My Modified Bedroom Plan – Addicted 2 Decorating®

So I just needed to figure out what exactly about this general idea, this roadmap, this mockup, wasn’t quite working for me.

Since so many of you have said over the years that you enjoy reading my thought processes, I’ll attempt to share what I was thinking, and how I worked it out.

First, there was so much dark, rich teal on the walls and draperies, but then the entire middle section was light — the headboard, the rug. It’s almost like it divided the room into two halves.

Also, with the light, bright bird fabric on the headboard, that left me at a loss when it came to the actual bed. I had been thinking that I’d build a wood base for our bed, but I don’t love matching sets of furniture, and I also don’t having too much wood furniture in a room, especially not lined up next to each other. So two wood bedside tables with a wood base on the bed wasn’t working for me. Even if the wood base didn’t match the bedside tables (thus, avoiding that “matching set of furniture” look), I still didn’t like the idea of three wood pieces lined up next to each other.

I really wanted fabric on the base of the bed, and it could either be an upholstered base or a bedskirt. I’m perfectly fine with a bedskirt as long as it’s tailored/pleated. I don’t do ruffles. 🙂 But with the light, bright bird fabric on the headboard, that really limited me with the fabric that I could put on the base of the bed. It would either need to be the bird fabric or a color from that fabric, and preferably the dominant color from the fabric, which would just be that off-white/cream background color. Anything else would command way too much attention and draw the focus away from the bird fabric. And I just don’t want an off-white/cream bed base.

Also, I thought the bed needed to be more “grounded”. I don’t even know if I can explain what I mean by that. But in my mind, the bed itself (the headboard and the base) needed to be darker and more grounded, and then it would serve as the background and base for the light bird fabric.

And finally, I realized that I wanted more patterns. I know I like more of a mix of patterns and texture than a lot of people, but I have to be true to my own likes, taste, and style, and I just needed more. That bird fabric alone wasn’t going to cut it for me. I love it, but that fabric alone wasn’t going to carry that entire wall for my liking.

With all of that said, I remembered that I had just ordered ten fabric samples for the foyer bench. They should all arrive today, so I don’t have them in hand just yet. But I went back to those online pictures because I remembered that there was one in particular that I thought might work as the headboard and also the bed base/bedskirt.

So I did a mockup of that fabric on the bed and then put the bird fabric on the pillows in front of it. Ignore the chair with the pillow. Obviously, the chair won’t be right there by the bed. I’m just focused on the things that will actually go on the bed wall. I also used the fabric just as I copied and pasted it from the Spoonflower website. I don’t think the color is exactly right, and if it needs to be tweaked a little bit, I’m hoping that particular shop owner is one who will do custom colors, as many of them offer.

But this is definitely more me. It’s more exciting and interesting. It gives me the mix of patterns that I love. It gives me that look of the bed being grounded that I thought it needed. And that grounded bed gives a beautiful backdrop for the bird fabric. What I didn’t add to the mockup is that I’d also use the bird fabric as a throw or a duvet cover, and I would have that throw or duvet folded at the foot of the bed so that I can have more birds. And since I’ll have extra drapery fabric, I’d also use that to make two pillows to go behind the bird pillows to bring it all together.

So that is the new direction, and that helps me to solve all of those issues that I’ve been putting off dealing with and making a decision on for months now. I’ll have to wait until I have the fabric samples in hand to see if any of them will actually work out how I envision it.

I’d like for the actual fabric that I use to be a bit darker (just a touch darker than what is shown above, and just a touch lighter than the grasscloth wallpaper and drapery fabric) and with a little less green than how it looks in the mockup above. If it were just a little bit darker and a little bit bluer, it would be perfect. So, I’m really hoping that the actual fabric, once I have it in hand, will work out perfectly, or that this particular seller is willing to do custom colors. Or maybe one of the other samples will end up working out perfectly.

Speaking of, I went to Home Depot yesterday and picked up some paint samples for the dresser. I decided to go with a neutral color. I know that’s completely out of character for me, but I really want to keep the headboard wall the focal wall in the room. So these are the samples I picked up. I’m going to try these out today. My favorite ones are the two on the right. The top one is Behr Casual Khaki, and the bottom one is Sandstone Cliff. But I’m going to try out all five and see which one looks the best in the room’s lighting and with the rug and bird fabric.

Note: Sorry if you got the email teasing a “closet addition” on this post. I decided to hold off on sharing about that because I’m still making that decision, but I want to make that decision without any outside input. 😀 I already know that some will love it and some will hate it, but I need to make the decision based on what I want before sharing.