I love this room as well but it's not because of any one piece or even how the wood and white are mixed, it's because of the way it makes me feel when I look at it. It's the inviting calm and quiet mood that is appealing to me. I've found blue rooms have a tendancy to do that, especially lighter blues. Blue and white are a classic and are always pretty together. And it doesn't matter if the wood is light or dark IMO both would be lovely. Actually, if you look close, the tone of the two woods, yours and theirs, may be different but I wouldn't say that they are too far off from how dark or light they are. They're both a medium toned wood.

What I do notice and can't say I really care for is how much wider the headboard is than the mattress. It's almost as if the headboard is for a king sized bed and the mattress is a queen, it does help to make the bed look more subtantial though. Also, the bed frame looks like it is a platform bed. Interesting. I love our platform bed, but we actually utilized the large space under the bed by getting one with drawer storage. If you are in need of storage, that's something you may want to consider. (Plus the dust bunnies don't show as much :c)

I found these pics and although the furniture is similar, I don't feel the same about the rooms because they aren't blue.

I think a white bed will look pretty with your wood tones!

I love wood plus white and wood plus cream..always did. It works amazing with medium toned wood (I have examples in my own house). lighter, too. Even within the same piece of furniture.

Why? I don't know:)

Maybe because it's very natural combination? Trees in snow, for example.

I think it doesn't matter that much what the other colors in the room are. Mixing styles of the furniture matters. Yours are simple, unpretentious(pity the chair's not there..I love it))..you can pull off a lot next to them

I'd go with either airier headboard (a bit like like the one you have now..wood? rattan? iron?), or the upholstered one. Your dresser and nightstand seem sturdy, solid..I'd go with either softer or less solid headboard (sorry if it's incorrect to say it in this context), to mix things up a bit.

lukkirish I also don't like your examples you don't like..but not because they aren't blue..first, they don't really illustrate the point-they have hardwood, that's about it..second, they're very plain..they look like a catalog picture trying to showcase the furniture line. Or maybe the bedding line. They're not about the room as a whole..

So i think they're not relevant from the get go.

I think cawaps hit the nail on the head. I agree.

I think you may a really good point Cawaps, BUT....adding something to the wall that can mimic the windows and offer the same kind of feel as your inspiration could be an option. For example, you mentioned wanting to use the wall lighting you already have and you could frame them with a pretty trim.

lukki - I did see a bed with storage possibly for another room. The Bower bed was designed and built by her husband, so it may very well be out of spec for a queen or even larger than normal for a king. I dunno? I didn't care for the 2 examples you provided, but I know it wasn't because they aren't blue. The beds just seemed...bulky?

roarah - Thank you for that mock up!

april - Never fear, the chair still exists, just not in the new bedroom.

cawaps - My bedroom photo is from a previous home. The bedroom in the new home is still being renovated, but has/will have a tray ceiling with white crown molding and half walls topped with white columns/trim between the bedroom and sitting room. I wonder if that would be enough without replacing the baseboards with a more substantial profile?

ETA - I like the idea of adding casework around the lighting, lukki! That would be a lot less upheaval than replacing baseboards at this point!

From what you say about your new bedroom, it sounds like it will have a substantial amount of architectural detail in white (columns--cool!). I don't think any particular trim element is critical (like baseboards), so if your bed can look at home (color, style) with the trim that's there, it should work.

They do look bulky, I agree, I was just trying to find something that had a similar headboard and drawers. I wrote that in a rush before work this morning and lost track of my point. :c)

Glad the trim idea is intriguing though! I love when a room has beautiful trim.

I had saved this picture when at one time trying to learn how to mix woods. This particular example does not have a fancy ceiling treatment, but the different tones of wood definitely work.

BTW, I never could figure out what it was about this room that I really liked.

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I think you can repeat white anywhere, substantial trim or not. and as much as you want.

if you want to have this more organic feeling of a white belonging, rather than "look at my headboard" (which by the way can be somebody's intention too, and can work too-just harder to pull off. but it's not like there's a rule against it or something)

Wood warms up white (and cool colors, like the blue).

Think of all the glossy white kitchens that are warmed up with hardwood floors and wood.

It's a warm/cool contrast in the room you like. In your room, it is warm, warm, warm. Pick one element to change for starters. I love your bedspread, so I might paint the room very light violet or grey, greige, blueish green, light green. Also try to find a way to mimic space--large but simple painting, more trim, big mirror. (One of those, not all three).

It works well because of the white trim is the same as the color of the frame and the light wood color has also been brought in in similar shades with the ottoman and the planter and the basket with flowers on the left.

I don't think they have a lot of warm/cool contrast in the room above(the Bowers..I know the blog not because I read it but because I read about it..lol)..say, no more than Delilah has in hers.

Theirs, is mostly cool(to me, very even); hers, is mostly warm. White works/will work in both rooms.

right, wood warms up white; and right, the success of incorporating just about any color often lies it its repetition

yet i still hold to my initial thought..I don't exactly know:) which makes it even more interesting

because then I can hope for a distant promise to know some day plus a distant promise that it will remain a mystery

and that is exactly the case when both make a very nice combination to hope for, as wood and white do.

Does that too big settee drive anyone else crazy in that first picture? If it wasn't there, the room would look like a basic, staged space.

i wouldn't call it "driving crazy"..don't have such strong emotions, when I look at that picture..but yes, mildly irritates

because it does look like a staged place..nicely staged, well-done-staged..but yes, has this basic-ness about it

Jeannine - The photo is an online mock up of the blogger's bed, side tables and room overlain with bedding, lamps, and settee she thought she wanted. The mockup made her realize the bedding was too bold and the settee too large. The photos of the final result were very washed out so I chose to use the mockup but just focusing on the light/dark woods.

ah it's a mock up..then of course it has basic-ness...take back my comment above

Hm...I just looked at their blog and she posted the images below as the final room, so it looks like the blogger got the settee in the mock up. Interesting choice.