i cannot imagine painting a room another color since i have my whole house in grey and gray's. my husband just ask me the same question lol I adore grey it's neutral to me and you can put all bright color it will look fab but i agree that sometime or some poeple grey can feel depressing for me at this time it just feel comforting

Oooh what about a sunburst mirror over the bed?? (I'm obsessed with them right now)

I currently have the Dwell Studio Chinoiserie set on my bed (love it!) and also have a wrought iron bed. My walls are "Santa Fe" a light tan. I used some complimentary pillows on the bed for additional interest.
I would recommend you purchase the Chinoiserie set first before reprinting. Perhaps you can pull a color from it for your accent wall behind the headboard. I'm thinking a light teal shade.
Other than that, poster Maria Killam has some great suggestions.

How about getting a large damask or other design stencil and getting the same paint color in a higher sheen and stenciling just the wall behind your bed? That will add an accent, but it will be more subtle.

Is everything in your room really green? Or is that the light? I think that BM Grey Wisp is a green grey. To find out what the complementary colour is, stare at a paint chip against a white background until your vision goes cloudy, then look at a white surface. The after-image is the colour you can add to make the room go pop.

Anyway, your room would pop in 2 seconds if you added a small area of pink. Is you ceiling really green? It would be better if it was off white. If you have off white, green-ish and pink, then you have a chintz-ish colour combination, but without the flowers. Or, you could frame a huge chintz pattern behing your bed and you would have the chintz pattern with flowers. If there is green in the colours, the green in the chintz would pick it up. To see the effect of pink/light fuschia, you just need to get a couple of yards of fabric from a fabric shop.

Please post after photos.

thank you so much for all your suggestions I just drop the idea with the dark accent wall i think it just missing a lot of decoration and finitions :) i just receive the bedding yerterday and as soon i drop it on the bed it change everythings already. Some artwork, a mirror, bed skirt , accent pillow with pop of color, more lamps, curtains. i will surely update with a pic when it's done.

thank you maria for the post this is what exactly i was trying to get into , with my broken english lol I want to create that " Atmosphere"!!! I think I achieved into my other room for my personal taste:) I still love my bedroom color, it change through the day. I know i can get it I just need the complimentary color that will make it all happy :) and the right deco

what style side lamp/color should I place . Theses i like the base not so much the shade they don't do much for my bedroom and i agree

When i saw your room, I thought of this lamp. If you want to paint it, you can always paint just 1 of the walls or just the ceiling or even just the trim and doors. I've seen some great changes just by painting some and not all.

pretty damask i like it a lot :)

Yeah, I think someone else mentioned damask would be a good print for your room. Here's the link for it. http://www.appliancesconnection.com/i290737-coaster-table-lamps.html

Well check this out the bedding already do a huge favor i think:)

i know the child protection is needed at this time will get it down soon hopefully . I have a question bedskirt question white or linen natural????? i go more on linen natural and i think i found the complimentary color a pretty splash of ORANGE ??? I stole the pillows from my other bedding that I love so much from my other room and I think it work ?

I am going more toward the natural what do you think ? white or natural?

It looks a lot better with the bedding. I would think linen natural as well although I'd have to see it to be sure. Definitely add some artwork above the headboard and I was thinking a nice black curtain rod like this one would look great and would pop off the wall.

and compliment the bed too I agree

lol pauli your dad pic is pretty handsom lol lol lol

my huby just retired 21 years air force :)

Christelle, thank you.... I think he is handsome too.... :-) Many thanks to your husband for his service!
lol this is funny....

Yikes gray! it's a great background but needs color accessories and artwork. I'd love to see that low wall in back in a light cool aqua like the photo below. Pink pillow brinks out the touch of pink in the landscape. perhaps also an aqua and gray stripe on the lampshade?

cool lamp

Hi Christelle! I hope this is all helpful. We just joined Houzz a week ago so I am still adding products. I came across some interesting lighting fixtures (contemporary chandeliers) but I don't know if you were looking for that. Our company has over 40,000 products so it will take me an eternity to add even half of them. Feel free to follow us. You might see something you like or something that might give you ideas.

I find the frames i really like and think will compliment my room what do you think??? a grouping of th just one big one above the bed? what size will work the best ? my bed is california king the wall is not tall behind the bed

i really like the second pic the best :) i am pretty sure i will go with black n white art maybe some sketch like in old french museum kind i like that a lot .

