Master Bedroom


Here's our room. Yes, I know that my skirt is poofy. No, it's not always that poofy, I poofed it special, for you. I made the skirt and duvet cover myself with a sewing machine. I am very proud. One of my sons even barfed on it and it held up in the wash. A true sign of my craftsmanship.


There is one thing in particular I want to talk about. {try not to see how crooked this duvet cover is--another true sign of my craftsmanship}

It seems every where I look my eye is drawn to a certain something.


A certain wall. And if I could edit photos this would be strait and bright and true to life. I'm trying to remember that it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful.

You know how much I love plates on the wall. I decided to pack them in this time and now I regret that I hadn't done it earlier. I adore this wall. I love the dimension, the colors the shapes and the price! Plates are inexpensive people and the plate hangers can be found at the dollar store or online.


I started in the middle and hung the rectangular platter and worked my way out. I had a photo of the process on my old computer but let's not talk about that yet.


What ever tassel is my current favorite gets the place of honor on my lamp. I'll list this one later today.

I also need to thank you all so much for your crazy purchasing yesterday. I cannot stress how much I was completely surprised at how much sold! It was my biggest day ever--even compared to shows I have done! Thank you! I know the store was pretty empty. I hate to keep talking about me and my big self and my big computer woes but I am under computer attack! Yesterday I did not have internet service for 8 hours strait--in the middle of the day!

Some people have asked if I can post when I list things. The way it works on etsy is that I can only list one thing at a time. It is taking me about 15 minutes to post each item on this computer. So if I have 6 to list, after I list 3, 2 have sold! It's crazy and I thank you. I hope they aren't all pity buys because you want me to stop whining. I wonder if some people will get the box, see it's from Nesting Place and toss it in the trash. You won't, right?

I am still behind on my email and have completely stopped reading blogs except for my sisters. This post alone is taking me twice as long as normal! As soon as I get my new computer I'll get back in the swing of things!

Now, I'm off to list some tassels--today I have lots of dogs but I'll have some small tassels again soon. And this afternoon I'll start shipping! And I'm still catching up on shipping from last week due to computer issues. I think I'm gonna start blaming the computer on everything. High gas prices? My computer probably had something to do with it. My apologies.

60 comments:

Anonymous said...

Im first!! A true sign of blog stalker..lol
I had plates on my diningroom wall a few yrs ago and then got tired of them. I was trying to figure out why I was tired of mine but I LOVE yours. I think I made a mistake of doing designs and got tired of the look after awhile. Im going to go for a cleaner look and try again. I LOVE them over the bed...wouldnt have thought of that for some reason but Im going to do that. Im big into the shabby chic/cottage look and you must have plates to stay true to that look...right? lol
Ok, Im buying a tassle today. I waited too long yesterday...not good.
By the way...NO ONE is going to throw your box away!!! You are like the master at tassles. I dont think I even looked twice at a tassle until I saw yours

Nancy said...

Wow Nester I'm so glad the sales are flying in for your new computer. Love the plates - are any of these painted? I'm having a Pet Show on my blog Thursday. Show one of your Dog Tassels Thursday! I should buy one and do a giveaway!
You're gonna have to start outsourcing to Timbucktoo to fill orders! Nancy

Tiffany said...

I'm glad you're back Nester! Your bedroom looks beautiful and those plates are great.

If it's ok with you, I'd like to start blaming your computer for my problems, too. :)

Trixi said...

I am so sorry about your computer woes. I hope you get it all worked out soon. I love the bedroom and the wall is to die for. I also love your bedding. It is amazing that you made it yourself. You are incredibly gifted. Which may be why I visit here every single day!!!

Cheri said...

I absolutely agree with everyone else - the plate arrangement is fantastic!

You have such flair. Anytime you want to come decorate and arrange this itty bitty wreck of a house I'm currently living in, feel free...

emily freeman said...

I'm just glad to hear you are still reading my blog even though your computer is from 1890. I'm such a priority. That says something.

What does it say about me that I was up at midnight, waiting to be the first commenter on Nesting Place? That's not why I was up or anything. I mean, I was up anyway. You know. I was just thinking "Hey. I'm up. I'll check her out." But there was no post. NO. POST.

I admit, it scared me. Glad to see your bedroom today.

trish said...

I am keeping my eye on your Etsy page! Your bedroom is lovely. A wonderful place to tuck away in. Your plates are beautiful. I love the colors and arrangements. So glad that you are back and can't wait to see how God blesses you with your computer!!! Keep us posted will ya?
~Tricia Anne

Les & Sweetie Berry said...

