A Delicate Issue

Simple, elegant & altogether very nice!

Love the flax coloured padded headboard here.
Images: Maxima Interiores

Now I've thought long & hard about posting this for a number of reasons, the main one being if MOTH ever reads it, I'll be seriously looking over @ The Short Wedding Dress Club, for Version 3!!!

You see, I've a confession to make - for the past 4 years I've been faking it in the bedroom! Now, before you all jump to the ENTIRELY WRONG conclusion, let me fill you in. On this occasion it's all about compromise, something honestly I'm not very good at, but 4 years ago I felt obliged to do.

MOTH had let me have my way on a pretty significant financial decision & for that I was very grateful. Totally unrelated, but at the same time, our bed needed a face-lift & so off to the sales we went. Now as I've mentioned before when MOTH was made, somehow his shopping gene was missed big time. So I knew if we were to achieve our desired goal, it would be a shopping campaign akin to a manoeuvre the SAS would have been proud of. Hit them fast & hit them hard!

Marching into the first store, I uttered the following words (keeping in mind this statement would then even up the compromise score) "Darling, you can choose this time." And before I could say '800 thread count', MOTH went straight to the first display bed he came to, called the store assistant over, whipped out the plastic fantastic & we were carrying the whole set to the car!

While his choice wasn't too bad, it wasn't really too good either, but I've bit my lip & faked my liking for it as best I can. But on Sunday, while up a ladder in the bathroom, MOTH astounded me by yelling out "Millie, I reckon it's time to get new bed linen. Oh & while you're at it, why don't you look for a new bed as well!" I honestly thought the aliens had entered the bathroom, whisked MOTH away & replaced him with one of their own. I can understand replacing the linen, but a whole new bed, HOOLEY DOOLEY!! For ultra conservative MOTH this is ground-breaking stuff. So our old bed can go on ebay ASAP & them I'm off to shop, although still somewhat incredulous!

Current look with MOTH's choice of linen. The blank wall at the foot of our bed will have a door in it which will lead to a new dressing room. The plans have been drawn & it's been placed in MOTH's building queue.

I love the curtains, they are so beautifully made & are very good at keeping the bitterly cold Hills nights at bay. They also match the roman blinds on the other window pictured below, so I'm going to work them into the new look.

My favourite view from bed. Our bedroom sits high off the ground at this end of the house & I look down at our small meadow & my favourite tree. Our much-loved bow-fronted antique dresser was our wedding present to each other.