@kcooz07 I basically use it to throw clothes on so it doesn't have to be at the end of the bed. I'm definitely going to play around with other places in the room, there are a few options.

Perhaps the bench in black would look better...

Hi! Bedrooms often feel unfinished when the balance between color, lighting, and textiles isn’t quite right.
A simple way to fine-tune your space is by layering soft textures (like throws and cushions), adding a warm bedside lamp, and choosing 2–3 accent colors that repeat across the room. Even a small rug or wall art can completely change the mood.

I’ve put together a full guide on cozy bedroom ideas with examples that might inspire you:
👉 https://thedecorblueprint.com/cozy-bedroom-ideas/

Hope this gives you a few easy fixes for your bedroom!

If the rug and bench can be returned, you’ll have a blank slate. The cost of paint and your labour will be well worth ending up with a look you love. In order to help you with accessories and window treatment ideas, search Pinterest.

Be sure to consider the influence of your dresser in your choices and I suggest white walls.

I’d definitely paint the mantel.

@Maureen Thank you. I may be able to return the rug but not the bench, regardless I agree with all of the comments that neither are working so I'll get them out of there. The thing about painting with this particular house is that the entire interior is painted various shades of gold and other coordinating warm colors, so it feels very much like a whole house aesthetic if that makes sense. I feel like if I deviate from the color palette in one room it would break the continuity and I'll feel like I need to repaint the entire interior, which right now I can't commit to. Am I overthinking it?

Great point also about the style of furniture. I love the chest, but realize the mirror I have on it needs to be changed to something cleaner and more modern looking. I feel like the chest can work with lots of different styles of decor. Did you have something specific in mind?

Definitely going to paint the fireplace mantle either black or white!

@kka boom Thank you for the inspo! Very helpful. I think I need to work on adding more texture and art to the space but also edit what I currently have because it feels like too many competing ideas?

When rooms are adjoining, it’s good to have some repetition, whether it be with paint choices and/or accessories. Bedrooms and bathrooms especially often have their own looks and painting your bedroom will have no ramifications on overall aesthetics. I think it would be a shame to have a master you were not thrilled about. We’ve had three homes and because I don’t mind painting, slowly took on one room at a time and eventually each home reflected us. There are lots of colors that are sophisticated, especially when combined with the right accessories. A neutral like mushroom, linen or beige are easy to build on/decorate around and suggest painting the mantel black or the same color as walls. I actually like the mirror, but that can be a decision when room is completed.

Can you draw and measure the room, show all doors and entry/exits and all their dimensions?

You seem to have NO room for bedside anything?

As to paint......

This is private space, Nobody but you sees it: )

Find a few pictures of bedrooms you love, Post them and add a measured drawing?

The first thing that jumped out to me was the RED fireplace. (Yes I zoomed in to see its wood). The rug also seems busy not cottage

^^

Any color can be made serene. Or it can be made jumpy/nervous.

Tones and textures equals serenity, wild contrast, less so. It need not mean......oatmeal: )

I'm finding the black and white bedding at odds with the more colorful elements of your decor.

The bed is the largest piece of furniture in the room, along with the rug. I love patterned rugs, but in your case it's too much. You already said you're going to replace it, so good.

The bed needs to be styled better. I find the most attractive beds are where the comforter is puffy and folded in thirds at the foot of the bed. Yours looks flat and drab. Top sheets with an embroidered edge, a contrasting color blanket, and an interesting decorative pillow all add to the look. Maybe a bedskirt. Here are some ideas:

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Here's a link to a good tutorial by Studio McGee on how to style a bed:

https://studio-mcgee.com/how-to-style-a-bed-our-guide/

So many nice options here already posted. I was passing by and thought to add that if you wanted to keep the wall color, you might explore painting the ceiling in the same as wall color. Envelopes the space in my opinion :). Especially bringing the bedroom more with a cozy feel.

@JAN MOYER Here is the floor plan for the primary bedroom, should have posted this sooner!

The headboard of the bed is on the wall directly across from the three windows. On either side of the bed are doors, one to the closet and one to the bathroom, so yes there is no room for real side tables. My plan is to add sconces above the litte tables on either side of the headboard. The chest is on the wall to the right of the bedroom door as you walk into the room, it takes up the entire wall.

