Help me rearrange/redecorate this room please

[sierramist03]

Here is our guest room but its not a true guest room because our closet is behind the current and our bathroom attaches to it. Plus our coats in the closet in this room. So we are constantly in and out and walking through. All the furniture needs to stay. I just want help making it look nicer. I don't want to spend a lot of money because we might be moving in the next few months.
Disclaimer: sports stuff needs to stay its DHs and its the only place for it right now also the gallery wall is too spread apart I know but Dh did it all my himself while I was at work one day so I can't change it. It bothers me but Dh is really proud.

[sailorgray]

I would move the hats into a closet,if possible, and take down the sconces. I then would get a comforter or duvet cover in a light gray and then fold the quilt you have on the bed at the bottom (beautiful quilt! Did you make it?). I would also have a new rug in there that is a solid color. Then I would get some curtains that are lighter (light gray again?). I would also take the light you have on top of the tall bookcase and put that on the nightstand.

I like to play around with things, but that's where I would start. The room is pretty manly, so I would stick with that idea.

[sierramist03]

Jan 26, 2013 12:19:07 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

I would move the hats into a closet,if possible, and take down the sconces. I then would get a comforter or duvet cover in a light gray and then fold the quilt you have on the bed at the bottom (beautiful quilt! Did you make it?). I would also have a new rug in there that is a solid color. Then I would get some curtains that are lighter (light gray again?). I would also take the light you have on top of the tall bookcase and put that on the nightstand.

I like to play around with things, but that's where I would start. The room is pretty manly, so I would stick with that idea.

Thanks for the ideas. I think the hats have to stay unfortunately that's the only door beside the bathroom. I can take down the sconces that's easy enough.
I already have brown curtains would that help? We do gray in our bedroom so is there another color I could do? Yes I did make the quilt I love the idea of just putting it at the foot of the bed!
I will change the lights out. I think I need to rearrange the bookcases. I am hoping to box up my school binder because that would give us another shelf in the small bookcase.
Yes this room has manly feel its mostly DHs stuff. I can't wait to have a man cave so then I can't actually decorate a true guest room.

[ktzmoh]

I think id regroup the pictures and diplomas. I'd tighten up the diplomas on the wall and possibly hang them in a less grid-y arrangement. Then I'd take the sconces down, rehang all the smaller pictures in a slightly tighter cluster on the wall directly to the left of the bed, do that the cluster doesn't extend past the foot of the bed (does that make any sense?)

Then I'd rotate the tall book case 90 degrees onto the other wall to breakup the bigger wall. I like the idea of a solid comforter with the quilt at the foot of the bed (and I agree- it's beautiful! Looks like you have a whole rack of beautiful quilts!)

[pitterwoo]

I don't have anything original to add. Just agreeing with a lot of the above. I love your quilt and think it would look great complimenting a solid rug and solid comforter.

[sierramist03]

Okay so I changed the curtains and I like the brown better but I'm not sure about the lamp change that corner looks so bare now. Any ideas?



Excuse the stuff on the bed I hadn't found a home for it yet.

[boiler717]

This may be way off, but could you move the bed to the wall with the gallery wall? The opening into the room seems tight because the door doesn't open fully with the bed right there.

[boiler717]

Jan 26, 2013 13:26:28 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

Okay so I changed the curtains and I like the brown better but I'm not sure about the lamp change that corner looks so bare now. Any ideas?



Excuse the stuff on the bed I hadn't found a home for it yet.

I like it better without the sconces but prefer the bigger lamp

[TBM]

It's tough, because it is like two different rooms in one space, and it is hard to find the balance.

I like all of the suggestions above, but I think if I was going to commit to sports stuff, I would really go with and hang the hats on the wall, (maybe over the quilt rack), and not have them behind the door where it feels more cluttered/closed in to me.

I think I would move the diplomas over the small bookshelf and take down the live love laugh. You could incorporate that into your gallery wall (which is good, but would be better a little tighter), but I am not sure if they (the live love laugh) really works with the sports theme.

[sierramist03]

Jan 26, 2013 13:49:03 GMT -5 TBM said:

It's tough, because it is like two different rooms in one space, and it is hard to find the balance.

I like all of the suggestions above, but I think if I was going to commit to sports stuff, I would really go with and hang the hats on the wall, (maybe over the quilt rack), and not have them behind the door where it feels more cluttered/closed in to me.

