Decorating a spare room just for you!
What do you do with a spare bedroom that you don’t want to turn into a full-out guest room? You turn it into a pretty sitting room just for you! In this Aurora, On project we are busy working away doing just that. We wanted a pretty room for ‘her’; a room she could disappear into to read a book. But we also wanted a room that the grand kids could stay in when they want to sleep over. Hence, the daybed/sitting room was born.
Here is the concept board we started with:
We presented two different schemes. We liked the overall feeling of this one. The yellow accents and floral fabrics felt fresh; and the tufted daybed was a perfect solution as a pretty place to rest one’s head or to have the grand kids sleepover on. Our preferred floor plan included one larger etagere and a single ottoman rather than two.
There are plenty of small decisions made along the way: one ottoman or two? tufted or not? two smaller etageres or one larger one? two chairs or a bench and a chair? and on and on… Decorating is rarely cut and dried and this can get overwhelming sometimes for many people. It’s a process from start to finish where the look is tweaked as you go, sometimes for aesthetics, sometimes for functional purposes.
Fabric selections from Robert Allen, Kravet and Maxwell
Fabrics is where we always have fun, particularly when the client isn’t afraid of mixing patterns. The power of fabric is amazing! It can totally transform a piece of furniture. With just one broad brushstroke a look can be changed from playful to formal. In this case our client wanted casual and happy. I think the addition of the colour yellow can make any room happy:)
One of the final changes we made along the way was the rug. Once we selected the beautiful grey paint from Benjamin Moore’s new Colour Stories collection, we decided the rug needed to be yellow. So we found a yellow/cream flat weave area rug for some cheer and again, casualness.
Our final accessory board above shows the final touches we hope to add. Some pretty bling is evident on the chandelier and mirror and some yellow and white ceramics for the etagere.
The plan is to photograph this room when its done, so you’ll see what this all translates to in a few months.
If you would like some help to guide you through this decorating process give Lumar Interiors a call or [email protected]
