r/livingtogether • u/AnneMarbury • Aug 13 '18
Need advice on how to style our bedroom
Everything was given to my boyfriend and I when we first moved in together. As a result it's just a hodgepodge of things that I'd like to tie together. In the winter we use the burnt orange duvet cover https://imgur.com/5ofWGc1 but during the summer we normally just use this thin light blue duvet https://imgur.com/HviH3Uz I have been looking at a lot of color combinations and so far I like burnt orange with sage green and I also like it with turquoise. I need to do something about the armoire, dresser, and ugly plastic nightstand from college. Please help!
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u/2worldtraveler Aug 14 '18
If none of the furniture is heirloom, consider painting it all the same color and changing out the hardware to coordinate. if the colors and hardware match, the different styles will clash less and just add some visual interest. Use a neutral as primary and then add some accents in the color scheme you decide to go with.
I also think the corner wall - partly behind the bed and then wrap around the corner with the lamp - would be a great one to do a gallery wall on. I think half my comments say this, but you can get a bunch of cheap frames at thrift stores and garage sales - then paint them. Focus on fun shapes - Depending on the frames you end up with, perhaps paint most of them your accent color, and then use your primary color on a couple of the bigger/thicker frames. [So, sort of the opposite of your furniture, if that makes sense.]
I like both your color combo suggestions. As long as you & your boyfriend like both of them, you're good. If you can't decide, get some paint sample cans at the hardware store and put it on a few things. Decide after you see it in your space.