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Sorry, don't know why I have the same comments posted twice! I'm getting old!

Hi Xarcady - My daughter has the same issue with her bedroom furniture. Lots of small pieces and a large room to fill. It looked 'spattered' with all those little things. We got busy one day cleaning and painting all the wood furniure the same color. Then we took as many groups of three that wall space would allow and put them together. For example, her hope chest is flanked by a bookcase and a dresser, it gives the illusion that they are one unit. Maybe you could try using your blanket chest to replace one of the nightstands, then use the nightstand as a side table for the rocker.
When I was much younger, I used a closet pole, covered it with fabric, mounted it to the wall under my window and hung pillows from it for my headboard. There are several ways to mount it to the wall, large hooks, bolts with spacers or a heavy duty curtain rod bracket. I didn't have a whole lot of money so I used standard bed pillows and pinned them into vintage pillow cases. It looked great and I could move the pillows around and wash the cases when thay became soiled. It was so much easier on my back than the hard wall and I didn't bump my head on the window sill!