a little rearranging in the master bedroom - working with what you have

Our master bedroom is small - 15x12.

Even more of a challenge is the fact that we have a king-sized bookcase headboard.

 Needless to say, space is at a premium.

As for a nightstand on my side of the bed, I once

used one of those cheap, round plywood tables and covered

it with a white tablecloth. Voila - instant nightstand.

Got tired of that and used a small, dark wooden table for awhile.

Hmm...now that I look at this table, it would be really cute

painted in a pretty color. Say, turquoise.

(Oh, and ignore the gross, old carpeting. This room obviously needs a total makeover!

Time and money.)

Now my nightstand consists of my grandma's marble table

with a vintage suitcase on top of it. The beautiful lamp (not the shade)

belonged to my grandma, too.

And then remember in my post from February 10
 http://comfyhouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-pretties.html
where I showed the vintage silver plated dish with the blue sea glass in it...
and said the dish needed something underneath it?
I placed this white cotton runner to soften the look. Much better, right?

And here's the proverbial elephant in the room - the king-sized bookcase headboard.

We bought this bedroom set from my aunt 27+ years ago when we first got married.

It is solid oak and very well made, but like I said, the pieces are way too large

for our small bedroom - and we're tired of it. I plan on contacting a furniture

resale shop soon and seeing if they'll buy it from me. 

Once I get all the furniture out of the bedroom, I can then paint the walls,

have that disgusting carpeting ripped out and hardwood floors put in,

and start buying new pieces of furniture.

I want to do something really cool and creative for a headboard ~

like an old iron gate or doors, or even moldings and paint on the wall

to make it look like a headboard. We'll see!