An Update For A Master Bedroom

We were pushing the budget here.

We remodeled the master bath in a big way. It is DIVINE! I'll share later when I get into my new digs.

For this update for the bedroom, we saved the furniture for later.  That can be added in without all the dust and mayhem that construction causes.  Time to get the mess made now, when there was a bigger mess just next door.

before

Things to fix....awkward fireplace surround with its little door for the gas key and cheap tile, crown moulding in the alcove that chops up the space, tired carpet, two different sized windows (both wider and different heights)...alternating....around an octagonal room, and we need a nice light fixture.  Lots to fix.

See the different sized windows?  Finishes complete here....ready for window treatments.

Solution.....

during construction

slate tile butted together with no grout and bullnosed edges for the surround....simple...it's all about the beautiful, natural cleft  material....go ahead, touch it, you know you want to, 

my design sketch (we didn't go with the band at the top)

new wood floors,

no crown moulding in the alcove and a paint color that covers the entire area so that the space expands and appears less chopped up,

simple panels on a single metal rod (actually quite complex...custom made to fit like a glove so that when closed a wall of evenly spaced drapery makes a clean backdrop...and those draperies gliiiiiide across those rods so beautifully), 

and a pretty new light fixture to top the cake.

  The shell is complete. Fill in at your convenience. 

A lovely ambience...simple, peaceful, done.

...for now.


After photos by Miro Dvorscak


Linking to:
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Feathered Nest Friday on French Country Cottage
Inspiration Friday At the Picket Fence

How Long Are Your Curtains?

Do you like them to sweep just above the floor?

Jamie Herzlinger via apartmenttherapy blog

Jonathan Adler  - House Beautiful

Amanda Nesbit - House Beautiful

John Peixiniho - House Beautiful

lonnymag.com via pinterest

A long puddle of fabric at the end?

roomseventeenstyle blog

designsponge

alexandracampbellinteriors blog

Or just 1-2" extra for a break in the panel?

Barry Dixon - House Beautiful

Like a man's trouser at his shoe. 

To help give the panel some fullness and make it stand out a bit. 

intrigue and inspire blog

Suzanne Kasler - House Beautiful

Mimi Masri - Traditional Home

Jeffrey Bilhuber - House Beautiful

Kay Douglass - House Beautiful

Kay Douglass - Veranda

I'm preferring the break these days on projects.

I think it gives body and fullness and makes it seem as if the draperies have movement. 

What do you prefer?



Window Treatments Part III - PATTERN

Sig Bergman - Elle Decor

Oh, how fun is this!  Patterns speak volumes when used on windows. 

 

Brunshwig and Fils



Here they establish a loud, fun vibe with a hint of ethnic flavor!

Martin Lawrence Bullard

 

Bold zig zags....vibrant and charged with energy.

Kristen Ewart - House Beautiful

Patterns used on Roman shades look like art on the wall.

John Willey - House Beautiful

Erik Lysdahl - House Beautiful

The pattern here gives relief and is such a nice foil to the solid color wrapping the room.

Barry Dixon - House Beautiful

Solid color on the drapery above would have been staid and boring.  The pattern gives movement and interest to the room.

T. Keller Donovan - House Beautiful

Mary McDonald - House Beautiful

Anne Selke - House Beautiful

Fern Santini - House Beautiful

Look how just using that wide stripe adds so much vigor to that space.

Tobi Fairley - AY Magazine

Barry Dixon - House Beautiful

How invigorating is this pattern used on the windows?  What a great backdrop for solid color furnishings and carpet.  I feel happy just looking at it. 

If you want a little punch and life in your interiors, pattern at the windows is a great way to go!

Window Treatments - Part 2, Blending with the Walls

Back to discussing window treatments! Window treatments that blend with the walls have a softening effect on a room.  Whether it's panels, valances, or shades, treatments of the same color or tone as the walls don't call attention to themselves.  Particularly in a light room, I think they have a way of attracting your eye to the view and not stopping your eye at the window.

The space above was a butler's pantry I did in a Showhouse in 2008 here in The Woodlands.  This home was located in the Garden District of this area and I wanted to relate it to the gardens outside. You see how the walls and Roman shade blend together to create a soft look and the lush garden is quite apparent.  The window treatment doesn't compete with the view.

Here's another project of mine where the sheer panels blend with the walls and envelope of the room, softening the bedroom and not competing with that beautiful view.  Your eye looks right through those window treatments.

These beautiful patterned sheers with a rope trim provide a gauzy, romantic softness at the French doors in my recent Showhouse room. They're kind of like an invitation to step out on to the balcony.

There are many other designers who also use this tool very successfully.

Martin Lawrence Bullard - Elle Decor

Ellen O'Neill - House Beautiful

Emily Robison - Elle Decor

Tracery Interiors - House Beautiful

Tobi Fairley

Kate McIntyer and Brad Huntzinger - Traditional Home

Elle Decor

Jason Bell - House Beautiful

Ginger Barber - House Beautiful

Frank Delledonne - House Beautiful

In dark rooms, same color window treatments also give a romantic, soft feel.  They sort of turn the room in on itself and have a cocooning affect.

Elle Decor

Nancy Price - House Beautiful

Alessandra Branca - House Beautiful

David Mann - House Beautiful

This is a great NYC view. Imagine if the designer had used some contrasting, colorful panels at the window instead of the same smoky gray.  It would've stopped your eye and not felt nearly as romantic.

Window treatments can add such personality to a room.  Next window treatment post will be about pattern at the windows!  Have a great weekend everyone.  I'm moving my daughter back to her college apartment.  Fun!