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Master Bedroom Copycat

8 years ago
I need some help in recreating this look for my master bedroom. I painted the walls hidden Sapphire by Benjamin Moore... ordered a very similar headboard, purchased almost the same rug in the picture, purchased a bedspread as pictured, and several other accessories including the overhead lighting. I have found almost the exact matches since I love almost everything about this room. I'm having a dilemma with the bed positioning. I really need to position my bed in front of a large window but I'm worried this will throw off the design of the room. what type of curtains should I put behind my headboard? please help me recreate this wonderful look!

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  • 8 years ago

    The fabric in the inspiration looks like Timorous Beasties pattern: Napoleonic Bee to me.

    http://www.timorousbeasties.com/shop/fabric/31/napoleon-bee-fabric/


  • 8 years ago

    I like the expensive better but at over 150 USD per yard plus international shipping I might go with the way fair find.

  • 8 years ago
    Hmmm...found these on Etsy... thinking I could sew (I mean have someone else sew!) these as patches on drapes? they offer 4x6 5x7 or 8x10 fabric sheets.
  • 8 years ago
    thinking of ordering one of these prints and framing it.... do I need to stick with the bee theme?
  • 8 years ago

    Fun thread!!!

    I'm guessing you need to stay in scale with the fabric...I'll go poke around for you...

  • 8 years ago

    Just came across this on Spoonflower. Don't let the pictured fabric scare you. You can order other fabrics....the scale is a bee every 12 inches, which is what I think you might need. The one in your inspiration pic is bigger, but it's on a large window.

    https://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/6034038-bees-wide-on-burlap-by-tracy_dixon

    If you like it, I suggest you order a test piece for 5 dollars.

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    Definitely think you need to keep the scale of the bee print. Both on any individual window treatment and,most importantly, in the room overall. Your inspiration shows just one window and the blind basically functions as the art in the room. (also it provides some disciplined geometry) The bee badges sewn onto a roman might work, hard to know without seeing one. (or maybe a large bee stamp exists?) But,again,you have many windows. If they all have bee fabric, your room would be buzzing in a way your inspiration does not. Maybe you could use simple,plain panels and incorporate a bee motif (or similar) by stacking some of those etsy prints on one wall from near ceiling to near floor.

  • 8 years ago

    I like the squid and it mimicked the light fixture a bit! You could use any of those no need to use bees you do not want a themy room but rather a room with touches of whimsy.

  • 8 years ago

    I love love love the walls! The size of the room and the size of the bed are what they are and I think the bed centered to the window is the way to go. It's unbalanced with the bed pushed over and the wall is not long enough to take a radiator, 2 night tables and a Cal King bed. If the radiator is a working one, which I presume it is, I would not put a nightstand on that side. It looks way to crammed in and frankly could be a fire hazard I think. Sometimes you just have to work with what you got. Your room is just not the same as your inspiration room

  • 8 years ago
    Thank everyone for all your help!!!! Just ordered these prints. I think what I'm going to do is try to camouflage that big window but need advice on drapes. then for the other window I'm going to try to mimic the bee print window. What material drapes should I go with to camouflage the big window ?
  • 8 years ago
    here is a wider pic of the room... I am still looking for a Green Glass candelstick lamp with this turquoise mica shade, the beautiful fabric that was used on these pillows (I did order another pillow because I could not find anything close to this), and I wish I could find this exact wool throw! since you guys are so good at finding stuff ...please help!
  • 8 years ago

    I would definitely try to match the wall color as closely as possible and use blackout drapes so you don't get any light bleeding through. Hang them just under the molding and all the way to the floor. Perhaps you could replace your current radiator with a flat panel radiator that would allow you to place a nightstand in front of it.

    Perhaps someone on Etsy could make a stamp for you to reproduce the fabric on the roman shade. The pillow you ordered is just as beautiful as the one in your inspiration picture.

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    Another option is to put a shelf over the radiator in lieu of a nightstand. An articulating wall sconce could go on the radiator side of the bed, rather than a matching bed lamp. Ideally, I’d love to see the bed and headboard raised higher, so that the shelf would be easier to access while lying in bed. (I’m lost without a bedside table I can reach easily.)

    How about using the bee fabric for covering the lampshades rather than the window? Just a thought...

    Articulating wall sconces

  • 8 years ago

    I'm wondering if you just took a cheap paper shade and spray painted it teal it would work....(make sure to spray...badly so you get thicker and thinner areas).

    I would go to goodwill for a 3 dollar paper shade to do a test.

  • 8 years ago

    The blanket might be this:

    https://skelliggiftstore.com/product/large-irish-mohair-blanket-john-hanly-566/

    Difficult to tell with the lighting of your inspirations pic (and, of course, colors online being inaccurate).

  • 8 years ago
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    I think that blanket might be from Designer's Guild a season or three ago. But finding a similar mohair throw in that colourway shouldn't be too hard. You might find a similar lamp by looking for "buffet" or "console" lamps (also "candlestick" lamp). Many will be too tall,but I will keep my fingers crossed. Now the shade is a different matter. I've never seen another mica shade quite like it. (looks like fabric on my monitor) Hope someone discovers it. If you choose to simply mimic the lamps, there are many similar fabrics to use. Kinda/sorta like the one on your great pillows. Or you might find a similar slag glass shade.