@HALLETT & Co. Completely agree! The only decision I have to make is whether to paint it white or black. I'm inclined toward white because it would just be a continuation of the baseboard trim, but could be persuaded to do black as well. The only thing about black is that the fireplace and surround are HUGE so it feels like a lot of black already.

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images This is exactly what I was hoping to achieve, I don't hate the wall color just want to figure out how to work with it and I do believe it's possible. Love all of your recommendations. The one thing that I have a hard time with is how to balance cooler neutrals with warmer ones. Do you think the cherry floors would still work with cooler neutral accents like taupe?

Also, if anyone has any recommendations on rugs it would be greatly appreciated!

Please don't fall into the trap of using all neutrals (creams, beiges, taupes) and thinking that they will all magically work together. Unless you are very good at seeing the underlying color in a neutral, you are setting yourself up for a fail. And you'll be back here asking why the beige looks pink or the taupe looks green or vice versa, and what can you do to fix it.

Can you post a few photos of bedrooms you like? What you want yours to look and feel like? Maybe you could get better advice.

So many beautiful rugs that would work in your room.

Whoops! Forgot to add the pics…..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ( : (( !!!!!!

"The only thing about black is that the fireplace and surround are HUGE so it feels like a lot of black already."

And ? The architect who put this fire in the corner should be taken to a woodshed and beaten until he bleeds . A fire breathing dragon should be his fate.......a remedial class in...space planning!!??

Are you going to use the fire? I have yet to have a client actually turn it on beyond the first month of living in the house. In thirty five years? Nobody BOTHERS. Call it a "romantic fantasy fail"

You have no decent side tables........but you could!

( you can have a simple rug...cut/finished to the inch, even a funky shape, from broadloom !.

Make the darn thing "disappear."

Or just flip. to opposite?

You may not mind all as you have it...., but your current furniture arrangement would make me crazy: ) out of my mind nuts.

Reading your others posts, you really are having a hard time with the wall colors and trying to get the cottage feel. It sounds like you are not happy with the colors, yet you are decorating around them. Right now, you are leaning close to Mediterranean style.

Leaving the walls, yellow, keeping all the furniture white (including a bench), add in some pink accent. I like this room, closer to cottage style and it all revolves around a white headboard, which you have.

Please try a rearrange......before all?

It costs nothing to try.

WHY yellow anything unless you ADORE YELLOW?

Use the bench in another room. Return the rug!

Your upholstered bed will accept any wall color! Nearly any bedding!

It's not about the paint......yet! It's about an ill conceived fireplace!

( I'd have no trouble blocking it)It's driving the bus.

@JAN MOYER I'm seriously considering blocking the fireplace with your suggestion in mind. It feels weird for me to have the bed on a diagonal, but I get that it may be the best way to maximize the space so I'm trying to be open to it . We're going to play around with furniture placement tomorrow, I'll update where we land.

Two things - stay with all natural fabrics, NO polyester or other synthetics in or on the bed or windows. Only All cotton, wool or linen bedding and curtains. No one is really allergic to down comforters - no need to have polyester fill - it is like sleeping under a plastic bag. 100% cotton sheets are a must (or 100% linen in summer). And - use fragrance-free products in the laundry - do not poison yourself and cats or dogs that may be in the house with dryer sheets, fabric softener or other products with fragrance (of course no candles, plug-ins and other such toxins).

And avoid traditional mattresses - they have flame retardant and other toxins. Latexforless dot com has natural foam mattresses made from foam rubber from a rubber tree covered in organic wool and cotton - the healthiest option in a mattress you can buy.

And for looks, that yellow bench clashes and looks so 1970's. And it being fabric that attracts dust and cannot be washed, best to sell it or give it away and use and antique trunk or wood bench at the end of the bed.

