Cottage Master Bedroom

ON TO ANOTHER ROOM!!!!!

As I've told you guys, across from my study is my master bedroom.....

I used the same blue color for both rooms to create the feeling of a master suite.

Therefore, I used the same rug in both rooms.

The blue color choice started in the master bedroom.

 I wanted to do a blue toile.

 I always have liked the look of blue toile rooms,

 and thought, with my new life, as a retired snow bird,

 I would venture into the realm of simple color schemes.....

It's really pretty,

 but I would not do it again,

 as is evident in how I went native

 (back to multi-colored floral prints)

 in my study

Some folks are serene, simple color combo animals.....

some of us are multi-hued beasts!!!!!

 I covered everything that wasn't moving in a  gorgeous linen rose toile from Brunschwig & Fils

The walls were upholstered in the fabric, as well as the headboard, draperies, half tester, small chairs and bed skirt.

The way to create a toile room, is to use one fabric on most of whats in the space, adding a few accent fabrics in carefully chosen placements.

according to Wikipedia.....

Toile de Jouy, sometimes abbreviated to simply "toile", is a type of decorating pattern consisting of a usually white or off-white background on which a repeated pattern depicting a fairly complex scene, generally of a pastoral theme such as a couple having a picnic by a lake or an arrangement of flowers.^[2] The pattern portion consists of a single color, most often black, dark red, or blue. Greens, browns, and magenta toile patterns are less common, but not unheard of. Toile is most associated with fabrics (curtains and upholstery in particular, especially chintz), though toile wallpaper is also popular. Toile can also be used on teapots, beddings, clothing, etc. In upper-class (primarily American, but also northern European) society, toile is often seen on dresses or aprons used at such events as country-themed garden parties or tea parties.

My bidness partner, Kris, calls my bed a "Princess" bed, 

'cuz of the half tester....

A half tester is like a part of a canopy....

It projects from the head of the bed.....

The details are what can add just enough pop to keep the simple  palette from lacking visual interest.....

The headboard had a soft colored contrast welt....

The half tester and drapery valances have a scalloped trim.....

I set my dressing table in front of the windows looking out to my terrace.....

 I found the chairs on 

ebay!!!!

They were covered in vinyl....

If I were Amy Chalmers, of Maison Decor fame....

I would have painted the plastic with chalk paint!!!!

But I'm not Amy!!!!!

I'm Betsy!!!!!

So I had them recovered in more of the toile.....

I had this funky trim applied around the seats for a little bedroom glam!!! 

My friends at Drape It did all the labor, because I didn't know then that...

I could do this stuff myself!!!!!

So this is just a taste of my bedroom.
Staying true to form, over the next week or two, I will go into nauseating
detail about everything in the room.

Latah, Gatah 

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