaid nest. Miss him terribly but he still has a place
to rest his weary head when he comes to visit. :) 

(His baby shoes are still in a drawer
in the room! They make me smile.)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Always nice to see you.

xox~

Alison :)