As for colors, avoid black & grey - they should never have been trendy (people ran out of ideas so they came up with using colors that never should be used), and thankfully they are out of vogue now. yay. And for colors/looks, peruse as many photos as you can online and in magazines and online catalogs that sell house stuff (ballard comes to mind, but there are others). First decide your main color, and other details and try to get similar pieces. Look at photos and save any that jump out at you and print them - maybe about 10 photos. Lay them out on a table and look at them, sleep on it and look again - see which ones jump out at you. In general the room should be soft and comfortable - soft cotton drapes - IKEA sells velvet drapes in an off white and also cotton drapes that are nice (again avoid grey). Choose the fabric items first, then pick out paint to go with the fabrics. Or paint the walls Swiss Coffee white and you can change up the bedding and still match.

If you like burgundy/maroon and green, I saw a beautiful cotton handmade quilt with matching curtains for sale in Minneapolis on craigslist. Cabbage roses, but not to overly feminine - very classy. King size but could be used on a queen.

As for the current room, I do not like the rug, but you must since you bought it, so use it in another room of the house. But rugs do not belong in bedrooms except cotton washable throw rugs as they collect dust. Paint the yellow walls another color, get rid of the yellow bench. Definitely paint the black part of the fire place, and do not burn wood and make toxic smoke in the bedroom.

And above all else get rid of the black sheet and black striped pillows - UGH! That is as nice as I can say that.

Have fun!

Oh!!! Excellent! Yes I understand it can seem a bit weird? But I had my own bed on an angle for over a decade.!

That darn fire, and the entry exit points in that room just make it so difficult!

Don't hurt yourself - get some Easy Mover pads at the hardware store and keep me posted!

I think it’s perfect except for the rug. You need a more neutral rug, and it could have a bit of mustard color in it. Other than that, it’s perfect and beautiful! 💜

I feel like you have two color palettes in the room-so you have to choose. The yellow walls and bench match with the unfortunate fireplace. The bed being black/white does not. The rug has touches of yellows, reds, blues. Either paint the walls a light gray or white and go to a black/gold palette (not cottagey imo), OR stick with the yellow walls and change out the bedding to a blue/coral/sage green (some color you pick out from the rug palette). You could change the rug if you wanted too. I'd do whatever is cheap/easiest. I'll look for bedding to match for you.

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It looks like you can move the bed where the mirror dresser is change spots

A quieter rug will go a long way toward a more tranquil room, while keeping the black/white/mustard color palette.

This option has Asian touches, a different bench, maybe a slim black desk and cream chair under the triple windows? I pulled the nightstands forward and away from the bed for a bit of breathing room (they can then overlap the door trim) and space for slender floor lamps behind them.

You've got a lot of great suggestions here & your finished bedroom will be wonderful. I'll just add that for me the most glaring element is the stark white dominant comforter in this warm golden room. Once you have the new rug, try getting a duvet cover in a muted shade that picks up a pretty color in the rug.

Actually the bench seating would look nice under the window it's really supposed to be bad Fung's way for it to be at the foot of the bed

I'll just hope she didn't die UNDER the bed if she rearranged: )!!

I like the rug!! But I ma a way color person. The headboard feels overpowering(tiny bedside tables) and yes do paint the fireplace mantle. Changing location with dresser might work too.

You could get somebody else in the family to move the bed or maybe pay some college students check your local College or you can try moving men they come in a box in the store and you slip it under move the bed you place it under the feet of the bed so Jan was saying the bed is very heavy and must be like the bed that my friend bought she said it weighed like a ton! You might need more than two people to move it

If moving bed in corner doesnt look right, you can try putting bed on the wall that the dresser is currently on..it looks to be the same or larger than the wall your bed is currently on..what a pain to have no nightstand with a lamp and to walk all the way around the bed to the bathroom door! Maybe you could consider just knocking that fireplace wall down and re-drywalling it. You dont have to have a fireplace in a small bedroom! post pictures after doing some rearranging so we can all see what youve come up with.

We have officially committed to removing the fireplace -- like actually taking it out and drywalling over the space. My husband was actually a proponent of removing it when we first bought the house, but the idea freaked me out a little. I've now been convinced that it makes sense, so thank you again @JAN MOYER!