I like the mostly black one. I think it would stand out more on your walls.

i would love love to take down the fan and place a fab chandelier i am a chandelier addict but my huby got so much hard time to hang the fan and the other chandeliers in the house that he is holding on claws and theeth at this time in keeping the fan I know i will get my way one day it will take time lol but there will be one:) and the fan that we never ever use will come down lol lol lol

Definitely black frame. Hahaha I understand his frustration. I'll have some of our cooler lighting fixtures up hopefully soon so you can browse. We have many more but, here were some of the ones I saw that I thought you might like.

ha ha Christell.... You are a chandelier addict and I am too but what is funny is I have a discussion going on and you can see my chandelier "fail".
It's kind of funny but I wish I could make it better.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/big-open-space-dsvw-vd~299089

woua you come a long way too :) we got the same color floors:) I was sweating bullets with mines trying to hold it while huby was wiring and after was too much cable to fit into the box i almost cry my arms hurt so bad lol lol lol here a pic of mines no matter what everyone says they will stay i love them :)

they talking to each other too i have a open floor house almost like yours but got a small wall window in middle :)

I love these chandeliers. We have a lot of the same taste. Thanks! I know what you mean about your arms hurting....

I love the white hutch with wood top...

The thing that is missing is that pop of color, and I keep seeing yellow when I look at your photos. Everyone uses red with grays, but it can get boring after a while. Bed pillows (no more than 2) in a pattern (something curvy to reflect the bedframe?) and a lamp with yellow base. Or yellow patterned shade, but that could skew the tones of the gray walls. Watch what color light your lightbulbs produce. Really white light is a little "cold" but it sustains the color tones.

I'm not a big fan of bedskirts. Cover the bedsprings with a fitted sheet (they make them "deep" enough now) matching the comforter. And linen never looks "pressed" and wrinkle-free unless you starch it.

Definitely change that ceiling fan to something else -- chandy, although I'd have it moved to over the bed. It's not expensive.

I agree with Inkwitch. But I would also do something with the curtains and other accesoires, like bedlamps. Give them colour! Then you can do anything with this room.

Hi Christelle,

I agree with you b&w photography with gold frames would look incredible. I'd even considered black matting to really make everything pop. Below are a few images you might find interesting. Everything is custom made meaning you get to choose the size, frame, and matting. Enjoy!


http://www.committedphotography.ca/photos/frame/2547

http://www.committedphotography.ca/photos/frame/3696

http://www.committedphotography.ca/photos/frame/84

I don't think yellow will be end for this room :) i have a lots of yellow though the house i love the contrast next to a true grey, not like this room that have cameleon color changing through the day from blue to green and grey. if i change the lamp maybe for a deep orange ! I keep looking and looking is nothing i see right now that is really talking to me or fall in love with lol lol I want just that piece that really make me happy. I use to have tons of stuff that just collected dust and i just end up trashing all prior moving to this house. Committed photography- I just love the first photo you proposed and there is another one i really like in your portfolio i probably will end up getting from somewhere else in my house. thanks so much for all your help :) I really appreciate everyone inputs and ideas I just cannot wait to finish this room

pauli the hutch was a craiglist find it was very ugly yellow pine I repainted it and changed the hardware :)

I love to get old stuff and paint it. I have done that with lots of my things.
My paint color changes hues throughout the day also.
When I am like you are about wanting something to speak to you, I always just try to wait and let it. Usually something will come up that I love.

You've achieved good basics and have a plan in mind. Give yourself time. The right pieces will fall into your hands when least expected! It's part of the fun of decorating, and always a work-in-progress.

thank u inkwitch :) i know it will

I'm going to throw some ideas out there that may not be quick fixes. What if you ind pendants to hang down from the ceiling rather than placing lamps on night stands? Also, I think some crown moulding would fabulize the space. I love your white chest of drawers.

i love crown molding and thinking of placing some through the house one day :) i like the idea of pendant lights a lot and i might just do that in close futur with some mirrors behind the side table :) the drawer chest is from ikea i like it a lot too it's clean line, good price and good looking enough to place anywhere:)

It's coming along really nice! You've got a lot of good ideas to work with now. Definitely update once you get that chandelier in! I bet it's going to look amazing.

I find my perfect pop of color for my bedroom :) This fabric for curtains OMG looks fab with my wall paint and all my graphite grey. Don't you think!!!

Christelle, I want that fabric in my house.... I love orange and birds.

it's thomas paul the aviary in tangerine pauli :)

I would bgin w ith some molding, it adds so much to any room. You can get polyurethane , cheaper, it can be painted , stained etc.

For those who want to put wallpaper and know how hard it is to remove,or live in an apt. You can use material, just old fashioned laundry starch, ( HD or Lowes) dip the material in it- wring it out, ( not too wrinkly) use a board or window cleaner sqweegie to apply to the wall. It will stay up beauticully. When you want to remove it, it will just come off nicely, wash the wall- done. It works well when you want to do a chair, duvet , pillows and then maybe one wall etc. This Old House magazine or .com. Sorry if this is not exactly in comment problem, but wallpaper was mentioned.

I replaced the rod in my bedroom and place it at the correct high looks so much better thank you