I’ve been working with American Express to redo my bedroom. They provided me with a total of 300,000 Membership Rewards points.
Hello, dark and lovely bedroom.
Everything came together just as I hoped it would. The colors and patterns of the new bedding look great together, and our bed feels so soft with its new pillows and comforter.
The Edison Chandelier is amazing.
We do have our fears about Eleanor jumping on the bed or swinging a pillow and breaking the bulbs. We may need to revisit our lighting options in a few years, but right now we are absolutely loving the chandellier.
I like the little pop of red from our phone, and the yellow of the lacquered tray holding magazines by my side of the bed.
I really love the play between light and dark in the room. Sheer white shades, white curtains, and painted white trim all provide a nice balance to the zinc walls, gray rug, dark furniture, and the Jacobean bamboo flooring.
Our overflow of books has been contained by the new bookshelf.
The bedroom is somewhat small and there is already a lot going on visually, so we wanted the new art to be subtle. I love the antiqued zinc finish against our ‘zinc’ wall color.
Soporific.
229 comments
Frank
Hi great color. What is the finish of your ceiling and walls. I’m doing a gray for my living room and dining room walls and ceiling in same color but can’t decide if I should paint the ceiling and walls in an eggshell since all my walls are eggshell now.
Colleen
How long are your curtains above the bed? do they go right to the floor or are they shorter?
Making it Lovely
They go all the way to the floor.
Brittany
I love your room. Where did you purchase your bed frame/headboard?
Making it Lovely
It’s the Hoffman bed from Room & Board.
alex
HAHA oops sorry! i totally thought the wall with the window was a lighter blue color.
Alex
No your accent wall
Making it Lovely
There is no accent wall. If you mean the closet doors, those are white.
Alex
Hi! What is the name of the blue paint color on the wall?? I love this room and the paint colors:))
Making it Lovely
Thank you. It’s a warm gray though, not blue. Zinc, by Martha Stewart.
Reba
Also what is the name of the gray color?
Making it Lovely
Zinc, by Martha Stewart.
Reba
Hi! I love your gray color on your walls. Did you paint the ceiling the same color as the walls or is it a few shades lighter? I can’t tell. I want to paint my ceilings the same color as my walls so am looking up ideas and pictures.
Making it Lovely
The walls and ceiling are the same color.
Meghan
I’ve been a reader for a little while now but somehow have never seen your bedroom. Imagine my surprise when I clicked on your home tour–I have the exact same green C&B comforter and WE striped sheets! I’ve paired them with Martha Stewart’s “Plumage” (deep teal) paint color on the walls and throw pillows with Robert Allen Khanjali Peacock fabric–it’s really interesting seeing just how different our two bedrooms look even though the major pieces are the same! Yours is very lovely :)
Sarah
OMG I adore your chandelier, I have been eyeing it off for ages! That or the Graumans ’85 Lamps’ chandelier… so tough!
Kat Palmer
Your bedding and chandy are gorgeous! I also love the details of your antique zinc wall art, very nice find :)
angie
Please do share where your sliding white closet doors came from. Those are EXACTLY what I need! Thank you!!
Making it Lovely
The closet doors were from The Home Depot. I think the brand was “Nu Porte.”
Erin
I love your bedroom! My husband and I just bought our first home and though we both love the rustic cottage theme that will be throughout, I must have my glamorous, retro bedroom and I look to pics like yours for inspiration. This is so cool, yet relaxing. Love what you have done!
Michelle
Love the doors on the closet? Are they original or new? Would love to know where you got them…. thanks!
Kelli
Love the bedding! Where is it from?! I think my fiance will love it for our new apartment!
molly
i am absolutely jealous that you got those striped sheets from West Elm! I ordered mine back in early May and they are supposedly going to ship next week – which is fine, because they’ll arrive just in time to put into my new apartment! the bedding combo looks great, though! I’m thinking of constructing a headboard with really graphic navy blue and white patterns and keeping the rest of the bedding simple with solid colors (chocolate brown down comforter, and purple gingham).
