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need help: expansive master bedroom too large 37x24

last year

My master bedroom is 37x24. I am not ungrateful. It just feels completely empty and I want it to be cozy and welcoming. I am removing everything and starting from scratch.

Color codes on floor plan:
Yellow - bed area (bed headboard currently at wall adjacent to my closet)
Green - sitting area
Gray - cubby area (coffee bar or something else?)
Orange - large unused space (like a foyer) that leads to closets and master bath
Pink - my closet
Blue - his closet
Black Star - TV

  • I have new floors going in tomorrow to replace white carpet. (Versacore Sunnyside 7inch wide plank).
  • Painters coming next week (no colors picked yet).
  • Must be able to watch tv from bed.
  • Traditional but modern.
  • I like textures and wall/wood paneling accents.
  • Tray ceilings in bed and sitting area.
  • Recessed lighting already installed.
  • I can go with or without window treatments.
  • 9ft ceilings

I need EVERYTHING. Furniture, lighting, bedding, rugs, art.

I design all of my Airbnb’s that are lovely, but this room is just too obtuse for my brain to conceptualize.

I downloaded home visualizer AI but the room is too big for it to understand - so worthless.

Note: We did hire a designer. She took $50K and all I got was this awful wall color and two horrible pieces of art. Ghosted us.

Comments (29)

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    What a great space! so many options but definitely daunting!! I’m assuming you have a home office or study elsewhere? otherwise could put one in the sitting area /green room. But if not then a nice sitting area with a sofa and chair. Then in bedroom/yellow maybe add some chairs and ottomans at the end of the bed and a pretty bureau or console table on the 2 empty walls, see pics and terrible rendering lol. I like your idea of the coffee bar in the gray cubby and in the orange/foyer you could do a narrow console and mirror - see pic below. Can’t wait to see what you do! post pics when its done!








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    I love this! I’ve been looking at curved couches actually.

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    So you would have the couch facing the bed?

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    I think so …esp if its curved and interesting to look at.

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    Could try the left wall too but then its hidden


  • PRO
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    Walking into the side of a bed always makes me nuts : ) I'd be tempted to try floating the bed......get a better spot for tv

    You will need two rugs ( dotted broken line )



    I can't find a "traditional" pic..... You can add receptacles in the new floor as well for bedside lamps



    But ....the point is you needn't slam a bed against a wall.

    Put a nice console behind in the windows.

    I could do a better job of the sketch, if you measure every wall.

    As to the rest of the issue and the designer............

    Any designer who takes 50 k and disappears? Any client who isn't SCREAMING at the top of her lungs?

    The client should be suing the designer. I"d like to see the contract that preceded the check FOR 50 K........

    BEYOND that?

    This is too big a room to be crowd sourcing to a five hundred post thread of suggestions. You need a new designer, local to you.

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    I like the bed on that right- side wall; it would definitely work but I’m not sure about floating it- can it work without floating Jan? Put a couple of chairs at the end ? TV placement is much better where you moved it as well.

  • PRO
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    That is ahuge space for sure but not all bedroom I love this idea in a large bedroom space maybe use this for inspiration


  • PRO
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    The picture doesn't lie.



    What "right side" wall? The float allows that bed to have a great view of tv, and room for side tables. Could you fit it IN the bay? I need a "more information measure. Floating?

    It takes the cumbersome bulk AWAY from your bedroom entrance.

    I'm not in love with your side tables, too heavy and solid and bulky. I would be rid of them in any scenario.

    The "sitting area" wall is too far from a logical tv wall.

    Do I have a better looking idea?

    You could add a knee wall. add electricity. Go tape that off and see how much space would be behind.

    The point? The primary space is toooooo large,



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    If I put the bed here with drawn, then it would block all of the window in that part of the room. Is that OK in terms of Design?

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    Jan by ’right side wall” I was referring to where you placed the floating bed- I didn't realize that was a bay window! lol I agree, placement is better for flow and tv viewing with your sketch.

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    Andrea, Can you take a picture of the bay windows?

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    Or something like this. The bed where you have it now doesn't bother me as much.




  • PRO
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    It will NOT block all of the window. I said.....low knee wall. You have a nine foot ceiling! Add a picture of the bay......measure all three of those bay window walls, and also from the ends and corners of all ... directly to the opposite AND BETTER tv wall.



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    Here are some photos I just took to see the space better. Flooring guys are here now! I can only upload for at a time so I will post a few different angles.

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    Windows.

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    A few more. Including coffee cubbie or what else could be here?

  • PRO
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    This is in no way horrible......! If you can live with tv locale?

    If me? I do this above with much lighter feeling furnishings. Not the heavy dark sleigh bed, not the matched and bulky sides. : )

    Post some rooms that make you drool.....

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    I like these colors but not necessarily this style bedroom furniture. I love the accent wall. And this table I have to have somewhere in the house!

    Also this girl’s most recent master she posted and her color choices @elpetersondesign - https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9UsT6qpJjT/?igsh=MXg5cDk0a3BydjhzNQ==

  • PRO
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    I would do a beautiful sitting area, like your own private living room.



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    Love seeing all the windows!! beautiful.! you got this- it’s going to look great! Love the accent wall and yes! to the beautiful console somewhere in the house! I also think after seeing the pics that the tv is fine right where it is. As for the the gray/ cubby space - I still like the coffee bar idea best -or put a pretty desk there. In the bedroom foyer I still like either a console with tucked stools and a miror or a pretty bench maybe. So many options! Keep us posted!

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    I did some browsing today at Ethan Allen and pulled together these. Will do some more searching this week!

  • PRO
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    well............?



    That is a STANTON/ ANTRIM broadloom

    It is something you do custom, without the E.ALLEN middleman, and you go through a local, higher end carpet source, who can cut and hand bind. .......

    Serging I would not recommend, you want a disappearing" hand bind

    To. the. desired . inch. any even odd number of inches

    Stanton /Antrim " Synergy" and all the colors

    It is 15 foot width goods

    https://www.stantoncarpet.com/product/SYNERGY/GOLDENHARVEST-PEWTER

    How do I know ? I have used it. : ) and sue my memory, it is around 90.00 per sq yard.

    I know this one too . But same thing, go to a source in your area.: )

    In general? I'd say stay out of there and go get some of your wasted 50k back. Before anything.



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    Very pretty!!

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    Maybe something like this for the niche? could be a coffee bar or just a spot to display pretty things. If dont want to do a built in you could find a pretty curved hutch.



  • PRO
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    If you get any (free) good ideas here, great. But you would be better off if you spent your energy: 1) finding a lawyer to sue the disappearing designer; and 2) finding another local interior designer to actually see the largest master bedroom I've ever encountered and create a design scheme that makes the best use of what could be a space worthy of a magazine spread.

  • PRO
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    Yes, those two free ideas were suggested : ) Strongly lol

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    I love all of your ideas and you definitely inspired me today! Thank you!

    Yes, I have hired an attorney which will take time, but in the meantime, I still need a bedroom to sleep in and love ASAP.

    I own a few Airbnb‘s, and they are gorgeously decorated by me! But it is a little bit different when it is your own private space and not something that you can just grab from popular trends to make lovable by many.

    Since this is my own personal space, I really need extra effort put into it and your ideas have been so helpful. I appreciate all of you so so so much!

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    Post pics when you’re all done!


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