The Great Debate: Grass Cloth Wallpaper vs Painting the Walls

For the room in my ultimate master suite, I've been deliberating on the perfect design element for months. The decision has come down to two options: grass cloth wallpaper or painting the walls. This debate has been ongoing, and even yesterday, I was still weighing my options. While I love the texture that grass cloth adds to a room, I also know myself well enough to recognize that I like to change things up. With wallpaper, you can't easily move the artwork around, as it would require making holes in the walls. This limitation makes me hesitant to commit to a specific design.

On the other hand, painting the walls would give me the flexibility to create a design that I could easily change and adjust for different seasons. I love to switch up my artwork, tweak, and move things around to reflect the current time of year. This flexibility is essential to me, as I like to stay on top of trends and update my space accordingly. While hotel rooms often have designed spaces that remain unchanged throughout the year, homes are a different story. With wallpaper, I can easily switch up the design to match my mood and style.

One solution I've been considering is to paint the room one way and then add grass cloth wallpaper later if needed. This approach would allow me to have the best of both worlds: a clean and simple design on the walls and the opportunity to add texture and interest with the wallpaper. However, this decision ultimately depends on how much I want to focus on the wallpaper versus the painting.

The Ceiling: Where It's Going to Make an Impact

For me, the real excitement lies in the ceiling. I've always wanted to create a statement piece that would make the room feel like my own personal sanctuary. The idea of stripes around the ceiling has been etched into my mind, and I'm determined to bring this vision to life. The style is reminiscent of those iconic hotel designs where they outline the edges of the bed with a strip of color. I want to achieve something similar on my ceiling, using an almost-edgy approach that will add a touch of sophistication to the room.

My goal for this master suite is to create a space that feels like me – not just my husband and me, but our individual styles combined. We've been experimenting with different designs, and I think we're finally getting close to something special. The journey has been a bit rocky at times, but I'm excited to see it all come together.

Being Patient and Faithful to the Process

One of the challenges of designing a room is being patient and trusting in the process. As someone who likes to have control over every aspect of their space, it's hard for me to let go of the reins. However, I've learned that sometimes, things just need time to unfold. With each decision, I'm reminded that there's always another option, and it's not uncommon for me to change my mind mid-stream.

I want to assure my readers that it's been a wild ride getting this far, but we're finally making progress. The reveal is going to be worth the wait, if I do say so myself. In the coming days, you'll get to see more of our design journey, and I'm excited to share every step with you.

A Quick Detour: Unwanted Deliveries

Before diving back into the design process, I wanted to take a moment to share one of my recent deliveries – Karen Millen's latest collection. Unfortunately, none of these items resonated with me, except for one little dress that caught my eye. The lacy, Victorian-inspired design was too beautiful to ignore, and I couldn't resist keeping it as a memento from the collection.

As I looked through the box, I realized that some things are just meant to be kept or shared – not necessarily used. It's funny how sometimes we buy something with the intention of using it, only to find out later that our mind had other plans. For this little number, I think it'll make a lovely addition to my growing collection of vintage-inspired pieces.

The Final Verdict (For Now)

So, where do I stand on the grass cloth wallpaper debate? While it's been a tough decision, I'm starting to lean towards painting the walls instead of committing to the wallpaper. However, I still want to have the flexibility to add texture and interest with the right design elements.

