BED TIME

One thing I'm learning about moving from an apartment to a house is that extra rooms means buying extra furniture.  It can be a little overwhelming thinking about all the things we now need.  But first things first, we need a bed.  We've pondered buying an inexpensive West Elm Narrow-Leg Bed Frame and adding a headboard later.  We've also considered the Calvin from Room & Board but for the price I'm not totally in love with it.  There's just something a little heavy about it. 

Well, yesterday I came across a website called Vermont Woods Studios and I think I'm in love.  All of their furniture is hand made by artisans in Vermont.  They use sustainable materials and they have free white glove shipping.  Some of the furniture is a little too traditional for my tastes but there are some simple beauties in there.  Like this Shaker Moon Bed.

It's almost perfect.  And the really great thing about this company is that since everything is handmade to order you can customize.  This could be my dream bed with one simple cut, straight across the headboard.  So it looks like this:

Simple, modern, light.  Exactly what I was looking for.  Now the only question is will the natural cherry shown above look good with my walnut Blu Dot Drift Dresser? The bed does come in walnut but I'm not sure I want to be too matchy-matchy with the wood.

image via Vermont Woods Studios