At the foot of my bed...

A couple of years ago I found this darling pink tufted bench at Goodwill for a song... It sat in my booth for a while and, since it remained unsold, I brought it home. At the time I did not know where to put it, as the girls rooms were already full and I had my Great-Aunt's trunk at the end of my bed. Eventually, I moved the trunk somewhere else and placed the bench in front of the footboard ~ I find myself doing than constantly... Moving things from one place to the other, until another "brilliant" idea comes along and things get shuffled again!! ~.





















The pink color was just a tad bit deeper than I wanted in my bedroom (where the colors are more muted), so I covered it with a vintage light peach knotted quilt. I then used a darling old victorian crib skirt I bought at an antique show and surrounded the bench (I used a few safety pins to make sure it holds in place). The skirt features a pink lining and this very sheer tan dotted swiss fabric.


























I am in the process of sewing a pillow for the bench, but until then I am using a barkcloth covered feather pillow that I made for my porch swing. I found a body-sized feather pillow at Goodwill ( thrift stores are great places to find feather pillows at inexpensive prices!) for a mere few dollars, and used a darling panel of pink Glencourt barkcloth to make a sweet and comfy pillow!

I do love how it all turned out!!! Until I get the next "itch" to start moving things around again...

In fact, just as I was closing this post, I remembered this adorable barkcloth covered trunk I bought at Tarte... It resides in my great room with all the blankets, but I bet it would look sweet right in front of my bed... Honey, come home soon, this trunk is heavy and I need some help carrying it upstairs!