the bedroom

Am I the only one that dreams of a beautiful bedroom? I want a bedroom like you see in bed and breakfast places. A place where it's peaceful, beautiful, serene, romantic and intimate. Where I can read my scriptures and say my prayers and absorb calmness. An escape. A romantic get-away when needed that's free and doesn't require a babysitter. I can picture it in my mind but creating it is sooo hard. Partly it's cost but mostly it's getting rid of this big practical not-beautiful headboard. Alan loves the headboard. What I want is much more girly and much less practical. He says, "I don't want to be smothered by sheer materials, only books. Can't we have a headboard made of books?" No, it's not intimate. He says, "I don't want to sleep in a cage." I say a canopy isn't a cage and sheer curtains aren't bars. He says, "I want you to be happy and if it means that much go for it, but just don't spend more money than you can get by selling the headboard." I say I love you.