I've decided to go for a clean and simple approach on the walls while leaving room for creativity and adjustments in the future. With a little patience, we'll see how this space evolves – and I'm excited to share it all with you!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eni can't even believe it one two three a big thank you to squarespace for being our video sponsor from websites and online stores to marketing tools and analytics squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence and run your business good morning and happy friday to you it's another week here at the house of valentina and it is starting with a bang because we are getting ready to get a new bed and i completely forgot because we've been out of town down in savannah i completely forgot to have my husband help me take this bed apart and apparently it is being delivered early rather than later today so i'm in a mild panic because i need to get this bed out of the way and thankfully my 16 year old son is here and in between classes he's gonna try to help me haul this out of here this bed is not going to waste it is actually going down to our basement we have not finished it out completely but i want to be able to have a guest bedroom down there and so i knew that this bed was not going to go to waste we just haven't gotten on the schedule with a contractor yet to be able to finish the downstairs so for now we're just going to put it down there hopefully the two of us can wrestle this thing down get this thing out of the room and then i'm going to share with you the plan that we have for this room so tons of stuff to share with you today but right now i need to get this out of the way before the delivery guys show up with a bed let's get to work look at this my baby boy look how big he is too tall so what happens when i don't wear my heels i can really see how tall you are how short mom is jack isn't here because he's in meetings all day so that's why parker is standing in and maybe have bigger muscles and death right clean underneath your bed lesson learned oh my gosh the horror and just like that we now have room for the new bed i'm really upset though because the rest of the room isn't ready i'm a little bit bummed because i was waiting i was waiting to order the bed thinking that i would have time to be able to get everything else in the room and then it actually came early so if you're trying to find a bed and you're wanting something really beautiful wait until you see what i get but what's great about it is that it came so fast i will share more with you later for now um i need to finish cleaning up before the bed actually arrives i wanted to take just a moment and thank our video sponsor for today which is squarespace i have been using it for years to host my blog it's where we've had a shop in the past and i personally absolutely love it so amazing because we can use it as a blog we can use it as a shop we can use it as a portfolio they offer so many different marketing tools we ourselves haven't even used all the capabilities that squarespace even offers we've been thinking a lot lately about how we really want to have that home and that place for all of our followers to be able 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um but you can actually take the end the end posters it's even called i don't even know because i've never even owned a four poster bed but you can actually take these end ones off so i was like okay done i ordered it right away i was like that's it so i actually had a credit um from if you sign up for the pottery barn point system kind of thing um william sonoma west elm and pottery barn they all have these point systems and they have a credit card that they offer you and if you're on your good behavior and you can buy on there and pay it off you get all these extra points and for me it really adds up because i order a lot for my clients so i got to pick out my dream bed oh my gosh i am a little i'm not gonna like i'm a little nervous that i have downsized to a queen from a king i mean who does that no nobody does that who in their right mind but i literally sleep like this you can tell when i've literally moved the covers out and i get back in it and there's just so much bed and we've always had a queen-size bed always that's all we've ever had and i think that that's why i felt like our master bedroom is not that big and i want it to do a lot for me so i decided that's why i would go ahead and go down to a queen oh i think i've made the right choice at first i was like oh is it too little but it's not it's not it's perfect it fits the space better than the king ever did and what i like about it is that now it doesn't feel like the entire room is just a bed i can't even believe it the guy told me that he has delivered every single bed that william sonoma sells and he has never delivered the one that i fought and i'm like there you go call me i don't know if that means i just laughed i said so that either means that everyone will be ordering it because it's fabulous and they haven't even been paying attention to it or i'm just the weirdo i don't know it's not going to stay like this i'm going to need to paint the walls and or do the wallpaper i've got to show you the whole plan so you guys can actually be a full part of the conversation but the day is winding down and i need sheets because i've got the mattress it's sitting out in the garage uh tufted needle has sent me a mattress so we're gonna bring that in but i was gonna have my husband help me hopefully he will be done with his meetings he's been working all day in meetings i haven't even gotten to talk to him the entire day so i'm going nuts i'm so ready to show him everything but since i have a little bit of time i'm gonna run to target because i do need to get some sheets and go and wash them and have them ready when we can fix the bed um i'm a little bit bummed because i really wanted to have my side tables here i wanted to have the rug i wanted to have my big moment when everything comes together but that's okay you know things this is how things are right now everything's kind of in you can't really predict when things are going to arrive you just say yes when they're gonna come so okay i'm gonna sit here and chit chat with you guys all day and we need to go to target so i'm actually gonna grab my phone because target will not like me bringing you with the big camera into the store so i'm gonna grab my phone and we are gonna hit the road and go buy some cute sheets i know that going to target is something that we have done over and over but i think after having lived overseas for so many years and not having a target i get so giddy every single time i come in so i always like to just see what is here and if there's anything new i thought maybe you guys would like to just be able to check it out with me so i'm going to take you down a few aisles you can see here where we're getting to the furniture not everything target does is my favorite i know that probably comes as a shock because i talk about target all the time but look at these side tables target has so many good side tables i bought my own from there look at these cheetah sheets can they make these for grown-ups please i just thought that this collection was so cute and now you can see we're heading more into the sheet area these threshold sheets are actually really really nice they really do a good job on their sheets they're super soft you can basically see i'm gonna touch everything and i