Jennifer
I love the walls and ceiling in the same color. I’ve been contemplating that. I’m wondering if you do that in other rooms in your house. I’ll have to go back through posts with pics and pay more attention to that detail. :)
Ickemixe
Wow, this looks absolutely amazing. Love the chandelier, the wall colour and the fabulous zink object. Wish my bedroom would look like this :)
shannon
love love love the edison chandelier! there is a similar lighting option hack using hemma lights from ikea for around $100 instead of $399. http://www.instructables.com/id/Hemma-Light-Chandelier-Hack/
Lila
Yikes, I have this Edison Chandelier in my kitchen above the breakfast table. Absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!! I get so many compliments on how unique it is! You did great in choosing that for your house.
Misse
I love your room, btw! It’s fantastic.
Misse
Hi! Can you please tell me where you purchased your nightstands? I think they would look great with the Ethan Allen Isabel headboard that I just purchased. Thanks in advance!
Making it Lovely
They were from west elm.
Michelle
Great post & great blog. I love the chandelier in the bedroom! Very cool.
Warmly, Michelle
Faith, Trust and a little Pixie Dust
Streger Treppen
I love the zinc objekt on the wall – beautiful …!
Rachel
It is all pulled together so nicely. I really love the artwork and the tray and the phone — great touches! Keep up the good work!
Natalie
Gorgeous!!
It’s been so much fun to see it all come together.
LOVE the new art! Oh, and you’re really making me miss our beautiful gray walls :(
Judy
I love the look of the Edison. How low do the lights hang? I guess what I’m really wondering is how much space is there from the bottom of the lowest bulb to your bed?
katie
i love love love those lights. how unique and adds great depth.
Mona
Stunning!
You’ve inspired me to paint my bedroom in a dark gray too!
Thanks for all your daily inspiration!
Jess
Love your new, dark bedroom. I am also loving your Real Living magazine! It’s the only one I buy over here – always so much inspiration!
Jen
Why would you let your child jump on your bed?? Don’t do it.
Katrina
Your bedroom came together so nicely – I really like the bedding you choose! It suits the dark grey perfectly.
Nicole
Love the look of the dark and green contrast. I’m sure you’re sleeping well in your new room!
miche
I just wanted to tell you that your bedroom is beautiful. Along with the rest of your home
April
Very nice and put together. I love the green. I’ve been looking to buy a green duvet cover myself. Where did you find the wooden ampersand?
Making it Lovely
That’s a bookend from Crate & Barrel.
Tori
That chandelier is so interesting. I like he “bare” feel of it. It is beautiful in an ordinary and simplistic way. Great find!
carrie @ brick city love
It’s beautiful!! Love it.
AbraCat
Wow, that’s truly fabulous! Enjoy your new bedroom!
Courtney
Wow Nicole! This really turned out beautifully. I have been OBSESSED lately with grey, and I love that you chose a darker shade for your paint color. I recently painted a darker shade of greenish grey in our basement and everyone was freaking me out saying it would be too dark. BUT it turned out perfect and everyone is now back tracking on their initial statements. The bold choice definitely paid off for you and this room!
Jakki
Absolutely LOVE that chandelier. LOVE it! It all flows perfectly..
janet
Seriously seriously gorgeous on every level. I have complete bedroom envy and don’t know how I am going to sleep in mine tonight. I want that chandelier NOW!
Lea
I appreciate the different look of this bedroom, but it evokes my claustrophobia with the dark walls & ceiling. Aesthetically it does look gorgeous, just not something I could live in. All the more awesome that you love it & live there :D
Anja
this is breathtaking! I admit, i didn´t like the edison chandalier in your first pics that much. but in combination with the dark wallpainting and everything…stunning.
what about a cage around eleanor…eehhh…the bulbs? *hint*
Jenny
Wow, it looks great! The bedding is perfection, great job!
Anne @ the doctor takes a wife
I LOVE the textiles on your bed. The way it looks against the colors on the wall is gorgeous. Beautiful palette :)
Milijana
Once again you’ve showed what great taste and sense of style you have. Beautiful! I love you put a bookshelf in the bedroom, and that zinc wall art is fantastic. Great choices!
xoxo
Austin-ite
The Edison is perfection. One large statement in a small room is just the thing. You pulled this off so well!
