Nesting With Grace

by Brooke Christen

Sisters Primary Bedroom Makeover- Nature Inspired

May 22, 2023

My sister-in-law just had a new baby (the cutest baby!!!) and we thought it would be fun to give their bedroom a makeover. Parents need a sanctuary for optimal rest and relaxation, to then be able to pour into everyone else! Their primary bedroom was nice, but it was missing that cozy feeling, which can be harder to achieve with really tall vaulted ceilings. We painted their walls dark, added a light fixture, swapped their rug for a rug that complimented the new colors and added the softest bedding. Wait until you see the changes!

Thank you The Company Store for sponsoring this post

Bedroom Before-

There were a few things I knew would make a big impact and change the feeling in their bedroom. The first was simply painting the room! If you paint your walls a color that is in your bedding, or rug, then it will help the room feel unified and complete. Let’s see the after….

Bedroom After, Power of Paint-

The after!!! The power of paint! Paint always makes the biggest transformation. Just like any room I design, I want it to be a representation of the people that live there. When I was planning their bedroom I wanted it to have a nod to the great outdoors. They love to hike, camp and be outside. So the green rug, plant inspired art and leaf shaped bedding was all carefully selected to represent their passion. As one of you pointed out, even the paint color represents outdoors, with the name, Raccoon Fur (from Benjamin Moore)!

Bedding-

Let’s chat about all the bedding!!! Because fluffy, “jump in me”, bedding is what most of us want!

I personally love to stick with classic, timeless colors for my main bedding pieces. Then, I add pops of color with pillows and blankets. I wish I had measured their mattress, it was REALLY tall and they had a mattress topper on it. I was so impressed that all the bedding covered the mattress. They even have a low boxspring on this bed too. Quality bedding is often oversized, or rather generous with their material, which The Company Store is!

For the pop of color on this bed I did these patterned sateen sheets (really soft too!)

+Layered my favorite quilt (which I want to one day get for myself!) I LOVE the stitching detail and that it is reversible, with two colors, white and cream. It is the perfect weight, not too heavy.
+Added a fluffy quality organic duvet insert that is cooling in the summer and warming in the winter, it is light and fluffy! This is an investment piece that you will have for well over 20 years!!! Just change the duvet cover.
+I used another go-to item, this linen duvet cover with the prettiest flange.
+And I always do this cooling mattress pad, which is 80% cotton!
+Another way to add a pop of color is with a blanket at the end of the bed, which they can remove for the summer months. I did this velvet blanket in the color thyme.

Pillow inserts make the biggest difference to any bedding! Including insert for duvet. For the king shams, I use these alternative down sham inserts (extra firm). And for the Euro Shams I use these, feather and down euro shams. They each have their one sleeping pillow that is hidden behind. Personally I sleep with two pillows.

The center pillow is just a king sham, I have done this look on the last couple beds I have shared. I like that it looks like an oversized kidney shaped pillow. I used this velvet king sham and just stuffed a lot of her old pillow inserts inside! ha! I think I have 4 pillow inserts in there.

Don’t they look so sweet and comfortable here?? I think this will be the favorite hangout spot.

Rug-

The next thing I wanted to do was to turn the rug horizontal and select a rug that contrasted the carpet and pulled in the bedding. The wrong rug was delivered last week and I am SO glad I held out and waited for this bright green rug!!

Hand Tufted, Wool Green Rug

Reminder of the before. The rug was running vertical with the bed, making the room feel long and too small with the bed. Their new green rug is the same size she had, 8×10.

Storage (Dresser and Armoire)-

We moved the dresser to her baby’s nursery. They have a HUGE closet, and didn’t need the clothes storage in the bedroom (plus now she doesn’t have to walk into her bedroom for half of her clothes! Nice to get dressed in one spot.)

I found that armoire on FB Marketplace to fit on this wall, opposite the bed. Love the warmth it adds to the dark walls. Inside the armoire has shelves, she could fold blankets inside, sleeping pillows, etc.

We did put that white dresser in here to balance out the armoire.

Bonus, she has a spot for her aria diffuser in here! All the senses are ignited now!

Canopy Bed-

Kami got that canopy bed when I shared my sisters bedroom makeover, about two years ago (we got her the white version). If you noticed in the before photo they didn’t have the canopy part up, they weren’t sure if they liked it. We offered to put the canopy on, and just see (I knew it would look so good!). Verdict, they LOVE their bed now!

Light Fixture-

Adding the rattan light fixture was the icing on the cake! They had a flush mount light with can lights on that vaulted ceiling. A hanging light brought your eye down and completed the look. We actually took it from Ella’s bedroom, with her permission, and promised we would get her a new light. Sometimes it is just the most time efficient to just shop my house!

Art-

The Lindsay Letters Art was my starting off point for designing this bedroom. As mentioned above, I wanted the room to represent the outdoors, without being an outdoor theme:). The art is called “plant shop”! Plus I liked how the colors in the art were repeated in the bedding and rug, without feeling too matchy.
Far Left Art- “Snake Plant” // Middle Art- “Dark and Dawn” // Far Right Art- “Plant Shop” (NESTING15 for 15%)

I found that gingham chair at Home Goods, on clearance! It swivels and slightly rocks. I thought I would put it by the armoire, but ended up liking it at the end of the bed, plus there is a lot of space for it! (Aren’t they so cute?? That is Kami, with her three sweet babies, wish I got a photo of Blaine, he is equally as cute).

She had that floor mirror, I grouped a vintage floral watercolor and another piece from Lindsay Letters, called “Nectar” (code NESTING15 for 15% off)

Nightstands-

Found this round table vintage shopping, the scale is much better than the small nightstand they had. Plus I like how it pulled in the warm wood tones of their new armoire.

Vintage box is a great option for a nightstand without drawers. Found these gorgeous terracotta lamps to pull in the color in the sheets.

And on this side my sweet sister agreed to give Kami this small and perfect for her nightstand! I had originally found the nightstand for my sisters makeover, but really should could do a larger one in her room (we will have fun hunting something for her!).

Hope you enjoyed the tour, and got some idea for your home!

We will be back to snuggle the babies and work on a couple kids rooms!

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