keep eyeing these really cool hand towels every single time i come into the store they've really got a lot of like bohemian kind of feeling things but it also has a sophisticated feel which is really really exciting i really like all these kinds of bohemian sophisticated elegance i think it just it just works it feels really good so now we're headed down a little bit more towards the sheet area and i can't help but just poke my hand in the towel area see what else is in it's always such a fun thing to just explore and see what we're gonna find this time here you can see we have again a little bit more threshold a little bit more of that sort of nomadic kind of look lots of color which is not necessarily my personal thing but that's yours they've got tons of great stuff these room essentials sheets are so good i bought a set for my sons the two boys several years ago and i have just been thrilled with them we've used them all the way up until they upgraded their beds so i really do recommend that if you do have maybe a kids room or you just want an extra set of sheets the room essential sheets are really really soft and they're really great quality so i've been super pleased with those myself and they basically have all these different patterns to choose from so you can really just match your room and make it just feel like it's a treat to pull the sheets back here you can see where they've got the opal house and i love all these patterns they're so fun threshold man did they ever hook us up these damask sheet sets are gorgeous so you can see here for a full it's 59 the queen is 69 and i love this subtle stripe in these it's just so chic and so high-end and yes these 100 came home with me because i had to have them but i couldn't help but notice that they also had this hotel style they didn't have them with the color on it the way that i was looking for so i passed for now but i'm gonna be looking online for those as well i thought these plaid ones would be perfect for landon's room he has that mountain kind of feel so again this could go with any any kind of style but particularly for the boys i think it's really fun um yeah and you can just see this is how i do i'm like oh let's stand the aisle and see what else is going on i was trying to see if there was anything else that would tempt me away from those threshold sheets i think you can also find that they have some really great pillowcases and shams that you can really just dress your bed up and you have a lot of options here these casa luna sheets were a total game changer i i tried my best to walk away from them because i was now sold on this idea of the damask and the stripe but these were the softest sheets that target has ever sold and i did grab a set i was like okay i really don't need two sets of sheets i really wanted to maybe have the hotel style ones i couldn't decide so i stuck these in my cart and i've been thinking about them ever since so i may have to go back and get another set because they are pure heaven they're amazing and i think that you will absolutely love them if you don't mind giving up the stripe and you just want something that's so soft definitely get this casa luna the sateen they're amazing so again you can see here where i was looking to see maybe i was thinking about maybe doing a quilt on the bed or a coverlet i was just checking out what they had i didn't want for myself or to feel too traditional because i went with a four poster kind of classic looking bed so i was looking for something that maybe was a little bit more modern but they have so many great options don't they if you're doing that organic vibe just run out and get these you're gonna love them i think just some of these practical items i was just grabbing the waterproof pad to make sure i've got everything i need to dress the bed i used to have these mattress toppers and i have stopped using them because i actually just find that they they make it too squishy and once you have the tuft and needle mattress you won't even need one of those it's just the perfect thing again we're going back to the quilt and i was really really eyeing this one it has like a little bit of a ruffle on the bottom just some interesting detail work but of course what do you think i ended up with velvet i liked the sophistication that this would add to the room i just liked the way that it would make it feel a little bit more elevated and chic but because the design is so simple it'll just be really really classic as well and not not too over the top if you go to target and you can manage to avoid the home section and right now everything studio mcgee they've got this really great section here if you can go to target and not walk through this section i should just pay you because the temptation is just too much and i can't stand it and they have so many great accessories right now that are really really affordable so i was just seeing some of it is just a little too bohemian for my personal style um but then some of the pieces just work with any kind of style that's my dreams when i have my collection at target i'll make sure that everybody has something something really classic that you'll want to take home with you but they did have lots of really cute stuff and it was just really fun to see what was in these lanterns are ones that i use over and over and over in my home designs and again these baskets with the leather handles i keep buying these over and over because they really do go with basically any style so that that's always really nice over here you can see we've got a little bit more studio mcgee it looks like somebody had just been kind of pulling everything out so it wasn't super tidy so um i apologize i i didn't tidy up for this one it wasn't my house but if you're into the moss and you want something like these marble trays i i really liked these i thought that was really pretty that's actually from the project 62. so they kind of have the section it has a little bit of everything it's not just studio mcgee so i think that you can do that in your own home really just see what works with your own style and your own space and what you really need and then take and choose what really just fits you i i love these i've used these several times in different homes and i think they're really cool now we're headed over to the farmhouse magnolia section some of the stuff that they have is actually it doesn't necessarily have to be used in a farmhouse setting and of course that's what i really like because we don't happen to live in a farmhouse as you guys know if you have watched this channel for a minute you know i'm obsessed with the magnolia candles that they have they have really great fragrances out for summer i did actually grab one of those they just they smell so good and i was looking at the linens i thought maybe they would have something but this is just a little too organic for me i wanted something that felt a little bit more elevated and sophisticated but if you do have a farmhouse or maybe for a kid's bedroom these stripe sheets were super cute and very very tempting and they have really cute shams again it's all very organic and very um just very approachable and if that's the style that you're looking for the magnolia collection at target is gonna be totally hooking you up for the season because they have got pretty much everything really good basics that you can really just add on to here you can see we're looking at more of the kitchen wares in the farmhouse section and i think some of