Two more days until I get to go to our new favorite supplier.....and I will so carry you in my heart while I get the goods! The bedroom looks wonderful! I am going to face my second bedskirt in about a week! hugs hugs hugs Shan

Blogger said...

Must...buy...PLATES!!! Your room is beautiful! And good luck with all of your etsy sales :) :)

Anonymous said...

Your tassles seem so involved yet you seem to whip them out pretty fast. How long does your typical tassle take? Also, I was looking at your pictures of your home and it seems like you use black curtain rods mostly. Is there a reason for that? Im going out today to buy a new rod. I have issues with my rods not being sturdy enough. My curtains arent even that heavy and right now I have my summery curtains up yet my rod continues to droop. Im tempted to buy black (I like black) but since my walls are a light/mossy green and my curtains are off white I wasnt sure?? my email is hey_traci@yahoo.com
if you dont get a chance to get back with me, no worries. You have just a bit on your plate :)

Darlene said...

I LOVE the plates above the bed. I am like some of the others that I have never thought of that, but I am in need of something above my bed. Must find plates!! I just adore reading your blog and I am glad so much is selling.....new computer it won't be long. Did you notice how many times I said "I". lol.....

Kelly said...

Your bedroom looks so pretty. I don't think you should sell the tassel hanging on your lamp because it looks like it truly belongs in your bedroom. It's perfect with your bedding! Love your new tassel designs. Would love to see your keeping room next. Please keep the tour going! I look forward to it every day. Good luck with your tassel sales, but I don't think you need luck at this point.

Kelly

Mandi @ Sweetly Home said...

Hi Nester! Can I just tell you how inlove love love I am with your bird tassel (currently still in your etsy shop).Can I tell you how totally broke I am right now? Nah! Do you take orders? I'm sure by teh time I can buy your birdie it will be all sent out to some other lucky lady. Gotta tell you your page is my favorite. I check it even before I check my own email! I'm planning on purchasing tassels for my sisters and mom for Christmas. I guess now isn't the time to be so broke...grr. So glad you are back online but did enjoy your sisters posts. And if it's any conselation, I have to use the computer at the library (or my inlaws 10 year old computer) bc mine is broke! Ah!

Anonymous said...

Dear Nester,

I don't think your home could get anymore beautiful. It really is a treat to see what you come up with. Maybe by some sort of osmosis, your creativity will rub off.

Melissa
Sunbonnet Cottage

Kristen said...

Your bedroom looks so nice and cozy. Congrats on the tassel sales! I sadly enough just finished reading Mr. DR himself and we are gazelling it around here = I'm can't buy one anytime soon!!

Julia @ Hooked on Houses said...

Okay, maybe this is a stupid question, but don't your heads ever bang into the plates when you're sitting in bed? It looks like I could lean right back and--crash!--break some of those pretty plates. That would be just my luck, anyway.

So glad to hear you're raking in money for that new computer! -Julia

Anonymous said...

How'd you do it?! Get a rather feminine master bedroom, that is. My husband isn't all too into the floral that I would prefer. :( But it is gorgeous! I especially love your plate hanging! Love the color variations (did you paint them like over at Kimba's blog?). For me... I can't do that above my bed... I'd be too afraid that they'd fall on me if we had an earthquake. So... I'm green with envy all around. :)

Jaelou said...

Love your bedroom... or at least the one wall you showed us! What's on the other wall?!

If it was my house, the other wall would be stacked with all the clutter I removed from the half I took a picture of :) !!

Jaelou said...

"Okay, maybe this is a stupid question, but don't your heads ever bang into the plates when you're ..."

Um, I thought she was going to say something else. She made me blush.

JoAnne said...

I am so glad your tassel sales are going so well - they are all so beautiful but I am watching your Etsy shop until the "one" I just can't live without shows up.

I love the plates above your bed. I like how they are different yet symetrical (is that how you spell it? LOL) And I want to thank you for poofing your skirt for us fellow bloggers. Smiles, JoAnne

Amy H said...

Nester oh queen of tassels you rawked the sales yesterday! You will have a new computer in no time! Maybe by the time you get it I will post a picture on my blog of the ragamuffin garland I made! LOL
Love the bedroom, I am thinking of covering my dining room walls with the HUGE set of china that was my grandmothers. I need some dimension and they are really delicate and pretty. I my have to go to the dollar store to stock up on some hangers!

Oh and my 2 year old was on my lap and he loves all the birds on your page~ tweet tweet!~

Heathahlee said...

I was thinking the same thing Julia @ Hooked on Houses thought...we had a painting above our bed and I had to move it because every night when I read I kept hitting my head on it! So, how do you keep from knocking the plates?

