Bedroom Plans

The living room cabinetry is installed, but I won't be adding new photos till after I prime and paint. And before that, I have to mud and sand. So, while the first round of topping compoound is drying, I'm going to do some more work on a quilt I started, oh, about a decade and a half ago.


This quilt is a goal of long standing. When I was in my late teens, we visited a craft fair in West VIrginia, where I saw my first log cabin quilt ever. I fell in love with the combination of folksy tradition and geometric sophistication. Ever since then, I've wanted one for my own bed. Finally, I'm close! I still need to sew the seam down the center, and add a row on each end. Then comes the quilting process itself. It'll take a while, but it's something to look forward to.

At this point, I'm wondering what color to paint the bedroom where this quilt is going. It needs to be a dark color, to mitigate the early-early morning and late-late night sunshine we get at this northern latitude. It needs to be a cool color, since the bedroom retains a lot of heat in the summer. The furniture in that room is on the darker side (walnut tones), and our accessories have a lot of metal tones (silver and copper). I'm thinking of color-washed shades of dark blue, but I'm open to other suggestions. What would you use? Comments are welcome!