these things can absolutely segue through several different styles so you don't necessarily have to have a farmhouse to enjoy this section now we're back in the studio mcgee section because of course i have to check these things out let me just make one more loop let's see if i've missed anything i've actually got one of these sitting in my office right now because i really liked the way that the olive looked and i did bring home one of these figs for a um for a room makeover for a kid i typically try not to do that but sometimes it just works all right well that was a lot of fun um i have to say that was actually a lot harder than i thought it was going to be i thought it'd be so easy to just choose the one great set of sheets that target had but as it turns out they had so many good choices and i'm still not sure that i made the right choice because those casa luna sheets were so soft but the other ones have that sateen stripe oh and i love the hotel ones too so i think i'm just gonna get started with one set and see what i think for sure after i've washed them and dressed the bed i am so excited i almost can't even stand it i can't believe this is happening i can't believe i get to do this i'm this is so much fun i cannot believe that i'm designing my room the way that i want it oh so much fun it's so much fun to design a space i think i just forget like just how much fun it is to do a space so anyways all right let's go home hopefully jack will be back by now and we can actually undo the mattress and get it dressed and wash the sheets all right jack is home are you guys ready to see his reaction and i'm gonna have to make him haul the mattress in here it's quite a workout those things are actually quite heavy and you wouldn't realize that that all fits in the box okay are you ready i am all right i'm gonna surprise him and you guys excuse the mess in the room because nothing's done yet because you guys know where i've been that's a target all right keep your eyes shut all right one two three look oh my god i love this what did i write about the height of the mirror oh my god it's perfect yeah it's kind of scary like you think i did this really she's so pretty isn't it stunning oh my gosh they told me this is the first time the delivery guy said this is my first time ever delivering this one and i said so that makes me either totally weird or totally ahead of the crowd oh my god it's so like they were like this is one of the nicest beds they've ever delivered that's what they told me and i didn't have to build it no i paid extra just for you yeah you could've should have seen parker and i earlier trying to take the old ones take the old one apart it's almost surreal i don't feel like it's actually happening because it's taken so long to get everything and then this just appears like in a day i know and everything else is taking forever everything else for the room isn't here but now the bed is here and it's almost like i'm in disbelief that it's actually happening it's so pretty and i did take out the old brag i really you know i wanted something with more color is there one coming yeah i love this i truly truly truly love this it's pretty isn't it it's really pretty okay well let me bring the mattress and let's get it set up all right because i have sheets in the washer i gotta switch into the dryer all right let's do it okay i see my pile of clothes in there i should close this we shouldn't have to look at all that the mess let's not look at that just ignore the fact that i tried everything on and didn't like any of it this is so cool you're missing it dad look at it inflating i love this part oh this is nice oh yeah this is so soft i'm so excited it really is amazing wow that this is so good it's got like some sort of special technology apparently that helps you stay cool and that but then like support it this is there that's cool they're hybrid mattress i have to look it up and see what all it does but that's cool when i read the difference parker has the mint and so does your mom okay they love them and i was like oh they're so good and i was like you know what we're just going to try the hybrid no i love this it's so nice do you think it's too small is it okay no i think it's great you think i made a mistake by making the best form no you wouldn't be closer to me i don't blame you nobody in their right minds makes the bed smaller excited i can't wait to dress it i wish the dryer was finished so i could actually put the sheets on but very close good morning it is a brand new day here at the house of valentina and the bed is beyond fabulous it is beyond beyond beyond fabulous i absolutely love it i've actually got it scoot it down just a little bit to try to actually center it on the wall which means it will have to move the mirror but we're planning on either painting in here or doing wallpaper and that is something i really need to spend time with you guys and show you the whole entire plan but we do not have time right now because i've got eight billion projects spinning and i need to get some of those plates from spinning and get them actually served so i've got my duvet cover that i've had for about 20 years on the bed at the moment it looks a little bit dodgy it's not really what i want it's kind of thinned out because we've been using it for so long i mean legitimately it's held up really well but the duvet insert that i have it's just kind of um it's something really cheap that i bought i don't even remember where i bought it but it has a lot of texture to it and so it's making it look really lumpy so i placed an order for new duvet insert and a new duvet cover and i've got a rug coming and some lighting and some really fun stuff but i wanted to show you for just a second some of the things that i have been thinking about for this space i am looking at this velvet fabric this is fog by restoration hardware and i really want to have the swivel chair that they have i want to put that in the corner i've looked at the vintage ones i've been looking for forever that chair is made after a vintage designer and i i've looked and looked and looked and looked for months and i cannot find one anywhere in my area and i'm just not comfortable ordering something from new york and spending thousands of dollars just to have it sent down here so i've settled myself that i'm most likely going to be doing the restoration hardware one unless something changes which i'm always open to because nothing is done until it's done the other thing that i've been thinking about for the room is the grass cloth wallpaper this has been probably the biggest debate for the entire room and even yesterday i'm still debating it first of all i love this the texture that it adds to a room but you guys if you if you've hung out with me for very long you know that i like to change things and once you wallpaper the walls you cannot move the artwork around like you you you put a hole and it has to stay there so i'm not planning on this room being a constant moving target i i really want to design the space and it have a completed design but i also know myself well enough to know that i i still like to change up my artwork i like to tweak and move things around for different seasons so unlike a hotel where you design it and you leave it or for someone who doesn't want to change their home at christmas and different seasons wallpaper is a great option am i i'm sitting here making up my mind with you guys i'm i think i'm gonna paint the room instead of putting up