Bedroom Decor Update
Well I've changed my mind because I just don't LOVE the cow parsley/ferm living papers or the color scheme that I was thinking for our bedroom. I want to try a ferm living paper in another room (I'm thinking the guest bedroom) but I really need to nail down the design of my bedroom first and I feel really good today because I have.
I want a sexy, feminine yet smokey, tactile and very cozy bedroom but I do not want a ton of pattern or bold color in there. And while I love pastels, and I will use them in each room of my home, I want to mix in grey, black and brown tones to make them reflect ME more and not be quite as sweet. I also want to age my interiors because I don't like homes where everything looks and feels brand new so I plan to do a lot of flea marketing but also to do custom work to new stuff to give it my unique stamp.
Thanks to a home that I styled in Amsterdam for my book and the paints that Sibella Court created along with seeing them painted here on kraft paper hanging on her door, I have my bedroom palette. Sibella calls this palette "Paper Whites". I call this palette "Bom chicka wah wah" because this is how you will see my bedroom after I move in. Dusty, smokey, but very fresh -- light and dark, soft, tactile... Ah yes, this is the palette. This speaks to me and says go with your heart, do it...
(images: sibella court)
I want a sexy, feminine yet smokey, tactile and very cozy bedroom but I do not want a ton of pattern or bold color in there. And while I love pastels, and I will use them in each room of my home, I want to mix in grey, black and brown tones to make them reflect ME more and not be quite as sweet. I also want to age my interiors because I don't like homes where everything looks and feels brand new so I plan to do a lot of flea marketing but also to do custom work to new stuff to give it my unique stamp.
Thanks to a home that I styled in Amsterdam for my book and the paints that Sibella Court created along with seeing them painted here on kraft paper hanging on her door, I have my bedroom palette. Sibella calls this palette "Paper Whites". I call this palette "Bom chicka wah wah" because this is how you will see my bedroom after I move in. Dusty, smokey, but very fresh -- light and dark, soft, tactile... Ah yes, this is the palette. This speaks to me and says go with your heart, do it...
(images: sibella court)
Comments
I'm curious about one thing, which is kind of personal, so feel free *not* to answer it! To what extent is your husband involved in the decorating process? Is he more of a "I leave all the decisions to Holly because she knows what she's doing" type of guy, or does he like to contribute his own ideas along the way? Some couples have very similar tastes, some don't, and let's face it -- some men really don't care one way or the other how a place looks.
My boyfriend won't abide anything in the bedroom or main living areas that he thinks is too girly - floral patterns, soft "feminine" colors. I always have to keep that in mind when I'm shopping for new sheets and cushions and such.
-Lisa
(parallel-botany)
the colors you choose for your room are lovely!!! so lovely! its going to look wonderful!
I specially laughed with naming the palette "Bom chicka wah wah"...bless you! your house is going to be beautiful! not only because of your lovely decoration, but also because of your sparkling enery!
Oh I love those colours, I must say I perfer them much more for a bedroom than the wallpapers. It is abit bold looking for me, but everyone is different. The colours here are far more relaxing and serene, yet soft and sweet :) Love them, good choice!
All things nice...
xo
Melis
S*
We are having this in the bedroom and living room for years now and I never get tired of it.
it will be very lovely!
Yvonne
P.S. Your new home is absolutely wonderful, what I wouldn't give to live in Europe again.