Small bedroom design TINY BOX of a bedroom
I just wanted to share my bedroom design and get ideas. I posted the before and afters over on the bedroom forums. Here are things to keep in mind. We are painting the room a light gray color. I have a second bar stool to use as an end table. I am painting them a medium gray color. I am also thinking of getting two navy curtains to add to the white curtains. I would do white, navy, white, navy, white. The throw pillows look black but they are navy.
Here is the size of the room.
In the corner to the left of the closet I have this little table. I plain to paint it. Color suggestions? :)
Here is the bed. Keep in mind I will have two bar stools on either side, painted a medium gray color.
Here are some wooden sconces I plain to paint medium gray to match the bar stools and add white tapered candles. I'm going to hang them on either side of the curtains.
Paint color for the walls:
Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you in advance!
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7 years agoThank you, both! I definitely agree. After seeing it all in the daylight (just added the bedding yesterday and it was late), I really prefer the airy feel of the white. :)
Great suggestion anniecat! We are currently remodeling our kitchen and bathroom is next. So for right now I am working with what I have. Love that though! I am off now to go look at some lighting!
Added this pillow for Spring. :)
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7 years agoVery, very pretty. I'm sure you know about www.Apartmenttherapy.com . They recently had an article on small bedrooms.
While I'm usually no t into mirrored walls, i thought this looked cool. Maybe get inexpensive IKEA mirrors:
and a Wow light fixture. Or a colored ceiling. Or extending the white curtain as a canopy over the ceiling. Like this:
Or IKEA has curved white rod you can attach directly to the ceiling.
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Above pic is from IKEA, but Home Depot should be able to advise you on the best clips to use. These are actually the Lundamo mirrors, 5.00/poprockybird
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7 years agorockybird Great point! I will only be using them as decor. I decided not to place them there though. I am going with the mirror look for sure! :)
nosoccermom Thank you! I found the mirror clips today! Super excited to get my mirror hung and get another mirror. I have one floor length mirror and plan to get a matching one and do them on either side of the curtains. Thank you so much for the idea! I will leave a photo below. It isn't hung yet, but to give an idea.
boopadaboo Yes, this is our master. Great idea. Thank you!
pinkmountain and tara. I agree. I love the look! My only problem is the second bar stool I have has already been painted twice. :( I really don't want to sand it down or anything. I was thinking maybe paint them navy? Too much? I have navy and gray paint.
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7 years agoGot the second mirror. I have to get more mirror clips before I can hang them. But I love the way they look! Maybe one day I'll get larger unframed mirrors but for now these $5 Walmart mirrors work just fine.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoJust noticed that you mentioned addtl navy curtains. instead, I'd consider ironing on a small navy inborn or border.
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7 years agoI think you have done an awesome job improvising with smaller scale items to fit the space (i.e, bar stools for end tables = clever!) I'd keep as much white in there as you possibly can. YES to the $5 mirrors (you could get crafty and use wooden trim edge from HD, painted white, to frame them). NO to the curtain canopy. Less is more in your case and that will close the space in. If you're really wanting to add a soft pattern, maybe wallpaper the narrow "headboard" walls behind the mirror with something really soft and subtle?
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7 years agoHey all. My husband finally hung the mirrors and I painted the bar stools. :)
I also painted these wooden candle sconces my mom gave me. :) They're hung on nails that were already in the wall so they will be coming down some later.
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