the wallpaper or maybe i'll just paint the room and if i really decide i want the wallpaper then i'll just do the wallpaper how about that is that fair maybe i should do that so i think i'm gonna go really clean and simple on the walls but where i'm really going to have the impact is going to be on the ceiling i'm wanting to do stripes around the ceiling and i want them to be an outline almost like that hotel style when they outline the outline of the the edges of the duvet that's what i want to do on the ceiling what i wanted from my ultimate master suite was that i wanted something that felt like me i want something that feels like it just embodies me and my husband of course we wanted something that felt like like us so we are um yeah right in the middle of getting this whole thing done i've got a few things to do before we can actually do a big reveal on this room but i think i just really wanted to see this bed in person and i that was such a risk to order offline without seeing it that was insane to this was insane for me like i've never seen it and it was something that no one else was doing but i love it and i am more certain than ever that i'm doing exactly what i should be doing on this room well thank you guys so much for coming to hang out with us it's been a ride i feel like so much of what's happening right now it's hard to get things and so it's it's just this process and it's a little bit weird for me because i usually share with you guys the full space it's all done but you know sometimes i'm just having to learn to be patient and to just have faith in the process and in what i want and to just be patient and if that means that it takes a little longer then i i'd rather it be that way and it'd be exactly what we want it to be so so yes all that to explain why i feel bad that it's taking longer to share things with you guys but then you get to be a part of the journey so um so yes so thank you so much for being a part of this wild and crazy adventure here at the house of valentina i will be sharing so much more with you in the next few days so if you haven't hit subscribe make sure that you hit subscribe give the video a thumbs up leave us a comment down below and let us know what you're excited about um if you love the new bed and where this is going and yes stay tuned and we'll see you guys in the next one bye well the bench is definitely not going to be staying in here obviously um but for the moment while the room is torn up i thought that i would just take a moment and share with you one of the latest deliveries that i got and um not because i'm planning on keeping any of it actually um maybe just one thing but i ordered an entire batch of things from karen millen but as it turns out i don't think that any of these things are really gonna work i don't like the zippers felt too frumpy you could literally see the pocket through it it's just not my thing i don't love it i it actually looks really cute on but the material for me is just it's just not my thing so the the size of it and everything was super cute i've never actually owned a wrap dress but the skirt just keeps going and going and going and going and going and i would definitely have to pay to have it shortened i'm gonna be sending that back and um then this is the only thing that i really liked so the only thing that i have kept out of the box is this little lacy victorian number andi can't even believe it one two three a big thank you to squarespace for being our video sponsor from websites and online stores to marketing tools and analytics squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence and run your business good morning and happy friday to you it's another week here at the house of valentina and it is starting with a bang because we are getting ready to get a new bed and i completely forgot because we've been out of town down in savannah i completely forgot to have my husband help me take this bed apart and apparently it is being delivered early rather than later today so i'm in a mild panic because i need to get this bed out of the way and thankfully my 16 year old son is here and in between classes he's gonna try to help me haul this out of here this bed is not going to waste it is actually going down to our basement we have not finished it out completely but i want to be able to have a guest bedroom down there and so i knew that this bed was not going to go to waste we just haven't gotten on the schedule with a contractor yet to be able to finish the downstairs so for now we're just going to put it down there hopefully the two of us can wrestle this thing down get this thing out of the room and then i'm going to share with you the plan that we have for this room so tons of stuff to share with you today but right now i need to get this out of the way before the delivery guys show up with a bed let's get to work look at this my baby boy look how big he is too tall so what happens when i don't wear my heels i can really see how tall you are how short mom is jack isn't here because he's in meetings all day so that's why parker is standing in and maybe have bigger muscles and death right clean underneath your bed lesson learned oh my gosh the horror and just like that we now have room for the new bed i'm really upset though because the rest of the room isn't ready i'm a little bit bummed because i was waiting i was waiting to order the bed thinking that i would have time to be able to get everything else in the room and then it actually came early so if you're trying to find a bed and you're wanting something really beautiful wait until you see what i get but what's great about it is that it came so fast i will share more with you later for now um i need to finish cleaning up before the bed actually arrives i wanted to take just a moment and thank our video sponsor for today which is squarespace i have been using it for years to host my blog it's where we've had a shop in the past and i personally absolutely love it so amazing because we can use it as a blog we can use it as a shop we can use it as a portfolio they offer so many different marketing tools we ourselves haven't even used all the capabilities that squarespace even offers we've been thinking a lot lately about how we really want to have that home and that place for all of our followers to be able to find us and i think that's why squarespace is such an important place whether you're using it for business for 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squarespace.com for a free trial and when you're ready to launch go to squarespace.com backslash house of valentina to save 10 off your first purchase of a website or domain definitely go and check it out we know that you guys are going to love it and now back to this friday would be vlog okay well i'm so excited you guys oh gosh guess what my bed has arrived they are here i'm actually like my hands are actually trembling i'm so excited i'm so excited about this so they are here and hopefully everything's going to go well look at this bag you guys oh my gosh oh my gosh so i was really nervous about having a four-poster bed i've never owned one before have i completely lost my mind maybe there's a possibility that i've completely lost my mind and i wasn't even sure like is it even gonna look good in here and well i like having the four poster oh my god it's so nice it's so nice um but you can actually take the end the end posters it's even called i don't even know because i've never even owned a four poster bed but you