1903 colonial master bedroom help!
We moved into our 1903, three story colonial this past September, and I have painted every single room in this house except for our master bedroom (and the finished third floor which is going to have to wait! :) )
I am now ready to give our master bedroom the attention it deserves, but have NO idea what I want to do to it! For every other room I have had the exact picture of what I wanted it to look like, but I have no clue with this one. It is really unique, has four large, five foot tall windows, and gets amazing natural light during the day. It is currently a sage green color that I don't mind, but it isn't my style. The rest of our house is either SW Snowbound, SW Pewter Green, and our bathrooms are BM Salamander. So I'm a very bright and/or fresh style.
A couple notes, this bed is staying, it's new for this house, but our furniture will all be replaced over the next year or so.
I am leaning toward painting it snowbound and replacing the rug below the bed. What ideas do you have? I'm up for ANY ideas to make this space beautiful - I'm not afraid of an accent wall either. Any help is appreciated!
One other important note, the wall to the right of the bed in the next couple years will have two doors on it, one to a second story porch (which can only be accessed through a door in the bathroom), and one to the bathroom, on the second floor so the dresser will ultimately be where that bookshelf is right now (which is only there because it has no home!)
(ALSO - I did not hang those curtain rods, they were here already or else mine would have been above the window frame. These are all plaster walls so it felt safer to just use the existing rods.)
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4 years agoI might suggest also to do floor to ceiling semi-shears along this back wall to unify the three windows and soften the look. It will give a nice backdrop for the bed.
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PROFlo Mangan
4 years agoI would pump up bedding and rug. Especially since you have no wall space. I would amp up lighting too. Possibly paint night stands coordinating color to bedding. This is floral without being too girly and would work with black bedding. Possibly bring some black in with slightly larger rug.
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Flo Mangan
4 years agoHere is “concept”. I don’t have time right now to refine this but I could see this look working with your home style yet punching up with darker bedding.
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Flo Mangan
4 years agoAdded some Audubon bird prints. Of course, we would color coordinate choices of elements once main bedding is selected.
Hannah Richter
4 years agoLove all of these ideas!! We moved the rug from our living room last night (just replaced that one downstairs) so this rug will be staying in here from now on, which, unfortunately clashes with our duvet cover, which I actually picked out for this bed! And I LOVE having the bed in front of the windows bc it’s dreamy with open windows 🥰 we also swapped the dresser and bookshelf back.
I wonder since this rug will be staying if we did a light to medium gray color on the walls? And then get a solid duvet cover to go better with the rug?
A bit about me, I’m a minimalist in look and my main decorative “style” is plants 😬 so I really like white/gray/black/green, crisp and clean feeling! I’ll post a couple inspirational pics from my Pinterest not necessarily for this room but so you can get an idea of my style!
I’m so thankful for all of your advice!!
Hannah Richter
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4 years agoEastern accents has super king but its$$$. Lots to choose from though if you order through the trade. Otherwise go to Horchow home.
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4 years agoI think I would go ahead and carry the light paint into the bedroom. If I am understanding correctly the wall with the current dresser on it is going to eventually have two doors on it one to a porch and the other to an ensuite? So the Current position of the bed is the only area it will fit?
I would think about getting round bedside tables. They will fit better with their curve in against the angle of the windows.
Have you tried the Company store for oversized covers? I would keep it clean and simple and do a white duvet and then fold a quilt at the foot of the bed in a dark green color. Bring in shams to layer in that color as well and then add some accent with some decorative pillows. Have you considered shutters for the windows?
I would bring in your pattern with a traditional rug.
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4 years agoBathroom green! I couldn’t have done this one this color if we didn’t have 60% of the wall this bead board (this was here when we moved it - it was an olive green color)
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