Oooo, exciting! I love moody! And am honored to be mentioned. :D

I like what Allison likes (I always do).

Brown zebra is a fav of mine, my beloved Uttermost chair (late DH surprised me with) is one of my most treasured possesions.

Totally, O/T, sorry, but thought of you when I saw this on IG. I’m going to keep pushing for scalloped or pleated slipcovers somewhere (hopefully dining chairs). ;)

we used to howl with laughter over how old lady it all was

Ha! Glad our taste changes as we age. I think it would make a wonderful cozy evening-rainy day room for watching TV or just relaxing. Any time of day, really. I enjoy dark and moody cocoon rooms.

Allison, Yes, and I have never done a room like this.

Jilly, I love that dear chair and room.

I adore the scallops. In my Maine DR, I have a few months to decide if I just keep the cheapo slipcovers, but in any event the armchairs have to be custom, and yes, scalloped!

Since some parts of the apartment are so modern, I wanted to try some modern rugs. Hard to tell but I think the only one that works colowise is the color block and I kinda like it. Maybe it's my zebra runner up.

Btw the cabinet is much less yellow that the images

I love the first one you posted. Absolutely adore the whole room. Reminds me of the hotel. We stayed in in Zimbabwe. Here is a picture.

oh Jojo that is gorgeous! The mural is so suited to the wall space too!

(I am just going to keep posting this.)

ok ok ok 🤣

And one more, MTN, this is our bedroom. Note the headboard was designed to look like a vintage suitcase.

Just perfect, Jojo, Love the pics! Youve been holding out on us! More!

I keep getting drawn back to # 1.

A mural that might be less gray in color... hard to tell. Also, a framing idea.

I'm loving where you're going with this room. So moody and cozy. I like the zebra rug, but think I prefer this one as it makes me think of ripples of water which I find very relaxing.

I agree with Teeda!

Am I the only one that thinks the light TV cabinet is too stark against the moody mural?

Other than that, I love it. Love love love the green sofa.

And I think a moody room in an otherwise bright/neutral home is fabulous.

@mtnrdredux_gw, https://themuralsource.com

@jsk I agree with that. In #1, I love the golden warmth of the desk.

I do love the desk from CB2; to me the legs even hint at bamboo.

But I don't want a TV hung on the mural wall, so trust me, it's a no go.

I looked back in my emails. The TV cabinet was painted James White by FnB. Not too stark

Teeda, that was why I chose it🙂. I think it will be hard to judge which rug works until the mural is up and the room painted.

T

OK that paint sample definitely looks less stark than the mockups.

Is painting the cabinet something darker a possibility once mural is up if you think it's too light for the moody room?

Different types of scale and formality Ten ft is the standard for these

Here is a top down type mural. Historically there is a reason that the French Scenics papers of the 19th c. were traditionally hung in Dining Rooms and Hallways, and that is because most of the furniture was not against the wall,

or there was no furniture at all to block the design.

Is the second one a different "colorway" of Van Gogh's almond blossoms?

No, it's Phillip Jeffries Blossom.

I have this mural from Anthro in my bedroom. It reads much deeper toned in real life and is 20% off right now. I love it and it would go well with the wood tones and a green sofa...but not olive maybe. https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/judarn-mural?category=holiday-home-event-mirrors&color=090&type=STANDARD&size=One%20Size&quantity=1

I've liked that pattern for a long time; I had lampshades in that pattern.

However, I have 10 foot ceilings and so need a custom mural.

Saw this and laughed. You are right on trend. Scroll down to the green bedroom.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/15-designer-approved-bedroom-color-220853935.html

Ha, you are right! It looks nice.

Follow up question; I got a swatch for the sofa; love. I like this particular rug because it is evocative of zebra but also waves. Pretty sold on the mural and using my TV cab.

What about the other walls? If off white too much of a contrast? Fnb's "Matchstick" seems to pull a color from the mural, they show it on their site paired with greens, too.

^^^^ Absolutely love those choices. ^^^^

Perfect choices in my opinion.

This is a room I would like to see your default sisal rug in.

And then I have to pull out the Nichols mats for layering:

It's

Under

$1000.

Man, those colors. What size is it?