can actually take these end ones off so i was like okay done i ordered it right away i was like that's it so i actually had a credit um from if you sign up for the pottery barn point system kind of thing um william sonoma west elm and pottery barn they all have these point systems and they have a credit card that they offer you and if you're on your good behavior and you can buy on there and pay it off you get all these extra points and for me it really adds up because i order a lot for my clients so i got to pick out my dream bed oh my gosh i am a little i'm not gonna like i'm a little nervous that i have downsized to a queen from a king i mean who does that no nobody does that who in their right mind but i literally sleep like this you can tell when i've literally moved the covers out and i get back in it and there's just so much bed and we've always had a queen-size bed always that's all we've ever had and i think that that's why i felt like our master bedroom is not that big and i want it to do a lot for me so i decided that's why i would go ahead and go down to a queen oh i think i've made the right choice at first i was like oh is it too little but it's not it's not it's perfect it fits the space better than the king ever did and what i like about it is that now it doesn't feel like the entire room is just a bed i can't even believe it the guy told me that he has delivered every single bed that william sonoma sells and he has never delivered the one that i fought and i'm like there you go call me i don't know if that means i just laughed i said so that either means that everyone will be ordering it because it's fabulous and they haven't even been paying attention to it or i'm just the weirdo i don't know it's not going to stay like this i'm going to need to paint the walls and or do the wallpaper i've got to show you the whole plan so you guys can actually be a full part of the conversation but the day is winding down and i need sheets because i've got the mattress it's sitting out in the garage uh tufted needle has sent me a mattress so we're gonna bring that in but i was gonna have my husband help me hopefully he will be done with his meetings he's been working all day in meetings i haven't even gotten to talk to him the entire day so i'm going nuts i'm so ready to show him everything but since i have a little bit of time i'm gonna run to target because i do need to get some sheets and go and wash them and have them ready when we can fix the bed um i'm a little bit bummed because i really wanted to have my side tables here i wanted to have the rug i wanted to have my big moment when everything comes together but that's okay you know things this is how things are right now everything's kind of in you can't really predict when things are going to arrive you just say yes when they're gonna come so okay i'm gonna sit here and chit chat with you guys all day and we need to go to target so i'm actually gonna grab my phone because target will not like me bringing you with the big camera into the store so i'm gonna grab my phone and we are gonna hit the road and go buy some cute sheets i know that going to target is something that we have done over and over but i think after having lived overseas for so many years and not having a target i get so giddy every single time i come in so i always like to just see what is here and if there's anything new i thought maybe you guys would like to just be able to check it out with me so i'm going to take you down a few aisles you can see here where we're getting to the furniture not everything target does is my favorite i know that probably comes as a shock because i talk about target all the time but look at these side tables target has so many good side tables i bought my own from there look at these cheetah sheets can they make these for grown-ups please i just thought that this collection was so cute and now you can see we're heading more into the sheet area these threshold sheets are actually really really nice they really do a good job on their sheets they're super soft you can basically see i'm gonna touch everything and i keep eyeing these really cool hand towels every single time i come into the store they've really got a lot of like bohemian kind of feeling things but it also has a sophisticated feel which is really really exciting i really like all these kinds of bohemian sophisticated elegance i think it just it just works it feels really good so now we're headed down a little bit more towards the sheet area and i can't help but just poke my hand in the towel area see what else is in it's always such a fun thing to just explore and see what we're gonna find this time here you can see we have again a little bit more threshold a little bit more of that sort of nomadic kind of look lots of color which is not necessarily my personal thing but that's yours they've got tons of great stuff these room essentials sheets are so good i bought a set for my sons the two boys several years ago and i have just been thrilled with them we've used them all the way up until they upgraded their beds so i really do recommend that if you do have maybe a kids room or you just want an extra set of sheets the room essential sheets are really really soft and they're really great quality so i've been super pleased with those myself and they basically have all these different patterns to choose from so you can really just match your room and make it just feel like it's a treat to pull the sheets back here you can see where they've got the opal house and i love all these patterns they're so fun threshold man did they ever hook us up these damask sheet sets are gorgeous so you can see here for a full it's 59 the queen is 69 and i love this subtle stripe in these it's just so chic and so high-end and yes these 100 came home with me because i had to have them but i couldn't help but notice that they also had this hotel style they didn't have them with the color on it the way that i was looking for so i passed for now but i'm gonna be looking online for those as well i thought these plaid ones would be perfect for landon's room he has that mountain kind of feel so again this could go with any any kind of style but particularly for the boys i think it's really fun um yeah and you can just see this is how i do i'm like oh let's stand the aisle and see what else is going on i was trying to see if there was anything else that would tempt me away from those threshold sheets i think you can also find that they have some really great pillowcases and shams that you can really just dress your bed up and you have a lot of options here these casa luna sheets were a total game changer i i tried my best to walk away from them because i was now sold on this idea of the damask and the stripe but these were the softest sheets that target has ever sold and i did grab a set i was like okay i really don't need two sets of sheets i really wanted to maybe have the hotel style ones i couldn't decide so i stuck these in my cart and i've been thinking about them ever since so i may have to go back and get another set because they are pure heaven they're amazing and i think that you will absolutely love them if you don't mind giving up the stripe and you just want something that's so soft definitely get this casa luna the sateen they're amazing so again you can see here where i was looking to see maybe i was thinking about maybe doing a quilt on the bed or a coverlet i was just checking out what they had i didn't want for myself or to feel