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lisamarie1000

Help with interior design bedroom please

lisamarie1000
9 years ago
Hello we are renovating our new house and I wanted some help/advice with our bedroom please - please see attached a picture of our bed and quilted throw - I'm struggling on colour scheme of walls/wall paper/flooring/curtains etc to match with it in our new house - we are currently in rented accommodation whilst we are doing the new house up so have a boring cream carpet and magnolia walls in our current house!! But the new house will be a new canvass once all re plastered to do what we like ... Any advice/inspiration would be much appreciated. Thanks
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  • minnie101
    9 years ago
    http://www.decorsupplies.co.uk/taupe-422803-chinoise-floral-bird-arthouse-opera-wallpaper.html Here you go, bargain price!

    • Comments (47)

    • PRO
      Ensign Accessories
      9 years ago
      Hi there. If you like and plan to keep the quilted throw - it needs accentuating rather than having the pillows and cushion in the same material. To start with I would pick out a colour in the throw - either the duck egg blue or what looks like a pale green, or grey if you like that. The walls painted duck egg blue, and match with a couple of textured cushions in a different material from the throw would stand out better. I would not put wallpaper at all if you are planning to use this throw, as it would be too busy, and you need a calming atmosphere in the bedroom. Know what you mean about magnolia - hate it. I would also use wooden flooring in your new place, and have a rug (at the end of the bed if you have room), or beside the bed, again to pick out the colour palette, or if you use blue, you could have contrast in yellow, go as bold as you dare.
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Thankyou - yes I love the quilted throw and spent a lot of money on it so as silly as it sounds I want to design the room around the throw!!!! Duck egg blue sounds good - would you do all walls with it or just a feature wall? There are more pillow cases available that match but I'm guessing this would be too much? Please see pics of the heart pillow also available and a zoomed in pic of the throw. Finally floor wise, would you go oak to match the bed or a lighted white/limed oak for example?

