Master Bedroom Makeover

The previous owners left us a powder blue room perfect for a baby boy, perhaps..but it just wasn't our style.
BEFORE

I was envisioning a calm, beach like feel with accents of an aged red color and pale yellow. Visions of all those chic bedrooms from pottery barn wouldn't get out of my head. It took a while to pull it all together, and I'm still working on the finishing touches.
AFTER

What really tied together the room for me were the drapes. The trick is to hang the rod between the top of the window and the ceiling, not just at the top of the window (which is how people traditionally hang them). Then be sure to get them longer than you need, so they can pool on the floor a few inches for a romantic, luxurious look. This makes the ceilings appear to be higher than they really are and makes an illusion of space in such a small room.
This is taking it to the ceiling:

I wanted to leave about 6 inches between the curtain rod and the ceiling (we will be putting up crown molding this summer). So we ended up with this masterpiece:

The side tables have also been a project. I bought them on the cheap from a clearance at westelm.com...what a mistake that was. I thought I was buying real wooden side tables, not fake cheap-o wood.

Ooops...lets read the product details next time, Laura. Since I had taken too long to decide what to do with them, I wasn't able to return them. What to do...what to do...light bulb! I had uber amounts of antique white paint left over from our bathroom paint job.
DIY TIME!
1) Lightly sand the tables with sandpaper
2) Apply a few coats of paint
3) AND a few coats of clear sealant

...VIOLA Uber chic!

The area rug under the bed adds so much warmth to the room, consider it an option, it surprised me how much I liked it. We originally had it in the living room...and after deciding that an over sized rug in that room made our main living space look smaller...we shoved it under the bed...aaand perfection!