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Is your bed cover a bedspread or duvet and comforter? If it’s a duvet, maybe put a white matelasse on the bed and fold the comforter at the foot of the bed to break up the pattern a little bit and use your accent color in pillows.

Beautiful room in size furnishing etc.

I would paint the room white and copy this room in balance and pattern....as you have a pattern on the bed then consider doing a solid color on a seating.

Add a mirrored cabinet for another night stand. Lamps should be bigger and white curtains as show look nice.

This room with Asian accents would be so striking with your existing furniture.

Pretty wall paper in bathroom of above house.

Here is the wood color.

My photos are always dark.

If I paint the room white, I have to paint the ceiling

Now that I see that wood close up its beautiful. Don't paint it. From your original post I was under the impression it was old as in junky and you were wanting to get rid of it all. The biggest change you can make is to paint you walls white or a barely there whisper of blue/gray. Add some tailored crisp bedding pieces to your existing bedding that you love. Add some fantastic lamps. I still say move the desk and get a nice chair for it so that the bed looks more proportioned on both sides. Ax the full length mirror. Can you husband move his suit stand to another area? Closet ? Its distracting and makes the space look cluttered. Once again if you can part with the armoire I would. Its very heavy on that wall. Since you don't want to move the layout at all I think it blocks off that entire side of the room.

I moved the desk as suggested. I don’t have a chair the right height to test what do you think?

Any SW color wall suggestions?

Soften the wall colour, and put a 4’x6’ navy rug on each side of the bed.

Wait. Found a chair.

How about Essential Gray SW?

What is good that this color in Neutral and goes good with navy blue! Dress Blues SW.

also with Snow Fall SW for trim and Gossamer Veil SW You can check it on SW site

Paint the walls “stone” from restoration hardware, replace the lamps with something that has a little bling. Hang some white flows curtains around the windows (not over but to the sides) put some art on the wall and add some throw pillows with some gold accents. That’s what I would do on a budget to change the whole look and make it a bit more luxe transitional which is what I would say your style is based on the photos you chose.

Here is Essential Gray SW

and Stone by RH

Interesting wall colors. I think if I do gray, it needs to have a purple undertone to go with the wooden trim. I would really like to do a gray/blue, super light color but not sure how that would work with the trim since it has a yellow/orange tone to it. Any ideas on that? I want SW because they are close by.

or maybe a bold gray brown?

SW On the rocks has purple undertone.

Gray/brown color it is Taupe color.

Our 2017 Color of the Year, Poised Taupe SW 6039, combines earthen brown with conservative gray for a complex neutral that complements both modern and classic styles.

Oh. haha!

Poised Taupe by SW

I kind of like the poised taupe. That is what I meant. I wonder if that would be too dark. Ahhh, this is so hard!

Any other colors that might look nice? I guess I like browns too. Maybe navy blue isn't going to be the way I go after all!

That’s why I chose the stone color from resto. It’s a violet gray but you can’t tell that it’s got the pilot in it and it would go really well with navy blue

Your furniture and carpet have more presence in the room than the trim. With my monitor, I can’t tell the true undertone in the furniture or carpet. Let the paint pros at SW store help you find the right shade of gray based on the paint formula. Please note that gray with blue or purple undertone looks very different on shaded wall and after the sun sets.

Dorian Gray is pretty if you are going that route.... See in below photo how it looks with wood. Bedding in nuetral and layered not this just showing you ideas and a round mirror to tie walls, windows and furnishings. Rug to anchor space when you select color scheme. Lots of options as rugs, paint and textures can dictate the look.

Also Sherwin Williams has larger samples to tape on wall to view sample color before painting to guide you. Best of luck.....

Thanks! I'll try a few. When I painted the dining room, I had about 30 colors on my walls! Everyone who came into the house had to pick a color! I don't want to do that again! Maybe I'll limit myself to 3 :)

SW has lighter taupe Truly taupe and even lighter Temperate taupe ( all in one strip), you can try them. I think that Poised taupe is dark for your room that has two small windows.

I just painted SW Crushed Ice in a bedroom. It’s a beautiful chameleon color, lilac grey depending on the light.

Hi Sandy. You posted above rooms you liked that have soft colors, and much neutral. The paint color celerygirl did wowed me cause it went with bedding.

Are you attached to the bedding? Seems 'off' not only with Sunflowers, but maybe paint also?

