Last year when I moved into an apartment in my first (and probably last) luxury building I decided to make my bedroom my place of zen. I kept it clutter free, super airy and of course, very very cute. Everyone who knows me knows that I call myself a gothy princess, because I'm all about black, leather and lace in my going our wardrobe but then I love all things shabby chic, which is where my bedroom and bathroom decor comes in. Check out how I used the great canvas that my new and modern apartment gave me to create my little piece of heaven.
I've always wanted lace canopy over my bed since I grew up having one when I was younger and would visit my family in the Dominican Republic. The ones we had there were for necessity, not for looks, but it stuck with me regardless. My bed was the center of my bedroom so I always had to make sure that my bed was always made and bedside decluttered.
The next step in making my bed super cozy was adding cute cushions. Now, I got these both from Amazon and I was totally duped on the blue design one. From afar and in photos it looks really nice but up close and in person you can totally tell that the manufacturers enlarged an image a lot bigger than they should have. Oh well, those are the breaks! But again, from afar, it's not super bad looking and adds an extra bit of color to the bed and room as well, so it wasn't the worst thing ever.
The we have my black and white industrial print of the Eiffel Tower. I took that photo on a solo trip to Paris in 2011 and didn't want to just have it as a large print. I thought separating it into separate frames would give it a bit of character and it worked. Granted, I wanted it to be much larger but it wasn't bad for a first attempt.
And now let's talk about the bed itself. Have we spoken about it yet? No, no we haven't. Now I've had that Ikea mattress since my second apartment in LA in 2013 so it's no secret that I've been searching for a new one. Foam mattresses have been all over the internet in the last year with all these companies popping up, and one of those is the brand Puffy. This mattress is available in all six standard sizes and ranges from $550-$1150. It's made with Cooling Cloud Foam, which is designed to adapt to every point of your body while you sleep and helps to keep heat away. I don't know about you, but I cannot be warm when I sleep. I require a very specific temperature to anything that keeps heat away from my body without having to be in a freezing room is amazing. The mattress is also great for all kinds of sleepers: back, side, stomach, the works, again, because of its cloud form.
I heard about this one after I got my latest regular mattress because I wasn't happy with the reviews that I read about the foam ones that have been advertised all over the web lately but I think I'm totally going to consider this one for my next one. Not only does it look really great, but the price is really affordable and the fact that it's manufactured in my own neighborhood means that I know I'll get it super quick, even though I would get it in 3-6 days anyway if I lived elsewhere.
For anyone looking for a new mattress, I recommend checking this one out and comparing it to the rest on the market because it might be just the one for you!
