What is your bedroom color?

What color combinations are you using in your bedroom? Do you like them?

We were down at Lowes last night and found Storm Cloud, a greyish color from Sherwin Williams. I like it. Rick likes it, too, but he's a little worried that it will really darken the bedroom. Our bedroom faces south and we have two large windows in the southern wall, so I'm not too worried about it being too dark. My sister is going to help me find a contrasting color to paint between the pieces of crown molding that will go around the top of the walls. 

Sherwin Williams Storm Cloud - https://www.sherwin-williams.com/ho...ors-by-family/SW6249/#/6249/?s=products&p=PS0

Storm Cloud Bedroom - http://www.zillow.com/digs/sw-storm-cloud/2_p/ 

We're going back down tonight to buy two gallons and will remove all the trim from the bedroom on Thursday night. So our agenda is something like this: 

• Remove all the trim out of the bedroom.
• We're going to paint (actually my sister said she'd paint. It will cost us one large pizza, one dozen doughnuts from DD, and one case of Coors Light....the Coors Light is to be drunk AFTER the painting is done 
  
  . She is a great painter, no taping, just careful brushing around windows. She does it well. And she's a lot faster than I am, too.)
• Install new trim, crown molding around the top of the walls, windows, and the doors. That will all need to be stained and /or painted.
• Remove the old carpet and will replace with hardwood flooring (not sure what kind yet, although Rick has some ideas). Rick has talked to a woman at his work whose husband does flooring; he's doing so well with his flooring job that he was able to quit his regular job and do flooring full time. He said he'll come in and give us an estimate. Rick can lay a new hardwood floor, but his knees are so bad at this point that he's leery of spending so much time on the floor like that. Even with kneepads.
• Replace the double closet doors 
• Replace the bedroom door 
• THE ELLIPTICAL IS GOING TO THE BASEMENT! I don't know where and I don't know how, but it's going to the basement. When we built this house, we gave our son the master bedroom. Then we deleted the wall between the two other bedrooms to create a big master. That has worked out well for us. But the elliptical is gigantic and it overpowers everything.

And we're hoping to have this done by Christmas. I know....it shouldn't be a problem, but this is us we're talking about. Things never go well for us and there are always several incidents of   that happen with us. We shall see. We both work, so trying to do things only on weekends and a couple of nights during the week can be hectic. Hopefully it won't take too long because we have to sleep in the bedroom and the cats will need access to the bedroom windows, regardless of what we're doing in there. It's one of the Feline Laws, you know: Cats must ALWAYS have access to any window in the house.

Rick has taken some truly gorgeous pictures of our cats. We're going to pick out the best one from each cat and have it printed out, have it framed and then use the furkids as our bedroom art. My sister suggested using canvas as you can do so much more with canvas than regular picture paper. 

We are thinking of no drapes in the bedroom. Instead, I'm going to start looking at Roman blinds at the windows. Still haven't gotten that blind for the kitchen window, so this will be an opportunity to get them all at the same time. There's a fabric store (they specialize in window treatments) close by to work; I can walk there some day during lunch and see what they have that might trip my trigger. And that Rick will like, too. He's not too worried about overall. He says he pretty much gave me carte blanche over the kitchen remodeling and he's really happy with that, so he's OK. 

Eventually (and this is not right now), we're either going to put in French doors at the end of the bedroom with a little deck outside. (Nothing fancy, just a place for me to go on summer mornings with my coffee. A place for the cats to lounge and watch the snow falling in the winter.) Or a fireplace in that wall. Rick is leaning toward the fireplace; I would like the French doors. But that's a few years down the line. We still have other things to do to this house before we can think about that. (The bathroom, the front door, the steps....all kinds of stuff.)

Our generously sized bedroom is not exactly rectangular. It is painted two closely related shades of medium warm green with darker green trim. Different walls are different colors,. One wall color is, if memory serves Behr Waterlily. There are three adjacent skylights in the high, sloping ceiling, and 4 windows on the long wall.

There's a single door and a pair of doors on the - it's north wall, our bed is across from the doors on the south wall and two pairs of windows on the west wall. Interior balcony outside the double doors, a sort of long -let's call it a corridor balcony outside the single door that leads to the other upstairs bedroom and the stairs down.

