Decorating the Master Bedroom

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The great thing about our new master bedroom is that we have a sitting area with a fireplace! It has been a long time since I’ve had a bedroom this big (below).

See how the walls are pinky beige? They won’t be for long! Also I’m going to paint the fireplace brick white (right now it’s all the same colour). I’m not too happy about the gold insert either but I’ll decide later if it should be painted black (you can paint them you know, it’s a flat, high heat resistant paint). The tile. . . well it can be painted too but I might get into trouble there (since I’m renting).

When I’m decorating a new place, I like to start with a room that’s easy to finish so that I can at least feel good in one room. My living/dining room will take longer (obviously) so I thought I’d get this room done first. My turquoise and yellow office is almost finished too but I still need to hang pictures in there and I have been so busy ever since we moved in I haven’t had time (which is why you haven’t seen it yet).

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I definitely wanted an upholstered headboard. Upholstered anything always feels so luxurious and I was thrilled when I walked into Martha Stewart furniture last weekend in Coquitlam and found what I was looking for. It was a great price $1,600 (on sale from $1800) and that includes the frame for the boxspring. I’ve ordered it in a linen colour and it’ll take 2 months to arrive. I was even happier about this find when I walked into Restoration Hardware and saw almost the exact same style (actually it’s almost identical to this one, below) for over $4,000.

I have always loved this bed (below) in Cameron Diaz master bedroom in the movie The Holiday! And I love the sleek, contemporary frame. The problem with bed skirts is they move around and you have to continually adjust them so that they are straight.

The Holiday Master Bedroom (Source)

For the sitting area, I found this chair and loveseat (also from Martha Stewart furniture). And it's exactly the same colour as the bed in the first photo. I adore any shade of blue in master bedrooms, it’s so peaceful and calming. And I have always wanted tufted furniture! It’s perfect for the bedroom, romantic and dreamy!

I love white bedding but it’s always fun to switch it up so I also found this fun paisley (below) at The Pottery Barn which I took home to see how I like it when the loveseat and chair arrive this weekend!

Pottery Barn Sienna Paisley

I already have a fresh green fitted sheet so I just bought 2 shams and the duvet cover, it’ll look good with white pillowcases and I’m even thinking the dark green in it would be nice in some custom shams. And I love the idea of the green with the turquoise furniture. Also some x ottomans at the end of the bed would be very cool. I’ll have to see what they will cost to make. Might be cheaper than shipping them from the US. It would be so much easier to live there right now, I could get so many more amazing things for my house!

Jonathan Adler

The walls I’ll probably paint a linen colour since my office is already a Tiffany shade of turquoise which is much cleaner than the grayed turquoise furniture for the bedroom. This way the wall colours will still look good together when moving from one room to the next.

Mmmm. . . look at this fabulous royal blue velvet headboard (source). I loved this colour so much when I came across this photo I thought it should go in the guestroom (which is the last room upstairs that still needs decorating). I won’t be doing an upholstered headboard in there though, my decorating budget has to stretch far in this house!

How do you feel about upholstered headboards?

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