Garden Bedroom - linens from Waverly Fabrics - Brief Article

USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Sept, 2001

(*) When we moved into our house, the upstairs was a disaster. Both rooms were plastered with horrific wallpaper dating back to the 1950s; the wood floors were a splintery mess; the once-white ceilings had become a dirty gray; and the blinds were so filthy that the garbage can was the only solution. But once the walls were scraped and painted, the floors covered with wall-to-wall carpet, the ceilings given a couple of coats of fresh white, and the blinds replaced with brand new shades, we had ourselves two beautiful bedrooms.

The master bedroom, however, lacked a finishing touch. We'd never done a room with a nature motif, but we're not afraid to experiment. We ultimately brought the great outdoors inside with the Garden Lane collection from the Waverly fabric company, New York. Buoyed by bouquets of colorful tulips, the collection gives the room a much-welcomed feeling of springtime. We decided on window curtains ($27.99 a pair), window valances ($12.99 each), queen-size bed skirt ($34.99), comforter ($89.99), sheet set ($39.99), plain and ruffled pillow shams ($19.99 each), decorator floral pillows ($24.99 apiece) and green plaid toss pillows ($12.99 each). Our new room is now dazzling and complete; too bad the same can't be said for the basement.

Waverly products can be found at Target stores.

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