too traditional because i went with a four poster kind of classic looking bed so i was looking for something that maybe was a little bit more modern but they have so many great options don't they if you're doing that organic vibe just run out and get these you're gonna love them i think just some of these practical items i was just grabbing the waterproof pad to make sure i've got everything i need to dress the bed i used to have these mattress toppers and i have stopped using them because i actually just find that they they make it too squishy and once you have the tuft and needle mattress you won't even need one of those it's just the perfect thing again we're going back to the quilt and i was really really eyeing this one it has like a little bit of a ruffle on the bottom just some interesting detail work but of course what do you think i ended up with velvet i liked the sophistication that this would add to the room i just liked the way that it would make it feel a little bit more elevated and chic but because the design is so simple it'll just be really really classic as well and not not too over the top if you go to target and you can manage to avoid the home section and right now everything studio mcgee they've got this really great section here if you can go to target and not walk through this section i should just pay you because the temptation is just too much and i can't stand it and they have so many great accessories right now that are really really affordable so i was just seeing some of it is just a little too bohemian for my personal style um but then some of the pieces just work with any kind of style that's my dreams when i have my collection at target i'll make sure that everybody has something something really classic that you'll want to take home with you but they did have lots of really cute stuff and it was just really fun to see what was in these lanterns are ones that i use over and over and over in my home designs and again these baskets with the leather handles i keep buying these over and over because they really do go with basically any style so that that's always really nice over here you can see we've got a little bit more studio mcgee it looks like somebody had just been kind of pulling everything out so it wasn't super tidy so um i apologize i i didn't tidy up for this one it wasn't my house but if you're into the moss and you want something like these marble trays i i really liked these i thought that was really pretty that's actually from the project 62. so they kind of have the section it has a little bit of everything it's not just studio mcgee so i think that you can do that in your own home really just see what works with your own style and your own space and what you really need and then take and choose what really just fits you i i love these i've used these several times in different homes and i think they're really cool now we're headed over to the farmhouse magnolia section some of the stuff that they have is actually it doesn't necessarily have to be used in a farmhouse setting and of course that's what i really like because we don't happen to live in a farmhouse as you guys know if you have watched this channel for a minute you know i'm obsessed with the magnolia candles that they have they have really great fragrances out for summer i did actually grab one of those they just they smell so good and i was looking at the linens i thought maybe they would have something but this is just a little too organic for me i wanted something that felt a little bit more elevated and sophisticated but if you do have a farmhouse or maybe for a kid's bedroom these stripe sheets were super cute and very very tempting and they have really cute shams again it's all very organic and very um just very approachable and if that's the style that you're looking for the magnolia collection at target is gonna be totally hooking you up for the season because they have got pretty much everything really good basics that you can really just add on to here you can see we're looking at more of the kitchen wares in the farmhouse section and i think some of these things can absolutely segue through several different styles so you don't necessarily have to have a farmhouse to enjoy this section now we're back in the studio mcgee section because of course i have to check these things out let me just make one more loop let's see if i've missed anything i've actually got one of these sitting in my office right now because i really liked the way that the olive looked and i did bring home one of these figs for a um for a room makeover for a kid i typically try not to do that but sometimes it just works all right well that was a lot of fun um i have to say that was actually a lot harder than i thought it was going to be i thought it'd be so easy to just choose the one great set of sheets that target had but as it turns out they had so many good choices and i'm still not sure that i made the right choice because those casa luna sheets were so soft but the other ones have that sateen stripe oh and i love the hotel ones too so i think i'm just gonna get started with one set and see what i think for sure after i've washed them and dressed the bed i am so excited i almost can't even stand it i can't believe this is happening i can't believe i get to do this i'm this is so much fun i cannot believe that i'm designing my room the way that i want it oh so much fun it's so much fun to design a space i think i just forget like just how much fun it is to do a space so anyways all right let's go home hopefully jack will be back by now and we can actually undo the mattress and get it dressed and wash the sheets all right jack is home are you guys ready to see his reaction and i'm gonna have to make him haul the mattress in here it's quite a workout those things are actually quite heavy and you wouldn't realize that that all fits in the box okay are you ready i am all right i'm gonna surprise him and you guys excuse the mess in the room because nothing's done yet because you guys know where i've been that's a target all right keep your eyes shut all right one two three look oh my god i love this what did i write about the height of the mirror oh my god it's perfect yeah it's kind of scary like you think i did this really she's so pretty isn't it stunning oh my gosh they told me this is the first time the delivery guy said this is my first time ever delivering this one and i said so that makes me either totally weird or totally ahead of the crowd oh my god it's so like they were like this is one of the nicest beds they've ever delivered that's what they told me and i didn't have to build it no i paid extra just for you yeah you could've should have seen parker and i earlier trying to take the old ones take the old one apart it's almost surreal i don't feel like it's actually happening because it's taken so long to get everything and then this just appears like in a day i know and everything else is taking forever everything else for the room isn't here but now the bed is here and it's almost like i'm in disbelief that it's actually happening it's so pretty and i did take out the old brag i really you know i wanted something with more color is there one coming yeah i love this i truly truly truly love this it's pretty isn't it it's really pretty okay well let me bring the mattress and let's get it set up all right because i have sheets in the washer i gotta switch into the dryer all right let's do it okay i see my pile of clothes in there i