Get the bedding! The bedroom was one of the first areas that I tackled after the BD. I whisked away his blackout curtains (he works nights and had to sleep days frequently) and made the whole area cleaner and brighter. Not to mention I enjoy actually getting into a made bed at night. H never made the bed and since we frequently sleep during different hours, I always felt like I was crawling into a slightly smelly, rumpled cave. It was a nice little mental pick me up. Well worth the 80 dollars I spent on new Ikea curtains and the $30 of paint.