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Need master bedroom design advice!

9 years ago

Help. We are keeping the bed, bureau, and standing mirror. Anything else is up for debate. Do the side tables need to be replaced? Lamps? What advice for the walls, especially the headboard wall? I hope to keep the rug but is it the wrong size? Thanks! For orientation, the wall of doors are our closets. The closed door is our master bathroom. We are a young family living in a red brick ranch, style simple traditional heading towards slightly transitional I guess.


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  • PRO
    9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    The mirror is great and I envy your closets -- but could use a little more info. What size is the room? It would help to see it sketched out as a floor plan. Can the ceiling fan/light be hung flush to ceiling instead of extending down? That would help.

    Will the bed fit where the bureau is now? From the photos it looks like it would. What size is the rug? The rug design right now is overpowering the room and it dominates in
    scale and color, so some balance would help, but I like the warmth the
    color adds. Can the rug be rotated and moved closer to the wall where the headboard is and still extend enough around the bed? Have you considered a softer window treatment?

    I'd also like to see something done in paint, fabric, or a large piece of artwork to visually heighten the headboard. I'd also prefer something more interesting in lamps and end tables - a bit less matchy perhaps.


    rgrindrod thanked Restoration Fabrics & Trims
  • PRO
    9 years ago
    Love the rug! The colors are warm and comfortable. I would perhaps switch its orientation. A large piece of wall art or mirror would look fantastic above the headboard. There is too much open space the way it is now. The room needs a little more pop of color. I would try to arrange that within the lamps. Nice room :)
    rgrindrod thanked Chic Home Staging and Design, LLC
  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Furniture placement is about the best you can do since placing the bed opposite the door provides optimal secure, restful sleep. Bedside tables don't need to match but should reach mattress height and when topped with a lamp the two items should reach 58-64" above the floor. The rug is too large and the print in it is too big. The size might be OK if the bed were centered on the floor space so equal amounts of rug could extend on both sides. You'll want to go smaller, or have this rug cut down a bit and re-bound. A pair of floor to ceiling drapery panels at the ends of the window will soften the shutters. Move the mirror between the closets and add a small chaise where the mirror is now. Pick some new bedding and decorate around the colors in it. Consider chalk painting the furniture if it is in good condition and you don't hate it. Or just paint it with a satin finish regular paint.

    rgrindrod thanked decoenthusiaste
  • 9 years ago

    It looks like you have gray walls and pink and gray bedding, so I don't understand the choice of the bold rust colored rug. I really like the rug, but not for this room.

    If you are satisfied with the usefulness of the nightstands then keep them. I would paint them though.

    rgrindrod thanked emmarene9
  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I agree that the rug really doesn't go w the bedding. I'd get a new comforter in a neutral color. Having a tiny bit of olive green on it wouldn't be bad either:) i think that would be a good first step. I'd push the rug a little further under the bed, but looks like the right size to me

    rgrindrod thanked J D
  • 9 years ago

    Night tables need to go. Rug size is fine, but definitely not restful colors. I'd relocate it if possible to a different room.

    Then choose new bedding and coordinate around it.

    rgrindrod thanked Kris Mays
  • 9 years ago

    Lovely room Mark.

  • 9 years ago

    There is no place to sit. How about a bench or stools at the foot of the bed? Nice Photoshop skills Mark.

    rgrindrod thanked Paul F.
  • 9 years ago

    Mark's rendering is perfect. The only thing I would add on top of his suggestions is a bench at the end of the bed to put on/take off shoes. I would take the print that's on the wall next to your bed and put it over your dresser with a few more pieces of art to make a small collage wall or you could add two pretty, taller vases on either end of the dresser with your photo collage in the center.

    rgrindrod thanked katinparadise
  • 9 years ago

    Mark, wow that looks great! Yes I knew the bedding needed improvement, I just didn't know what color. I am shocked about how great that contrast of the nightstands look in the room! I was stuck with 'too much warm brown wooden pieces' and didn't know where to go with it. The rug does not fit if turned sideways, but I will move it up more as suggested. Gosh, it actually sounds like I need a different rug. I am open to that. What size/orientation is best in relation to the king size bed? I picked it because I liked the colors against my wooden pieces. Maybe a bench at the end of the bed will cover up more of that large flower and calm it down some more. Should I kind of coordinate colors/look of night stand with bench, or should I go a neutral upholstered look maybe?

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I think only a few people don't like the rug. I love it in there.
    If you like where mark went w the pic, then I'd say a black leather tufted bench or a soft fabric in a dark cream, also tufted. Even a soft fabric in an olive green would be unexpected and look great

    rgrindrod thanked J D
  • 9 years ago

    This is how far the rug should be under the bed:

    rgrindrod thanked J D
  • 9 years ago

    I finally got around to mapping out the floor plan digitally. I think there is enough space for a bench at the end of the bed but not for a chair over in the corner

  • 9 years ago

    Yes, Jordan, I agree the rug should be pulled further under the bed but I did not because then I felt too much floor was exposed near the closet doors. The floor plan displays this better.

  • 9 years ago
    I like the rug. You aren't going to be looking at the rug when you go to sleep ...I don't think there's any problem with the colours and it works nicely with the wood tones. Mark's rendering really snaps the room into shape.
    rgrindrod thanked liasch
  • 9 years ago
    Also the addition of drapes is the first thing I thought of when I looked at the room. The extra fabric on the walls would cosy the room up considerably.
    rgrindrod thanked liasch
  • 9 years ago
    I love Mark's rendering!

    If you are planning to keep the rug I think the colours in Mark's rendering work really well
    rgrindrod thanked Linda
  • 9 years ago

    Beautiful rendering, Mark! You nailed it :-)

    rgrindrod thanked User
  • 9 years ago

    as follow up: we ended up putting our house on the market. We neutralized the room. Here is the marketing photo. Went under contract quite quickly. Thanks for all your advice.

  • 9 years ago

    Very pretty!

  • 9 years ago
    Rgrinrod- love those end tables. Do you know where they can be purchased?
  • 9 years ago

    thanks. Yes I got them very inexpensively from http://www.tuesdaymorning.com