Our Sanctuary

We have been in our house for almost two months! Next month, our first house payment will be due- ick! I started posting about our house weeks ago, but things came up and I didn't get to finish. So, I wanted to take some time tonight, while DJ is watching "The Amazing Race" to write about one of my favorite rooms in our house- our bedroom!

DJ and I bought our bedroom furniture last spring, until then, we had hand-me-downs from my parents. Sometimes, I wonder if all young newlyweds have to live with hand-me-down furniture. I was so excited, when we finally had extra money to pick out our very own adult bedroom furniture.

I have always said that my master bedroom would be the best decorated room in the house. Okay, that may not be true, but I think that it's one of the most important rooms and that it should be a place where one can retreat.

I can't decide if we should eventually paint this room- it's awfully beige, but I can't come up with a color, that would work with our bedding. Suggestions??? The door you see is right off the hallway, so this is actually a view coming out of the master bathroom.

This is our bed.... I LOVE our bed! DJ and I had the hardest time choosing furniture. I wanted heavy and ornate. He wanted clean, striaght lines and modern. We have completly different tastes. This bed is a good compliment of our two styles. It's a platform bed, but the headboard is curved, and the furniture has the deep dark wood tones that I love. We can thank my mom and grandmother for the bedding. They purchased it for us last May when they were here for Mother's Day. I love all of my pillows on the bed; we have 5 that we actually sleep with- well, I sleep with 3 of them, and poor DJ only gets two!

This is the view from the hallway. DJ's dresser is straight ahead, topped off with my bridal portrait. I love my bridal portrait, although as I'm getting older, it makes me sad to look at how young I was! It's hard to believe that we've been married for almost 4 years.

I don't have any pictures of the ceiling, but we actually have a double-pan ceiling. I love the architecural detail of it. Because we have green accents, part of me would like to paint one of the levels a green color, and then leave everything else the way it is. But, in my mind, I'm constantly thinking of re-sale and how the next homeowner may not like it. And, in DJ's business, when we move we'll have to sell fast.

We have my old college t.v in this room; on the floor! But, we plan on purchasing a flat screen and mounting it in the corner of the room. Our room is accented with family pictures and my collection of crystal.

I love my master bedroom. I feel so grown up having a sanctuary to myself. Everyone needs a place to go and relax, a place to retreat, and to be spoiled by luxurious linens and fluffy pillows!