Here's the Alabama Clay carpet. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Nooooo!
So, anyway, here's my design penance. Turn this shrine to shabby into a nice guest bedroom for my parents. In keeping with the rest of the house, it needs to be modern with a rustic edge.
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Since it's a guest room, the bed is going to take central stage. The frame is a brass four-poster with a great deal of character, and it dominates the room. The frame stays (for now), anchoring the space. Bedspread will likely be a rich cream, and these pillows will bring nature inside without adding heft to the bed (Fern Pillows, Pottery Barn).
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To pick up some of the creams from the bed, some objects de decor from West Elm for the bath.
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Side tables for the bed are family antiques (tall, dark glaze with spindle legs). To balance their slender shapes, these lamps, also from Pottery Barn, perhaps half-filled with brown and gray river stones from the nearby creek.
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Add a great mirror and some pen and ink prints of trees (sans the shelves), all from Ballard Designs.
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