I am WAY behind the times!

[alabamagal]

Trying to buy a new comforter for my bed.  The current one is pastel colors.  13 years old (I only remember because that is when our addition was finished and we bought a king size bed).  The walls in my room are yellow (pastel shade).

I've looked in stores and spent 3 hours online last night looking for comforters that will match my paint color and found nothing, other than a few granny flower prints that my DH would never want.  Everything was muted, neutral colors, or there were some at target in their "dorm room" collection that had bright colors, but nothing in pastel.

Guess I may just have to get into the modern era and paint my walls a different color.

[8 Bit WWBG]

Potentially, you could have a duvet made, and then it doesn't matter what you stuff inside.  We have 2 duvets and one down comforter that we swap between them.  At one point, we considered having a duvet and matching curtains/valences made.  I have a similar frustration about finding fabric to match the color of our main level.

And no, I won't turn in my man card for knowing about, and/or owning duvets and valences.

[greeniis10]

This is something I'm always trying to work on: understanding that colors don't necessarily have to "match" or be the same shade, but they can contrast and compliment!  I try to learn from HGTV and "This Old House" magazine.

With pastel yellow walls you could go with taupe as a main color with maybe an aqua or turquoise accent color.  I've seen several different colors paired with light yellow recently, even some purples (dark, royal) and shades of blue.  Maybe expand your palatte?

[swamp]

No!!!!  No matching!!!  

[constanz22]

Look at the color wheel and pick either a contrasting color (directly accross) or complementary shade (2-3 next to it).  Really, I just think it's a universal law, in general, that when you are looking for THAT specific item, no matter what THAT is, it is nowhere to be found.  But when you don't want it or need it, you see it everywhere!

[kittensaver]

I agree with WWBG: stop looking a ready-made and make your own (or find a friend/family member who's handy with a sewing machine). You can sew two flat bedsheets together that are are size of your duvet and run a row of buttons and button holes along the bottom. If you don't have cats (!) you can even run a series of small ties across the bottom and skip the buttons. I don't recommend velcro; it's too stiff and bulky.

Look at sheets, sheet sets and fabric stores. Ignore the "ready-made" world, it's planned obsolescence . . . stick with what you really love. It's your home and you have to look at it and live in it every day - - bedding designers are required to come up with different stuff every season to make sales and keep their jobs. Their stuff comes and goes.

[Peace Of Mind]

Sept 10, 2013 11:47:20 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Trying to buy a new comforter for my bed.  The current one is pastel colors.  13 years old (I only remember because that is when our addition was finished and we bought a king size bed).  The walls in my room are yellow (pastel shade).

I've looked in stores and spent 3 hours online last night looking for comforters that will match my paint color and found nothing, other than a few granny flower prints that my DH would never want.  Everything was muted, neutral colors, or there were some at target in their "dorm room" collection that had bright colors, but nothing in pastel.

Guess I may just have to get into the modern era and paint my walls a different color.

You won't have to repaint unless you want to.  But no matchy, matchy!!  Is the yellow pale enough?  Do you like Taupes or Chocolate colors?  Or rich greens or greys?   You have many options with pale yellow walls.  You can find rich colors for the  comforter with accent pillows that have the colors you want if you can't find them in the comforter. 

ETA:  Oranges or red oranges look great with yellow if your walls are brighter yellow.  You can find a neutral comforter and do the colors you like in rugs and throw pillows, lamps, vases... 

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Here's the wheel...so purples/blues to contrast or greens/beige to compliment? 

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gray goes really well with a pastel yellow.   It is a hip color combo which will bring you into the times.

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[8 Bit WWBG]

Sept 10, 2013 12:06:16 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

Here's the wheel...so purples/blues to contrast or greens/beige to compliment? 

I always figured that this is what the homeland security threat level system would look like if it had been designed by metrosexual men.

"We're at Cuervo-cosmotini alert today".  Uh-oh, Osama Bin Shoppin'!

[kittensaver]

If you love pale yellow (I do too!) look at the mediterranean (French or Italian) color pallets. They do some gorgeous pairing with shades of reds and blues - brights AND pastels.

[8 Bit WWBG]

Taking Archie's picture further: make sure your landscaping matches your decor.  That way someone looking into the room will get several dimensions of color.

[sarcasticgirl]

I agree... NO MATCHING! find something the compliments the color. Grey and yellow are hot combos right now... and you can't go wrong with blue and yellow. 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

UGH!  I've been on the hunt for a new duvet for almost a year now.  I finally found one and am waiting for the rest of my order to arrive.  I had some very specific criteria, I did not want pastel and I wanted something that included greenish teal and beige to go with the Turkish carpet that we bought a couple years ago.  I didn't want floral and TD abhors paisley (which is really popular right now).

We have a duvet now, but the idiots who manufactured it put some sort of slippery material on the back of it and we cannot keep the duvet on the bed come hell or high water.  It was not an inexpensive one either, and has worn like crap.

