master bedroom to-do list

I had zero intention of redoing the master bedroom when we moved in. I loved our master bedroom in our last house, and figured I would simply move everything from that bedroom into this bedroom.  Except when we got here, it didn't quite look right.  The old bedroom was filled with light at all hours of the day.  The new bedroom is much darker.  The old bedroom was tiny (10 x 10), with lots of gorgeous molding around the windows and ceiling, and with hardwood floors.  The new bedroom is much larger, builder-grade, has weirdly accented corner walls, very high ceilings and is fully carpeted.

I'm not making tons of changes.  I have kept the curtains, the bedding, the art and the dressers. The design is still centered around the chiang mai dragon painting. But I am tweaking a few things to help the design look better.

Currently the bedroom looks like this:

I've added larger nightstands, so that the larger scale balances the king size bed, and the higher ceilings.  (I'm still working on the second nightstand.) Our old bedroom was much smaller and brighter, and the navy blue accents and aqua Rast tables worked well there.  This room is much darker, and the colors feel like too much.  I wanted the room to have a calmer, lighter feel, so I used white nightstands and a white headboard.

There still remains a few things to do.  Mainly on the wall opposite the bed.

The mirror over the dresser feels too dark.  It also feels a bit small, since the ceilings are high and vaulted. However, I have yet to come up with anything to replace it with. (I would love this pagoda mirror, but its not in the budget for at least a few months.)

The aqua and orange lamps are placeholders until I figure out something different.  There aren't any overhead lights in this house, so I have lamps on every table, whether they match or not.

Anything I do will have to work with the citron striped curtains, chang mai dragon art, and the bedding.  The summer bedding is coral, as you can see in the picture, and the winter bedding is a deep royal blue.

The to-do list is looking like this:

White upholstered headboard

White night stands

Pictures over night stands

Small mirror over night stands

Paint gourd lamps

New lamp shades

Patterned pillow shams

Art or mirror over dresser

Larger lamp for dresser

Art next to window

Pictures in hallway

There is an extremely boring, builder grade master bathroom (not pictured) directly to the left of the dressers that is open to the bedroom.  I'd like to do something in there as well eventually.

I'm working on the second nightstand and painting the gourd lamps, so hopefully I can cross some more items off my list soon.