Bedroom Inspiration

Fabric.  I can sum up my inspiration for the Master Bedroom in one word: fabric.  Ever since I first had the opportunity to decorate my bedroom when I was about 15, I decided that I would always rather create bedroom pillows and accents than buy things off the shelf.  I remember actually making a pillow once with printed chiffon fabric which I double layered.  The fabric was floral, so I took fake flower pedals and put them in between the layers of fabric. 


For the master bedroom, I turned towards fabric.com for my inspiration and palette.  I decided first that I really loved the idea of grey and yellow.  I had seen it in a couple of different places and just thought it was the perfect mix of warm and cool colors for a bedroom.  DP was on board with the color, but we were going back and forth about what exactly we wanted to make and what we wanted to buy. Initially, I had found some yellow and gray fabric that was a very bright yellow - far more modern than I had originally wanted.  I bought it and was going to buy a duvet cover and make pillows and shams for the bed.  That ended up being a direction that didn't seem to work. So when I sat down with DP and was showing him some other options, we decided to build the headboard and cover it in fabric and then buy a simple grey, stock comforter.  I am so excited for this project.  The bird print above will be the headboard and the other fabrics will be used as complements.  The yellow fabric I purchased is a DwellStudio design from fabric.com  for less than $20.  I ended up making two 18" x 18" matching pillows for the bed.  Last week when I was purusing the web I saw the same pillows on sale at DwellStudio (pictured above).  Let me tell you, the pillows took all of ten minutes to make and as I said before cost me less than $20 total for the whole project; the DwellStuido pillows are $58 a piece and sold out. 

I have light turquoise accessories for a splash of color and am still trying to find either fabric for the curtains or pre-made ones, but I am having a very hard time.  I still have a lot of work to do sewing together the Master Bedroom-- but I have to say it is actually pretty easy and a lot of fun.