Cool, calm, serene... helllllp!

I know I was supposed to be focused this week on creating an amazing play area for Fern, but I've had one of those sort of blah weeks... and have absolutely nothing to share with you. :(

Whilst I've been achieving nothing for Fern's space, I've also been pondering my own. Space, that is. Because of course, once you have children you value your own little space more than ever.

I am, of course, talking about my (well, 'our' I guess - the husband likes to sleep/ shower in there too) bedroom. Here's what it looks like at the moment (wardrobes painted gloss white on opposite side of room; ensuite to the right):

I am slowly emerging from a long obsession with the colour pink. I have a lot of pink in my house; everything from a KitchenAid mixer to my beloved Eames rocking chair. I still love these items... but I'm ready to add some other colour to the mix! When we bought our house a couple of years back I painted the bedroom quarter strength Dulux Hogs Bristle and a feature wall in a sort of plum shade of pink. Trendy at the time, but its now screaming at me!

What I long for is a bedroom that oozes serenity, calm, and peace. I don't hate the furniture in the room, and I love my current bedlinen I purchased from the Aura range:

But I need a new colour scheme! And this is where I need your help. Would it be totally daggy to go to Dulux with my pillowslip to try to get a complementary colour for a new feature wall? I know feature walls are soooo 2007 or whatever, but I still like the idea of one in my bedroom! I'm also thinking about ditching the big wedding photo, at least from where it currently lives above the bed, and painting the wall a metallic blue/grey similar to this:

Porters Explorer Blue

Then, I thought I might find a few different sized ornate frames and paint them gloss white, filling them with art like this:

Or perhaps I could bite the bullet and wallpaper behind the bed:

Helllllp! If there are any budding or would-be interior designers out there reading my blog could you please give me your advice? You can see I am in desperate need of a bedroom colour-makeover!

Sorry, will try to (at least appear) a little less frazzled next week. Have a great weekend.

'Frames' Wallpaper

For a while now, I've been contemplating wallpapering my house. Not the whole house, mind... I'm not nearly brave enough for that. But a room, or at least a wall within a room. 

Anyway. A couple of years back I stumbled upon an image of this 'frames' wallpaper, used in somebody's home and featured in an international design magazine and I fell in love. Then I saw it on a home renovation show whilst I was holidaying in the UK. After that, it kept popping up everywhere. I don't know why, but for some reason I assumed it would not be available in Australia, and put it to the back of my mind.

Today, I was browsing the Australian distributor's website for wallpaper company Graham and Brown and THERE IT WAS! My Frames wallpaper; just one click away from my mailbox. And, at just $99 a roll, it was an absolute steal. I restrained myself (barely), as convincing my other half that any choice of wallpaper is (a) a great idea and (b) not something I will get sick of in three months is something I will have to be strategic about. I do sort of have a tendency to want to change things fairly consistently, and wallpaper is a touch harder to remove than say, paint. 

But that wallpaper! The possibilities are endless... paint or draw onto it directly; paste photographs or drawings onto it; or leave it blank! I adore the concept of an ever-changing artwork evolving over time. 

Now, if I can just work out how to get it over the line...