3'10" x 4'10"

This is not the whole room, but the angles are funny so I just did a drawing of the relevant area I am planning. The rug here is just shy of 4x6, about the same as "Yours". I don't think you would end up seeing the sisal much really. The floor is a dark wood.

I imagined this as a bigger room. But I like the Nichols with the wallpaper and the sofa

I adjusted it slightly, the white rectangle is about the right size now.

Pal's rug brings so much to your mockup .. they arent colors I'd have envisioned in your home but they are so rich and vibrant. It is a stunning rug. It actually enhances the mural rather than playing quietly at its feet.

enhances the mural rather than playing quietly at its feet.

Love your turn of phrase. I don't disagree. I may try to see it in person.

One hesitation is that it does not add any modernity, and is less flexible than my other choices.

But of course that is always going to be true; the element that makes a room just so, is not likely to be generic.

But it is yet another example of Pal's incredible talent IMHO.

"The element that makes a room just so, is not likely to be generic."

Instead of "generic". . . how about "flexible" or "adaptable" or something like that..

"Just so" for me has turned into design handcuffs on occasion, like my matching, monochromatic obsession.

Wait, whose side are you arguing, LOL?

Design handcuffs, another great turn of phrase.

The rug I was set on, sort of a stylized zebra, I can easily see repurposing anywhere. I also know my girls would like it and my son would prob not hate it (high praise from him). So they could use it, too.

Your lovely suggestion, is so much better for the room and so much more interesting.

Listen, I don't have any real design/decorator skills ... I just know what I like and I have made plenty of mistakes. I feel unworthy to share opinions on a lot of these threads lol... but, still, I have thoughts lol...

For this room, if we are talking design handcuffs, the mural has to go at the top of the list ... but in a small room where the expense is not great (under $1000) or out of budget, I think a few strong design decisions ... ones that wouldnt be reusable if you change direction... are ok if they "make" the room what you want it to be.

In my budget range, I am always looking for adaptable -- but I don't have any especially stunning spaces or even a house to support especially stunning designs. But this is a different kind of home at a different level of luxury. The rug will certainly not be discarded if in 3 yr you decide to go in a different direction... even if you have to sell it vs cycling to another Mtn family home.

It really comes down to whether you want a nice space or a stunning space. Either direction will make for a beautiful room .. for bedrooms I generally prefer "nice" but this isn't a primary bedroom so I think either direction is valid... and beautiful.

Just my uneducated 2 cents lol

I don't particularly need overly adaptable because I don't redo things. But if you start out with a very limited concept and each thing has to fit just so, it can be a lot more difficult to find individual components compared to when you are doing something eclectic with a lot of things mixed in.

My stairwell paint matches my wall covering matches my carpet, and if something happened to the wall covering or carpet, a different choice there would make the entire thing look completely different. I would not necessarily ever redo any part of it just because, but say something got damaged.

Sue, I am always conflicted on this question. In both of my current houses I feel that every room pretty much "goes" with every other room. Not everyone thinks that is necessary. It would be pretty important to me if you can see one room from the other, though. (you cannot in this case)

But for my Pa`T, unless I make everything else subordinate to The Big Orange Wall, I am going to need to depart somewhere. I think my starting point was the sofa for this room, which met all of my requirements but does not come slipcovered (horrors) and only has a few colorways. Once I decided on olive, all else flowed from that.

But I do agree, I feel more comfortable with the light rug in part because it also works with the colors in the LR and MBR.

Did a little pillow shopping on Chairish. I didn’t see any geometrics in the right colors.

Mtn, I thought with “Pa T” you were trying to convey ”party” in Bostonian! That’s the way my Dad’s New England family said it and it completely mystified me as a child, lol. (Of course I realized it was pied a terre, but def works either way.)

So far I've only had one person ask me what a Pied a terre was. I replied "think holding cell."

It should be: JBPP … Jilly’s Boston Party Pad.

Wellll.... since the olive sofa and mural become the fixed elements, rather than the paint color and a slipcovered sofa...

Thanks Pal, that makes me feel better!

Of Course, this does not mean the orange wall needs to be painted first/now.

What it shows is that what is being left as a known transient wall color in a room meant to be left open-ended would be the obvious thing to change if it bothers you how it interacts with a room that is more fully committed to itself, so to speak.

You don't want to let the ephemeral to be the tail that wags the dog in another room, or the thing that stops that room from being what it could be.