{p,h,f,r} Master Bedroom Edition

I'm joining the lovely women at Like Mother, Like Daughter for {p,h,f,r}, the Master Bedroom Edition.







To be entirely honest, I was lower than whale dirt yesterday about this election, and I'm really going to have to work hard at not staying in a total funk. But I agree with Leila, that we must turn inward toward our faith, and our families and our hearth. When my husband starts into another rant (which he has been doing for the past six months, several times a day) I keep telling him, "Circle the wagons." And inside that sweet protected circle of those we love and cherish we will stay, for as long as we can.

Yesterday I enjoyed giving the bedroom a good dusting. To be honest, I try very hard not to let the master bedroom become a collecting place. It is often my sanctuary. In the evenings, I often come here to sew or knit and have some quiet, sometimes for prayer. But dust gathers, nevertheless, and there is often a collection of folded pillowcases or hand towels perched on the edge of the dresser, never making it down the hall to the linen closet.

My photos are a little dark and grainy. I apologize. I took them yesterday in the late afternoon, but the sun was already setting, and our house has a southern exposure so the sun was well past our front facing bedroom window.

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This past spring I found this darling branch of artificial dogwood flowers, with the sweet robin's nest. I found it at Pottery Barn.

I love the dogwood branch (because of this legend), and the nest is appropriate because my husband affectionately calls our bed "our nest."

It's hard to find just the right thing to hang above our bed because of the curved headboard. I think the branch is perfect.

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A few months ago I won these beautiful pillowcases at Elizabeth Foss' blog. They are made by Catholic Embroidery, and they are really very beautiful. I have not had such special pillowcases since I was a girl and embroidered my own.

My husband's dresser with pictures of our children when they were little. I love the memories they bring back, when they were small and so sweet.

My favorite chair when I escape to the bedroom. It's the perfect size for knitting or sewing. Funny story...when I was pregnant with Faith I had a dream about a chair (you know those pregnancy dreams!). I was sitting in it holding my baby and rocking, but it was a stuffed chair like this. After the dream I shopped like mad...had to have that chair. I finally found it and had it covered in this fabric and it was in the "nursery" until I redid Faith's room a few years ago. I still love this chair better than any other in the house.

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This is my husband's nightstand drawer (poor man, good thing he never had anything to put in it). It holds all the socks-without-a-mate. Sometimes it's temporary, until the mate comes through the wash, and sometimes they stay there for quite a while until I eventually give up and toss them. Right now it's rather hard to close the drawer so I need to dump it out and see if there are any pairs in there.

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This is the basket on the floor next to my bed. It's where I toss books I am in the middle of, knitting I'm in the middle of (but have temporarily stopped working on), needles, ear buds...well anything I don't want in or on the nightstand. It's a mess and needs to be sorted...another day.

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