Meghan
I love it. If American Express wants to give me points I would be happy for the challenge (hint, hint), but there is no way it would be some lovely. I hav been eyeing that fixture for my dining room for so long. I should just break down and buy it.
Oonafey
The chandelier cracks me up! It definitely adds a punch of fun to the room – I love the way it all turned out!
Kate
I love it! The chandelier reminds me of City of Ember.
Stacey
love love love.
love the Emily Martin paintings too!
Liz
Love the new room! From the paint color to the bedding to new chandelier – it all came together well.
So will you be launching an e-interior design service soon? :)
Making it Lovely
Soon? Maybe? I need more hours in a day.
neysa
absolutely LOVELY! a night shot with the chandy on, please?!
kristin
you’ll just have to read “no more monkeys jumping on the bed” and she’ll know you mean business :)
lovely room. we need to do this to our bedroom when we get the chance.
Jen
Love this! It’s so cozy the pattern mixing is lovely.
kasey
it looks so pretty and cozy!
Nicole RJ
Love the new bedroom look! It’s cozy, but also a bit industrial.
Libby
I for one like dark bedrooms, and think this turned out great. I love how the Edison makes it seem like you’ve been spending a lazy afternoon lying in bed, blowing bubbles! A nice touch of whimsy.
Susan
I love the Edison Chandy! I have been looking at that for some time, sadly have no where to put it, but it is fabulous! Great colors.
elz
I love how most of the room is subdued (for sleep), but with tiny pops of color
Christina
I love it and think it’s fabulous! I especially like the bedding. And, of course the Edison lighting! The colors of our bedroom are very similar so, there are so many little inspirations that I can take from this room. Hopefully, I will be able to get our room “just right” sometime soon.
Sorry if you have mentioned it previously on your site, but where did you get the prints featured on either side of the window?
Making it Lovely
Those are by Emily Martin (A Black Apple).
Nuit
Your bedroom looks stunning! what an amazing makeover, so different now. I love gray, I am a firm believer in dark bedrooms and love the way yours turned out. The bedding is perfect, it provides contrast and warmth.. the chandelier is absolutely amazing and the bookshelf a favorite of mine for sometime now. But I am super crazy about the art above the bookshelf, it provides so much personality to that wall!!!
Joy
I think someone has already asked this, but I also am curious for a picture of the chandelier all lit up. I think it’s the most fantastic part of your new room.
Kinder
I love love love it. I love the colour – it looks so elegant and sophisticated! I especially love the light fixture!
John @ Young House Love
Came out AWESOME, Nicole. Especially love the wall color with that bedding combo.
Jill
Amazing room! I love the combo of dark + light…just the right bit of drama for the bedroom, but still very comfortable.
Wendy
We just painted our room the same color – I can’t believe it! I love it. The dark gray gives it such a “grown-up” look and not too masculine, not too feminine. The white trim gives it pop and keeps it from being too dreary.
I’m sooooooooo curious though, where do you put all your clothes? Just the closet? I didn’t see any dressers or storage other than the night stands…
Making it Lovely
Brandon’s clothes are in the closet (there is a small dresser tucked inside), and mine are in a freestanding IKEA wardrobe that’s in the room. I just didn’t get a photo with it.
M
Now I really want to change the color of my bedroom to a dark slate. I have gray everywhere else, though not in the boudoir. I really think it makes the most sophisticated, perfect room color!
Shery
First let me say that I appreciate your hard work and sharing with us very much.
I hate to be the one that ruin the party, but I have to be honest and say that I really don’t like your new room.
The gray is too dark, too much and too depressing .
The fact that you choose to paint all the walls including the ceiling, gives a fee of claustrophobia and make the room look small.
Think of the feeling that the room will give you in a winter day when the light is poor and the sky are gray.
It’s like living in a winter room all year long.
I really like the bedding though….I love the colors.
The chandelier is beautiful, but I think it’ll suit living rooms better.
The furniture are dark too and against the dark gray walls it is really too much.
I loved your previous bedroom a lot, it was warm and gave a feel that bedroom should give you.
Again….I’m sorry and I hope you’ll choose to publish my comment anyway….
dinah
i’d like to see a pic of the chandlier in the room WITH the lights on.. doesn’t it blind you though?
