What goes with whitewash wood?

7 years ago

My bedroom has a cream bed with a wood panel on the top of the headboard. I have a chest of drawers that is white painted pine with the original colour pin knob handles, a pine bedside table with porcelain fronted drawers and a white standard lamp. These things have collected over a period of time. Some things are whiter than others and I'm having a problem matching colours to each other. I also don't want everything in the room to look the same. I need to buy a tv table or a console table and just don't know what material to buy it in. I don't want it to be matchy matchy again - but I don't know what else goes with all these little bits of natural wood and the collection of whites and creams!

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OnePlan
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
If you buy something with a shape you love - rather than by colour - as colour you can change !

Then maybe refresh all of your pieces with a system that lets you have lighter and darker shades of the same colour ( various paint companies do this - the trick is to use only the same base colour ) they then blend better - rather than all match !
PRO
Dulux Amazing Space
7 years ago
Hi Emily,

I love whitewashed furniture in a bedroom- the rustic character
of the finish creates a beautifully romantic, timeless and elegant look.

Don’t worry about each piece
matching each other, it’s always nice to be different. I think that bedroom
schemes which have collections of miss-matched styles and finishes look
wonderful, as it creates a completely unique and individual interior style. Just take a peep at this fab living room interior
for inspiration:

http://bit.ly/2d2Vj7D

For a console table, I’ve hand
selected a few potential pieces which will compliment your existing items below.

As an alternative to
whitewash, enhance your scheme by introducing more vintage natural wooden tones.
These two designs from Made.com and John Lewis perfectly showcase the raw
natural beauty of the tactile material within their traditional styles.

http://bit.ly/2ch7ufh

http://bit.ly/2cY2gIj

However, my favourite piece
has to be this Detroit Console Table from Graham & Green. I love the
minimal chic and slight Art Deco influence, with its marble top and golden
finished legs. I think that this would be a fab addition to introduce a touch
of contemporary glam into your bedroom scheme.

http://bit.ly/2cAXlYm

Wishing you the best of luck
with the search and I’d love to see your room once you’ve found the perfect
console, so please send some
photos!

All the Best,

Marianna

Dulux Design Expert
www.designer.duluxamazingspace.co.uk
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