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Help with bedroom art!

5 years ago

Can't figure out how to decorate this blue wall! (The rest of the walls are off white) It's big and goes into the nook with the window in the master bedroom. The bed and headboard will be on the blue wall between the two plugs. I want to put a piece of art above the bed ( have a longer more narrow piece a bit longer than the width of the bed) but will it look odd just above the bed with the wall extending so far into the nook? Thanks for your tips!

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Beth H. :

5 years ago

a few visuals:

(ignore the stenciling on the wall. just look at other decor items)

teal looks stunning w/walnut or a medium dark wood tone.

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latifeh hammad
5 years ago
Do you have a picture for your headboard
Sam Gorson
5 years ago
How do you plan to use the nook?
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Kitch4me (I always thought the "kitch" in your name stood for "kitchen," though it just occurred to me that it could mean, well, kitch, which I like even better) I've chosen the last of the two pictures to hang between the windows, at least, for now. One of these days, my artist friend will make it over to help me (re)organize my artwork, and, then, all bets are off as to where they'll end up. I did reorganize my shelves a bit. I even took iphinkmountain's advice & added some baskets at the bottom - put photo albums and my old journals (dating back to high school, I think) in them. ShawNshawN - thanks for the calculations! I absolutely generally agree with you about hanging art eye height - and since I'm 5'3" and live alone, that's the standard I use - right? I don't really care what "average" eye height is in my home. That said, not all my art is eye height. For example, I have this vignette: The lower piece is hanging quite low, but it is eye height, for me, when I'm sitting on my sofa directly across from it. Which brings up the art above the bookshelves, directly across from my bed... that's art that I see when I'm in/on my bed. The photo above, taken from my bed, is how I see the art when I have a direct view of it. Are there exceptions made to the "eye level" rule when "eye level" is generally not a standing view?
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redsilver
5 years ago
No, it will be fine. Put something with a nature theme, maybe even "ocean waves at Sunrise" from a beach type scene, or Sunset with a ocean scene of a long pier or sailboats. IF that is something you don't find easily, than I would suggest a picture of hot air balloons just lifting off at Sunrise. That is a beautiful color blue on your wall.. You may even find a still life of a conche shell, seaglass, a bottle with a cork and note in it, some starfish shells on a table of piece of beachwood...or even a photo of a mountain evergreens with snow scene....I can see you changing out the picture with the season around your home......the wall will be gorgeous with your photo centered above your headboard. And any tables, lamps on each one with a seashell theme or any nature spin off, will be lovely. Have fun finding something that makes your special room very unique and your own.
Arian Moghtaderi
5 years ago
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latifeh hammad
5 years ago
I love the idea of lots of pictures next to each other where you can extend them as much as it's possible in one of the pictures that Beth provided
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Is this the wall you see when entering the room? From your picture, the heard board should be on the opposite wall. You might not need art over your headboard. How high is your headboard? Do you have pictures? Need more info to help.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Sorry, i was looking at the guest bedroom. Still meed photos of your bed.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
*need pictures of bed. Gold would be great against that wall.
Cheryl Smith
5 years ago
i personally don't like anything hung above my bed. I also think art wider than your bed would work better somewhere else. Maybe in the nook area. More pictures including your furniture would help.
tatts
5 years ago
The bedroom is the most personal space in a home. It should be decorated with things that are special to you, not commercial wall art. One special item is worth a dozen commercial ones.
Jen K (7b, 8a)
5 years ago
The wall is calling for metallic and/or abstract. Something really awesome that when every time you look at it says something different and new. I love Minted.com for this reason- find a favorite, new artist
So much fun. I wish I could paint a wall like this but we move too much.
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
I love that wall color!! It might be worth doing a wallpaper in one of the new floral designs in the nook. It would act like art, but wouldn't distract from the bed and wall. I will find some examples.
groveraxle
5 years ago
Please do not hang art that is wider than the headboard. And please please please don't get one of those canvases that are cut up into pieces like this...
"Modern Black Floral" Oil Painting, 60"x32" · More Info

...or even worse, this:
"Trees in All Seasons" Forest Painting, 60"x32" · More Info

Makes me shudder to even look at them.
redsilver
5 years ago
LOL Grover. I understand, but it's funny the way you put that! LOL.... too late at night, but wth..It is a beautiful color for a bedroom wall. ...
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Flo Mangan
5 years ago
Just dreaming about your beautiful wall. Don’t know what you have but I am dreaming of golds with this wall.

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