Bedroom tour

Having given you a living room tour recently, now it's time for the bedroom.  Our bedroom isn't super fashionable but instead comfortable, restful and full of things that I love.  In common with the rest of the house, the walls are painted bright white and the floors are original varnished wooden boards.  The room is flooded with light throughout the day, and I love nothing more than to curl up in the armchair that sits by the window, reading and listening to the radio.

The room is filled with piles of books, vintage finds that hark back to the inter-war era, and lots of cosy cushions and girly bits.  Of all the rooms in the house it's probably the one that is most entirely 'Me' with no hint of The Boy, but don't feel too sorry for him as he has the spare room as his music den and workspace.

Most of the furniture is from Ikea, but jazzed up with vintage and homemade bits.  The quilt on the bed was bought for £25 from an antiques shop in Lancashire and the cushion covers were all made by me.  My favourite thing in the room - the 1930s mirror - was left behind by the previous owners of the house. Unlike in the living room, where iI expressly set out to create a mid-century modern look, the vintage 30s/40s feel of this room happened by accident.  Luckily the metal bed frame and wooden wardrobe that I already owned compliments the vintage stuff I've found over the years.

I used flower hooks to display my extremely large collection of beads and necklaces; having them hanging right next to the mirror means I remember to put them on, rather than have them languish unworn in a box somewhere.  A cluster of fairy lights fills the fireplace and provide a lovely warm glow in the winter months.

On the wall above the radiator is a gallery of black & white family photographs (as yet, only my family is represented: poor The Boy).  I love these old photos and the glimpses of past times they offer.

Another great vintage find was this battered suitcase, which cost me about £15. It stores bedlinen while looking pretty on top of the wardrobe.  The retro Bush radio goes rather well with the cut of this tea dress, which is modelled on 1940s silhouettes (it's not actually vintage, just a lucky find in H&M).  I haven't worn it for years but I like the way it looks hanging on the wardrobe.