by studiotullia | Oct 3, 2019 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN
We are toying with the idea of a mural-size wallpaper on one long slanted wall in his bedroom. Who doesn’t like a good ship/boat theme. We were drawn to this gorgeous design by REBEL WALLS. Arthur has long been a fan of pirates and boats. He’s not sure he likes the black and white so we may have to negotiate the color. It also comes in gray and blue.
We first spotted this wallpaper at a fabulous new fashion/lifestyle store in Portland called PICNIC.
They had wallpaper installed all over their new store and it looked fabulous!
Here is an example of a large installation, however, you can order whatever size you want as they will scale it to you wall specs and budget. Below is my quick mood board with the color we have been thinking about for a long time. Green, his a favorite color.
I like the darker color which is CEDAR GREEN,but we might end up with ACADIA green. We’ll get the samples going this weekend.
This is a little introduction to what we are dealing with here.
The walls, lighting, and bedding all need work.
The desk area needs to be cleaned up and the computer removed.
I’m not sure what we are going to do with the windows yet. The drapery rings stick and are not super functional.
This chest needs to be removed as it takes up too much room.
I like this rug but I am not sure it will still work. And as much as I love this old ottoman it either needs to be removed or reupholstered.
I’ve been playing around with dressing the bed in a few different ways.
So, that’s kind of where I’m at with this project. Oh boy, here we go. The ORC always helps me get my rooms done though. I intended to get this done this Summer and well, that didn’t happen.
There are a lot of great designers and DIYers working on rooms for the next six weeks so you should check it out:
Thanks for following along. The rooms never turn our how you think they will so should be fun to follow along and see how it goes. Let’s do this!
by studiotullia | Nov 17, 2017 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN
Well, I am SO happy to share with you some pictures from the ORC FINAL REVEAL of my upstairs GUEST ROOM!
I have to tell you that I really struggled with this room. I thought I had it all together and a couple days before the reveal I was NOT HAPPY with the results. I did a few things that turned the room around. The bedding felt lifeless, the room too traditional, and I was uninspired by the art. It was not cozy enough.
I added WHITE: white baskets, white duvet cover, shams and pillow covers from IKEA, fresh white paint on the trim, white lilies in a white vase. In an old house, in low light Portland, I have learned that nothing makes a room look fresh and modern better than WHITE.
I called my neighbor, Virginie Hoover, who had some lovely SHIBORI textiles she made this Summer that gave me the more bohemian/beach vibe I was looking for.
I went to GOODWILL for more frames and art, and printed some posters at WALGREEN’s from my Iphone pictures that were done in one hour. Fortunately, the local framers,I’VE BEEN FRAMED, were totally resourceful and accommodating and built some framing kits for me to assemble the art really fast.
My kids were the best, and helped me paint the dresser. I was up until 4 am the night before the final reveal day painting trim and doors. I was so exhausted and the extremely gray rainy day made it really hard to get any decent pictures. SO finally today the SUN came out here and there and I ran upstairs to try to capture the room. The night time shots I tried to take last night with artificial lights were horrible.
Something serendipitous always happens during a One Room Challenge when I go to Goodwill. This time I found a beautiful blue glass vase for $6.99 that had the original $59.99 price tag on it.
I also picked up a large framed poster really just for the frame but when I hung it up, oddly enough, the watermelon print grew on me and really kind of pulled things together.
SOURCES
Here are the SOURCES for the above room – I’ll do my best here:
PAINT COLORS:
WALLS – BENJAMIN MOORE MUSLIN
DRESSER – AMERICAN EMPIRE ANTIQUE, PAINTED BENJAMIN MOORE VAN HEUSEN BLUE with a few RESTORED CRYSTAL KNOBS from HIPPO HARDWARE
BOOKSHELF – IKEA
BELGIAN LINEN CURTAINS – WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME, with a few striped pleats added to the leading edges by STUDIO TULLIA
DOORS – BENJAMIN MOORE DOVE GRAY
TRIM – MILLER WHITE
SLEIGH BED – BERNHARDT, found for FREE, donated by a neighbor, on NEXTDOOR
GRAY SHAG RUG – IKEA
FRAMES – IKEA, except for the silver lead frames that are custom.
PHOTOGRAPHS – beach pictures taken with my Iphone and printed at WALGREEN’s except for VENICE Photos bought at Artists’ Co-op in Monterey, CA.
SCONCES – LAMPS PLUS
ACCESSORIES –
White vases, frames, white baskets- IKEA
Watermelon Print by MAZON found, blue glass vase and white ceramic sandpiper found at GOODWILL
BASKET HURRICANE – TARGET (found at Goodwill)
WOVEN BASKET BALLS – POTTERY BARN
Blue Striped Clay Bowl – GOODWILL
FAUX LLAMA FUR THROW & LINEN – custom made by STUDIO TULLIA
ALL BED LINENS – custom made by STUDIO TULLIA except for white linens – all from IKEA. The fabrics were found at either FABRIC DEPOT, THE MILL END STORE or PENDLETON WOOLEN MILL ENDS
The BUNNY HUTCH PILLOW on the chair is a HUNT SLONEM print from GROUND WORKS/KRAVET.
CRYSTAL LAMP – CRYSTAL REFLECTIONS, CA
LINEN SHADES for ANTIQUE CHANDELIER – AMAZON
FLOWERS, PLANT – TRADER JOE’s