I think I would move the diplomas over the small bookshelf and take down the live love laugh. You could incorporate that into your gallery wall (which is good, but would be better a little tighter), but I am not sure if they (the live love laugh) really works with the sports theme.

I was actually think about just taking down the live love laugh all together I'm not sure i like it in the space. It might work better in our bedroom.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't worry about the hats. They're a stuff of life thing, not decor. They're behind the door not attached to the wall, so whatever.

As for the rest, I agree solid comforter with the quilt on the end, or even folded down under the comforter as a blanket.

Ditch the sconces entirely. They don't quite fit with the feel of the room although they're pretty. I'd also take the rug out. Roll it under the bed if you have store it somewhere. It doesn't fit the style or the color scheme at all and really detracts from your awesome comforter.

Move the black lamp on the bookshelf to the end table. It's taller and will probably fit better over there.

Can you move the tall bookshelf to the wall where the short one is and then use the short one as a nightsand of sorts..provided the bed fits under the photo wall or under your window.

Can you move the live laugh love over to your photo wall? It might break up the over even-ness of the wall if you can fit those in somehow. I also think you need one blank wall for the eye to rest. I know what it's like to need a lot of stuff in a room, but there's a lot going on there.

[tarheels]

Jan 26, 2013 13:49:03 GMT -5 TBM said:

It's tough, because it is like two different rooms in one space, and it is hard to find the balance.

I like all of the suggestions above, but I think if I was going to commit to sports stuff, I would really go with and hang the hats on the wall, (maybe over the quilt rack), and not have them behind the door where it feels more cluttered/closed in to me.

I think I would move the diplomas over the small bookshelf and take down the live love laugh. You could incorporate that into your gallery wall (which is good, but would be better a little tighter), but I am not sure if they (the live love laugh) really works with the sports theme.

I like TBM's suggestions.

Really quickly, here are 2 areas you could work on:

Scale.  There are lots of little things around the room instead of a few large things.  Lots of little things = visual clutter.  Little lamps, little pictures, little accessories.  Pare those things down and leave just a couple good sized items for a more streamlined look.  It's a small room to begin with, so little things aren't helping.  You really need more sizeable lamps.  They can be expensive, but the statement they make is worth it.

Color.  The walls look either like a tired cream color or a sterile white color, neither of which is doing great things for the space.  You also have "dirty" colors - the faux rawhide lampshades, the earth toned rug - next to "clean" colors - the quilts, the ball caps.  I think the color problems are really holding the room back.  I like whoever's suggestion of folding the quilt down at the bottom and picking solid color pillows and sheets.  (Also, the quilt is visually loud, no two ways about it, and I think folding it so there's less of it in such a small, crowded space will help the room breathe better.)  When you're choosing your sheets, be thinking of whether you prefer clean or dirty colors (I'm dirty colors all the way) and choose that tone for sheets and a new wall color.  Once you choose clean or dirty and the quilt you want to use, I'd love to see you put a color-color on the walls.  (And it could be an excuse to redo DH's photo wall )

[sierramist03]

This is a rental and I refuse to paint it. Sorry

[sierramist03]

What if I bought a bookcase to match the other one and put it where the diplomas are and divide up the stuff. Then get rid of the little bookcase and put the quilt rack there with the diplomas on that wall. Would that help? It would make it balanced.

[sierramist03]

I think the bigger lamp will stay but I will probably paint it. What color should it be?

[sierramist03]

If we move the bed to the photo gallery wall you lose a ton of space and really there will only be walk way space we tried that first and I need the room when I put up my sewing machine and the table.

[sailorgray]

Can you open the curtains? I think the room would benefit from some light.

[sierramist03]

Jan 26, 2013 17:06:24 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

Can you open the curtains? I think the room would benefit from some light.

It's not a window it's just our closet.

[spankswife]

I like the brown curtains. Also, I love the quilt and the thought of putting at the foot if the bed.

My alternate sconce idea - maybe hang them on either side of the picture above the bed. Things look nice in 3s and I think it would give a nice balance.

[TBM]

Jan 26, 2013 14:28:16 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

What if I bought a bookcase to match the other one and put it where the diplomas are and divide up the stuff. Then get rid of the little bookcase and put the quilt rack there with the diplomas on that wall. Would that help? It would make it balanced.

I am not sure that would really help...I think it would make that whole wall seem dark.   Balance is about more than symmetrical/matching items.