Bedroom colour scheme

greenbee

Eldi_Dos said:

@greenbee
                       You cut down an ancient oriental rug, wow. 

It is over 100 years old, faded, threadbare, stained, with holes in, and has already had fraying edges cut off. I washed it approx 10 years ago (which improved the colour) but the centre (despite a hole and a repair) is still beautiful. And I’m very lucky that my neighbour (who is a flooring specialist) loved it enough to give it a go. So this is its last incarnation. 

I have a a couple more ancient rugs covering hardboard floors at the moment. One (Indian, 100+ years old, belonged to my great-grandparents) is good enough to reuse once the downstairs floors are done. The other is an almost see-through runner, which has probably now reached (or passed!) the end of its life. 

greenbee

FreeBear said:

greenbee said: How big is the room, and where does the light come from?

Roughly 3.8m by 3.2m and 2.4m high, south facing with a 1.8x1.4m window on the longest wall.

Although classed as a bedroom, I'm leaning towards using it as a darkroom for a bit while I renovate a couple of the other rooms. Having the bathroom on the other side of one wall means I have easy access to water & drain.

Pinks and reds will work really well with the south-facing aspect. Size-wise it feels as if it would take that colour combination well too. I say go for it. Even if you are using it as a darkroom for a bit - if you don’t like it, then it’s the darkroom, so it doesn’t matter. If you do, you can reclaim it. 

twopenny

My friend used pinks and reds in her cottage.
It looked great.
Another used the red woodwork. Lovely.

It's your bedroom, you have it how you like.
If you find it's not for you, change it 

I get gently criticised for my creams and pastels. 
Granted it's a bit like living inside an ice cream but I like the light sunny bit of it.
And the criticism from someone who has all the house grey and white, furniture all from wayfair.

Love the idea of the rugs. It's the wealthy who have threadbare heritage rugs   
I have a lot of my great grandparents furniture. Interesting trying to fit it in a bungalow!

Eldi_Dos

@greenbee
                   Sorry to keep coming back to this but was it hand stitched?

greenbee

twopenny said:

My friend used pinks and reds in her cottage.
It looked great.
Another used the red woodwork. Lovely.

It's your bedroom, you have it how you like.
If you find it's not for you, change it 

I get gently criticised for my creams and pastels. 
Granted it's a bit like living inside an ice cream but I like the light sunny bit of it.
And the criticism from someone who has all the house grey and white, furniture all from wayfair.

Love the idea of the rugs. It's the wealthy who have threadbare heritage rugs   
I have a lot of my great grandparents furniture. Interesting trying to fit it in a bungalow!

I've been the the recipient of the ones that have been too threadbare for use (holes and fraying mean they're potentially dangerous) to cover bare floors while I was renovating the last house. This one and one other are the only ones that have survived. The other one is still whole. This one was badly damaged, but the clever carpet fitter managed to salvage enough from the centre to turn it into a fitted carpet, so it has had a reprieve. All the 'specialists' said it wasn't even worth cleaning (hence me washing it myself 10 years ago).

There is a place for creams and pastels. It's what suits you and your home. My mum tend to prefer neutrals, but loves what I've done with colour here. I'm considering each room individually to make the best of it, so there is a huge amount of variation depending on size/aspect/use/furnishings. But I'm definitely getting rid of the grey - there is far too much of it (walls, kitchen units, flooring) and the house is north-facing. 

greenbee

Eldi_Dos said:

@greenbee
                   Sorry to keep coming back to this but was it hand stitched?

No idea. Definitely hand-repaired at some point. And definitely hand-altered (probably in the Victorian era to fit round furniture or a chimney breast or something... I have furniture that has been similarly butchered). It was in a really bad state - similar ones in the past have gone to a friend who salvaged bits of them to make into bags or smaller rugs, but by the time I get rid of them they usually have very little left due to the amount of wear (and they arrive with me as rejects from other people!). I'm just pleased that the centre of this could be salvaged (despite the 2" hole about 5" from the centre) so it should last another 10-20 years as it isn't a high-traffic room. And I like it far more than boring fitted carpet.