This is What Our Bedroom Looks Like

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.

Our Bedroom

Our 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.

Bedding

The Edison Chandelier is amazing.

Our Bedroom

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.

Our Bedroom

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.

My Nightstand

My Nightstand

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 Bedroom

Our overflow of books has been contained by the new bookshelf.

Books in Our Bedroom

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.

Wall Art

Our Bedroom

Soporific.

Our Bedroom

208 Responses to “This is What Our Bedroom Looks Like”

  1. Misse June 21, 2010 at 7:33 pm #

    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!

  2. Misse June 21, 2010 at 7:33 pm #

    I love your room, btw! It’s fantastic.

  3. Lila June 24, 2010 at 7:00 pm #

    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.

  4. shannon June 25, 2010 at 10:42 am #

    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/

  5. Ickemixe June 26, 2010 at 8:42 am #

    Wow, this looks absolutely amazing. Love the chandelier, the wall colour and the fabulous zink object. Wish my bedroom would look like this :)

  6. Jennifer July 1, 2010 at 4:54 pm #

    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. :)

  7. molly July 13, 2010 at 11:45 am #

    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).

  8. Kelli September 28, 2010 at 8:18 pm #

    Love the bedding! Where is it from?! I think my fiance will love it for our new apartment!

  9. Michelle October 15, 2010 at 11:40 am #

    Love the doors on the closet? Are they original or new? Would love to know where you got them…. thanks!

  10. Erin February 4, 2011 at 4:24 pm #

    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!

  11. angie April 8, 2011 at 8:09 pm #

    Please do share where your sliding white closet doors came from. Those are EXACTLY what I need! Thank you!!

    • Making it Lovely April 11, 2011 at 11:29 am #

      The closet doors were from The Home Depot. I think the brand was “Nu Porte.”

  12. Kat Palmer May 31, 2011 at 4:25 am #

    Your bedding and chandy are gorgeous! I also love the details of your antique zinc wall art, very nice find :)

  13. Sarah October 14, 2011 at 10:35 am #

    OMG I adore your chandelier, I have been eyeing it off for ages! That or the Graumans ’85 Lamps’ chandelier… so tough!

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