Kim k - what accent colours do you have with Knoxville Gray?

Do your flooring/carpet first, then buy bedding, and choose a paint color from the bedding.......

Flooring is ordered - we live in a northern (cold!!) climate and had to consider noise reduction, so we stayed with carpet. It’s a grey tone but with flecks of brown so very neutral. I‘m Just getting an idea of wall colour so I know where to start looking for bedding! Thanks for everyone’s help!

Just saw this bedding on Wayfair. Do not finalize paint color until you have the bedding.

Thanks for the suggestion, emmarene9! I also looked at these two duvet covers yesterday - looks like there is a lot of different ways I could go with Knoxville Gray! Would either of these work? I’d add

qua pillows/throw to add more colour.

The first duvet background colour is almost identical to Revere Pewter which is in the foyer leading into our bedroom.

Hey Everyone! My husband is preparing to paint the bedroom on the weekend - I just need

to finalize the colour! I’m confident I’ll find bedding to match either of these colours but could you please help me choose between these two? Steep Cliff gray is just a bit lighter. Would Knoxville be too dark at night? I love a cozy room but don’t want to feel like it’s a black hole!

Everyone is confident they will be able to find bedding to match their paint. Until they try. ALWAYS start with the most restrictive colour first, which in your case will be the bedding. It is a huge chunk of real estate in a master bedroom.

If you can't be convinced, let me just say that Steep Cliff Gray is very close to my suggestion which is HC- 161 Templeton Gray or the slightly lighter HC-162 Brewster. These look similar to the towels pictured in one of your shots and either will make your honey coloured furniture look fantastic.

Good luck!

Thanks Elizabeth! I'll take a look at your colour suggestions as well.

Bedroom is painted! We went with Templeton Gray and we love it!! Now to find bedding... I’d love to have some suggestions for what could tie the mission style bed to a more transitional style.

Color looks great.

Would something like this work?

The color looks fine. Maybe add whites to bounce off the dark. White quilt layered with folded duvet on foot. Some white and other pillows. The picture is very modern. I’m not sure it works.

Late to the party, but in your case I would definitely buy the bedding and curtains first and paint last! So easy to pick bedding you love which will be the dominant feature in the room!

I prefer the white bedding against the dark walls. Add colorful throw pillows, something with a little orange in it to complement the wood of your furniture.

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Thanks everyone for your input! I totally understand that I should have found bedding first but my dear husband unexpectedly agreed to paint our bedroom during his vacation week, which was right before he started his round of 33 radiation treatments on Monday (will last 6 1/2 weeks). In 8 weeks we are having our flooring replaced so we thought it would be better to get it done now. I had enough time to pick a wall colour (thanks to everyone here!) but unfortunately not the bedding.

I think what I'm struggling with the most is the style of bedding that will work. I have slowly transitioned my whole house from a traditional vibe with reds and greens to a transitional style with grey, teal, blues and greens and touches of chrome and glass throughout the house. Our bedroom set is mission country/rustic so I'm trying to marry the two styles the best that I can.

I'd like to stay light, mostly white with some teals/aquas and gray - will the gray work with the pine? Also, I'm thinking white panels for the window - should I go with a black or nickel rod?

Would it help to replace the drawer pulls? I also have a dresser and armour (same pine) in the room against the wall opposite the foot of the bed.

Thanks for your help!

If you are keeping the crystal lamps, the nickel rod and white panels would be fine, and keep the current knobs. I think your comforter will be fine with the colors and accessories you are planning.

Does your bed have wooden side rails where you can eliminate the dust ruffle? You can cover the box spring with an extra sheet If it shows. That would give a more updated look as will layering the bedding.

Btw, wishing you and your hubby the best in the coming weeks.

I love your paint color! It came out great. Kudos to hubby for volunteering.

Perhaps some of these bedding sets might work? Your feedback about what you do or don’t like about them will help us in looking for the perfect bedding :)

Alternatively you could go with a subtle neutral tone-on-tone patterned comforter in shades of tan, greige or grey, and tie back to you wall color with a lumbar pillow in the wall color.

Accessories and hardware choices tbd after bedding is chosen, bedding must come first and set the tone for rest of room! Then all other elements will be easier to select once you have a solid vision for where this room is going, and a jumping off point from the bedding. And it’ll become easier to balance what choices need to be made to make the existing furnishings look (more) intentional.

