Sweet Dreams

I mentioned last week that I am very indecisive when it comes to choosing fabric for a project. I'm even more indecisive when it comes to paint colors. I've been avoiding painting our bedroom for a year because I couldn't decide which shade of gray to go with. Gray is a hard color. There's blue-gray, green-gray, brown-gray, purple-gray, and a million subtle variations in between. I finally buckled down and made some decisions after seeing this picture...

Source: Love Mae on Slomo via Gwenny Penny on Pinterest

These colors feel so calm and relaxing to me. It also could have something to do with the fact that the little girl looks a lot like my oldest from behind :) Our master bedroom is probably the most neglected room in my house when it comes to decorating, and I'm starting to take some baby steps toward changing that. I decided on this gray for the walls...

Source: Martha Stewart Living for Home Depot

The color is much more subtle than it looks in the picture. It's a very light, very true gray. I pulled some other Martha Stewart colors together for the accent colors from the inspiration photo.

Source: Martha Stewart Living for Home Depot

What do you think? Am I close, or do you think I'm way off? Now I'm trying to decide what color to paint our nightstands. I'm torn between the color of the blue table in my inspiration photo above or a dark gray like this...

Source: Seventh House on the Left via Gwenny Penny on Pinterest

I'm leaning toward the dark gray. Any thoughts? I found an old nightstand last fall for one side of the bed. I'm still on the hunt for another.

I'm also planning to take on a big quilting project after the holidays and make a queen-size quilt for our bed. I'm currently looking at two different sets of fabric. The first is this fat quarter bundle that was put together by Allison from Cluck Cluck Sew...

Source: The Fat Quarter Shop via Gwenny Penny on Pinterest

I think this fabric bundle really picks up the colors from my inspiration photo. The second is the new Lotta Jansdotter line "Echo"...

Source: The Purl Bee via Gwenny Penny on Pinterest

These fabrics are gorgeous, but they may be a little too bright for the look I'm going for. Oh, and the quilt I'm thinking about sewing is this giant starflower, with a medium gray background...

Source: In Color Order via Gwenny Penny on Pinterest

I love the idea of this one giant star. A queen-size quilt is a big undertaking, but this is supposed to be a relatively quick sew, so I'm really looking forward to getting started after the first of the year.

OK, so I've got all of the ideas gathered and most of the decisions made. Now I just need to make it happen. I'll update you on the progress as things move along.