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    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      Given the quilt I assume you like a french/vintage/shabby chic look? If so, I would look to add chalk pink (or the pink in the quilt) and the taupe and cream that is in the quilt on the walls and curtains etc. Add some more pale duck egg in lamps etc. A wood floor would be nice in a contrasting colour to your furniture with a big rug. I'd also change the cushions as Ensign said but maybe use on a new bedroom chair?. I think it could take a feature wallpaper maybe something in taupe with flowers and birds. The first pic is from gP & j baker and the 2nd from arthouse. Last image showing colours is from evsemaps.
    • PRO
      Ensign Accessories
      9 years ago
      Feature walls are fine, as long as they do not dominate the room, as I am guessing you want a co-ordinated approach. Sorry, but the cushions do not go at all, and as for the flooring I would go a lighter wood. Matching wood floor and furniture will make the room look very heavy. If you like the wallpaper as suggested by minnie101 - the 2nd from art house would co-ordinate. We can all give suggestions, but in the end it is up to your tastes - do you like feature walls, or do you prefer all one colour. Not nothing is permanent - it is only paint etc.
    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      I agreed, definitely not the 1st paper I posted if you want the quilt to stand out! Also agree re floor and cushions.
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      thankyou very much for your help... That really helps me... Im trying to do the whole house and Im having a overload in my head at the moment and feel like Im now hitting my head against a brick wall... In stand still now on so many rooms... Need to focus on one at a time.. So you're both saying to replace the matching cushion covers that were sold with the quilted throw as matching (exactly the same pattern and materials but just smaller) and replace with different ones? thanks
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      oh and I'm loving the light wood floor ... thinking the chalk/light pink curtains and like the second wall paper but also thinking along lines of taupe and duck egg paints... thankyou
    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      Hi lisa. Yes sorry I would lose the cushions, they're not enhancing the quilt. Can you reuse them elsewhere? It's a lot to do a whole house in one go! Good luck!
      lisamarie1000 thanked minnie101
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Thanks, I will do and I will hunt for some more different pillows/cushions. Yes we are fully renovating the house and have a few months lap over and in that time we are doing a garage conversion/extension, creating a family room & utility knocking the kitchen through the end of the lounge and creating a bigger kitchen, opening up an old fire and fitting a log burner, then the normal flooring, decorating oh and re plastering whole house!!!! I need luck so thankyou, I really want to do it right and we have a great opportunity here to do it right. Also need to plan 3 little girls rooms which are different from one another... my imagination struggles with one let alone three!!!! However I now have our room in my head so I'm getting there. thankyou
    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      That is an awful lot of work!! At least you have a few months to get it right. You should post on here for the little girls rooms, people love doing decorating them (maybe not 3 though!). Good luck with it all
      lisamarie1000 thanked minnie101
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      minnie101 do you have a name or code of the wallpaper you kindly posted from arthouse? I've searched through and through their website but to no avail... sorry to be a pain!
    • PRO
      Ensign Accessories
      9 years ago
      Suggestions when re-doing the whole house is to concentrate on one room at a time, get that sorted, and then think about the next room - otherwise, as you say, you end up spinning. It always amazes me when firms sell matching cushions and quilts etc - neither the quilt, nor the cushion then stands out, but they all blend together. Was fine in the 1960s when men wore matching shirts and ties, but nowadays there is so much more choice and co-ordination.
      lisamarie1000 thanked Ensign Accessories
    • crowningfashion
      9 years ago
      Hi, I'd suggest keeping the heart cushion! The reason being is that is *does* tie in with the bed cover as it is in the same print. My suggestion would be to have a vintage chair in the corner of the room maybe a Lloyd loom wicker chair and I would use the heart cushion as an accent on that. I agree with the comment on using a chalky paint because it will add age to the room - especially as your bedroom furniture is new. If you do use a wallpaper my suggestion would be to use it on two walls and paint the others with the lightest colour on the paper. Also you could pleat to coverlet back so that the pillow cases are the decor at the top, next seen is a neutral white or cream duvet, and at the bottom the coverlet. This works really well as the duvet colour should tie in the walls and coverlet and stops it all from being heavy. I have a vintage 50s throw/coverlet which I use in winter on the guest bed. It's pleated back in the day and without fail everyone who has stayed over tell me in the morning that they love pulling it up in the night and feeling cosy! The best asvice though is have fun. It's exciting putting a house together although it can be exhausting!
      lisamarie1000 thanked crowningfashion
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Thanks Minnie & Ensign that makes total sense & Thankyou. Also Thankyou supergirlvintage for your advice too. One final thing - our bedside tables were bought as a short term measure and not really matching in at all but I was thinking of staining/painting them to match in better - please find a pic attached - would you paint/stain them or would you get rid of them? There are also fitted wardrobes in the room which I'm going to repaint and put new handles on (currently a wood colour!) not sure what colour to go for yet) but with all your help I'm getting there!!!
    • Jonathan
      9 years ago
      Keep the bedside tables- you have enough on your plate.
      I might buy a fitted sheet and a flat sheet in a dark grey, fold down the quilt so there is a little sheet showing at the pillow.
      Then plain pillows, 2 pale grey, two duck egg. Then put a different shaped cushion in front of the pillows.
      Use the matching pillows elsewhere such as on a chair.
      lisamarie1000 thanked Jonathan
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      thanks Jonathan - yes I'm being silly thinking I have time to paint drawers !!!! lots of other priorities ! Thanks for bedding ideas-fabulous
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Thankyou, you have all been soooooo helpful... which room to post next?!?! hahaha!
    • PRO
      Ensign Accessories
      9 years ago
      Pleased to have given you food for thought. Post your pics when you have completed please.
      lisamarie1000 thanked Ensign Accessories
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Will do however it will be some months off yet- we have a 3 month completion on the house so haven't got keys or started work yet!
    • lnsail
      9 years ago
      Here is a picture showing a quilt folded at foot of bed and matching pillows at the head? Also, using a coordinating color on the walls.
      http://houzz.com/photos/2068718
      lisamarie1000 thanked lnsail
    • lnsail
      9 years ago
      Another room - with a soft floral quilt like yours and a chalk paint look. Pillows used like this would work
    • lnsail
      9 years ago
      Oops, here is the picture ( :
      http://houzz.com/photos/32956
      lisamarie1000 thanked lnsail
    • lnsail
      9 years ago
      I can see your bedding in a room like this...with blue walls to match the blue in your quilt and drapes to go with the lace edging, maybe with a border of pink floral trim like is in your quilt (check out "Country Curtains" website)...
      http://houzz.com/photos/3741523
      lisamarie1000 thanked lnsail
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Ohhhhh I can't decide now - I had decided on that second arthouse wallpaper and was just looking for any other wall paper for any other rooms to save on postage and then I see these other posts about painting the walls... To wall paper or paint?! Or how about papering wall behind bed with the paper and painting other three walls (the one wall is all built in wardrobes so it's more like painting other 2) definitely thinking the pink ruffle curtains so I suppose light duck egg walls or taupe with paper on the one ??
    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      If you do go the wallpaper route they also do it at homebase so can click and collect and avoid postage
      lisamarie1000 thanked minnie101
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      9 years ago
      Thanks Minnie, I am definitely going to go for the wallpaper... thanks for the advice, unfortunately they only seem to have it in duck egg, plum & teal... not the taupe but decorsupplies.co.uk still has it in taupe so I will be ordering today - just need hubby to measure the wall so I can decide if we need 2 or 3 rolls... thanks so much Minnie
    • minnie101
      9 years ago
      http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/wallpaper/opera-chinoise-wallpaper---taupe-209342 They seem to have it, I added 3 rolls to the basket. Just type in chinoise when you're in their website rather than searching through paper and they have a few colours. Or am I going mad?!
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      We have bought Craig and rose Swedish blue for three walls - unfortunately the wall behind the bed once the wallpaper had been removed is not good enough to paint so we will wallpaper - does anyone think any of these would look great?!?!
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Here's Swedish blue..
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      I think the one with the blue birds on. It picks up the blue you're having on the walls and goes best with the country feel of your bedding, imo anyway :)
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago

