Stripes! and Staying on Budget

I've been trying to focus on finally pulling our guest room together.  We had guests last weekend.  Thankfully they had a bed to sleep on, but it wasn't pretty.  Like a lot of designers, when it comes to my own home my brain goes in a million different directions and it is hard to make a decision.  I have some inspiration photos that I love but I also know that there are lots of options and at this point I could go in a completely different direction because it's a blank slate and nothing's been purchased.  Too many choices does NOT make a better design.  (Sadly this is something I counsel my clients against but I can't seem to follow my own rules!) 
I've decided that I need a fabric choice to inspire me.  I've shopped around a little bit but haven't found anything that grabs me yet.  Today I've been thinking about stripes a lot.  I was first drawn to this Japanese import Kokka violet stripe from Purl Soho

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I love the skinny white stripe on the violet background.  I wasn't even thinking of using violet in the guest room but I could make this work!  Sadly this room has a super tiny budget so $26/yd is a bit rich for the long panels I'm envisioning.  Of course that didn't stop me from falling in love with some other budget busting finds (I didn't even mark anything over $30.  Why make myself cry, right?

Okay, maybe one like this Ralph Lauren that would completely break my piggy bank

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This Robert Allen piece is called Aimee Stripe in Indigo!!  It's named for me!!  How could I not keep it in the running.  Maybe if I do something different on the windows I could make pillows for the bed. It seems meant to be.

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Here are a couple of more budget friendly options from Fabric.com

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Of course I could be swayed by a buffalo check!

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Which reminds me....I have some navy plaid drapes from my college days packed in a box somewhere.  Maybe that's the solution.  If I can lay my hands on them I could recycle those drapes into something fab and I could spend that saved money one something even more fab somewhere else in the room.  I'll keep you posted.  I now need to go dig around in my attic for awhile.