@dizzyd1 We actually did try placing the bed where the dresser currently is, but it was actually tighter over there because one side of the bed was too close to the wall. I really did not expect the room to be so challenging for furniture, but the previous owner had a queen bed with a low profile headboard and a smaller scale dresser in the room, so it all worked comfortably.

We did move the furniture around on Sunday and I think I can make the corner placement of the bed work and add some larger side tables. I'm not sure what I will do about carpet, I don't necessarily want to go wall to wall but I'm not sure if I love the idea of the rug also being on a diagonal. Any thoughts or ideas on this would be greatly appreciated!

I'm also connecting with the fact that this truly does create a blank slate in the room because now will have to paint. I'm going to spend some time today looking for images of bedrooms I like, any recommendations on places to find inspiration would be helpful :)

The fireplace is now out and my husband thinks he'll be able to have everything patched up and ready to go by the end of the weekend. I will post new pictures once I have them. I truly appreciate all of the thoughtful and detailed comments and posts!

@simplynatural Thank you. Those images really help me visualize how the room can transform with a few small swaps. I've been trying to put everything together using Pinterest, but it doesn't put everything together in the room. Did you use Canva for this?

YAY..that will free up a lot of space! Tough job..I've taken one out before..Good husband!!

Covering the fire

frees you from the opening and the mantel surround.

It doesn't remove the clipped corner and give it back: )

Put feet/inches to EVERY solid wall, and each an every window on this for the bedroom.

Include the jut of the fire box!

We can then get to EXACT things. Like rug....

Ugh, don’t cover nice wood floors with tired wall to wall carpet. Use a large area rug for interest & to tie in your color scheme. You can easily change it any time for a fresh look, even for warm/cold seasons if you like.
Furniture set on the diagonal to an adequately sized rug can be a fabulous look. Glad your sanctuary room is progressing so nicely!

@soverychic, I just use Microsoft's Paint to make these images. If a rug is to be added/changed, I start with a rug visualizer (usually rugsdirect.com), download that image, then open it in Paint. Paint has a generative erase that can remove objects and fill in the background (not always very well; works best on simple, uniform backgrounds; I fix the not-so-good ones myself). Then I add in other elements, either by pasting an existing image (adjusting perspective as needed) or by drawing one. It's not a quick process; I'm doing the work, not the computer. (The computer is just a tool, like a pencil or paintbrush.) Someday AI will do this better, but so far, I'm not happy with its inaccuracies of proportion and detail, so I edit the actual photos myself.

As for the rug with a diagonal bed placement, I'd do what Jan showed: a custom-cut bound carpet fitted around the (former) fireplace:

(Assumes the boxed-out structure is still there in the corner, with only the fireplace itself removed.)

I would place the bed at the larger windows and bring the dresser where the bed is.. More space that way. Bring the bench at the asymmetrical side of the window or add a nook.

^^^

Read the thread? All of it. : )

So you didn't remove the entire fireplace box? Is this correct? Ideally I would take the entire thing out.I had my bed diagonally placed in a room one time and I loved it..does make more room for bedside tables. I use my bedside tables all the time.

As for color, get sample pots and paint big splotches of the different colors to see what works throughout the day, the colors will change with the different light. Try to get the paint in the same patina..eggshell satin etc. as you are going to paint the room.

@Deborah lippitt We did actually take the entire fireplace box out, so it will maximize the space to push the bed as far back as possible.

@JAN MOYER @simplynatural Noted about custom carpet, I will look into that. However, if I decided to go with an area rug instead would you recommend that it go on the diagonal to be cohesive with bed placement or get something that fills the floor space best that isn't placed diagonally?

@JAN MOYER Will get those dimensions once we have new drywall in place :)

Good call removing the firebox. You won't need a custom rug or a diagonal area rug with it gone.

MEASURE again when all your drywall is done,

Even taking the fire box out of the structural framing may leave you with a clip on the corner.

( I would like to eliminate clipped corners from anything, everywhere !)

An area rug is ANY rug freed from the perimeter boundaries of the room. There are amazing broadloom goods that make incredible area rugs - sized to what is prefect for the space.

Your first step? A to- the - inch everything of that floor plan you posted up above. Every solid wall , opening , window, individually ...has a dimension : )