Things You'll Need:
- Baskets
- Craft Paints
- Curtain Rods
- Fabrics
- Flowers
- Home Furnishings And Accessories
- House Paints
- Baskets
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Step 1
Choose a traditional-look bed: old maple in spool/spindle style, wicker, iron, brass, or a white-painted four-poster.
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Step 2
Dress the bed in a light, homey fabric - eyelet, cotton chenille, pillow-ticking or awning stripes - or a pieced quilt. Continue the theme with pillow shams and dust ruffles.
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Step 3
Look for non-matching bedside tables in wicker or with simple turned legs.
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Step 4
Top tables with traditional lamps that reflect humble origins: simple ceramic, terra cotta, milk glass and wicker, or choose candlestick lamps. Use fabric shades in solids or in patterns such as small floral motifs or checks.
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Step 5
Don't worry about matching the bed to the chest of drawers to the tables; you can tie diverse styles together by painting them the same color. White is a good finish choice.
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Step 6
Dress the windows simply with tabtop curtains, flounced priscillas or Cape Cod curtains; 2-inch wood blinds work well, too. Choose a treatment that allows sunlight to flood the room.
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Step 7
Deck the walls and floors with old-fashioned, casual favorites: floral or striped paper or pastel paint for the walls; nubbly cotton chenille, striped rag rugs and braided rugs underfoot.
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Step 8
Decorate your tabletops with folk-art animals, dried flowers or casual cut-flower arrangements or ceramic figurines. Carry out the theme with potted-plant cachepots, baskets, or old-fashioned dishes that can serve as catchalls for pocket change and keys.
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Step 9
Add (if your room's large enough) an antique-style oak chair, topped with a ruffled cushion.
