Be Our Guest...

As I have mentioned before, we have done a ton of moving in the past couple of months.. From a house in Dallas, to a tiny apartment in Toronto, to temp housing in Michigan and now finally to a townhome in Birmingham, MI for the next year...  Having said that, I'm dying to update our guest bedroom. We just redid our master bedroom, which I now adore, it's a great neutral haven and it is all from Restoration Hardware, therefore my husband and I can agree on style and design..

However, we tend to disagree on the guest bedroom.. I LOVE color!! When we first met, my apartment was decked out in pink and green, he said it was like Lilly Pulitzer came in there and threw up! Hey, I'm a southern girl, I love monograms and pink and green :).

Our guest bedroom in this townhouse is a bit weird in that it also serves as our office/entry way from the garage.. Not ideal, but this isn't permanent so we make it work :). There are some great pieces in the room, i.e. my Prada sign (Greg surprised me with this when I arrived in Toronto), our very cute antique esq bed from PB, and a very cute lampshade which currently does not go with our bedding :). I have inserted some pics of the room and the items:

So as you can see our dog Rex, loves to hang out down here and move around the pillows, so we can't do a clean white/black color theme because dog hair will get on it.. You can also notice that our current yellow lampshade TOTALLY clashes with this neutral bedding.. And the large blank spot above the bed, is just going to stay there as Greg is anti painting or wallpapering a house we will only be in for a year..  :(

Here is what I am thinking for the bedroom:

I love Serena and Lily bedding they have color without being too crazy, so hoping I can get Greg to go for one of these:

I love this one, it's navy and I'm loving the whole navy and black combos right now and I think I could still keep my yellow lampshade for some color..
Bedroom Option #1


I love this coral one, as it's bright and who wouldn't want to walk into that every day, this just makes me smile.. Might be a harder sell on the hubby.
Bedroom Option #2


I ADORE this Anthropologie one but I'm pretty sure he will shoot this one down in a heartbeat.. Trying to go with the argument that the whole house is pretty much neutral in Dallas and Michigan, so I could potentially have one room with lots of print and color??

Bedroom Option #3


I like this yellow one from Pottery Barn, still love yellow, black, and white combo..
Bedroom Option #4


We have awhile before we will redo the bedding downstairs mainly because we are about to welcome a little one in March, and our lives will be focused on that and I'm pretty sure I will not think about this bedroom downstairs :). However, I do want to get new bedding this Summer, since this is a room that you have to walk in and thru daily!

Let me know your favorite!

Cheers!
JNK