Tanya
June 28th, 2008, 06:35 AM
We are hoping to move in to our house soon (within the month) and I HAVE to descide what the hell I'm doing with my room.
My hubby snores, so I have my own bedroom... trouble is.. I haven't had my own bedroom since I was a teenager, and I'm not sure my taste has developed much since then.
This room will occasionally be used for guests (and I'll bunk with Snorey) so it has to be nice for guests and I WANT it to be nice for ME.
Snorey has BUILT this house with his own hands out of mud bricks and big old timbers... it has a strong 'theme' through out of 'big, heavy and primitive"
The main living spaces are pretty open so they are all roughly the same color scheme.... light buttery yellow walls where there isn't exposed brickwork or wood with strong Cobalt blue and lemon yellow accents(I want the house to have a Mediteranian/ Middle Easern feel, since that is the climate)
Snorey collects Afgan tribal rugs, (all deep red and blue). We lived in Asia for a lonf time so a lot of our furniture is rough Thai stuff made out of sunken barges etc..
so I want this room to FIT the rest of the house and have come up with 2 options I like
1. "Inside the tent" A teak bed with lots of raw silk and beaded pillows and embrodered linnens. Wall hangings.... Bashiris... etc
2. "Primitive American" A Sleigh bed, Native America art, a collection of pen and inks of American wildlife and Navaho rugs hung from the walls. Simple rather auster linnens... including possibly a roo skin coverlet
Thoughts? and WHAT the heck color could I paint the walls that might work for both... the best I can think is maybe 'burnt umber"?
I want the room to feel warm and inviting...snuggly..but also 'an experiance... something really special that says 'you aren't in Kansas anymore..."
and reflect my interest in tribal textiles from around the world.
help!
My hubby snores, so I have my own bedroom... trouble is.. I haven't had my own bedroom since I was a teenager, and I'm not sure my taste has developed much since then.
This room will occasionally be used for guests (and I'll bunk with Snorey) so it has to be nice for guests and I WANT it to be nice for ME.
Snorey has BUILT this house with his own hands out of mud bricks and big old timbers... it has a strong 'theme' through out of 'big, heavy and primitive"
The main living spaces are pretty open so they are all roughly the same color scheme.... light buttery yellow walls where there isn't exposed brickwork or wood with strong Cobalt blue and lemon yellow accents(I want the house to have a Mediteranian/ Middle Easern feel, since that is the climate)
Snorey collects Afgan tribal rugs, (all deep red and blue). We lived in Asia for a lonf time so a lot of our furniture is rough Thai stuff made out of sunken barges etc..
so I want this room to FIT the rest of the house and have come up with 2 options I like
1. "Inside the tent" A teak bed with lots of raw silk and beaded pillows and embrodered linnens. Wall hangings.... Bashiris... etc
2. "Primitive American" A Sleigh bed, Native America art, a collection of pen and inks of American wildlife and Navaho rugs hung from the walls. Simple rather auster linnens... including possibly a roo skin coverlet
Thoughts? and WHAT the heck color could I paint the walls that might work for both... the best I can think is maybe 'burnt umber"?
I want the room to feel warm and inviting...snuggly..but also 'an experiance... something really special that says 'you aren't in Kansas anymore..."
and reflect my interest in tribal textiles from around the world.
help!