Good morning lovely Beach Cottage friends, neighbours, anyone who is out there and cares to listen to me rambling on about my love for a white ruffle quilt.
OK, so this my sweets, is the pay-off for missing going down the beach on Saturday and spending one’s day cooped up in a bedroom trying on clothes that never looked good in the first place and pondering why you ever let them into your cottage, let alone hung onto them for 3 years.
But, every cloud has a silver lining right?
(if you need some inspiration to de-clutter come and join in! it’s free & I am LOVING it)
It sure did on Saturday for me, because stashed in the back of the wardrobe I was decluttering as part of my 2 Week : 5 Rooms : 1 Mission challenge I found this.
And gasped.
In fact I danced.
You see, I purchased this quilt cover a while ago…back in the Winter and there were two reasons I stashed it in the back of the cupboard.
1. it was not a budget purchase for someone who has already, rather a good collection of white linen for one’s bed
2. it was Winter and I felt this quilt had Beach Cottage Summer written all over it
After I had de-cluttered the life out of everything in my bedroom (except that bedside you see there, that is still to go and scary), I was left with one glaring problem…I needed to get this ruffle quilt on the bed before Summer left again…the problem being getting it on their without Mr Beach Cottage having a coronary.
OMG you ask, your husband is happy to sleep in that??!
Yikes.
I actually am not sure on that one…you see, an additional reason as to why I stashed said quilt in back of said wardrobe was because I thought this white, ruffly affair might just be taking things in the bedroom department a bit too far….
You may have gathered, that in this house there is one person who wears the trousers, that person is not male…but on frilly ruffly beds….not so sure who wears the trousers…
Luckily for moi, said male in this old cottage is
1. extremely laid-back
2. extremely uninterested in home-decor
3. mostly not very observant (except when it’s soccer watching time)
So, I am hoping that one of a few things will happen when we walks in from work and sees this amount of ruffling going on and pink flowers on his side of the bed
1. he will have opened a beer and not give a flying fart what bed he gets in to this evening
2. he will remain un-interested in home decor, ask me if we have a new white ruffly quilt, upon which I will reply in the negative and say that we’ve had it ages and he will raise his eyebrows and carry on.
or
3. soccer will be on or he will be going to soccer and therefore, he won’t notice
The most likely to occur is number three…
If none of the above works, I will just be very nice to him ;-)
So, anyway, now we’ve got that bit over with, what do you think?
You like?
paired up with a few coastal bits for some beach decor
some polka dots and coastal grey
and a couple of whitewashed oars, I love it…
Someone emailed me recently and asked if I really took the pictures on this blog or did I get someone in to do it!
um, yep, this is a one-woman show people…sitting on the floor taking photos of my bedroom is all part of the job spec…yep they let me out every now and then just to do this…
…to sit take close-ups of white ruffles
and beds without males
Sometimes I smile too, mostly I fly around on a stick
and today I am flying through as I have quite a lot to do, including trying to find some bathroom accessories, if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know we have the lady in the house and she’s nearly ready to go…hoping for a bath partay tonight ladies
So I’ll be seeing you ladies….let me know what you think of my ruffles…
Would you love this in your bedroom?
Would you get away with it?
If not sweetie, best you start practising being nice…if you need a tutorial on that let me know ;-)
Laters.
Sarah
more pictures of my bedroom when it was around the other way here
mirror : IKEA Hemnes
stripe rug : IKEA
oars : garage sale (whitewashed by me )
quilt : Urban Outfitters
jug / pitcher : Wheel & Barrow
coastal fishing float : Freedom
lamps : IKEA Krosby
bedside : thrifted
green chair : vintage
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Can’t WAIT to see the new lady ensconced in her home. Flying through? I’ve never managed it there.
What about an old soccer game? PVR’d? Would he notice or just enjoy that it was on? :0)
oh he watches games from 30 yrs ago Jane! x
This is too funny! I do the same thing with my husband and new purchases. Hide things all the time and then forget all about them. The things we have to do, lol! Love the new quilt!
I think a lot of us do the same liz lol x
Oh I am so jealous. 1 – of the gorgeous ruffle quilt and 2 – that you have a husband who doesnt care about home decor AND who isn’t very observant. My husband does care and IS observant so I can hardly get away with anything!!! And ruffles on the bed? He would go nuts! I have been able to convince him to add a lot more white into our home this last year and he has been agreeable, but it always take me several months to convince him before I can bust out the paint! Ha!
Anyway, I love how Ive seen your bedroom evolve over the last year – it just keeps getting better!
Question – I’m loving the little white and blue side table. Do you think that painting style would be too much on a larger dresser? I’m about to paint a large dresser in my bedroom and I was originally thinking all white, but I love hints of blue here and there and wondered if I could make that work. Would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks Sarah!
xo
hmmm Alima I think you would have to go carefully on that incase it looked a bit ‘DIY’ …I would go very watered down to start with and work from there…I just sloshed water and the paint into a plastic container and kept adding paint colour…
x
LUV LUV LUV it, Sarah! Yeah….you ARE one lucky bird to have a male who doesn’t give a flying fart about interior decor. Unfortunately the male who lives here (and THINKS he wears the trousers) seems to think he should have a say in what decor flies into this old farmhouse (when he REEEEALLY hasn’t a clue about decor). AGH!!! Kinda like banging your head against a wall, ya know? lol! Anyway, your bed is beautiful with all of the summery ruffles and I might have to have one for my bed (w/out my male’s input). hehehe!
xoxo laurie
oh dear Laurie, hmmm, maybe you need to be a bit nicer to him? ;-) x
Okay. I love your purchase logic with your husband and I do the same things…
This one is a winner. I actually have the same ruffles in a long black cotton skirt and that too is fantastic.
love ruffles anywhere x
Like a dream, that bed is! So fresh and bright. It reminds me a bit of meringue, with the ruffles. Lovely.
Nice to see that no matter what side of globe one resides, we all introduce new items into the home in much the same way. I have been known to greet my husband at the door with an open beer and a big smile.
I love it!!!
Love this beyond words! I’m not sure the Mr would let this slide in our house, but I think I might be able to get away with pink flowers and a few ruffle-y pillows … now to find the perfect ones! He actually loves looking at your blog with me because he loves the crisp whites you’ve used … so perhaps now that you’ve endorsed ruffles, that will make it okay for me? :)
x Jasmine
Ok,
At this moment I’m laughing a lot about your husband and you. Beside that, I loved your bedroom…so sweetie!! My fiance doesn’t care about home decor, but sometimes he try to give his opinion, I kind of like this, but just when he agrees with me :)
Thanks Sarah!
X
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Well, Sarah, I do hope that hubby doesn’t mind your (almost) new bedspread/quilt because it looks like it fits right-in with your white decor. It looks very romantic.
Technically it’s NOT new so I think you can get away with it… and if all else fails, put out ;) LOL
Is it a quilt or a duvet cover? I love it. Is it the same exact one that you linked to from urban outfitters?? :)
Where did you get those lovely blue pillows!? Both the polka dot ones and the pin tuck round. I love those colors.
Hi Sarah,
I know this is an old post, but I was just looking at urban outfitters bedding and wondered how you went with quality? Would you recommend?
Thanks :)