Best wishes to your husband during his radiation treatments, you’re in my thoughts for a speedy recovery and a strong support system during this journey <3

Are you against painting your bedroom furniture? I think white would really make everything pop!

Also heres a large swatch of your wall color. Since it changes depending on the light in your room pics, this might be helpful for others to search for bedding?

Wow! Thanks Pam! There are some beautiful sets there - I think I like the Farrah and the first Gwyneth the vest out of these - but they are all really pretty! I’m noticing that they mostly have beige instead of grey - should I be staying with beige rather than gray?

I picked up this cover from IKEA yesterday - it fits my duvet as I just realized that my duvet is smaller because it is IKEA - but does this work? My husband actually likes it!

It’s certainly more romantic and flowery than the rest of my house - but does that really matter?

Bright white bedding will really pop against that gray. And you can have fun picking out colorful throw pillows

I’m scared of totally white bedding! With my three year old and my little dog who loves to sun himself on our bed I have a hard time imagining it would stay crisp white!

I am planning on white panels for the windows though.

I have white bedding and a little dog on my bed. Washing it in Clorox helps.

The bedding, not the dog. Lol!

Believe it or not, White is the easiest to maintain. If it is cotton it can be bleached. I like white mattlasse coverlets or blankets then fold the comforter at the foot.

I found this comforter set today - the colours are a perfect match - thoughts?

I like it! Good job!

It looks very nice. I like you removed the dust ruffle.

Thanks Ibk01 and Kathy! I’d still like to put a throw with texture on the bed - what would look the best - white, aqua, dark teal or charcoal? I’ll find some bright white panels for the window as well.

I think teal. I also love the white furry ones. Nice for napping during the day. I have many Restoration hardware fur throws and they wash up nice. It is the one item I like to buy from that store.

After 2 months I’m ready to get back to finish up my room! I’m a teacher and June is always the craziest time of the year!

I’m turning my attention right now to my mirror over the dresser. We switched locations for the dresser and removed the matching mirror. We’d still like a mirror in our room so I’m wondering if this one that I’ve had in storage could work? I’d like to spray paint the frame and wondering if silver would be a good choice? Or would white be better? My curtain rod is silver but I’m not sure if that would be a consideration?

I’m also wondering what I should do with the light fixture? Should I replace it with something more decorative? Any of the light fixtures I’ve looked at look too much like bathroom fixtures. I’d appeeciate some ideas for that as well. Thanks!

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Love the wall color!

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I would put the mirror up and wait on painting it. That can be done anytime. I would continue with the room and the mirror trim color will come. The white circle on the wall, can that be painted?

Can you post pictures of the rest of the room?

Thanks njmomma! I did post a picture of the bed a few posts back and I'll post another of the other wall a bit later today. The white circle on the wall is the current light fixture that I would like to change!

Good look!

Not a Pro.

I see you have silver lamps. You can easily change out the hardware on the dresser and end table to silver. If you don't like it, more than likely you can return them.

If you like the look, then you can then decide to go silver or rub on some silver on the mirror.

Do you need the lamp above the mirror?

That is the only light fixture in the room and one of the reasons why we moved the dresser to that wall. We used to have our large armoire against that wall which covered the light fixture completely (making it very dark in the winter getting dressed in the mornings!). Yes, we have lamps but it doesn't make sense to us to cover up a light source.

Here’s a couple more angles of our room. My dream is to get rid of the armoire and bookshelf and replace with a full wall white built on cabinet but that will have to wait for a bit untill we recooperate from our full-house flooring makeover we just did!

i also have white curtain

panels that I’m planning to hang on a nickel rod.

And I know you’re all going to tell me to get rid of the large needlework above the rocking chair! It’s a piece I did on linen years ago and I really like it but it doesn’t work anywhere else in my house with my current colour scheme!!

I like the amoire and would keep it. Get rid of the bookcase. Add those white curtains on the silver rod.

Hopefully, someone will jump in and give you some design advice.

I would never tell someone to get rid of something they loved :-)

I’ve thought about getting rid of the bookcase but it’s where we keep our photo albums and cherished books. This is my getaway space as well when I need to have some moments to myself!