Now that the renovations have been completed, it is time to address the reassignment of the former baby’s room to guest bedroom. Oh how I wish we were at the part where we are lining up extra hangers for our visitors, and a basket full of decorative soaps and lotions. Alas, we are at the very beginning stages, and have only just removed the baby stuff. It certainly is nice to be working with a clean canvas, and the agreed goal of creating a truly inviting space. We are taking the project in pieces, and will start by committing to one of the leather beds we have earmarked.

What is holding us up is not the actual selection of a bed, we have that narrowed down, it is actually the colour palette for the room that we are struggling with believe it or not. It has been decided that we will go with the Chicago Double Leather bed, which is really made of good quality faux leather and Wenge hardwood feet. But, until we know what colour we want to paint the room, and the accent colours to go with, we are uncertain of whether we should order the bed in black or brown.

Why the colours used in this specific space have become so important is a mystery to us both. Maybe it is because we have come so far in our home improvement journey, and this is the icing on the cake so to say. Or it might simply be that we are drained of our creative energy from all these months of working feverishly on the house.

Still, this is a new one on me, because in my experience the selection of colours for a room usually comes pretty easily. It is instead deciding if the bed should be wooden, or leather that holds things up, along with choosing the mattress. But, again this time we already know we are going to get a Rest Assured Trivento Mattress. That was a cinch to figure out because we already have one of them, and are familiar with the deep layer of memory foam that they are made of, and how responsive the pocket springs are too. I guess we should just be happy that we are stalled over something so trivial, and are not hung up over more important issues. Still, I can’t wait to paint, furnish, and decorate this room because it is just a little over two months till my mother in law comes to visit, and that is stressful enough.