If you haven’t noticed, my design aesthetic, or point-of-view (as my beloved Tim Gunn would say), has really been turned upside down as of late.  I used to find comfort in decor that I felt was very safe.  I started taking chances a few years ago when I painted an entire room mural in my son’s room, and I’ve found more confidence in making bolder statements as time has gone on.

Are you ready for my next crazy idea?

Yep, that’s a tree.  A dead one.  A really tall one.  And it’s just stone cold hanging out in my entry way.

“Um, why?” I’m sure you are asking yourself.  It’s a good question.  We lost this tree at the beginning of the summer to some sort of burrowing insect (which is now gone, so no worries about it being in my house).  We decided we needed to cut it down, and when I saw it laying there in the backyard, I cried.

No, the tree isn’t going to stay there.  It’s actually going to move into my living room – all dead and scraggly and standing tall underneath my 2-story ceiling.  I may end up painting the tree, but we’ll have to wait and see how my living room redesign goes (which is coming after my master bedroom design, so don’t hold your breath on when I’m actually going to get started on it).

Until then, it’s going to greet my visitors.  They will think I’m insane, and that’s okay with me.  I just hope the tree doesn’t poke someone in the eye.

What’s the boldest statement you’ve made in your decor?

Ceiling fans are one of those things that I think interior designers choose to ignore.  You very rarely see them in areas other than outdoor living spaces in design magazines and TV shows.  Could you imagine the designers at Million Dollar Decorators adding a ceiling fan to one of their bedrooms?

Southern Living

As far as I’m concerned, the lack of ceiling fans in good bedroom design leaves a lot of “real life” to be desired. I am one of those people who really needs air circulating above me as I’m sleeping.  For my husband and I, having no ceiling fan is a deal breaker in our master bedroom redesign.

Sunday in Bed

We are now facing the question about what color blades our fan should have.  Before we painted the bedroom, the dark blades blended with our beige wall and ceiling color, much like this room.  It looked great.

Urban Grace Interiors

But now that our ceiling is white, it really stands out too much to me.  We will have some dark toned wood in the room, but I’m worried that the dark blades are too much with the ceiling.  It took us a LONG time to find a ceiling fan when we moved into our home, but we fell in love with this fan and its design.  I am really struggling with this decision.

I bought some white blades to switch out, but the blades I bought were bright white, uber plastic-y and were definitely not going to work.  Back to the store they will go.  Perhaps white blades made of better materials will be okay.  I’ve also considered painting the reverse side of our current blades to be an exact match to our ceiling, so that’s an option.

What do you think I should do?  What color are your ceiling and ceiling fan?