a bed and a song.

i have a little break time and i want to think about some pretty things to relax my mind for a bit.

i may be purchasing this bed from ikea this summer and i am really excited about it. it is only $99!! crazy, huh? has anyone ever bought a bed or any other furniture for that matter from ikea and have you had a good experience with it?

now, what to go on that bed? granted i most likely will not be purchasing new bedding. i like decorating and do not know how i will be able to be settled with the same look for a very long amount of time one day... but that is most certainly what i will have to do.

here are a few options i will dream about...

dwell studio ^

here's a much more affordable option from target ^

and if i really did get to get whatever bedding i chose, it would be quite a toss up between these two. either uber romantic tuxedo bedding from anthropologie ^

...or more relaxed preppy/nautical from dwell studio (below)

and, as i was posting this, this song by tenth avenue north popped up on pandora. i really needed to hear it... it's been a while.

"By Your Side"

Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run

And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

Look at these hands and my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

(Chorus 2x)

Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you
I'll never let you go