Making it Lovely
Nope, it’s not bad at all. I just can’t get a decent photo.
shelly
I dieeeeee for that chandelier! Love it! It came out beautifully!
Katie B
really lovely! thanks for sharing it with us!
jbhat
What a lovely finished project. I’d love to see a shot of the Edison from the head on the pillow perspective, so that we can see it how you will see it. Perhaps?
Thanks for taking us on this journey. I love your choices.
jbhat
Tatyana
Everything looks so great! I love that you were able to keep your existing bed and nightstands but changed the rest and make it look SO different.
I was wondering if you find your IKEA closet to work with the rest of the bedroom now – I didn’t see any photos of it.
Making it Lovely
Oh, I just didn’t get any interesting photos with it. It’s still in the bedroom, and in fact I’ve painted it white (the doors were light/natural wood).
Amanda
I love how this came together! It’s so cozy and the colors and pattern compliment each other so perfectly!
Today Hilary
I looove the bedding!
Amanda
It looks AMAZING Nicole! Is that an Australian ‘Real Living’ magazine or am I imagining things?
Making it Lovely
Yep. I subscribed after a few kind Australian readers sent me some issues. Great magazine!
Cindy
WOW! It really turned out great. And thanks for sharing your project. It has inspired me to get moving on some projects I’ve been putting off for too long.
Amy
Beautiful!!
Gwendolyn
Love it!
Theresa
I love it!!! This is making me want to re-do my bedroom!!
meryl rose
Oh my gosh it looks BEAUTIFUL. I absolutely LOVE those dark walls with your great green and yellow bedding. And that “chandelier” is absolutely fantastic!!!
Steph
Your bedroom looks great.
I was wondering where you got that wooden @ sign?
Making it Lovely
Crate & Barrel.
just a girl
Your bedroom looks amazing! I especially love how you put all of those colors, prints, textures together just on your bed!
Wendy
Looks great! Everything came together so nicely, congratulations!
Alicia (Atypical Type A)
We have a dark bedroom too, it’s like a cocoon, I love it.
It looks fabulous as always Nicole, well done!
Aron @ hitherandthither
That looks great!
liz @ bon temps beignet
I can’t believe how fast everything came together. I was worried about the Edison light but it totally works in this room.
Michelle
I am SO running this by my husband. LOL.
I LOVE IT.
We are very country/vintage- I think adding a little mod to it helps balance things out.
Jenny
That light fixture really is amazing. I love how the room seems sort of industrial, yet comfy. Bravo! My only question: what is the wattage of the bulbs? Is it crazy bright in there with the fixture on?
Jenny
Making it Lovely
They’re only 40 watt bulbs, so it’s not too bright. You can stare right at them and be fine (though I don’t know why you’d want to for any length of time!).
katiedid
Love the wall color, love the chandelier, love the bedding, love it all!!!……Lovely. :)
MissHavoc
I just showed hubby the “finished look” and he loves it. Giving me the “go ahead” with the green/gray look for our room as well. He even wants those exact sheets from West Elm. Love you style, thank you for helping me move my hubby into re-doing our master bedroom!
Krystal
Its just perfect! Great job!
Melissa // Apartment B
It looks fantastic! I am so happy to see that the Edison light worked out and looks amazing. Everything works together perfectly, great job!
kate
Love the zinc wall color and wall sculpture. I’ve seen the light fixture a million times, however, so it feels way too trendy for me and all those bulbs would catch a lot of dust in a bedroom. But, kudos on the overall color combos…
Felicity Lingle
The light is so intriguing, i’d love to see a shot with it turned on.
Viv
Nicole, it all looks amazing! I’ve been obsessed lately with dark walls and your new room just proves to me that dark walls in a bedroom adds to the luxurious and cozy factor. It is like being wrapped in a warm blanket.
You’ve done a great job. I bet it feels amazing to lie in bed looking at your bulbs.
Hilary
Wow! It’s dark- but just right. I really like it, especially with the contrasting green.
Jules
It looks great! What a difference.
I really want that Edison chandelier for the dining room, but first I need to do a host of other things first. Namely, refurnish and paint the dining room and living room.
Emily
Lovely!
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