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Linda Warrington
Linda Warrington has been in sales and interior design for 25 years, and employed by Horton's Furniture for l8 years. Linda has designed furnishings and murals for the Eaton Place in Wichita's Old Town business district as well as Chaucer Estates, Park Plaza West and Via Christi Executive Suites. Linda also owns her own mural painting business called 'Just You'. She can be reached by phone at (3l6) 722-5090, by fax at (3l6) 722-596l, or by mail at l09l5 W. Kellogg, Wichita, Ks., 67209.
Interior Decorating
2001-09-01 11:07:00
The master bedroom
Question:  We have a very large master bedroom in our home.  We have everything that makes sense (i.e. night stands, lamps, chest of drawers, make-up table and chair, etc.).  We still have room left.  What are some other pieces of furniture that could be added that would compliment what we have without being 'too much'?
Answer:  Consider two comfortable chairs with a small round table, perhaps located next to a window.  This would create a nice place to have your morning coffee or tea while you enjoy the birds entertaining with their aerial acrobatics.A chaise lounge might provide a cozy reading or resting area in your bedroom and will allow you to keep the bed from being littered with magazines and books.  The chaise can be used in combination with the two chairs and small table or alone.  If your bedspread is figured, do the chaise in a solid color pulled from the print of the bedspread, adding a figured pillow in the bedspread colors.  The pillow does not need to be the same design as the spread, but complimentary.  Your room could include a long upholstered bench for holding the spread or comforter when not in use.Perhaps you would enjoy a small desk in your bedroom where you could store note cards and stationery, with pretty storage boxes for treasures you receive.  If it's possible for the desk to be close to a window, you might gain inspiration watching the butterflies dance and flutter through a rainbow of floral delights in the backyard flower garden. A sitting area consisting of a love seat and two small upholstered chairs in fabrics and colors that compliment your bedspread or comforter, provides your own private sanctuary away from the hectic world outside.If more storage is needed in the bedroom bath area, an armoire might be a welcome and practical addition for holding a variety of items such as clothes, bath towels and cloths, bed linens, or even a TV.  When adding pieces to your bedroom, keep scale in mind.  Apparent size is more than a matter of dimension.  A slender metal scroll headboard will take up less visual space than a carved wood Victorian style headboard of the same size.  Dark woods take up more visual space than light woods. 
 
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