Hello friends and Merry Christmas week to you!
With just one sleep until our family arrives, I thought I’d sneak in and share a little peek at our bedroom refresh (and I’ll have more to say and show you after the holidays!).
If you remember months ago, we had plans to paint our room and I was torn on what color I was going to use to paint the walls and whether or not we’d want stripes!
Well, as you can see we made a decision! Once we decided, we never looked back!
We have been busy bees the past few weeks painting stripes (which has become one of our signature classic patterns in several of our homes over the years!), swapping furniture from room to room, and hanging new curtains.
We’re loving how cozy it feels now especially in the evening with the lamp and window candles glowing just before dark.
And during the day, the room feels so much lighter and happier—exactly as we hoped it would.
The color palette is the same as our lower level, just applied around the room in different ways.
The only new things in the room are the paint (same paint colors we have downstairs–Classic Light Buff Sherwin-Williams and Misty Air Benjamin Moore in our entry) and a couple of framed art prints — so no wonder it already feels like home.
We are so happy with the direction we decided to go.
While we are still making a few tweaks here and there, and have some furniture to paint after the holidays, this has already become one of my favorite rooms!
By the way, if you want to work on a decorating project along with me in your home this winter or just want to learn with me, come join me for my Wintering for HomeBodies virtual retreat! I’m so excited for winter! I’m doing a 5 week workshop on decorating and how to create a calm, cozy and collected home.
I’m sure most people were wrapping gifts and prepping the house and food over the weekend—which is what I should’ve been doing too 😆—but as usual I’m easily sidetracked around the holidays (why am I this way?!). Instead this weekend we were rearranging furniture and making a big mess instead of cleaning, but I have no regrets. I’m so glad I brought the rattan shelf in here (the same one I bought at a flea market for under $100…. you’ve seen it in three of our homes now 😬!).
I’ll be sharing more about the room choices and our next steps and plans after the holiday, but since the garland was up and the room was feeling so cozy, I thought I’d give this little sneak peek for anyone who is still checking in! :) Scroll down for a few more pics and I’ll share the rest of the room in the new year.
More soon.
And don’t forget, I’d love to have you join me right after New Years to make our homes (and ourselves!!!) calm, cozy and collected. We’ll make January happier and more beautiful, too.
Next up, my Christmas tour!
Chair: Ikea Ektorp with These Slipcovers from Amazon and This Pillow in Mineral Blue
Bed – found on Facebook Marketplace (click here for the story), Quincy Bed from Ethan Allen
Outdoor Deck Bistro Table and Chairs
Paint Colors for Stripes – Classic Light Buff Sherwin-Williams and Misty Air Benjamin Moore
So serene. I want to curl up in that chair with a good book and a cup of tea.
Thank you so much, that’s exactly how I feel to be in it. I love the serenity and happiness I feel here now!
Ok so an extra room of ours is BM simply white and I was contemplating painting it but now I know exactly what to do! Will just add soft stripes!! It’s a North facing room and I can never get the right color in there. Hallway is BM Feather Down so I’ll pull that in for the stripe. New bedding of course…thx so much for the inspo-now if I can find that E Allen bed…..❤️
Oh I’m so glad it sparked an idea — stripes really are a great solution when it’s hard to find a color, just what happened here! North facing rooms are tricky, but the warmer tones and creamier whites feel so much better! I still see these beds on FB marketplace so keep your eyes peeled!
Love this. It makes such a statement and is subtle at the same time. Oh and those curtains!!!!! Holy wow. Wondering where the throw pillow in the chair is from?
Thank you so much!! That balance between statement and subtle felt like the right choice for us!
Oh and the pillow is this one, I think it was called mineral blue https://apiv3.shopmy.us/p-24674193
Beautiful home.
Merry Christmas to you and your family 🥰👵Mia
Thank you, merry Christmas! ♥️
Love your beautiful home!!
Love your pretty bedroom. Where did you get your beautiful bookcase? i love it!
Thank you! I bought that rattan piece years ago at a flea market and it’s been in my homes ever since. I never get tired of it!
Merry Christmas!
I love how deep the window ledges (?) are (the shelf area at the bottom of the window). Is it only the windows in the wall that has the doors that are that deep or do all the windows in your house have that extra recessed depth? I LOVE it for the extra shelf space it creates, and I’m thinking it would help with making window coverings totally blackout as well as there wouldn’t be any light leakage at the top or sides. Ahhhh. 🫶
Its all so calming but with just the right about of color. Do you have a source for the tall ceramic/ clay cream colored vase on the rattan shelf?
looing to replace some glass vases with stone / pottery
Thank you
I’d love to know where you got the rattan etagere in the guest bedroom- love it!
I got it at a flea market 12 years ago (for only $80!)…such a great find!