Long wall has curtain rods of moderately thick bamboo mounted slightly below ceiling so you can see some green wall above them. Space between the two pairs of windows has a 6-foot wide split bamboo window shade. almost ceiling to floor. There are 4 floor length curtain panels for each pair of windows - three natural color muslin and one floral with lots of rose color (actually a tablecloth, long enough to hang lengthwise.)

In summer we have muslin skylight covers. They're over length with rod pockets that I sewed into each long side. So when mounted with tension rods they have a somewhat shirred effect.

Husband has a rowing machine (new purchase) which is currently in the bedroom. Not bulky, not heavy, and supposed to be a better whole body workout than an elliptical. We have someone staying with us for 2 weeks. Otherwise it will go in the rather wide balcony outside our bedroom.

Does this all make sense?

We have an odd sized bedroom - it has a slight "bay" on one end of the wall.  Not a lot of wall space either - it's a 1925 Foursquare, rooms were not generous in those days and, little closet space. We make due (barely).  The furniture is kind of squeezed in but again, we're managing to not trip over anything LOL.

When I got the house it the room we use as the "Master" was bright pumpkin orange of all colors!  AWFUL. I couldn't wait to cover it up.  Now, it's a soft blue with slight gray undertones.  Not light, but not dark either.  I'm partial to blue bedrooms.  It' Benjamin Moore, "Labrador Blue" with a very dark brown paint for the baseboards and ceiling trim, to match what was there previously - "Nightshade" with "White Gray" for ceiling.

We had a lot of trouble with the painters and while I like the room, they did a crap job fixing the plaster on the walls and here it is 3 years later and one of the walls has big cracks in it.  So not happy.  Plaster is a PITA to deal with.

The doors to the closet and from the hallway were painted the dark brown also. Ideally, we'd love to strip all the wood in the house - one back of a door is still natural and it's to die for, but this too is too much work for us and not money I care to spend right now.  

Curtains are a dark navy blue, black outs. I can't sleep with any light in the bedroom, at all.  These do a great job of keeping all of it out.

Floors are hardwood and need to be redone but who can now be bothered?  Should have done it before moving in and...before cats 

I love that color Pam!  It's very soothing!  

Our bedroom is white.  Blah.  I have several paint chips that have been taped to the wall for several years now.  I LOVE my curtains; but finding bedding to coordinate has been nearly impossible. Bedding is so expensive too!  Plus we have just a hodge podge of furniture and no headboard.  I hate the plain walls; but I also don't want to do anything before we make some permanent decisions with the furniture.  That's not happening any time soon.  DS will get a bedroom set next.  DD already has a nice 3 piece set and DS is currently sleeping on a mattress and box spring that are on the floor. (Because he's little and still sleeps all over the place.)

I've got so many ideas for our bedroom.  Its just not priority unless I win a shopping spree at the furniture store!  The thought puts me:  . 

MoochNNoodles said:

 
I love that color Pam!  It's very soothing!  

Our bedroom is white.  Blah.  I have several paint chips that have been taped to the wall for several years now.  I LOVE my curtains; but finding bedding to coordinate has been nearly impossible. Bedding is so expensive too!  Plus we have just a hodge podge of furniture and no headboard.  I hate the plain walls; but I also don't want to do anything before we make some permanent decisions with the furniture.  That's not happening any time soon.  DS will get a bedroom set next.  DD already has a nice 3 piece set and DS is currently sleeping on a mattress and box spring that are on the floor. (Because he's little and still sleeps all over the place.)

I've got so many ideas for our bedroom.  Its just not priority unless I win a shopping spree at the furniture store!  The thought puts me: 

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Bedding is ridiculously expensive!

In the past month, Tom put  his food through not one, but two sheets.  Granted they were older than I realized, but still - how does one do this?

So, had to go out and buy new sets.  Went to Bed Bath and Beyond and got the exact sheets I'd purchased years ago.  They have a 7 year guarantee on them, and mine last about 10 years so that's great.  I bought 3 new sets, a dusty green, a light blue and a dark blue.  All coordinate with the room, and with another floral set which is still in decent shape.

Queen size sets were $60ish for the fitted, flat and 2 pillowcases.  I bought additional pillowcases because we have a lot of pillows on the bed, I think those ran about $20.  But...BB&B is great with coupons so 20% off of those was $12 each for the sheet sets and $4 for the cases.  Total paid was about $172 for all 3 sets, and would have been $240.  Not too bad but still a kick in the wallet.  They better last!

