Sunday 3 January 2010

Happy New Year.. Ideas,Ideas!!


My house Christmas 2009
Happy New year!!!! Welcome 2010.... Although Christmas is over and I am looking forward and making plans for the new year... I am still enjoying the Christmas mood while I can, mainly the tree lights! I never want to take them down...I just love sitting and reading or stitching in the cozy glow... ahh well.... soon it will be time to say goodbye... so I will enjoy them a little longer!

I have decided 2010 is the year I make my bedroom look and feel more warm and cozy... I have struggled for a while with what type of look I want in there... at the moment it is quite plain, when I first moved into my house I concentrated on the living room and kitchen. Now its the bedroom's turn.

I debated over bright colours...knitted items, along the lines of Cath Kidston? Or a more Prim style.... warm colours with a old worldly feel?
So I have made a decision.... PRIM it is... it suits my house more, my carpet is deep green, I have white walls, pine doors and ceiling beams! (looking at it this way it should have been a easy decision! lol)
I found this photo on the web...this is my dream bedroom!!!!
of course..... eventually I will probably add things that do not match this theme! but for now my plan is to start somewhere...

First on my PRIM list...1. Stacked Boxes

From what I can see from the other amazing PRIM style homes here in blog land...to create the look correctly I need to get myself some boxes similar to these.. I may buy plain ones and have a go at painting them myself.... another project on the to do list! ha,ha

2. I would also like to find some curtain material like this... but maybe blue check instead of brown.

Go check this website out for the most beautiful styled homes http://aprimitiveplaceblog.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

3. I also noticed a lot of hand made pictures suit this type of decor ...embroidery and cross stitching are used a lot!!!!! (Perfect, keep me busy in the new year) using tea/coffee stained muslin...I have been browsing and found some cute free embroidery patterns...

This is my plan for the beginning of the New Year, I will let you know how I go in finding my items, if anyone has any ideas or tips or links...I would love to hear them!

See you again soon and Happy New Year!

Priscilla x

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11 comments:

  1. Olde Dame Penniwig3 January 2010 at 16:06

    Oh, I do love the prim look! Don't forget to maybe include some rustic grapevines twined around the curtain rods and such -- one of my bloggie friends even put little white lights mixed in and would turn them on at night, very cozy indeed!

    For little touches, stop by Nan's bloggie, it's a blogspot blog Ole Crow's Nest Nan I believe - she shares a lot about making jelly jar luminaries and such, just little prim touches...

    Happy 2010!!!

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  2. ohiofarmgirl3 January 2010 at 18:56

    Oh, I love decorating...wish I could help....keep us posted step by step!!! Dianntha

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  3. MBT4 January 2010 at 00:58

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  4. MBT4 January 2010 at 00:59

    it is good
    i like it
    MBT2010

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  5. Mrs C4 January 2010 at 09:35

    Wow I have that metal star on the shelf above the bed! (mine is hanging in the kitchen) I love the patchwork quilt on the bed too. You have inspired me to make a few changes too.
    Mrs C x

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  6. Victoria - Florence and Mary4 January 2010 at 13:30

    The prim look is fabulous I can wait to see how you get on with styling your new bedroom

    Victoria xx

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  7. Mrs C4 January 2010 at 14:54

    Hello again, you got me thinking and I remebered this site that you may like to check out.
    www.oldeglory.co.uk Good Luck

    Mrs C x

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  8. Chris5 January 2010 at 08:03

    What lovely ideas, Laura Ashley has checked curtaining and boxes.

    Happy Decorating!

    Chris x
    Blog hopped from Linda in CA!

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  9. Shelleen5 January 2010 at 15:55

    I saw the pic of that bedroom and thought it was yours and couldn't figure out why you would want to change it haha.

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  10. Tammy6 January 2010 at 17:16

    I love that bedroom too! Good luck in your decorating and please post pics along the way!

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  11. Rose9 January 2010 at 17:34

    Happy new year to you!
    I also love chritmas lights, recently i found some amazing rose lights on ebay that i plan on buying, i thought they will looked perfect draped over my bed head :)
    It sounds like you have huge ideas for your bedroom! Looking forward to seeing how you go.
    I cant wait to get my own place next year and start decorating!

    Rose

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