Wallpaper Wednesday- Rebbecca Part II

Christine,

Hello there. I was so excited when I checked your blog today (my newest daily habit!) to find my own question and pictures. Thank you thank you. I realize that I have written you a lot and unfortunately, I'm about to give you more. There are a couple of details that I wanted to add: I like your idea to take away one of the towers next to the tv and the board behind the tv would work great (no struggle to hide the cords from the tv anymore!!). I wanted you to know that I wouldn't be opposed to taking that unit completely out of the room, if you gave me some other idea for the tv that I really loved. I can find a new home for it (how about my front yard for the garage sale I'm going to have in 2 weeks?) or even somewhere else in my home (could I work it into the big wall on the kitchen? or it could go into the office). So, I guess what I'm saying is that I would love to hear what you would do there minus the restraint of keeping the unit in. Price willing, I would love to do something different. I don't believe I would be able to spend more than a few hundred dollars.

The window treatment: I prefer white blinds, but my husband, Michael won out on the wood tone blinds. I made the cornice box and put it up...maybe the window treatment should be more dramatic? Floor to ceiling drapes that extend past the actual window, making the window seem more prominent? A Roman shade? I would love to leave the blinds and layer something else on.

Rebbecca-

I am going to stop you there- and break it up some more. First of all- although the entertainment center from Bernhardt had only one tower- I was not suggesting that you get rid of one of yours- keep them both, just add the wood behind. I think this is your best bet on a budget- I looked around for some options for you, but did not see others that would work better for a few hundred dollars. If your husband is a woodworker and you wanted to build something... maybe. ;)

Right now your room feels disjointed to me. You have the dark furniture, and then you have the light rug and throw pillows. I feel like what we need is something to pull it together.

Oh- and on the blinds- never let husbands make decisions like blinds. :) Change it out for a dark ebony woven wood, and add panels on the sides.

Hang some long cream-colored nice quality drapes, and move your shag rug to the sitting area. The shag is not the right style for an entry way. It feels awkward to me there.Choose a shade on the drapes most similar to the rug- lighter than the photo, or pick up a new color to incorporate, like the shade of green found in your new wallpaper. (Photo below from Smith and Noble.) I chose the grommet style drape to keep with your more contemporary styling.Today is Wednesday, so you know what I really want to discuss: wallpaper. :) OK- so- what I meant by "disjointed"- was there was nothing that pulled together the dark shades with the light. Your furniture- very dark- your rug and pillows- only light. Check out the wallpaper below. (from Calypso by Ashford House.) A paper like this incorporates your light and dark together. This particular paper also introduces a green color. I would then use that in your throw pillows and as a paint color in you kitchen eating area.

A paper like this can give your room the element that will bring it all together. I would then go find some throw pillows that do the same thing. You could have done this with a rug if your existing rug had some dark brown in it. Are you starting to see my vision for you? Put the wallpaper on the wall with the TV and the wall with the window. Paint your other walls the background cream color.

I will tackle more questions (ie- the bookcase- wall art- ceiling fan- etc) another day- my kids are hungry. :) What do you think? Any other thoughts for Rebbecca?