Bedroom Makeover (I need your advice)

I want to give our master bedroom a whole new look and I need your advice on something.  Here’s the deal —

This is our current bed:

I feel it’s too dark and cold for my taste now.  And, it’s massive.  That’s the other part of the deal — our bedroom (and house) is very small.  We’re going to be staying her a while longer, so we’re trying to make the best of the space and create a lot more storage.  Thank goodness I’m married to a handy man carpenter!    So, back to the bed…..we have matching night stands and dresser to go along with it.  We’re selling it all on Craig’s List pretty soon.  I want our new look to not be so matchy-matchy.  Originally, I wanted JT to build me a bed EXACTLY like this:

I still love it.  But, recently JT came up with this design on his own that solves another space problem:

What do you think of the design?!  It’s growing on me.  I think it can be really cool if done right.  I’m thinking a glazed Ecru with some really fun hardware from Anthro!  Make it sort-of vintage-looking….

Thoughts???

I like it because I want as much wall space in our bedroom as possible and this gives us a way to NOT have a dresser.  I’m thinking that when we have another baby one day down the road in this house, we’ll set up nursery in our room for a while and I want a place for a little crib and rocking chair over in the corner nook.  So, what do you think?  Let me know your thoughts.  I know this design isn’t politically correct (and the fact that it’s drawn on a pharma note pad doesn’t help either!), but it could be cool and solves our problems.

Here are some other headboard shapes I like.  I wouldn’t want ours covered in fabric, but I love these shapes.  I can’t decide which to go with….

Last 4 images from my pinterest.