At Home in the Beach Cottage Bedroom

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Edit:  One of my favourite photos, for the Blog Hop, cos my bedroom doesn't often look quite like this, with three Beach Cottage kiddos!

G'day fellow beach cottage lovers, how you all going?   A good week at the beach cottage, busy, but good, no trips to the ER or skate parks…nice winter weather, sun and running on the beach…and in case you missed it, found myself on Apartment Therapy (click if you wanna look)

 

So how about a little look at my new bedlinen?  I'm never going to be a Tidy Bedroom Queen – I'm telling you lovelies I had to do a huge amount of frantic scrambling around tidying up for these pictures, so you better give me some comment luv for my efforts.  Kinda the blog version of having someone over for dinner, you have to get your act together and get it tidy.  Purging was good though.  Once I'd started I got right on into it and threw out a large garbage liner full of clothes that I don't like, or ever did like and was for some eason holding onto.


Funny that isn't it, how you hang on to this stuff "just in case".  Rummaging around in the storage boxes under our bed I came across a black 50's style dress I had bought when we first came to Australia, it was trendy then.  Think Hepburn.  I was coveting scenes of me flitting along in said dress, tanned, carefree…cute little pumps…get the picture?  But hmmm, people, me and the dress, my white bits and the arms made me look far from Hepburn.  So there it stayed in the box.  See it under the bed?


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Until today when I let go of it.  Ahhhhhh.  But then thought, 'what if I go to a fancy dress 50s party' (cos I go to so many of those), ummm I think I'll keep it. Whaaaaat the heck! You'll be pleased to know it went to Vinnies for someone else to wear to a fancy dress party or perhaps skip along the beach all carefree.  Someone with better arms. 


Back to the bed.  


I came across this wonderful bedding from Margaret Muir.  There's something addictive about white bed linen, is there not?   I instantly fel in love with the pattern on the crispness of the white and loved how it hinted of the romantic without that OTT feeling you so often get with that whole ruffly romantic thing.  


Do you like it?  I am pretty happy with it, though two of the buttons fell off the first time I used it so I wasn't so pleased about that, but the percale luxury is quite nice to climb into when you're exhausted at the end of the day.


And how about your weekend?  Well think of me, I am treasure hunting tomorrow and I am making these and these to fulfill my ever-increasing chilli-lovin addiction


….see you all next week


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chair, free
vintage suitcase side table, old treasure found & painted 
bed, budget repro 
vintage door, garage sale $5
drapes, IKEA 
Pitcher, Wheel and Barrow
linen, Shabby Chic, Margaret Muir 
bolster cushion  IKEA
if you'd like to read some Beach Cottage bedroom decorating ideas on a budget, you can go here 

and come on over for a surf at Beach Cottage Inspiration
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blogged for The Inspired Room and Kelly's Korner events, thanks
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Comments

  1. suzann says:

    Pretty Pretty! I just love the simplicity of it all.

  2. well, now…How gorgeous is that???!

    a picture of serenity….and beautiful photos as well!

  3. Hanna says:

    So beautiful bedroom. White and a little beige are just perfect together. I also love those pink flowers. Beautiful!!

    Have a great weekend.

  4. Gorgeous and relieved to know you had to tidy up for the photos!

    Now up at our beach cottage for 5 weeks, and before I had my kitchen makeover at home, I was happy with the decor here. Now I can’t wait to add more character and charm but with minimum expenditure.

    With 3 kids, not sure I could cope with so much white, but definitely going to neutralize things a bit more. All walls are cream, but they need more….or is that less!

    Anyway, enough ramblings, just thanks for the inspiration.

  5. joan says:

    love your room!!! and love that cable-knit throw! great texture and color for the bed. is it from MM too?
    your linens are stunning!

  6. Breathtaking! White is just always, always right. :)

  7. I really like how you painted the suitcases. I have seen them used as tables before, but painted white they really fit the room. Nice job.

  8. Cindy S. says:

    Beaautiful!!! Hugs, ~cindy s~

  9. Jessica says:

    Beautiful room! You have TALENT!

  10. Megan Malkin says:

    Ah! LOVE IT! I just spent a week on the beach with my family, and came back with a need for a room (house, probably:) makeover, into the whites, and cool green & blues…your bedroom inspires me! Lovely!

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