bedroom in blue

this design has been a work in progress... and remains one. but, now it's to the point where i consider it a designed room. spaces in my own home tend to fall toward the bottom of my list of places that receive my full design attention. i hope other designers feel the same way at some point. i'm fairly certain i'm not the only one.

for our bedroom, we decided to go dark! my rule of thumb - don't be afraid of the dark! although it's the largest bedroom in the house, the room wasn't offering any new experience in contrast to the rest of the house, which was all wrong. the decision of dark blue was one of the bolder color choices of my life, but i love the masculinity of color and furniture selections alongside the playful, feminine pieces such as the purple satin ruffled pillow, candle wall sconces (custom painted white to stand out from the walls), and jewelry boxes, one of which i designed, lasercut, and assembled myself for michelle. this is a room that receives a tremendous amount of western light, giving the room an array of blue hues throughout the day.

the large white mirror was a fortunate find - we only paid for the cost of paint and wall hangers. i love the thick bordering and the chunky scale of that mirror, and our room now feels much, much larger because of it's presence. our little claire loves looking at herself in that mirror.

we're blown away at the difference some blue and white paint and some bold, masculine furniture pieces have made. without removing any walls we achieved sophistocated relaxation in a previously bored room. the family we bought the home from wouldn't recognize it at all.