Thanks Beverly. i had outside mount white wood blinds in there but they didnt keep out the sun in the early am and were pretty bulky looking. i can not do inside mount. no depth.

IMO, you don't quite have enough room for drapes on the window by the bed. I think they would feel a little squished back there. I would go with your original idea of roman shades and add a pretty piece of artwork between the two windows to bridge the gap. The roman shades are softer than cellular shades.

Thanks for chiming in Katinparadise! Not sure when I’ll learn, going with my gut is usually best. Yes was planning on art there for sure. Ordered my Roman shades samples yesterday. Hoping it works out where I can mount them on the trim and in order to do that I think I’ll go with no valance but leave aluminum headrail that matches with shade color, sort of like this…. Fingers crossed. I should aim for a white close to my trim color, right? Thanks!

I think you will like the roman shades - they will add some softness and still work within the window trim - pretty room!

Thanks LaLa girl!

Blinds and shades should be mounted inside or outside the trim vs ”on” the trim.

How big is this room? From the photos it doesn't look very small, so my first thought is why the bed on that wall? It looks totally squished in there. Can you post a floor plan? Can the bed go somewhere else?

I like the idea of blinds.

I really do think the shades are the best solution. Matching the trim as closely as possible is a great idea. If it's available, maybe you could have a contrasting trim added to complement another color in the room.

Thanks. There is no where else for the bed to go. as i mentioned previously its a really awkward room. Wood blinds didnt keep the morning sun out and were really bulky looking.

I plan on going with roman shades. Thanks Kat. I will see if i can find something with a trim. i kniw two pages offers that. and yes perhaps ill do above the eindow trim. i did do it on trim for these cellular shades in my bathroom and i like how it came out but cellular stack more neatly. But my point is it can be done . will keep you posted

Now you all have me thinking… Should i do smaller end tables given the space? something like these?

Or… since I fo love those nightstands, msybe keep one grey one on the right with a different lamp then add that round table on the left for knick knacks… nightstands dont have to match right?

Almost all of our bedrooms have white or cream inside mount , pleated shades. I then have side panels. We pull the shades down when needed after dark, and keep them completely up during the day. They are really not noticed when up.

Thanks grapefruit and lisedv for the mockup! Thats exactly the look im going for.

Now onto the nightstands! Do i keep both or add a different one on the left?

I like the matchung pair you have there - they seem to fit the space

fwiw I’d be so tempted to put up some pretty wallpaper behind the bed :)

Thanks LaLa girl! yes i do love wallpaper. something to think about. although husband would not be happy since we just painted lol.

Haha i get that for sure 😅

I'd keep both as per my mock-up.

You have a beautiful, deep color on your accent wall. I wouldn't change it for wallpaper. At least not yet. But in a few years, why not?

thanks tachch! heres the thing thiugh, My floors slope down one inch on the right side of bed. quirky old home… in this pic you can see wgat i mesn

Any tricks on how to fix?

Oh.. foundvsome one inch risers on amazon!

Personally, I like the matching nightstands. They fit the space well, considering it's a bit of a tight fit anyway. I don't think the table would make that much difference and then you'd lose the storage. I think adding some small, light accessories could help. If you don't keep anything in the open shelves, perhaps a light colored, pretty bowl or something in there would brighten up the dark hole. Risers are a great idea to get the height of the nightstands evened up.

Try placing the lamp on the nightstand to the right on a couple of books of different thicknesses. Experiment to find the best combination of color and size. I don't think you need to replace your nightstands.

In this case, I would intentionally make the lamp on the right a little higher than the one on the left.

ok thanks to you both! Im going to try the risers first then see if i need to pkay around with the lamps.

Hi! so decided to take the advice of Beverly and Norwood architects and go with wood blinds. As much as i wanted to do linen roman shades the small bracket fabric options were lacking.

So now a question about which color white. Both of these are an off white but one is slightly brighter than my trim the other slightly creamier. which one works better? Slightly brighter white is on the left. my trim is SW pure white. TIA!!

and with my other room colors…

Brighter white…,

Creamier white…

They both look pretty close. What are your thoughts?

Im torn! the brighter is more crisp and solid (no texture) the creamier one is a true off white with texture. I have so many windows in there… so im just afaid the brighter white might be too stark but then the creamier one too muddy. of course wish i could see it all installed first then decide lol.

It's hard to tell without seeing them in person but personally, I always tend to lean a little warmer. I find bright white to be a bit jarring.

Thanks latinparadise!

What about top down bottom up black out Roman shades? The advantage is that you can have privacy during the day but still natural light (when the top part is open)…then at night you’d have black out when they are up.

Thanks thinkdesignlive but i cant do inside mount with my windows. no depth. outside mount roman shades is just too much fabric with all 5 windows. the wood blinds will look a little more streamlined.

Any further thoughts now that you've lived with the samples for a bit? I saw a link the other day on here to a company that makes fabric shades that mount inside with only 1/2" of space. I can dig around to try to find it if you're curious.

I went with the slightly brughter white! everythung i read was telling me best to go slightly brighter and that this color (sunset cloud nine) with south seas blinds was made to blens with the popluar white trim being used today.. so fungers crossed! if anything they will definitely be better than my old stark white ones. will post wheh theyre up! thanks

Wonderful! Looking forward to seeing the results.

Very happy with the blinds! Even though i only had 3/4 ” of flat space, Installer was able to do picture frame mount on the trim instead of above the trim and its such a nicer look.

Excellent! The color looks wonderful as well. Glad you found a solution that works for you! Hooray for a skilled installer!

Thanks katinparadise! will send another pic when toom is finished with art, etc

The more i stare the more they look too white. ugh!! the good news is blinds.com offers free replacemeht if unhappy with the color so i ordered this creamy off white color that i belive will go better with my room and my trim. They tell me it shoukd be an easy just pop the old ones out and new ones in kind of process. Heres a pic of what they new color will be. Fingers crossed!! Other than the color i do love the style and how they’re mounted.

Ugh! Well the change-out should be easy and bravo for such great customer satisfaction!

Yes ive always been very hsppy with blinds.com products and their customer service is the best.

Not sure if you can tell from pic but much better and almost a perfect match for my trim. put them up last night and at night color gets darker and still looks great. not fun getting this new 70” plus bracket up and snapped in my myself but worth it!

A better pic

Perfect! And those came quickly! What's your next step? Just finishing touches?

Ty Katinparadise! Yes very quickly, couldnt get them up fast enough lol. So what‘s left is bookshelf assembly, artwork between windows and art to left of dresser, some wall hooks by door , decor items… then I’m done. will post pics!

Awesome! It's so nice when it's all finally finished. It took me almost 3 years to hang decorative wall baskets my husband bought me for Christmas lol.