I don't like the sunflowers, but was the largest "leftover" I had. The bedroom seems to get leftovers! I want to change that. No, not attached to the bedding. I just like the style/pattern. Plus, my furniture will likely change this summer.

I went up to your posts, and found quick bedding, liked well. the medium-toned don't show the detail much.

[https://www.houzz.com/products/damask-embroidered-quilted-4-piece-bed-spread-sets-antique-white-queen-prvw-vr~58029016[(https://www.houzz.com/products/damask-embroidered-quilted-4-piece-bed-spread-sets-antique-white-queen-prvw-vr~58029016)

With your high ceiling, why change a good-looking bed, seems hefty-thick which helps fill the room... ? unless! you want sweet bedding that has volume - even if old-fashioned... :)

[https://www.houzz.com/products/ruffled-chenille-bedspread-prvw-vr~575919[(https://www.houzz.com/products/ruffled-chenille-bedspread-prvw-vr~575919)

They display this with your furniture handles... might look 'off' with carpeting:

[https://www.houzz.com/products/georgina-duvet-cream-prvw-vr~3261750[(https://www.houzz.com/products/georgina-duvet-cream-prvw-vr~3261750)

Imo, don't bother painting - in person is it less green, and as much a silver-green?

I think you should add volume, fluff, detail, in a solid - to 'ground' the room.

Just make sure your paint color is not too cool. Your furniture and carpet are warm toned. I can't tell you how many posts I've seen where the question is "What is wrong with my room?". New paint, new carpet, new furniture and it just looks off. Invariably, the poster has tried to mix a cool toned bright white or gray with a warm sofa or rug.

It's possible to mix warm and cool but it has to be a conscious decision from the beginning. SW accessible beige is a crisp neutral greige that works well with warm and cool tones.

It is sage green. My least favorite color. It was in the house when I got here. I don't like "fluffy" bedding :) I usually have good luck at Macy's. I have several duvets from there. When I buy new furniture, I will either do a four poster bed or an upholstered headboard. That's one reason I need a color on the wall that will go with anything. Plus, I have a habit of changing my bedding colors!

I just had my kitchen painted in balanced beige. It turned out nice and works with the wooden tones. I have to keep the trim tones in mind for sure. I don't want the trim to "turn orange"!

You have room for a poster bed. :) Romantic.

A poster bed would be awesome!

I'm definitely going to try Agreeable Gray. I've been staring at it in rooms online for and hour!

New furniture pulls, new art, new lamps, curtains, creamy walls.

With plain white bedding:

Your ceiling color would probably work with white light walls or paint the walls the color of the ceiling or a tint that is a bit darker than the ceiling.

Groveraxle... I love that neutral palette and those lamps and black/gold artwork. I would have never thought of that. I actually already have a white duvet. Also love the drapes! I think that is the direction I need to go for sure. I just showed it to my husband, He he loves it, and is one to not show much interest in decorating. Ill post an update once I get it together. Great idea changing the drawer pulls. Actually, I think that is why I don't like the furniture. Any clue where those lamps came from? Love the shades! Thank you so much!

https://www.lumens.com/soiree-table-lamp-by-lights-up-R292447.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=PLA&utm_term=&scid=scplpR292447&sc_intid=R292447

A similar, but less pricey version:

https://www.lumens.com/needle-table-lamp-by-george-kovacs-uu459200.html

Sandy, the drawer hardware will be tricky. You may have to search a bit to find pulls that fit your current holes in a more modern style. The ones I used were actually a craftsman style. I found them here: https://www.richelieu.com/us/en/category/decorative-hardware/cabinet-hardware-pulls-knobs/pulls/traditional-metal-pull-750b/1005198/sku-BP750BB

You might have to experiment a bit to see which ones you like. Take a look at the pulls at Rejuvenation: https://www.rejuvenation.com/catalog/categories/hardware/drawer-pulls-bin-pulls

Restoration Hardware also (which used to be a hardware store): https://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?cellBackground=false&parentCatId=cat3850005&topCatId=cat160082&categoryId=cat1512023&sale=false

I’m feeling better about a plan now. Thank you ALL for the help. I’ll post an in progress photo next week. I love this site. I went from navy blue to brown... who knew!

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Below we've included some of our designs that all included blue. Perhaps taking a look at these designs will give you some ideas.