A record of West Elm Duvet Arrived

Remember the West Elm duvet cover that we ordered on sale last week? It is here!

Oh, I guess it would make more sense to show it in our space now:

Of course we will be adding in some bolder accent pillows down the road, but we enjoy it. It is a smidge greener than we expected, but it in fact reminds us of the bold blue-green color that we used to paint the back of our built-ins. We filled it with an über-cushy king sized Ikea comforter (we think it is this one, but we are not 100% sure since there are so many). And can I simply say that we are so glad we did not try to make do with a skimpy full/queen duvet cover for our queen sized bed anymore. The extra fabric means no one has an arm or a leg hanging out in the cold anymore.

And we are not the only ones who enjoy the new bedding:

Do not mind the chihuahua foot nibbling that is going on. It happens a lot. The guy grooms himself like a cat. Here he is looking a bit more presentable:

Alhough most of the time you will find Burger looking more like this: buried beneath the covers.

And with the new duvet in place, we are now itching to paint the walls. We realize that the color of the duvet is reading a bunch of distinct ways in these pics, but this one’s likely the closest to being accurate. It is certainly a sort of bold teal color.

We are right now favoring these swatches (since we do not want the walls to be the same bold hue as the duvet since that could be a bit much). But we certainly want something darker and smokier than we are used to. You know, so Ed the bed truly pops (along with the sweet crown molding we inherited in this room).

We do not have a clear winner yet but we are getting there (we used to have about 15 swatches taped up there, but we are slowly narrowing them down). Oh and we also considered picking up the goldy-yellow tones in the duvet cover on the walls instead, but chose that we both prefer a cool-ish gray-blue-green shade for our sleeping space over a warm yellowy-gold one. Here is hoping we get around to making a final decision and painting that large room sometime soon. Yes, that is me trying to rally my own troops and get up the energy to tackle the biggest bedroom that we have ever painted (14 x 14′ is straight up palatial by our standards).

Did anyone else get their West Elm after-sale order yet? We were surprised at how fast it arrived.