TO think my decorating idea is a good one?!

[LucyDontLockIt]

Small bedroom, not quite a box room but certainly a single room.
My idea for decoration - white walls with one "brick effect" feature wall.
Distressed oak flooring. Matching Black bedside table and drawers
(These ones)
Black and chrome metal bed frame with a colourful duvet cover.
DH thinks it sounds dull. AIBU in thinking it sounds quite nice?!

It wouldn't be my taste, but it sounds nice enough. I wouldn't bother with the feature wall if it's a small room.

Sounds a bit show-room-y to me.

As someone who rents a house with a black gloss kitchen and tiny black bathroom, I say don’t do it. It looks dark and naff and black is a bugger to keep looking clean

I wouldn't go for black everything.. would prefer the furniture to have a pop of color maybe

Who is it for?

I agree with your dh. Lacks bedroom cosiness, too. And I would definitely not have a 'brick effect' wall in a small room, especially a bedroom.

Sorry

I think it sounds nice. It’s the sort of thing my teen DS would like. I don’t think I’d personally use that scheme for a spare room though

Also, brick effect wallpaper is quite difficult to hang without seeing the joins, well for me anyway. I’d get someone professional to do it

Gosh - that truly sounds horrid!

That unit went out before I was young - and that was a long time ago!

Agree feature walls are for huge rooms,not box rooms.

Certainly wouldn’t be to my taste. But I accept someone might like that look.

To some that will sound nice and to others it’ll sound shit.

But that’s the same for every single room that anyone has ever decorated. Everyone has different taste.

I just painted a wall navy and I love it, the man from Sky came over and said it looked horrible.

It’s your house. Decorate it how you want .... or find a happy medium with your partner if he wants an input.

Also, brick effect wallpaper is quite difficult to hang without seeing the joins, well for me anyway. I’d get someone professional to do it

Oh if you’re doing it with wallpaper then I’d say don’t ... I did in my bedroom and it never looked right and I eventually ripped it all off and painted it white.

I love exposed brick, but only if it’s genuine.

I wouldn't want hard flooring in a bedroom and brick effect feature walls have been done to death.

The brick effect is going to make the room feel cold. I like dark walls in a box bedroom with bright bedding and art work on the walls. But that's just me.

I think it sounds quite nice, but I echo another poster on black showing every mark, scratch and bit of dirt. I went for white bedside tables instead as the black version looked scruffy quickly.

I'm sorry it sounds awful. That brick effect wallpaper is incredibly tacky.

If you eant a feature wall go for something elegant, beautiful and restful. I love this squirrel and dove wallpaper from Sanderson, and you could do the remaining walls in one of the tonal colours.

Black, white and brick isn't nice.

It sounds vile. I'd usually say go for it if you like it, but if your DP doesn't like it it's not fair to make him live with it.

It sounds awful to me. Sorry.

It's the sort of style I could imagine working well in a hipster/quirky cafe with distressed tables etc but not in a bedroom..

I'm not fond of brick effect, but the mind boggles at the idea of it being less tasteful and elegant than that wallpaper with the bird and the squirrel! It looks like the sorts of stencils you see on Etsy being advertised as perfect for brightening up a child's room for under a fiver.

This one is also gorgeous in real life. It's a mural so you do one wall and then you could have the rest white. But these are really expensive papers. You just need to find what you want.

Much depends on taste, but not brick, it just looks really fake.

I think except the brick effect wallpaper it sounds nice for a guest bedroom.

Sounds nasty - especially the brick effect wallpaper (although brick slips can actually look nice in big rooms).

Black and chrome never looks anything other than cheap.

Brick effect? 😂 No just no tacky as hell...

The rest sounds ok at a push

Black and white colour schemes are quite harsh. The floorboards sound nice so I'd go more natural, warm creamy tones , splashes of colour , a rug, upcycle the chest of drawers - lots of ideas on line e.g pinterest. Brick wallpaper is awful.

Bet you wish you never asked?? :)