      I'm looking forward to seeing the Swedish Blue on the walls, it's a colour I've eyed up possibly for my living room.

    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Well we are getting there - pics don't do it justice as taken on my phone BUT here is the Swedish blue on the walls - the birds feature wall and the horrid dark wardrobes are now white!!!
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Well we are getting there - pics don't do it justice as taken on my phone BUT here is the Swedish blue on the walls - the birds feature wall and the horrid dark wardrobes are now white!!! Oak floor will be finished in about 20mins - still need to get a light shade/fitting, new handles on the wardrobes and curtains but it's all coming together! Pics were taken last night so dark Im Afraid and pic colours obviously effected by bulb light!
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Here's a pic for you of the paint on the walls in Daylight before the wallpaper was hung ...
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      That's a lovely colour. Room is looking great, has a lovely country feel. Well done :)
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Thankyou- flooring now done :-) hubby
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Thankyou! Oak Flooring now done in all 4 bedrooms :-) making good progress ... Soooo on to curtains and wardrobe handles and lighting now!
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Any advice on curtains? Need next made next day delivery!! Just checking john Lewis next and Laura Ashley...
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      Something like this would suit the whole country feel you've got going on but don't know if widths and drops are suitable, they do express delivery or you can click and collect. http://www.dunelm.com/product/cream-antique-lace-thermal-pencil-pleat-curtains-1000062351
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      It's really annoying, Next were doing cream linen look curtains that had a blue crochet edge which would have been perfect, but they are not on the website anymore.
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Thankyou! We are sleeping here first night tonight so need curtains up today!!! I hadn't planned on sleeping here yet but my hubby told our kids and now no going back!!!! So I'm about to drive to a big next about 7 miles away ... Hope they have something?!?! Unfortunately the nearest dunelm is too far !
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      Did you find any decent curtains? How was it sleeping in your new room :)
    • lisamarie1000
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      Yes I did!!! I love them! Photo does not do them justice!!! Can't show you full length image as there are moving boxes piled infront of them! But you can see the colour ...
    • PRO
      User
      7 years ago

      Nice colour scheme, overall good design! Congratulations!

    • PRO
      Avril Murphy Allen
      7 years ago

      Would you think of painting the bed? I know natural wood looks great but you would really feel like you have new furniture especially as you are moving to a new home...

    • PRO
      V.I.P Walls Interior Specialist
      7 years ago

      Hi Lisa

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