Finishing Up Sonia's Bedroom

Today I wanted to finish up with Sonia's bedroom- catch up here and here and here. I am going to interrupt her in red.

Hi Christine,

Attached are some pictures of my 15.5 x 16.5 master bedroom. I feel it's pretty blah right now so I wanted to hear your opinion as to what you think I need to do. Other than the furniture having to stay I am very open to all your suggestions. I also love the painting over the bed and I really don't want to move it if you think it's a good scale. (FYI: I AM trying to negotiate taking the elliptical out of here (wish me luck!) so you can just ignore it if you can. : ) try spilling a liquid on it...

1) We had thought about getting a new flat screen to mount on the wall above the dresser. However our budget is not going to allow that for a while so I was thinking about switching the armoire to the wall where the dresser is and hiding the TV in it. I think that the furniture is better the way it is now. If you came across a picture for you to hang over the dresser- you would not notice the TV so much. You wouldn't want to spend too much $- since it is not your long term plan- but you might find one that you can move to another location later. (The wall where the armoire is is just wide enough to fit the dresser, it would be almost at the edge of the trim on both sides but it would fit.) I just didn't know what to do on the spaces that would be left on either side of the armoire if I switch to the bigger wall, or do I even have to center it on the wall?. (see the alcove above- you should have twice as many shelves in there- fill the whole space.)

2) What to do with the empty wall spaces above the nightstands? armoire? dresser? and doors? I feel it looks odd to look at just wall but can you hang anything that high? Or do I do something to the wall itself? I would wallpaper the room- check out the damask I found for you below- It has a little bit of a grayish shade that I thought might go with your carpet- but at the same time bringing in the warmer tones of the art.
3) Window treatments - do you think long panels hung high? or any other ideas? see this post for window treatments.

4) I can easily fit something in front of the bed but what? bench? only if it is upholstered- you are working with too much wood there already- the chairs are a good idea. Check out this one from overstock. I would remove the recliner. I always get slack when I make such suggestions- but hey- I'm here to say what will look the best. chairs? rug? (Can I put area rug on top of carpet?) Yes- with your one color carpet- you can. Space is about 90 inches between the foot of the bed and the edge of the dresser.

5) The ceiling fan I hate (who doesn't?!?!) but not sure what style of fixture would be best. see this post.

6) I am trying to think of the variety you always talk about so I would like a mirror somewhere and a picture gallery. I like Pottery Barn, ZGallerie, Uttermost stuff a lot. I like neutral colors, and warm colors for accents. Thanks to your blog I am now open to patterns (which always scare me because I get tired of them easy...) I also love wood moldings. What would you do in this room to give it character?

Thank you!!!

Sonia

I would also switch your lamps- you can have different lamps with some looks- but not in your room- check out these swing arm lamps from lamps plus- they would open up more space on your night stand. The wiring costs a little- but the lamps run less than an appropriately sized table lamp- so the cost is really a wash.

The finishing touch will be your drapes and wallpaper. Those two things will go such a long way to having a finished and decorated room. The wallpaper below is from York.

Hey- good luck Sonia!

XOXO

Christine