Unfortunately I rent a mobile home so cannot paint the walls.  Everything is a glaring white so I keep pictures and other stuff on the walls to break up that solid white.

If I could paint over it I would maybe use a mint green shade or a very light tan.  No use thinking about it since it will remain bland white.

We just painted and moved so I still remember, the master bedroom walls are Sico's Japanese Paper. The trim and ceiling are an ivory color which I don't remember the name. The floors are oiled red oak, natural hardwood with no stain. We have linen bedding in natural and white and the furniture is dark espresso color. We still need a headboard and a dresser.

Behr Parisian Taupe, with white trim, beige carpet, dark brown silky curtains, espresso-finish furniture. When we re-do the ceiling, which is very cracked, we will paint it Glidden's (but have the color done in Behr paint) Gentle Fawn. I painted the guest room this color, with turquoise, peacock blue and chocolate accent colors in the curtains, bedding, furniture and throw pillows. We just painted the downstairs bath in Gentle fawn, with white crown molding. It's a dramatic, but still neutral, color. The white trim really looks great against it.

We're in the process of tiling the downstairs, and at least 2 more rooms will be done in Gentle Fawn when we're done with the floors.

Parisian Taupe:http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-Pre...PWN-42-Parisian-Taupe-Interior-Exterior-Paint (sorry, the link doesn't work. Type in the name.)

Gentle Fawn: http://www.glidden.com/Color/Rooms-By-Color/Living-Rooms/LivingRoominGentleFawn

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sivyaleah said:

 
Bedding is ridiculously expensive!

In the past month, Tom put  his food through not one, but two sheets.  Granted they were older than I realized, but still - how does one do this?

So, had to go out and buy new sets.  Went to Bed Bath and Beyond and got the exact sheets I'd purchased years ago.  They have a 7 year guarantee on them, and mine last about 10 years so that's great.  I bought 3 new sets, a dusty green, a light blue and a dark blue.  All coordinate with the room, and with another floral set which is still in decent shape.

Queen size sets were $60ish for the fitted, flat and 2 pillowcases.  I bought additional pillowcases because we have a lot of pillows on the bed, I think those ran about $20.  But...BB&B is great with coupons so 20% off of those was $12 each for the sheet sets and $4 for the cases.  Total paid was about $172 for all 3 sets, and would have been $240.  Not too bad but still a kick in the wallet.  They better last!

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That is a decent buy!  My DH is 6'2" tall.  When we got married we took my full size bed from my parent's house.  It's a good thing I was thinner then because his feet hung off the bed.  One night DH rolled over and hit his head on the night table and I had to take him to the ER to be sure he hand't given himself a concussion!!  After a couple years we upgraded to a queen.  It was so much nicer...except for buying sheets!  Fortunately my Aunt knew and bought us really nice flannel sheets for a couple Christmases.  Then we moved here and upgraded to a king and had to start all over!    Somewhere in there I became a bit of a sheet snob. I discovered the higher thread counts and oh my what a difference!  It's hard to go back to cheap sheets!  So we don't have many;  but they get rotated and all are comfortable!  2 of the sets we have are from Target; the Fieldcrest Luxury brand.  One set is a dusky purple.  I love it!  My curtains that I love so much are a seaform green.  It's hard to pick where I am going with these colors someday!  The comforter is blue, white and tan.  

So that's why it's hard to pick a color for the walls.  We get AM sunlight and the room is decent sized; but I don't want it feeling cramped.  At our old house pretty much every room was tan.  I don't want another tan bedroom.  Our living room and kitchen have a sandy color on the top now; but we installed chair rail and put green in the living room below it.  The kitchen has a dark purple.  I just don't want to walk into my master bedroom and have it feel like the rest of the house.  I want tranquil and inviting!  

LaRussa, can you put up tension rods and drape the walls with sheets? There used to be a Wamsutta outlet store near me and I would get sheets and turn them into curtains and drapes. Tablecloths, as I mentioned, can also work well - I make a header with iron-on stiffener and just use those rings with pinch clips to hang them.

Catapault said:

 
LaRussa, can you put up tension rods and drape the walls with sheets? There used to be a Wamsutta outlet store near me and I would get sheets and turn them into curtains and drapes. Tablecloths, as I mentioned, can also work well - I make a header with iron-on stiffener and just use those rings with pinch clips to hang them.

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Thanks but I'm not creative in that way.

