sleeping sickness

As Estranged Husband was the sole owner of anything resembling a set of Proper Bedding - and he took them last year, which was fine with me as I wasn't enamored of them - I began shopping around for something of my own.

When living in a partially renovated house, it's recommended you have one room with pleasing surroundings. This keeps you from spazzing about half-finished painting and similar jobs.

After some surfing, I spotted this set by Natori.  The main attractions to me were the colours - I really like these shades of teal and brown - and the oriental look to it:

But to even buy part of the collection would cost me over a thousand dollars, and I was afraid I'd come home one day and wonder what the hell I could have been thinking when I made this buying decision. So I began looking again.

Since discovering the joys of linen sheets - cotton/linen blends are almost as nice - I have been planning to buy my own when I could afford it. So this set of Belgian linen from Restoration Hardware caught my eye:

While not Irish linen - the only proper linen - it looked like a reasonable compromise.

But the night was young and I wasn't sleepy, so I decided to see if Crate and Barrel did a cheaper version of linen sheets. They did, but their version of linen sheets only came in a nearly-black colour, which didn't appeal. However, one duvet set shown with the sheets was kind of attractive to me, albeit in a trendy way:

So...what did I buy?

None of these.  Instead, I went to the nearby Tuesday Morning outlet and snagged a multi-coloured quilt and matching shams. The quilt had red tones to match the carpet in my bedroom, and gold to match the curtains I'm already planning to replace. And since the whole set was only $50, I won't be upset if Richard the cat sticks his claws into it. In the meantime, one of these might show up at clearance prices.