Sara said...

Hi! New here. LOVE IT! Love it all! Wish you could come to my house and tell me what to do...but I guess I'll settle for getting ideas from the blog. Thanks for sharing! Have a great day.

-Sara
www.dixiegypsy.com

Jenny said...

I love the plates over the bed. I had thought of that for our room but got scared off. We live in Southern California and the idea of an earthquake made me think twice. I was afraid they all might fall on my head some night :o)

Jen - Balancing Beauty and Bedlam said...

Since I just emailed you a way to long note BEFORE I read your post about the amazingly slow computer, I'll put it here and say - the man must be doing the HAPPY NEW COMPUTER BLOGGING ETSY dance! YEA for YOU!! Get all those tassels made before school starts - then the balancing act begins again. And can I say, I have the same white shelf that you do...I am feeling very designerish?
From beauty to bedlam, Jen :)

Kelly said...

I'm so glad you're back!

Brian and Staci said...

Everything I'd imagined it would be :) Beautiful! I can't imagine the patience you have to muster up to do these posts...so, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. Here's to hoping for a new computer soon and internet service at any time you want! Oh what we take for granted...hee hee

Deb said...

Love the look of the plates. I am officially on the hunt for plates at my local thrift stores. I want them all to be different, so it is taking me a while.

So glad to hear that your etsy shop is doing well. I am so tempted to get one for just the right spot in my house. Love, love, love them.

Can't wait to see the rest of your home, so I can get more ideas. How are things going with the mantle situation???

Anna said...

Hi Nester! My first time posting since I started reading 2 months ago... HEART your blog! It is super fun! I am in a new house that needs paint on every wall and drapes on every window. Ahhhhhh!!! Somewhat overwhelming for me, but I think you'd be like a kid in a candy store.=) Thanks for all the ideas!! I am making my own bedding for my master SOON. Did you follow a pattern?? I am assuming NO. hahaha... Did you just wing it?? I have never "winged" anything, but I am very willing to try. =)Can you give me any tips/advice on that?? We are doing DR too and will be done THIS YEAR hopefully!! I also just moved to NC and home school...funny, funny... GL getting that new computer! Awesome that you didn't charge it!!! Woot-woot!! Thanks again for the blog-

Anna said...

Tips or advice on making the bedding, that is. Sorry!! Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, did you already sell that Beagle tassel? I can't find it on your etsy shop. I really, really need that one. :-(

Rhea said...

Love your master bedroom. I love the poof too! It looks awesome, and I"m so impressed you did it yourself. The plates on the wall are a nice touch. I like how you put your favorite tassle by your bed.

I love dogs. I may have to buy another tassle (you know, just to help you out, not because I really want one or anything) hehe.

Marie said...

Hmm. Your post totally reminded me I didn't make my bed this morning. I never forget to do that but I had a dentist appointment and my brain was elsewhere. Anyhooo...

Love all those plates! As usual! I, too, want to know though how you keep from banging your head into them while sitting up in bed. I'm a bed reader (?? hee hee) so I can't have anything obstructing my ability to read. :o)

Anonymous said...

I totally need to get my bedroom put back together. We have about 20 projects going on in there right now!

Yours looks great!

The Nester said...

I am in my car parked in front of the coffee shop on line. I hope I don't get arrested. I feel like I'm being illegal.

I don't sit up in my bed and read, I do read but I ALWAYS lie/lay on my tummy and read!

My husband puts lots of pillows behind him and has never said anything about the plates being in the way. I wonder if it bothers him?

Do you want to see the other wall? It's boring but I'll show you. tomorrow...

Kimba said...

I'm thrilled that the Tassel Telethon is going so well! There are going to be some happy girls out there when their new pretties arrive!

And I love that wall of plates. They're so striking all jammed in there like that. Jammed in a good way, of course.

Anonymous said...

Pooh! I had waited all day for that black and white ceramic-topped tassel, but wasn't registered, so by the time I did that, it was gone!

Yea to whoever bought it...I guess....

hehe

Denise K. said...

Hello Nester!

I stumbled upon your website and absolutely love it! If only you could make house calls and do consulting work for all of us "out of staters" who need help!

I put your link on our blog so our friends can also read and shop online with you too!

I stopped at Hobby Lobby and got so many inspirations...back to your valance tips on your website and I'll see if I too can get creative...I still wish you could fly out to Colorado and help me decorate!!!

SMILES across the miles!!!

Denise :-)

Anonymous said...

love it! I would also like to see what is on top of your tall dresser...I always have trouble with that...

Anonymous said...

Hang in there Nester.....and people...you can Never have too many tassels.......I know.....

