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Where to put wall decor?

User
8 years ago

This is my bedroom so far. I have this white deer head (apparently all the rage now, typical) to go on the wall, but I'm not sure where - above the bed, the lighting is good, or to the side above a chair, harsh shadows.

Then do I add additional art decor to the empty space that's created by either option?

As you can see from the pictures, I've just stuck in the chair and picture frame to give you an idea, the squares are supposed to be floating shelves :P

Thoughts?



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Or even just the chair - if so, where to put the deer head?

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  • Nathan G
    8 years ago
    Thanks for posting about the hurricane lamps. I feel a trip to the range is in order! Where did you get the chair from. It looks similar to one from dunelm if that is correct. Amazing before and after pics!!

    • Comments (49)

    • Tom Flanagan
      8 years ago

      I'd put the deer head above the bed, a chair in the corner and artwork on the side!

    • PRO
      OnePlan
      8 years ago
      Just to show we are all different ... I'd have the bed and stag central to the wall !

      ... And have the chair somewhere where it will have a view ( near a window ?) instead !

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    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      The bed is off center as it will cross the door if it's centered :P And there's not a lot of space really. Excuse the bad photo and unfinished work...


      I'm starting to think stag left with chair, no other artwork

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      OnePlan
      8 years ago
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      Sliding door ?!? Great work so far ! Love that calm blue !!
    • mrsmcee74
      8 years ago
      Love that shade of blue - what colour is it? Oh and I prefer either option with the chair.
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      A sliding door might work, although when open it would cover the light switches - the reason I failed to switch the opening side :(

      Colour - it's Valspar "British Shorthair", like a blue/grey shade :)

    • Helen C
      8 years ago
      That is a fabulous blue/grey paint, lovely choice.
    • PRO
      Meghana Badiani
      8 years ago
      You could try grouping items like bookshelves and the stags head. I've just shown them to the left with an armchair- reading corner.
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      I hate the yellow lol, but the triptych isnt a bad idea


    • Sanah Rauf
      8 years ago
      This room looks perfect! The colours are beautiful.
    • G Arnold
      8 years ago
      Image 4 for me, stag to left, long landscape oriented picture above bed
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      OnePlan
      8 years ago
      If you don't change the door to sliding - if you centralise the bed under the last two ceiling lights and use that as a starting point ... Otherwise it will always look a little unbalanced I my opinion ( but I'm a bit OCD !! )
    • philip mills
      8 years ago
      I'd forget the stags head and go for contemporary art think the stags head just throws nasty shadows over the wall
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    • Mandy Sutton
      8 years ago

      I'd put the deer head on the left but also fit a longer cable to the light so it can go straight to the floor from the plug and so less eye catching.

    • lizahackney
      8 years ago

      For a good flow of energy for both people sleeping in the bed, the bed needs centralising (this will hide the ugly lamp flex) and the stag head put in either side with a small cluster of art work on the other. Lovely though the chair is, it needs to go elsewhere in the room.

    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      I think I'd stick to the chair to the left and the stag head above bed but no other artwork on that wall. Let that beautiful colour sing.
    • james111333
      8 years ago
      please do something about that lamp cable, it ruins such a lovely room. It isn't much work to move the socket but as a last resort maybe change the bulb for a 12v LED and put a small car battery in the bottom drawer. It's such a shame to invest so much time and money into the room only to, quite frankly, destroy the clean finished look with an unfortunate oversight. If you're in Devon, I'll move the socket for you :)
    • Lily F
      8 years ago
      I'd keep the deer head cantered above the bed, and put a long mirror in a white frame hung vertically where the plug socket is - like this one:

      http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70034916/

      Oh, and run an extension lead behind the bed from whatever socket the other lamp is plugged in to so you don't have that unsightly lead across the wall.
    • marivon1
      8 years ago

      OK, love the colour, agree with losing the cable to the plug socket. Keep chair in corner with the deer head to right of chair and left of bed, bringing the head down centrally between the lamp and top of chair, but slightly higher than bed head. Keep above the bed clear, as you have a lot going on opposite bed (ie tv and shelf arrangement, and wall opposite window, with large artwork). If I could also say, could you not lose those flower arrangements??? I think they make the room very old fashioned looking and not in keeping with what you see when you open the door! Perhaps replace with an arrangement of candles in clear vessels. Also, what about replacing the rug at side of bed with perhaps a sheepskin rug to give the room a little luxury feel? Think that would keep it "scandi" looking. Merely suggestions, not meant to offend!

