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Bedroom needs color etc!

12 years ago
This is our new master bedroom....first, the armoire and dresser are not a matching set but I thought I could merge them by changing the hardware??? And if we buy a headboard what would be the best choice???

Needing ideas for adding color also, and room layout....I like my bedspread....thought about turquoise as an accent color??? THANKS!!

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  • 12 years ago
    Mary, the way to "merge" the classic style of the dresser with the country top and painted bottom and the traditional style of the armoire . . my advice is to chalk paint the armoire in a two color layering and also change its hardware . . but selecting a color given your non-palette palette . . pale green walls, some oak, some brown leatherish topped ottomans . . . a pale greige finish is going to be your best friend, where you distress it back on the details so some of the current finish comes through . . it is easy and it doesn't take much paint, but you will need to wax it in when you decide you've got the right look. Here's the color card - http://darlingvintage.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/anniesloancolorchart.png
    I'd mix ochre and country gray for you. . and start on the back so you get the hang of how you want to put it on. You can put it on, then take a clean brush with water and distress some of it off to see how the detail works. Simple pulls in dark pewter if you change hardware not as nickel as the other dresser . . maybe take what came with it and use pewter rub n buff on it and try that . . don't think cups will work well here . . use the paint on the bases of the leathery type ottomans I see too so its repeated somewhere.

    Then, you need a great armchair on the window wall but probably in a linen slipcover since you are rocking the animal prints.. .due to that, I'm not sure about turquoise. Since the room is essentially eclectic, an earth toned neutral palette is going to be the best for you here . . shades of chocolate to linen. If you can find a headboard with fairly straight lines, in a wood tone like the round table and the dresser top (not matching but near).

    Then, buy one amazing, gorgeous (could be printed canvas) LARGE canvas piece of art with mostly warm neutrals, and possibly some blue-greens. Put it over the bed. Then you can add a throw to the chair in blue-green (but a soft green blue green instead of bright turquoise) and put a bluegreen dish on a nightstand. I would budget for some new lamps and put these in the guest room.
  • 12 years ago
    As for the layout, I would put the long dresser under the window. Switch out the shorter nightstand with the round table, so that both night stands are the same height. Center the bed in that moulding on that wall and "paint" yourself a headboard on the wall within that trim. I have attached a photo. I think you could use turquoise as an accent color and do gray on your walls.
  • 12 years ago
    Furniture placement: Center the bed into the niche. Remove the table on left of bed and replace with one under the window. Place dresser under window. Decorating: A padded headboard, lots and lots of pillows that are layered, a throw at the end of the bed, if you can purchase two new side lamps and a chandelier. Curtains on window will really complete the room and paint walls that compliment pillows and curtains - whatever your favorite color is.
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  • 12 years ago
    Wow! Libra! Maybe I should sell one of them and start all over LOL advice well taken!
  • 12 years ago
    I think you have the bed on the right wall. Move the dresser to under the window, maybe with a chair. Then center the bed between the wall and the closet. Your nightstands should be the same height.

    I wouldn't paint the armoire. I'd change the hardware on the dresser to something dark so it doesn't contrast so much.

    I'd put a more modern lamp on each nightstand. Something with some bling.
  • 12 years ago
    Update #1! @Maureen
  • 12 years ago
    Hey @Grover......next room! You found me!!! yay!!!
  • 12 years ago
    @Groveraxle....I hope I don't wear you out with my decorating! :-)
  • 12 years ago
    And I'm thinking it took me longer to move the dresser than it took you! ;-)
  • 12 years ago
    Love it!!! I don't waste time!
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    12 years ago
    I think your ideas are good. An upholstered headboard is a good option - in neutral tones and the accent color turquoise is a great choice

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  • 12 years ago
    @Grover....where did you find the accent pillow? I really like it! Thanks!!
  • 12 years ago
    I have no idea where I found the pillow maryb. I'll see if I can find it.
  • 12 years ago
    Grover has pulled together a great scheme for you. Some alternative accent pillows
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  • 12 years ago
    OK....Our new headboard is more taupe than I thought it would be....these are my lamps....soooo...do I still proceed with pillows to add color OR purchase new bedding???? Or....
  • 12 years ago
    Lower the art 6". New bedding. Chocolate and teal.
    maryb56 thanked groveraxle
  • 12 years ago
    Send the headboard back. It's too pink.
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  • 12 years ago
    I know on headboard!!! I knew when I saw it....Not enough gold....:-( I don't think we can return we don't have the box....and yes I thought you would say that on art! :-)
  • 12 years ago
    Here is what I did in my bedroom. The lamp on the dresser is just temporary - going to my family member. Heat wave, hence the fan.
  • 12 years ago
    You can choose pillows to enhance and detract from the pink.
  • 12 years ago
    OK, maryb, I downloaded your new headboard. I'll work on it sometime today.
    maryb56 thanked groveraxle
  • 12 years ago
    Grover..........it's more of a taupe.....with gray undertones....but looks pink to you i guess! :).........
  • 12 years ago
    Grover...I can exchange headboard if I get my husband to help pack it up and send. Lol
  • 12 years ago
    Mary, monitors are notoriously awful with color rendition. (Yeah, we lucked out on the living/dining room.)

    I have your bedroom in my photo bin, and it has stymied me. It's because the headboard looks downright mauve. Next to it, your bedding looks kind of salmony-pink.

    You'll have to decide if it's worth returning or exchanging. You could also slipcover it. If you do decide to keep it, maybe you can photograph it in natural light and we can get a truer color. Maybe...
  • 12 years ago
    http://www.allmodern.com/Mozaic-Company-Humble-and-Haute-Hamilton-Upholstered-Headboard-in-Beige-VQM1323.html

    Grover....Thanks so much for your input! Walls, bedding, lamps are all warmer gold/ khaki undertones....I originally thought this would be neutral and more eclectic.....but when it arrived it seemed to have a cool undertone....it really is a linen look...I like it but my eye is telling me otherwise....
  • 12 years ago
    Wow, the color on the website and in your bedroom don't even look related. Stupid computers!
  • 12 years ago
    Indom I know! I even looked at the pillows on the bed and thought they were the same color as my bedding. :-(
  • 12 years ago
    The headboard from the website and in your room.
  • 12 years ago
    Grover what color did you select? Mine is supposed to be beige! NOT...
  • 12 years ago
    Maryb, are we just not seeing it right in your photos? Does the color look like Grover's left pic?
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  • 12 years ago
    I selected beige, Mary. Your link didn't take me directly there. But this appears to be it, no?
    http://www.allmodern.com/Mozaic-Company-Humble-Haute-Hamilton-Upholstered-Headboard-WFHB28-VQM1239.html
    maryb56 thanked groveraxle
  • 12 years ago
    Grover....you are correct! Sooo...I made an executive decision...I am exchanging it for ivory. :-)
  • 12 years ago
    NOW ready for some color, which will need to carry into the bathroom! YES on changing mirrors and lights! ugh...so bad!