It's a shady business

I always had a vision of what I wanted in my bedroom. The room was painted in dark colours with a red carpet (see before picture below) and wasn't huge so I knew I wanted to change it to very light and restful colours.

I also liked the idea of a feature wall in pearl grey. Once I'd decided on white and grey I remembered I'd bought 2 white stags heads ages ago which would be perfect for the grey wall.

I then thought I'd probably have a chandelier as I have them in the rooms downstairs. Until I spotted the perfect lightshade in a homestyling magazine. It was white feathers!!

I had to have the shade! It came in large and small so I thought in for a penny etc - I'll go large! It was a Danish designer that was responsible for the fabulous shade and it was available in a large store so I thought it'd be easy to get - but no. It took about 2 months of chasing the flipping thing to get it - but I got there in the end. I did think it was a bit of a silly price for little more than a paper shade but it's so unusual and absolutely perfect in the room a bit of extravagance now and then is ok.

It's funny to see the reaction it gets - men just say 'oh yeh a shade' and women want to see it switched on and usually break out in a grin when they spot it. It makes me smile  every time I see it and that's for sure!

So here's the bedroom after - I still want to tweak a few bits but it's almost there.