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Pinkpeanut27 · 19/02/2017 17:49

I am so useless with decorating! Currently other than my boys rooms everywhere is cream with dark wood or dark brown leather! It looks coordinated but that's all I can say.

Firstly I want to sort out my bedroom, we have a brown leather bed that has to stay, we have brown chests of drawers which also have to stay. Other than that I'm open to suggestions.

My Dh is very conservative , I am less so.
What I really want is something that all fits together and is as up to date as I can get without buying new furniture,
I need wall colours, curtains and bedding, please .
I have spent a week shopping and taking things back and spending ££ on tester pots and I'm now totally dejected but feel I've spent so much time on this I need to actually do something .
My DH is ok with whatever I do as long as I don't break the bank or ever mention it to him again!,

I have waster about eleventy billion hours on Pinterest and come up with a lot of rooms but can't source the colours and items .

Can someone with an ounce of taste please take pity on me!

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FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 18:40

Have you found some inspiration from Pinterest that you'd like to copy? Post a pic here and we'll try to help. Have you searched for 'brown leather bed' then you can see what goes?

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 18:50

I've chosen 3 photos
Let me know if you like any of them then I will try and help

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Pinkpeanut27 · 19/02/2017 19:19

Yes I've searched until my eyes bleed!
I like the idea of blue or grey , not so keen on the beige.
Like the ideas of darker walls
InwNt White bedding and aubergine but my son has pointed out that is basically premier inn!

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justaweeone · 19/02/2017 19:39

Any of these

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FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 20:01

How about dusky pinks? Then add in some stronger aubergine as well

FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 20:07

Like this?

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FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 20:08

Or how do you feel about combining strong colours?

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Pinkpeanut27 · 19/02/2017 20:12

Not keen on navy or dusky pink but like the idea on the navy one ,
I like the idea of combining strong colours just struggling with the right shades . My wedding colours were orange and purple which everyone says yuck to but with the right shades it looked amazing !

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Pinkpeanut27 · 19/02/2017 20:15

Is a feature wall in or out? Don't say in if you like it as I don't really care! Just unlikely to decorate for another 10 yrs so want it to look as up to date as possible!
I think my decorating ideas are stuck in the late 1990's early 2000's somewhere which was the last time my brain worked ie before kids !

I don't like pretty lacy styles

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ggirl · 19/02/2017 20:20

I think if you have dark furniture you have to either brighten the whole room up with lighter colour , like light blue , or if your room has lots of natural light then you could embrace the dark and use a darker colour , darker blue or teal .

ggirl · 19/02/2017 20:21

I think a subtle feature wall is lovely but a jarring contrasting one is dated

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 20:22

Pink
Do you mean the first navy one?

FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 21:18

It may be the brown leather bed that is making it hard, having just decorated around a brown leather sofa that I hate I found it hard to match anything. All the lovely modern colour schemes that I loved just didn't work with the brown. Even when you look at the lovely schemes justaweeone has posted above, add the brown and it looks dated. Sorry that's not helpful!

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Pinkpeanut27 · 19/02/2017 21:47

Ok so the bed and dark furniture is old hat I get that !
I have one wall which is mainly window and radiator and one which is all white doors the other has a door in it , so there wouldn't be too much wall colour .
Could I get away with dark blue walls , silver grey curtains and white bedding ?

Or should I go light grey walls and white bedding , I think that might look cold and sterile with the dark everything else ? So what curtains should I put with that ?

My whole house needs updating but my husband believes once you have painted that's it done for ever ! I am slowly trying to bring him round to modernising and extending downstairs so upstairs I have a very limited budget so can't rinnto furniture just soft furnishings .

I don't want pretty lacy
I'm not keen on brown cream or beige as a major colour ( too similar)
And I'm not a pink person but would use pink as an accent colour .

You are all being very helpful btw

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FritzyMousey · 19/02/2017 21:53

Dark blue walls, silver grey curtains and white bedding sounds perfect!

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:05

Agree with Fritzy
Dark blue walls
Silver curtains
Any always white bedding!!

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:06

And!! Not any white bedding but any white bedding is great as you can always get a bargain

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:13

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justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:15

In cream

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:20

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6316956

justaweeone · 19/02/2017 22:22

A few copper accessories
http://www.dunelm.com/search/coper?

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