My Own Home - Master Bedroom

I thought it was time for a bit of an update!  As is usual for us, we started a project leading up to Christmas.  At the beginning of October last year we de-camped to the guest bedroom, cleared our room completely and ripped out the old fitted wardrobes (something I've been longing to do since moving in 13 years ago!)

So, with the old wardrobes gone, we had quite a lot of (boring) preparation to do/organise such as electrics, plastering the ceiling, coving and fitting new skirting boards.  On the plus side, we do now have underfloor heating in our en-suite bathroom! With the new wardrobes fitted, it was time for the fun bit!

We'd replaced the bed a couple of years ago with an oak bedstead and couldn't justify a new one so, working round the bed, we had new wardrobes fitted which gave us so much extra storage.  I wanted a room which felt more 'grown up' and elegant.  I knew what colours I wanted (that was the easy bit) and collected lots of samples before making my final choice.  I really believe it's much easier to design for other people than for myself - sometimes you can have too much choice!

A selection of the samples I was considering .......

Having decided which fabrics, wallpaper and paint colour to use I had a bit of a selling job to do on my client (ie, my husband!).  I put together a small informal sample board with a couple of rendered sketches to illustrate how I thought it would look.  Visualisations are a great way of communicating a design to a client (including husbands!).

Here is my 'vision' of the way the new room would look, together with a reminder of the old ......

This room really needed dragging out of the 80's!

Having spent ages taking wallpaper off all the walls when we first moved in, I am now slowly re-introducing it, although not on the same scale as it was before and with wallpaper designs which are easier to live with!

It's all in the detail ........

Decoration

Walls painted in Zoffany Sheepskin flat emulsion 

Wallpaper - Zoffany Tours (calico)

Window Treatment

Curtain fabric - Wemyss Heti (Dusk) Silk/Linen
Elephant grey roller blind for privacy and to protect the curtains from sun damage

Trim on roller blind - Wemyss Houles Opaline bead trim

Wemyss Houles Opaline bead trim

Interlined curtains with French pleat heading

Cushions
Square (22") - for the front of the cushions I used Larsen Allure in mineral, and for the backs and piping I used Zoffany Ketti silk in aubergine

Oblong (16" x 20") - Larsen Mood velvet in plum trimmed with Wemyss Houles Opaline bead trim along 2 sides

Mirror

Raines and Willow mirror 

And here's the finished result ......

A few final comments ........





My preference for curtains would always be to have them to the floor, especially in an adult's bedroom, as it just creates a more elegant look.  However, this is not always practical and not a view my husband shares "because the radiator would be behind the curtains when they're closed".  As it happens, if we'd used full length curtains in here (including dress curtains with Roman blind which is another option I was considering), we wouldn't be able to open the drawers on the bedside cabinet so my husband won the argument - this time!  

As for bed linen, I love white but in here I wanted the room to feel warm, so went for ivory which also looks better with the wardrobe doors.  The chenille throw at the end of the bed is really for the cat's benefit!  Cats love to sit 'on' things and I'm trying to get him to sit on the throw and not the bed linen!

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Whilst I'm at it, we do have a blind in the Family Bathroom (finally!)

The fabric I chose for this blind is Romo Quintus in Rocoto from the Fougere collection.  It's a lovely heavy cotton/linen blend, which is also suitable for upholstery. 

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Thanks for visiting! 

Next on my list is my son's bedroom, followed by the guest bedroom - and both by Christmas.  Although with the way this summer's going, they'll both be done by the end of June!