Who says it's too much?

My son, that's who. In the comments below I mentioned that the kid took one look at my newly made up bed, shook his head with a bemused smiled and said I was 'so bougie'. A charge he's leveled at me before when he's felt I was being 'too extra' in my pursuit of the finer things. (But let's face it, we're talking about a male animal here, who'd be just as happy in a dank corner of a dirt basement with a flashlight and sleeping on a bed of lichen).

He also likes to call me and my bestfriend the posh club. (Although, to be honest, I think my girl makes me look positively spartan in my tastes, and a slob in day to day living. My house is my home. It's for my comfort. Besides, a few dustbunnies never hurt anyone.

She on the other hand, put the 'anal' in retentive. A total HGTV junkie, her place is immaculate. Looks like a damn model home. I always tease her and ask where the velvet ropes are to cordon off the rooms. And I take delight in ribbing her over any stupid photo op worthy 'artistic displays'. The big glossy paged cook book left open on a intricate brass stand on the granite counter top? Give. Me. A. Break. Chick doesn't even like to crack an egg and she's got some fancy schmacy cookbook on some big ass stand on display. I Laughed. My. Ass. Off., after pointing and asking "What's that?" She told me to "F*ck off." lol. (But she was laughing too, and that's why we've been friends since highschool.)

But I'm off topic. The following are the before and after pics of the bed. The rest of the room needs work, but that will happen over time. (I'd also like to mention that I only have about 1/2 as much pillows (with non of the embellishments) on my bed, as my Marie Antoinette channelling friend has on hers. heh)




It's hard to tell from the pic, because all of the pillows are white, but there are 3 rows of regular pillows (The big square Euro shams, then the regular shams, then the pillows I actually sleep on (with the gold ban at the edge in the pic), then the amber color rectangular thow pillows with the big button, then the two square throw pillows. The whole thing takes up half the bed, so, yeah, ridiculous. (*g*) but I love it!


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