Want to help with paint/bedding/arrangement?

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I think it's about time for my annual crack at decorating our garage/guesthouse. Here it is:





The gray is going, but I'm not sure where to go with colors. It's SUPER dark in there because it's under a lot of trees/half underground. The deep purple velvet curtains stay (next to couch and behind bed's headboard). I really like them, and I don't want to have to buy/hem all new curtains. The green rug could go, since I think it would sell reasonably well on CL, but I'm not sure I'd replace it with anything else. The furniture stays.

This is the bedding I have now:


I hate it. It's so girlish and cheap feeling.

I'm looking for suggestions. Something relaxing, comfortable, comes in double/full size, no synthetics, goes with deep purple velvet curtains. I like duvet covers because I can wash them and use different duvet weights, but could be convinced to use a comforter again, and coordinating quilts/blankets are great. Preferrably something I can go feel in person to make sure it doesn't feel awful. I'd like to spend less than $400ish on the bedding (excluding the duvet). Bonus if you also suggest a paint color to coordinate.

Also accepting suggestions on better furniture arrangements. There are two very large swinging garage doors behind the headboard on the bed, but we never open them, so they can be blocked.

[peach]

That is amazing! So that is a little guest house above the garage??? How cool! I used to dream of having a little guest house as a kid....

[peach]

Does the bed fit in the alcove space where the tv and couch are??

Then you could do a little more private of a bed space, and the big area can be "living" area. I am picturing the tv centered on the wall where the vanity and the couch are....and then the couch floating in the middle of the room. On the back side of the couch you could do a narrow table and two chairs for little games/dining table???

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I have had the bed in the alcove before. Where would you put the white shelving in the suggested arrangement? It's just an old garage that has been converted and a tiny bathroom added.

ETA: Sorry, not pictured. There are two large white shelves next to the bed. I guess I could be talked into selling them; they came with the house and were from IKEA.

[peach]

ok......so bed goes into the alcove...

On either side of the window the bed will sit in front of, I'd do a photo or art piece.
Looks like there is a trunk at the end of the bed, I would keep it at the foot of the bed in it's new spot too.

Can you take a pic of where the bed is NOW? I can't see that wall...

[magdala9]

I like the bed in the alcove arrangement too. I would paint the entire room a fresh yellow that isn't too bright and use neutral bedding that would work to contrast against the rich purple kitchen.

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OK, here's the bed wall.



Stop judging me. We clean it up when we have guests. Otherwise, it's sort of a junk space.

ETA: Dammit, why do my snapfish PIPs only work half the time now?? Working on fixing it...

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Alrighty, since no one PIPed me any bedding/paint suggestions, I'll give it a shot How about some feedback:

Black and white toile bedding (easy to combine with white sheets):



with Silverado Trail paint:



with the purple curtains, which are approximately this color:



I had Silverado trail up before and really really liked it, but I was trying to bring in purple bedding, and it was just too much purple. Would it work with black and white bedding? Also, is this just all the wrong feel for a space with the rustic wood ceiling and cement floor?

[TBM]

What about some sort of green on the walls? It is supposed to be the best color for a bedroom....very relaxing.

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TBM, I have also had green on the walls before and liked it. So maybe. DH hates green, and I just painted the LR green, so that might be a hard sell. Although, I'm thinking about locking myself in there for a weekend and just not telling him what I'm doing. He'd whine about it otherwise (I've painted it 5 times now, and he's sick of me re-doing it). If I do it without telling him, he might not even notice the changes

I'll pick up some really light yellow chips, but I'm not too excited about that much yellow. I have a yellow kitchen and really like it, but I don't know about this large of a space.

I promise though, the lavender looked REALLY good. I wouldn't have done it myself either, except when I bought the panels, the example room they pictured on the front of the package had that exact color.

It sounds like the bedding is at least not completely wrong for the space. I love toile and haven't ever been able to figure out how to work it into my house, so this might be my chance. Black and white is also really flexible, which I need, considering my painting habit!

[Deleted]

I like Peach's suggestions for rearranging.
However, do you need to paint? I like that color a lot actually and I think it'd help tie in the bandw toile bedding. Love that by the way!
I'd get some purple sheets and other accents to pull in the curtains before I'd paint. Maybe and art piece with some purples?

[TBM]

I actually like the color of the space now, too. What about painting an accent wall to lighten things up, or lighten it with art.

The people that I just did the commitment ceremony job for actually just redid their garage 'room' and use it as their master bedroom. They put in a skylight though....otherwise it would have been a really dark space, even with the french doors and windows that they have out there. Their space is painted a really pretty green, which is what made me think of it for your space.

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I'll try the lazy no-paint approach first then New bedding and new arrangement and see how it looks!

[pitterwoo]

Jan 13, 2013 12:20:50 GMT -5 @juno said:

I'll try the lazy no-paint approach first then New bedding and new arrangement and see how it looks!

:Y:

I like the toile for the bedding.