project: bedroom update

My previous chocolate brown headboard was bringing me down. I scoured the interwebs long and hard for a home dec fabric that would complement our pale blue bedroom walls... and that the hubby might approve of. If given my druthers I'd go all out, but I share this room with another person and he has opinions. I wanted something flowery and spa-like, and couldn't believe he approved of this Amy Butler print:R: "It's kind of... girly."
me: "Yeah, but there's no pink or lavender in it."
R: "Okay."

Here it is on our headboard, tufted with spare buttons that I covered, although it's not hung up in its true place yet:
This bedroom is also a little bigger than I know what to do with. So I thought a reading corner would be in order, with a chair I picked up off Craig's List for $20. Upholstery fabric is Amy Butler again.
My upholstery job is... questionable. But it is fully functional and I did the best I know how. The selvedge edge was just too pretty not to use, so I trimmed the bottom in it... still a little girly, but not fussy.