For those who suggest going to get one professionally made, this is NOT an inexpensive option.  It was one that I looked at doing and just the cost of material was going to be well over $500.  A friend of mine just did this and the total cost for her bedroom was about $5000 (her husband had a cow, but the drapes alone were nearly $3000 because she has sliders across a wall of her bedroom, so it needed a massive amount of material.

Best place I've seen for duvets online is probably Pottery Barn.  I wound up getting mine at OneKingsLane.com.

[imawino]

I switched to all white bedding now - no fuss, no muss.  I was attempting to create a serene, spa-like environment in my bedroom so I gave all the trim a coat of crip white, painted the walls a pale gray, got all white bedding and a super-soft charcoal throw blanket.  We have wood floors and dark wood furniture.  It probably would be very tranquil were it not for the giant dude, the labrador retriever and cats that are always trying to rub up on me in there!  No rest for the weary. 

[busymom]

I've been seeing more blues & turquoise.  Yellow is definitely back too.

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One more thing to add to the 'things I don't get' thread, sigh...

[bean29]

I had a really hard time finding Navy Blue for DS's bedroom a few years  ago...I finaly did a Burgandy Courdoroy comfortor.  When I was shopping a few weeks ago I found one for about $55.00 so I bought it.  I guess if you don't want to repaint you have to buy when your colors are "in style".
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I am doing Yellow/gray in the basement spare bedroom.  We painted the walls deep yellow and I did not have any easy time finding a comfortor that would work.  The onle I bought is similar to the one  posted by Archie but it was on Clearance when I bought it.  Target had several possibilities too.

It's back to school for College kids now but Oct/Nov people start home redecorating for the holidays and they put stuff on sale, so if you don't find what you want waiting a month or two might give you additional selection.

Good Luck.

[8 Bit WWBG]

Isn't yellow also one of the most labor intensive colors to get to look good?  I've heard it can take 4 coats to get a strong yellow to shine through.  Ditto for some reds.  If that was how you got a yellow room in the first place, it would be a shame to have to paint over that.

I suppose you could also try dying an existing duvet?  Buy a cheap white one and give it a whirl.

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Sept 10, 2013 12:51:25 GMT -5 oped said:

One more thing to add to the 'things I don't get' thread, sigh...

Do I have a comforter?
Do I have a sheet set?
Do both fit?
Are neither hideous?
If the answer is "yes" to all of the above, done.

[swamp]

Do my bedroom walls match the comforter?  No. Do I care?  No.   Do they clash?  No. We're good to go. 

[justme]

Sept 10, 2013 12:35:42 GMT -5 imawino said:

I switched to all white bedding now - no fuss, no muss.  I was attempting to create a serene, spa-like environment in my bedroom so I gave all the trim a coat of crip white, painted the walls a pale gray, got all white bedding and a super-soft charcoal throw blanket.  We have wood floors and dark wood furniture.  It probably would be very tranquil were it not for the giant dude, the labrador retriever and cats that are always trying to rub up on me in there!  No rest for the weary. 

I'm debating switching to the all white bed sets. Seems like it'd just make everything easier. Dirty? Throw some bleach in the washer. Need a change? Put a different painting on the wall or maybe new curtains or a new throw instead of throwing a few hundred at new sheets. White never can be out of date, right?

[sheilaincali]

Please please I beg of you do not match your bedding to your walls.  It will cause one or the other to look washed out plus it's a very dated look.  You want a complementing color- the one Archie posted with the yellows and grays is nice.  Grey and yellow is a very popular color combination currently. 

Bright white with accent colors in your throw pillows or curtains is a good way to get a pop of color without making a huge commitment.  I change out my pillow covers every year or so.  I usually sew my own and make my own curtains so every room gets updated every year pretty inexpensively.  Plus I rotate things through the house.  The living room curtains from two updates ago are now the curtains in the master bedroom. 

[HoneyBBQ]

Check out Ikea. They have lots of options for duvet covers.

[alabamagal]

Sept 10, 2013 12:08:10 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I saw that one. The flowers are too big for DH

[sheilaincali]

Amazon has a halfway decent selection too.

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Sept 10, 2013 14:54:03 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Sept 10, 2013 12:08:10 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I saw that one. The flowers are too big for DH

ROFL.  Tell DH to shove it.

[973beachbum]

I like pastels.  I don't like cool colors like grey or some blues.   I don't normally worry much for the sheets but the comforer being a color I didn't like would bug me.    I think you should just wait and keep looking till you find something you like.  I know if I spent a few hundred on a comforter I didn't like I would just get annoyed everytime I looked at it.

My thing lately is I can't get fitted sheets except as part of a set.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

My thing lately is I can't get fitted sheets except as part of a set.

Last time I looked, both BB&B and Macy's carried fitted sheets, not part of a set.  I lost the elastic on my fitted white sheet so replaced it with one from Macy's.