The Challenge: To play up the bed as the focal point and to create better balance in the furniture arrangement. With no art on the walls and no headboard to accent the bed, the room feels a little spartan, in spite of its sun-drenched Provencal color scheme.

See below for our "After" photo and read how these challenges were solved.

The Solution: Emphasize the bed as the room's centerpiece with a do-it yourself headboard.

Make a headboard using an accordion-style bamboo garden trellis from a garden shop or home center. Painted to look like antique bamboo, it adds pattern and texture to the wall and echoes the wood of the desk.

Place the slant-top desk flat against the wall instead of angling it across the corner. This makes better use of wall space and provides a base for a casual display.

Add instant art that requires no commitment (no nails in the wall) by propping a large square of pressed tin against the wall. The tin creates another level to move the eye around the space and serves as a background for potted plants that add life to the room.

Introduce color contrast with a bed skirt that picks up the note of blue in the pillows. The blue skirt reinforces the pillows as a cooling counterpoint to the warm yellows in the room.

Move the chair to the window to take advantage of natural light for reading. It's also in position for using at the desk when the drop front is opened.