    • Mandy Sutton
      8 years ago
      I'm new to this. is there an app to do these mockups or is it done in photoshop or similar.
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      I love how you are all obsessing over the lamp cable ;)
      This is a work in progress, of course I'll be hiding it - although I do like it (longer would be better) as I think it gives it a bit of an industrial artsy feel.
      I've ordered the chair now so will post a picture again once that arrives - hopefully this week.

      The shelves are also a work in progress as I still have some cables to hide and work out what colour to make the shelves. In reality, the flowers don't look out of place (although they are too big/bushy). I have considered replacing them with long candle sticks - possibly silver. Even if only as a seasonal thing.

      @webuser_704843 Theres an app/website you can use called HomeByMe. In these pictures, I just took a photo and crudely pasted some bits in to get a rough feel.

    • PRO
      OnePlan
      8 years ago
      Lol - I knew you'd be taking care of the obvious cable !! Don't forget to post some after pics - we all love a happy ending !!!!
    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      I didn't see the pic of the opposite wall before. I think I'd be tempted to paint it the same blue as the main wall, if I were you, and paint the shelves the same colour to blend. I'm not a fan of those flower arrangements either. I'd go with small votives instead of big candles to keep it even simpler. You could always vary the size of votives to add interest and use the fake flickers candles inside for safety.
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      Ok so I bought some large votives and flameless candles yesterday. They're cool, but I don't think they do enough. Also the candles flicker by pumping a current through a magnetic loop, which means the flicker is very repetitive - looks amazing - but the pattern is annoying.

      I was thinking, how about a cable running down from the ceiling on each side with either a vintage lightbulb (decorative only) or one of these globe terrariums? That would give the room height from the vertical line and fill in some of that empty space

      (note: seriously, I know, don't worry about it, it's a difficult thing I'll be fixing :P)

    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      Something like this instead perhaps... (or with the globe terrariums)

    • marivon1
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      Well Ryan, I think they work nicely, but to be picky now, instead of 3 small shelves, what about one long one? Would make it look less dis-jointed. Going back to the votives you could place two together on a longer shelf. Do the flickering candles have an off/on switch for the flicker? So that they are on all the time? That might take your eye away too. Would you run the hanging lights off the main light source - if so you would have to have all 3 lights on at the same time which might be a bit much? Also, instead of lights either side of Tv, what about two to one side at differing heights, that would take away from it being too symmetrical looking! Have fun!

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    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback. I really like the hanging cables "somethings" idea. If it were bulbs (and not terraniums...tyerrariamsmmaasss) they wouldn't be functional. It would be nice, but I've already tripled the light switch! and have side spots (left wall first picture), 3 along the back and the main light PLUS 2 lamps. I think that would make too many lights than - however, an option would be to run the lights up from the TV socket then back down - like this... cant find an example anywhere, basically a long cable in the socket, up to a ceiling hook and hanging back down.
      The shelves are a pain in the ass to be honest, nearly everything is new so I'm a bit reluctant to "waste" more money

      OR... I could hang large glass "jars" in place of the bulbs and put those candles inside the jars... a hanging lantern effect. I've left all the labels on incase I needed to take them back

    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      The votives and candles looks much better, I think. If you want to keep the shelves, paint to match the wall colour so they're less obvious or paint them the beautiful blue to bring it to that side of the room.
      I'm hoping to have some of those vintage light bulbs either side of the bed in our guest bedroom so I love the idea, but not sure it works with the shelves. Keep the idea for another room maybe?
    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      These are the lights we have bought. Really lovely. If you want that look they're from Culinary Concepts.
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      The chair arrived today, I'll get a picture of that up later :)
      I need to look to see if a longer single shelf is possible - I don't think it is. And I think white is a go for the colour.
      Now to decide if I should have lanterns (hurricane jars) hang from the ceiling on rope or white/offwhite lighting cord with bulbs...

