bedding assistance
katieme2015a34
7 years ago
had my bedroom recently decorated but now it needs the finishing touches especially the bedding can anyone offer advice
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katieme2015a34
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7 years agominnie101
7 years agoOh that's funny, I was just trying to find an image I could save of the whole room theme I posted before from Oka (another shop that does international delivery!). If you were feeling brave you could paint the bed wall in a similar colour to make more of a feature of the bed. Do you need a bed skirt? What's the base like? I would probably just have a white duvet then a neutral throw with a patterned one just thrown on top (beds look more appealing if they're "thrown" I think rather than formally arranged but you could also try it on top of your bedspread. I wouldn't go cream for the flowers, if you go for blue accessories then I'd look at the pale mauve hydrangeas or you could add a few coral accents as shown here. Perhaps do consider a rug if you can't add bed end stools for extra texture
katieme2015a34
7 years agokatieme2015a34
7 years agominnie im not too keen on the print of the bedding on your picture been looking and cant seen to find a floral blue print that i like that matches my curtains ( as far as my combination skills go) love how this bed looks how easy is this to achieve
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7 years agominnie101
7 years agoThis would be easy to achieve, just lots of layering and you definitely need the big cushions at the back.! You can use different blues but vary the scale of the patterns. I've found a pic (hopefully you can see the curtain pattern :) ) demonstrating scale etc. It might be nice to tie in floral with a linen ticking stripe continuing the French theme
katieme2015a34
7 years ago
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7 years agoupdate got a new bedspread and ginger jar flowers and alarm but it is still missing something thoughts please
minnie101
7 years agokatieme2015a34
7 years agothanks minnie will look for the pink cushions but found a blue square one in the meantime might make it rectangle untill i find a suitable replacement the back cushions are as high as i could get them perhaps i could place thwm on top of pilliows, is want yoy mean as the bedspread thrown on the side haha
minnie101
7 years agoNot quite :) I prefer the lamp on the outside btw. I'm struggling to find an image of a throw draped for some reason but maybe try this one instead with your dark throw on top of the other one. You could also try the dark one underneath. I think you just need to play around with it, also try propping the pillows in front of the back cushions and even try folding back the white bedspread by the pillows. It depends on what you prefer though as I like it slightly informal, your 1st pic with just one throw looked good but perhaps with a little space between the striped cushions
katieme2015a34
7 years agokatieme2015a34
7 years agohow frustrating !! no matter how much i toss and move pillows/cushions around the bed still does not look right!!!! what am i missing?
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7 years agomcpeeple
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PROCatherine White Interiors
7 years agokatieme2015a34
7 years agothanks so light blue rug out, i will see if i can find a petrol blue rug, any ideas as to lampshade what colour and style should i look for. i have tried the suggestions for the pillows here they are
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Catherine White Interiors
7 years ago katieme2015a34
7 years agook changed the lampshades left the wrapping in as im not sure whether they were the right side still need to find a darker throw
katieme2015a34
7 years agosomervell
7 years agoI agree with Catherine. I have used pictures from earlier posts to illustrate how your scheme needs more tonal variation. I think a stronger blue would stop it looking bland. There is a lot going on with the decorative head board, pillows etc. I'm not sure the mirrors are needed?
katieme2015a34
7 years ago
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