should close this we shouldn't have to look at all that the mess let's not look at that just ignore the fact that i tried everything on and didn't like any of it this is so cool you're missing it dad look at it inflating i love this part oh this is nice oh yeah this is so soft i'm so excited it really is amazing wow that this is so good it's got like some sort of special technology apparently that helps you stay cool and that but then like support it this is there that's cool they're hybrid mattress i have to look it up and see what all it does but that's cool when i read the difference parker has the mint and so does your mom okay they love them and i was like oh they're so good and i was like you know what we're just going to try the hybrid no i love this it's so nice do you think it's too small is it okay no i think it's great you think i made a mistake by making the best form no you wouldn't be closer to me i don't blame you nobody in their right minds makes the bed smaller excited i can't wait to dress it i wish the dryer was finished so i could actually put the sheets on but very close good morning it is a brand new day here at the house of valentina and the bed is beyond fabulous it is beyond beyond beyond fabulous i absolutely love it i've actually got it scoot it down just a little bit to try to actually center it on the wall which means it will have to move the mirror but we're planning on either painting in here or doing wallpaper and that is something i really need to spend time with you guys and show you the whole entire plan but we do not have time right now because i've got eight billion projects spinning and i need to get some of those plates from spinning and get them actually served so i've got my duvet cover that i've had for about 20 years on the bed at the moment it looks a little bit dodgy it's not really what i want it's kind of thinned out because we've been using it for so long i mean legitimately it's held up really well but the duvet insert that i have it's just kind of um it's something really cheap that i bought i don't even remember where i bought it but it has a lot of texture to it and so it's making it look really lumpy so i placed an order for new duvet insert and a new duvet cover and i've got a rug coming and some lighting and some really fun stuff but i wanted to show you for just a second some of the things that i have been thinking about for this space i am looking at this velvet fabric this is fog by restoration hardware and i really want to have the swivel chair that they have i want to put that in the corner i've looked at the vintage ones i've been looking for forever that chair is made after a vintage designer and i i've looked and looked and looked and looked for months and i cannot find one anywhere in my area and i'm just not comfortable ordering something from new york and spending thousands of dollars just to have it sent down here so i've settled myself that i'm most likely going to be doing the restoration hardware one unless something changes which i'm always open to because nothing is done until it's done the other thing that i've been thinking about for the room is the grass cloth wallpaper this has been probably the biggest debate for the entire room and even yesterday i'm still debating it first of all i love this the texture that it adds to a room but you guys if you if you've hung out with me for very long you know that i like to change things and once you wallpaper the walls you cannot move the artwork around like you you you put a hole and it has to stay there so i'm not planning on this room being a constant moving target i i really want to design the space and it have a completed design but i also know myself well enough to know that i i still like to change up my artwork i like to tweak and move things around for different seasons so unlike a hotel where you design it and you leave it or for someone who doesn't want to change their home at christmas and different seasons wallpaper is a great option am i i'm sitting here making up my mind with you guys i'm i think i'm gonna paint the room instead of putting up the wallpaper or maybe i'll just paint the room and if i really decide i want the wallpaper then i'll just do the wallpaper how about that is that fair maybe i should do that so i think i'm gonna go really clean and simple on the walls but where i'm really going to have the impact is going to be on the ceiling i'm wanting to do stripes around the ceiling and i want them to be an outline almost like that hotel style when they outline the outline of the the edges of the duvet that's what i want to do on the ceiling what i wanted from my ultimate master suite was that i wanted something that felt like me i want something that feels like it just embodies me and my husband of course we wanted something that felt like like us so we are um yeah right in the middle of getting this whole thing done i've got a few things to do before we can actually do a big reveal on this room but i think i just really wanted to see this bed in person and i that was such a risk to order offline without seeing it that was insane to this was insane for me like i've never seen it and it was something that no one else was doing but i love it and i am more certain than ever that i'm doing exactly what i should be doing on this room well thank you guys so much for coming to hang out with us it's been a ride i feel like so much of what's happening right now it's hard to get things and so it's it's just this process and it's a little bit weird for me because i usually share with you guys the full space it's all done but you know sometimes i'm just having to learn to be patient and to just have faith in the process and in what i want and to just be patient and if that means that it takes a little longer then i i'd rather it be that way and it'd be exactly what we want it to be so so yes all that to explain why i feel bad that it's taking longer to share things with you guys but then you get to be a part of the journey so um so yes so thank you so much for being a part of this wild and crazy adventure here at the house of valentina i will be sharing so much more with you in the next few days so if you haven't hit subscribe make sure that you hit subscribe give the video a thumbs up leave us a comment down below and let us know what you're excited about um if you love the new bed and where this is going and yes stay tuned and we'll see you guys in the next one bye well the bench is definitely not going to be staying in here obviously um but for the moment while the room is torn up i thought that i would just take a moment and share with you one of the latest deliveries that i got and um not because i'm planning on keeping any of it actually um maybe just one thing but i ordered an entire batch of things from karen millen but as it turns out i don't think that any of these things are really gonna work i don't like the zippers felt too frumpy you could literally see the pocket through it it's just not my thing i don't love it i it actually looks really cute on but the material for me is just it's just not my thing so the the size of it and everything was super cute i've never actually owned a wrap dress but the skirt just keeps going and going and going and going and going and i would definitely have to pay to have it shortened i'm gonna be sending that back and um then this is the only thing that i really liked so the only thing that i have kept out of the box is this little lacy victorian number and\n"