Eight years ago we moved into our home and painted all the walls white for a blank slate to work off of. Gradually, I’ve been adding more color throughout our house as we continue to settle in and evolve what will likely be our long term home. Recently, we painted our dining room blue and now, I’ve added green and tons of pattern to our bedroom!
Color Drenching the Space in Green
We had previously painted our bedroom in another home dark green and really loved how cozy and dramatic it felt, so green was an obvious choice for me again, except a different shade this time!
We worked with Farrow & Ball to paint the walls and the ceiling Yeabridge Green. It’s a bright, avocado green that feels vibrant during the day and moody at night. We contrasted that with darker green trim in Sap Green, a color Farrow & Ball recently brought back from their archives.
The color completely transformed the room and we love it. If you’re looking for a unique green tone to try that’s a bit different than your typical green, definitely consider Yeabridge Green! It set the stage for adding so many layers of pattern and other hues, light and deep, on top.
Mixing Patterns with Furniture & Textiles
I knew I wanted to add a lot of pattern to this room, from florals to stripes of all kinds.
We chose this green woodland print for the bed from our partnership with The Inside. Underneath, I added an antique Persian rug and pulled a lot of other colors from there for the rest of the room.
I dyed our white duvet blue and added a block print quilt on top, plus a striped pillow I made from African fabric I found at the flea market.
The chaise was actually a side-of-the-road find that we had reupholstered by our upholsterer in a citrine cabana stripe from The Inside. What I loved about this is that we could match it to other elements in the room like the curtains and pillows because the same fabric was available across so many products.
Displaying our Collection of Art
I’ll add a gallery wall any place I get the chance to and creating a new one in our bedroom was no exception! It’s a great way to disguise a Frame TV too.
This art has been collected over the last 8+ years from flea markets and independent artists. I’ll link what I can! I even painted the striped plate piece myself and cross stitched the Wizard of Oz piece. The fan is something we bought in Mexico City. I wrapped an old piece of art in fabric and pinned the fan on before framing!
You may recognize the teal portrait from our Palm Springs kitchen and the ballet dancers (my favorite art piece I’ve ever bought!) from the dining room. I’m hoping to continue this gallery up and over our sliding doors eventually as we gather art over time.
To balance out the busyness of the gallery wall, I put one small piece of art, painted by my friend Michael, above our bed. I love the contrast of it!
Lastly, we added what I’ll call my “Disney” corner, with a vintage map of Disneyland that we’ve had for years, a piece that reminds me of Mary Poppins and a collection of 3 carriage pieces in the prettiest colors. I always add a little Disney to each room I do since it means so much to our family.
Can you spot any other Disney touches?
Vintage Hutch as Storage in a Bedroom
I really wanted to add more storage to this room. We don’t have many walls in this 1930s house that don’t have windows, doors or arches on them so after we closed up the door on this wall (that we did not need), I wanted to maximize storage and display space!
I found this vintage hutch from Olive Ateliers (You can find similar ones here) and loved that it had closed storage on the bottom, for clothes storage, and open storage on top to display more treasures we’ve collected!
It’s worked out perfectly for us!
Secondhand Nightstand Makeover
Nightstands are, in my opinion, the hardest items to find.
Finding ones that are good quality, the right size/style and a matching pair at the right price point is near impossible! So many of the new ones are poor quality and so many of the vintage/antique ones are quite pricey.
I ended up finding these, likely 90s (?), nightstands on Facebook Marketplace and liked that they were solid wood. I knew I could paint them and change the hardware to update them. I chose Farrow & Ball’s Eating Room Red because I wanted to pull out some of the red tones in both the rug and the frames/artwork I chose and contrast that Yeabridge Green on the walls. Then added simple gold hardware to finish them off.
I’m so happy with how they turned out!
Unique Lighting to Finish A Space
I love adding unique light fixtures to finish a space, and mixing the styles to add dimension.
I brought back my favorite crystal sconces from our Palm Springs dining room to go next to our bed.
Then, I added some color with our other fixtures: A blue sconce from Sazerac Stitches (I had it converted to plugin at our local lighting shop!), a warehouse sale find of a vintage yellow chandelier and a DIY stripe lampshade added to a terracotta lamp.
I find some of my favorite deals on secondhand and vintage light fixtures. It’s super easy to have them re-wired, converted and updated and they’re good as new again!
Get the Look
A lot of the pieces in this space are vintage or antique I put together a collection of the paint colors including Yeabridge Green, furniture and similar art and decor pieces that I have in this space so it’s easy to see it all in one space. You can view (and shop!) it right here!
I love how many layers this room has now. It is so cozy and comfortable and I’m excited to keep deepening it’s layers as time goes on, too!
Photos by Jeff Mindell
Design by Kelly Mindell
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