Kaththee's Profile

Wow! What a beautiful room! I love the colors, the textiles everything! I understand where people are coming from with their fear of painting wood, but it doesn't ruin the wood which is still there. I have noticed the people who paint wood fearlessly have more beautiful homes than the purists. Their lack of fear in general lets them see past a lot of things that hang up others. As long as the piece has no great historical importance, if it is yours and you want to paint it go for it. I upholstered over the mahogany headboard on my plantation bed to revive it and my mother had fits over it. I love the luxury of reading in bed and it softened the look and updated it. When I converted a chest of drawers into a bathroom vanity, even the carpenter who did the job argued with me. When he was finished and saw it in place, he saw the light. As far as that fabric goes can you imagine all the mites it might harbor? As someone else said, they absolutely still make silk taffetas- prettier than that stuff which looks like faux moire circa 1990 to me. Even if it were worth saving which I doubt, it needed to come off those beds. Thank you for showing us the room and for being so gracious with people's comments and criticisms. The beds are gorgeous and so is the room. Your daughters must be thrilled.

I love this room. I agree with Kellylc. I think a balance of feminine and masculine is overrated in a master bedroom anyway. When I decorated our master bedroom I really researched what makes a bedroom sexy and I came to the conclusion that the master bed room is sexier if it leans on the feminine side. Many decorators believe the master bedroom should be decorated to please the lady of the house. Men enjoy being invited into her world.