In 23 years of marriage, our bedroom has undergone many transformations, even though the furniture has mostly stayed the same.
Here I am as a newlywed, posing in our newly decorated bedroom. Oh how I loved that quilt set, and the matching apricot drapes and rug. It was the bedroom of my dreams! Luckily the hubster liked the quilt set and didn’t mind that it was pretty feminine.
Our next bedroom was in the house that we had designed and built. By this stage we were both in love with mint green and decorated the whole house accordingly – BEFORE it became fashionable. We were quite put out when it became the trend, and suddenly it was EVERYWHERE! Once again, hubster didn’t seem to mind having girly flowers crawling all over him in bed 😉
Our next house was a tiny little worker’s cottage, which we bought for three reasons: location, location, LOCATION! It was a beautiful big block in the prestigious and leafy Oyster Point part of Cleveland, and backed on to the water. We would launch the tinny from our own backyard at high tide, and caught mud crabs down the back! The house was so tiny that my study was in our bedroom – you can’t see it in this photo but my desk, computer and chair are literally at the foot of the bed.
I loved the aqua colour we painted the whole house with, and the milky coffee coloured trim. The bedspread in this photo is particularly special to me. I bought it with my first ever paycheck from selling an article to a magazine! The colours are still feminine but at least it isn’t floral this time!
At the end of 2009 we realised we needed to move into bigger digs. Both our kids were now teenagers! Just after we moved in I spotted this gorgeous bedding package on special for just under $100 so I brought it home with me.
Today, we still have that same quilt – but as you can see in the photo below, it’s reversible, so in Summer I like to use the lighter side. And we have FINALLY bought a new bed. You may have guessed by now I do love me a bargain. We found the gorgeous sleigh bed (mattress not included) at our local Salvo’s Store, for the princely sum of $85!
I still love this quilt but I’m thinking a light coffee coloured feature wall behind the bed might be the next update …
How about you? Do you update your bedroom’s look regularly or has it been the same since the year dot?