A Jewel Tone Virginia Highlands Primary Bedroom
This family built a modern home several years back and it was mostly complete but they were looking to have their bedroom feel more personal and be more comfortable.
As you can see from the photos we are starting with a lot of great elements. We have abundant natural light and a beautiful golden hardwood floor. The couple recently purchased this bed and this ultra soft rug so they wanted the design to be inclusive of these two elements. I am always happy to incorporate existing items into a design because I think it offers a line in the sand or a jump off point. In this example, these two items helped to create our color scheme.
The headboard is dusty pink and the rug is variety of blue and white tones so I was looking for a way to blend these two colors without making it feel too sweet. To achieve this, we selected a really dark blue as the primary color and we deepened the pink tone of the bed by adding a pinky-purple tone on the chaise. I played around with a lot of additional colors to get this palette to work and landed on a neutral terracotta and deep browns with gold accents to ground and deepen the final look.
Starting with the floor plan above, we kept the bed in the original location. I always love larger nightstands alongside a king sized bed but we were limited due to the closet access on each side. There was room to increase the size about 5 inches so we took advantage of that as best we could. I also would have recommended a larger rug in this scenario. It makes the room feel bigger.
Below is the final room board with the items we selected. I am always able to incorporate existing items to show the relationship.
You can see the bench design without the fabric and the nightstands as they come. We changed the hardware on these too. We love these sorts of details.
The reveal of the room should never be a total surprise but it should always be better than our digital design presentation.
We wrapped the walls in a dark blue Ombre wall paper and we color matched the ceiling and the trim so the room feels cocoon-like. It makes it so cozy and restful. We softened the windows by adding two layers of drapery. The sheer is striped which adds a bit of texture and the black out curtain is a beautiful printed linen fabric.
To add more softness and function we added a custom upholstered chaise with a small table, velvet pillow, and a lamp in the corner.
Fresh flowers always make things beautiful too.
We added a lot of drama with these brass pendants over the nightstands and I love the way the brass shines in contrast to the matte walls. We also added these black minimalist reading lights. These add another layer of functionality.
You can see the pretty drapery detail in the photo below. Linen always has a lived in wrinkled look.
I love tone on tone so I advocated for dark blue bedding but they didn’t want to go all in on the color blue. For this photoshoot we tried terracotta colored bedding but I am not sure it’s exactly right. I want the color to be deeper and I think there is opportunity to add textile art above the bed.
The way the light dances through the pendant and reflects on the walls is so lovely.
This couple has so many interesting collections from their travels so they let me “shop” their house and put together some art and interesting objects for their dresser. You can really see the ombre in the photo below.
Here is a detail of the custom lumbar pillow. This fabric is so dreamy. The bench below is also a custom piece and we made it to fit at the end of the bed. It’s chunky and in a beautiful soft neutral textural fabric. It adds softness and volume to the space.
Here’s the rest of the furnishings we selected down to the pillow. We decided to add a brass side table for the chaise which I love and we didn’t need the art because they already had interesting options but it was helpful in creating the overall vibe.
You can’t quite see the large art work that we featured on this large wall to the left of the chaise. It was a piece they had hanging in a less used area of their house. It adds color and is meaningful to them. It is just gorgeous.
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