    • User
      8 years ago

      I like the second setup

    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      ok, so I've removed the 3 shelves and replaced with one white one, added rope hung hurricane jars with fake flickering candles in...

      it will probably look horrendous on a pc, but alright on a phone. I've left the rope doubled at the moment incase there's differing thoughts on height
    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      That shelf and colour scheme works much better. Looking good.
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    • marivon1
      8 years ago

      That is better! More what I had in mind - just play about with the height now as you suggested - maybe the one on the left slightly higher so as not to interfere with the plant? and the one on the right slighter higher but not higher than the bottom right hand corner of the tv!

    • Nathan G
      8 years ago
      Hi I really like the way you've hung the hurricane lamps. Where did you buy them from and is it possible for you to take a photo of how they are hung from the ceiling. I want to do the same look in our guest room. Thanks. Looks great by the way!
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      I think differing heights would do my noodle in, I like the symmetry :P

      Nathan, thanks, I bought them from The Range, I cant see them on the site but they were £4.99

      They have quite a few, these ones fit the size best for me.

      http://www.therange.co.uk/search?asug=&languageId=1&OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=J9JU-M3A9-NMQH-PILR-MXDO-Q48R-HMU6-LP9Q&keywords=rope+candle

      The hanging is great, I don't have much luck with rawplugs, hooks, basic wall fixings etc. So I drilled a 10mm hole in the roof, pushed the rope (10mm, B&Q) through and just tied a knot in the loft.

      Its a bit crude at the moment so I might do something like coil some left over rope around the part that goes into the ceiling just to spruce it up (like the coil on a noose)

      It's probably worth mentioning that when I drill holes in the ceiling, I use a tiny thin drill bit first, then go into the loft with the lights off, you can then A: see the hole as the light shines through and B: If it's in a bad position its easy to fill as you dont have a huge hole in the roof.

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      Original Author
      8 years ago
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      Original Author
      8 years ago
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    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      Looks lovely. I'm in love with that blue!
      User thanked Jo Arnold
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      Thanks. I was after the Dunelm chair, but at £250 just for something to throw my clothes on, it wasnt worth it. Then I spotted one on sale in Dunelm - £700 lol so that was off the cards straight away. Bought this one on ebay from The Chaise Company. Came very well packaged and was £161 iirc

      http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XSmall+Westoe+Wing+Back+Fireside+Armchair+Orthopaedic+in+a+Dobby+Slate+Fabric.TRS0&_nkw=Small+Westoe+Wing+Back+Fireside+Armchair+Orthopaedic+in+a+Dobby+Slate+Fabric&_sacat=0

    • lisjonok
      8 years ago

      Good job! I like how calm your room is. Also i like that you can still add to the wall behind the bed if you ever feel like it, add wallpaper of the same shade but with some patern (just behind the bed and bedside tables), or different frames and other decor items as they'll go nicely around the stag head.

      User thanked lisjonok
    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      Thanks, - thats the exact deer head I have :P
      I quite like the idea of adding frames in the future perhaps

    • Jo Arnold
      8 years ago
      That grey wall and frames look fantastic. Saved that pic for our bedroom or living room decor ideas.
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      silvia piccioni architetto
      8 years ago

      Hallo Ryan. Why don't you think about a 2/3 - 1/3 door?

      So You can turn the door to the right side!





    • User
      Original Author
      8 years ago

      Actually a family member pointed out that I could put the switches outside the door, and then I could flip the door hinge over. That would be fairly easy to do

    • PRO
      User
      8 years ago

      We think the stag's head looks a little lost above the bed and should go to the left above the chair, then put something bigger above the bed. The chair in the corner will also cover the ugly wire from the lamp.

    • lisjonok
      8 years ago
      last modified: 8 years ago

      Property Facelift, i guess you didn't check the finished room, did you? )

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      8 years ago


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