if this room ( picture) was going to be your bedroom what would you do to it

[LaurieFairyCake]

I like modern/shabby/big patterns. Attic room obviously

[FauxFox]

I would paint the wood ceiling white immediately and wallpaper the back wall in a really cute paper with flowers or bird cages in a turquoise pallet and put a double bed with white wrought iron frame in the middle of the back wall. I would have fluffy cream rugs, vintage leather suitcases in a pile for storage/bedside tables and lamps with glass shades.

[Diamogs]

Orange pine has got to go - paint over with a chalky white, pale floorboards, chandelier dangly thing from ceiling, that would be a lovely light space.

[Diamogs]

This is the kind of thing I imagined when I read your OP

[KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes]

What FauxFox said. To the letter.

Add some plants. Philodendrons.

[FauxFox]

I would try curtains for the windows on runners like this...probably in a ditsy print - I think blinds are a bit harsh for a bedroom...

[PrimalLass]

I would paint the ceiling and have bigger veluxes put in.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Ok, great - love it! Was staring at that pine and sort of wondering how to make it disappear. I'm on the slightly more modern side of shabby chic (not frilly) - my bed is iron but a tester with a linen drape.

I think it will fit in.

Do you think I'd need to do more than paint it white? Any chance the 'stripes' of the ceiling would still be over obvious?

[LaurieFairyCake]

And I'd definitely have panels rather than blinds - think that would look fab.

I'm slightly concerned it will be too hot up there in summer ( it's London) - so it's possible (but I don't really fancy it) it would be better as the living room.

[MrsHenryWinter]

I would do something similar to this.

A clean, calm space decorated with shades of warm white, soft grey and pale blue. A few simple pieces of furniture and a large bed.

I would paint all the woodwork white and strip the floor back to boards. I'd also build low bookshelves along the length of one wall.

Can you tell I have young children and my house is a chaotic riot of coloured plastic!

[NathalieM]

I'd want a bigger window than that in an attic room, so I'd immediately get those replaced. I also think, as others have said, the space would look infinitely better in all off-white.