I like that color, Pam! I have a similar color in my guest bedroom.

The walls in my bedroom are a sort of periwinkle blue. The quilt and curtains have mint green, blues and beiges. I need to get new bedding and curtains, but we keep debating whether or not we want to upgrade to a King bed.

AbbysMom said:

I like that color, Pam!

I have a similar color in my guest bedroom.

The walls in my bedroom are a sort of periwinkle blue. The quilt and curtains have mint green, blues and beiges. I need to get new bedding and curtains, but we keep debating whether or not we want to upgrade to a King bed.

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DO IT!     Although there is no going back.  DH and I were just talking about how we have gotten used to having space!  When we go visit my family we usually sleep in my Grandparent's old bed.  It's a full size bed.  It's tiny.  How they slept in something together for +60 years is beyond me!  We spend half the night bumping into each other or breathing in each others faces.  

I LOVE Storm Cloud!  My sister has been stuck with work meetings this week and I didn't want to wait to paint any longer than we had to as Rick will be leaving for Vegas in another couple of weeks and I'd like to at least get the painting done (two coats on the walls and one coat on the ceiling). So we've been painting at night. Three walls are finished and it looks super. On Tuesday night when we first started painting, the color was a thunderhead-type of color, only with more blues, I think. Then as night fell, it changed over to a bit of a dark steel blue. Then I turned a light on and it changed to a purplish color! It's one of those colors that will change according to light. And it's really pretty. Rick didn't say much at the beginning, but he has agreed that it's a neat color and he is going to like it, too. It has darkened the bedroom a bit, but I can live with that.

Once he gets back from Vegas, we'll start the crown molding. 

Meanwhile, my BIL and I are going to figure out how to take the elliptical apart to get it to the basement. There is no way that elliptical is going out that bedroom door into the hallway in one piece. It's just not going to happen. It's too long and too heavy to turn the corner from the bedroom into the hallway. We can't do it. Rick is willing to just keep it in the bedroom. I am not. So we're going to wait til he leaves for Vegas, then take it apart, get it to the basement, and then put it back together. And my famous last words: How difficult can that be?   

We would love to upgrade to a King bed. Particularly since we've had that Queen cannonball bed pretty much ever since we got married and we are tired of fighting the cats for space. Our mattress and box springs are probably old enough now that we could get rid of them.....they're about ten years old, I think, so they're overdue anyway. Our problem is that we don't know how to arrange the furniture in the bedroom to make room for a larger bed. We have a ton of Queen sheet sets, both for summer and flannel for winter and it would be expensive to start over with King-sized sheets. I'd like to have a King sleigh bed, if we could do it. 

Our very first bed was considered a three-quarters bed, not even a full double. You can imagine how tight that was! No cats at that time, but we did have a baby who loved to share the bed with Mom and Dad. 

I love sleigh beds!  DH can't stand footboards.  He won't ever agree to one.  Plus it would take walking space in our room.  We fit a king bed fine; but it's not the biggest master bedroom.  My mother and step-dad have a gigantic bedroom with vaulted ceilings.  They could fit 2 sleigh beds.    My kiddos camp out on the floor in their room when they stay for overnights.  So I suppose all that space is useful.  There is a guest room across the hall; with a queen and a twin bed in it.  But the kiddos would rather be in the same room as their grandparents.  They needed those big bedrooms when there were 5 of us kids at home.  Now they need to downsize!

Good luck with the elliptical.  It's been my experience that things come apart easily it's putting them back together that is challenging.  I am not at all mechanically inclined though.

See, in my ideal house, there would be two really large rooms; the rest of the house could be normal-sized. I'd love to have a huge kitchen, big enough for tons of storage, lots of windows, lots of cabinets, a large baking area with plenty of room to roll out dough, a large farmhouse table, a fireplace, a butler's pantry (I don't want the butler, but I do want his pantry  ), the whole bit.

And a huge master bedroom with room enough for a king-size bed, maybe a couple nice chairs, a reading nook, and a large walk-in closet with plenty of room for clothing and shoes. And room for all of Rick's bowling equipment, too. And my dumbbells (which hang out under the bed right now). The living room is fine, our computer room is fine. But I would dearly love a really big kitchen and a really big bedroom.

Oh, and a larger bathroom, not over-sized, but a bit larger than what we have now.

I'm a little worried that we won't get the elliptical back together properly, too.