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Anybody know where I can find these sheets without the heavy price tag?

The closest I've found are these mattress batting sheets from JC Penny, but they still lack something:

http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM.aspx?DeptID=25436&CatID=29162&CatTyp=DEP&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=STY&ItemID=1278e04&ProdSeq=2&Cat=prints%2bflannels&Dep=Bed %2b Bath&PCat=SHEETS&PCatID=28904&RefPage=ProductList&Sale=&ProdCount=28&RecPtr=&ShowMenu=&TTYP=&S

Go to Manifesto on Wells and Chicago and order a Flou bed with storage base option (flou.it). Best investment I've ever made. You can even change the color of your bed from season to season. There is SO MUCH dust-free storage you can gain from a Flou bed, it's like purchasing a whole new closet for your house!

meenasyas---i don't know if they still carry it, but i bought a similar set from kmart of all places. part of the martha stewart collection, it came in a narrower stripe, but exact same color. immediately thought of it when i saw the dwell ones. not the softest sheets, but they come out less wrinkled out of the wash, and feel crisper.

Meenasyaz, the Sleep Basics Striped Sheet Set from Bed Bath & Beyond has a very similar look. $9.99 - $29.99. Only problem is that they don't show it on a bed, so I can't tell if the stripes go vertically or horizontally.

flylady.net has really helped me declutter. It's cheesy, but it works.

I LOVE those colors and textures together. Grey rules!

One of the best things I did was to install a few hooks in my closet. I use them for clothes that I have only worn for a couple of hours. You know, the things that you don't want to put back with all the freshly washed clothes, but that really don't need to go in the laundry yet. I used to throw them over a chair making the room look a bit messy, but now they hang on a hook in the closet until I wear them again.

dishes? in the bedroom?

I love the nightstand- Does anyone know who makes it?

The problem starts with a definition. Everybody seems to have a different idea of what "belongs" in their bedroom.

instead of spending so much $$$ on the underbed storage box, pick up a dresser from goodwill (or use an old one you already have on hand) and remove the drawers...paint the drawers any color you choose & put a set of caster wheels on each drawer.

All i have in my bedroom is the bed and......the bed! I painted a dark chocolate block on the wall to serve as a headboard and placed a huge colorful painting in the middle of it that has been likened to Marimekko, but I painted it before I even knew who Marimekko was! My walls are a beautiful Shale blue from RL and I have wispy white curtains on the only window. I also have wood floors with no rug, but Nate Berkus' Indochine bedding is enough of a statement on it's own! I have a full wall of closets, and room for larger things under the bed (the skirt hides it all) so storage isn't much of a problem. It's a great, spare, relaxing space that gets it's 'oomph' from the colors on the wall, in the bedding, and in the painting. No one even notices I don't have any furniture in there!

Let's see your bedroom, amiencc.

any suggestions on a studio?

Amiencc, I want to hire you as my personal organizer!

One of the ways I decluttered our bedroom was to get rid of all the throw pillows on the bed! All we did was toss them on the floor at night and then back on again in the morning. Instead we have two standard pillows with our sheet set pillow cases on then two standard pillows in front with a more decorative casing. Only one pillow each to toss at night.

Great idea polkadot. Pick up a sheet too, so you can add dust covers.

What paint color is that on the wall back there?

(also dishes in the bedroom? eeeeeeew!)