  • 8 years ago
    Hi Friends... I'm stuck on the curtains. I am looking to order blackout drapes to conceal the big window. I want them to match as closely as possible to Benjamin Moore Hidden Sapphire. I just can't seem to find the right shade and would like to order online. here is a pic of the paint swatch and if someone could send me some links I would be very appreciative! I need 96 in length so that I can hang them right under the crown molding. I'm trying to avoid grommet top panels. Thanks!
  • 8 years ago

    I wouldn't try to camouflage the window. I would get some beautiful natural woven (bamboo or the like) blackout shades to add texture. I'd get top-down, bottom-up so that you can open the top to let light in and still maintain your privacy.

  • 8 years ago
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    Super tough...I suggest all sorts of fabric samples rather than just drapes....other than that...

    https://www.halfpricedrapes.com/fiji-yarn-dyed-faux-dupioni-silk-curtains-drapes.html

    https://www.halfpricedrapes.com/azul-faux-taffeta-silk-curtains-drapes.html

    https://www.halfpricedrapes.com/meditteranean-blackout-faux-silk-taffeta-curtain.html

    Samples are available from HPD


    You have quite the challenge ahead of you!

  • 8 years ago
    Afternoon light
  • 8 years ago

    Beautiful!!!

  • 8 years ago
    Another... as you can see, I decided to center the bed and took suggestions with a shelf over the radiator! thank you so much for all your help. I would love to hear some constructive criticism or other ideas
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    It looks wonderful. You're well on your way to creating your perfect space! As for the bee fabric, perhaps you can have a stamp made that you can stamp with fabric ink onto a pre-made roman shade.

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    Personally, I believe the colorful bee print you found at Wayfair is much more preferable and would look so much better than the bee print in the inspiration picture. Or just forget about having a bee print curtain and find paintings with bee prints to go on the walls above the night stand and the radiator.

  • 8 years ago

    Brava,your room is looking great. The rad shelf works and echoes the natural wood elements in the inspo. (btw, I prefer your pillow to the 'original' pillow by House of Hackney) Perhaps add a green plant to the mix similar to the inspo pic? Plants always look so fabulous against deep blue walls.

  • 8 years ago

    I love it! Nice job.


  • 8 years ago
    hollybar... thank you! I just ordered a Madagascar Areca Palm online. I looked for the last 2 weeks but no green houses are open right now in the Chicago suburbs so I finally gave up and ordered one online. I'll make sure to post a pic when it gets here next week
  • 8 years ago
    Lamp shades are here
  • 8 years ago

    Well done,love the shades.Everything has come together beautifully.

  • 8 years ago

    It looks great!

  • 8 years ago

    So refreshing to see such a vibrant and colorful room. Gorgeous colors and great choices to mimic your inspiration room. Great job!

  • 8 years ago
    You should match curtains either to the headboard or the wall I would go with headboard.
  • 8 years ago

    The lampshades are beautiful and the lamps look wonderful against the wall color.

  • 8 years ago

    I think your version turned out even nicer looking than the inspiration room! I also agree with WalnutCreek that the more colorful bee print you found would look even better on a roman shade than the print in your inspiration picture. I love the rich, peacock feather colors and the radiator shelf. Beautiful!!

  • 8 years ago

    Your bedroom looks beautiful. The only thing that I'm questioning is the color of your throw - on my monitor the shade clashes with the rug. Or maybe the rug clashes with the walls and the throw. I would look for a throw that is more inky blue than green blue.

  • 8 years ago

    The room is coming to the point of perfection. Love it.

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    8 years ago

    I did not read every single post, as there are so many. I did browse through the photos and some of the first comments however.

    Perhaps you would want to consider adding a Roman Shade above the bed with the bulk of the colour being the off white in your bedspread with a gorgeous pattern in the colour of the walls. It will bring the colours up and add some visual texture to the window so that it doesn't look unanswered.

    Hope this helps:)

    Cindy

  • 8 years ago

    Wow, love what you did with the room and especially love all the crowd sourced ideas!

  • 8 years ago

    While I really like the chandelier, it might take me a few nights to adjust to it. Makes me of a giant spider. Am I along in thinking/seeing this? :)

  • 8 years ago

    @ Lisa Not alone,I saw and appreciated the spider and the fly imagery from the start. But then I'm a Rolling Stones fan,too.

  • 8 years ago
    Lisa...lol! my husband told me he thought he might have dreams of a giant tarantula attacking him in his sleep. He loves it now though! instead of saying turn on the light he says turn on the spider :)
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    Nice job so far. The color of the rug isn't working for me here, though..

    The radiator looks like what it is...a piece of wood sitting on the radiator. Can you add legs and raise it up an inch? And deeper would look so much better.

  • 8 years ago

    Room looks lovely. Do you mind telling me where you got the toss pillow on bed...one with the blues and greens? Thank you!

  • 8 years ago
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    not sure if any of these will work all from society6 they have pages of "bee" curtains

  • 8 years ago
    pennydesign and izeve.... wondering what you think with the throw rug wall colors? since I now added the lamp shades?
  • 8 years ago

    I think it all looks beautiful together.

  • 8 years ago
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    It looks lovely. I think the large graphics (of whatever kind you choose) will really finish it off.

    Did you look at the links for teal drapes I added above? I get that it's insanely difficult to read color on monitors, but one of them looked promising to me.

  • 8 years ago

    This is just beautiful, can't wait to see the finale.