Annie said...

Hey Nester...It's so great to have you back even if it is on a somewhat limited basis. I love the master bedroom. As always you have just the right touch to give it a magazine appearance. I really like the plates, they look great. The colors are so crisp and clean looking.

Here's to hoping you get your new 'dumputer' soon!

Anonymous said...

I love it !

Anonymous said...

Aren't you just a tad bit afraid that one or many of those plates will fall off the wall and hit you on the head while you're sleeping? It's just my first thought at the sight of them.

My Beautiful Mess! said...

Love it!! Love it!! I wish my bed skirt was poofy like that. I have always really loved that look.

angela | the painted house said...

Great minds, Nester, great minds...I just spent my evenings over the holiday chemo weekend finally painting my kitchen and then putting up plates. I'm in love with my plates--not so much with my wall color but not changing that anytime soon.

Your plate arrangement looks fabulous in mass! And, I am envious of your rockin' sewing skilz.

Kristi said...

Nice!! I have a few questions, why on your monogrammed pillow is their not an N for Nester (;-)? What is that funky ledge thing at the bottom of your assembly of hanging plates? Is it just a funky ledge thing? The cute little nest with dome over it, is the nest sitting on a candle stick? Clever! Finally, I may be sort of mistreating our bedroom drapes. I bought and hung these before I started sewing again and long before I learned the rules to make the room look taller and the window less covered. So my drapes are now hanging on the rod through their rod pockets. My plan is to by ring clips, raise the rod and widen where I screw in the anchors. Any tips to make this work smoothly and make sure the blinds aren't looking like they should be in high water (too short). Also I have, over each set of drapes, a swag of fabric with fringey tassley stuff on the edge. If I raise and widen the rod, they will most certainly not touch the floor. Is this too terrible to do? Anyway to make it look good? Thanks, if you choose to answer my questions. And thanks anyway for choosing to at least read them!

Kristi said...

Oh and your plate idea could be a good way to conveniently lose the picture over our bed that I hate (and didn't pic out).

Kitty Scraps said...

You sewed! Is that how it's spelled? lol I'm so proud of you! With a real machine and everything, you sewed it, LOL Fabulous job darling girl, the entire room is lovely.

I wonder if my HL good karma is causing bad Goodwill karma cause I ain't finding nothin'... not a plate, bowl, saucer... nothin' Nester worthy I tell you! Oh woe is me...sign me forever green as in pea green with envy... LOL

Miss G said...

I found plate hangars at an estate sale for 25 cents a piece and bought 9! I was so excited! I want to use them in our new home. :) Kelly

Wendy said...

Next stop...Oops for plates and then Dollar Store for plate hangers. You are my inspiration!
And thanks for the clean clothes on table comment. Makes me think that you are really human after all.

Anne Fannie said...

Love the way you decorated your wall with plates. I have plates in my room too but not above the bed, I really like how you arranged them. Love your blog.

Katrina said...

Your bed looks very cozy! I have never thought of doing plates in the bedroom - more of a dining/kitchen thingy.

Wendy said...

Okay, my plates are up!! I have 6 hung together, rather than 14. And for now they are just in the kitchen area, but I plan to do a larger scale one for the bedroom. Thanks so much for the amazing pics inside your home!

AJ said...

You are my wall plate inspiration:) I hope to get to mine soon!

Hallie said...

Love your plate arrangement in the MBR. Where did you get the pedestal on the bottom--I must have one!

Have read your blog for some time but this is my first post. Love your pics and your home. Thanks!!

Mozi Esme said...

What a beautiful plate collection!

Tracey said...

I'm so glad you said barfed instead of one of the other descriptors for that horrible, out of control event that causes us to wash duvets.

Tamlynn said...

Um, excuse me Nester dear, but I do not like the plates above your bed. I am nervous for you just looking at that pic! I'm glad that you cleared up the issue of not hitting your head on them when you are in bed and, um, not lying down.. but what if they FALL ON YOU? Do you know how much it would hurt for one of those suckers to land on your unsuspecting slumbering noggin? Obviously you do not live in earthquake country. Couldn't you pick a nice soft quilted wall hanging or something? *shudder*

Artistic Chica said...

Wow...what a great accident. I found while clicking so many sites that the cyber Goddess sent me right to you...what a talent. You have a fantastic eye for detail...and the Bed skirt is wonderfully full and long. Perfect for such a tranquil room.
I will be popping by often.

Sarah & Chance Bendel said...

I love your home{s}. I adore plates hung on the wall and have a similar addiction to white pitchers. I'm in love with toile- but my husband won't let me use much of it, what's your secret?