Primary Bedroom

The first/easiest room to get mostly “done” was the primary bedroom. It was also kind of a necessity since we needed somewhere to sleep obviously!

This is what the room looked like before we moved in. The carpet was torn out ASAP after we closed on the house, and then the back wall was painted in Behr’s Equilibrium, a dark green, and the other walls were painted with Behr’s Beach House, which we also used in entryway, basement, and sunroom.

I knew I wanted the paint color in here to be a dark, moodier color, and liked some of the dark green bedrooms I’d seen on Pinterest. That plus the mid-century modern style of the house kind of informed the rest of my decisions.

This was my “inspiration” board.

I saw the color palette on Pinterest somewhere while looking for colors that coordinate well with dark green (the paint color for the room). Then I saw this print on Etsy from an artist that I’ve purchased from before and loved it and how well it tied in a lot of the colors from this palette.

We definitely wanted to get a king bed, and luckily there was plenty of room to have one. I knew I wanted a platform bed because we got a hybrid memory foam mattress from Idle Sleep, and a box spring would be unnecessary. Plus a platform bed will be easier for Jonathan to get onto :) Fun fact, when you change your address with USPS you get a ton of discount codes and coupons to different home goods stores, and one of those was a “buy one get one free” coupon to Idle Sleep. I knew my parents wanted to get a new queen mattress for their guest bedroom, so this let us split the cost of a mattress and save >$600!

Mike had a bedside table from his old apartment that matches “well enough” and gives him more storage (for what, I don’t know). I only need a lamp, tissues, and space for books on my bedside table, so I got this small one. My old bedside table is in the guest bedroom, along with the rest of my bedroom furniture from the apartment. I will probably spray paint the hardware on that table and on the dresser we bought from Elizabeth so that they match (probably brass!). And I knew that brass lamps would look really pretty against the dark green.

I kept the bedding mostly white, except for some color in a throw blanket and some accent pillows that tied into my “palette”. I’d been considering getting a big, 9x12 rug, but Mike convinced me that a smaller, runner length rug at the foot of the bed would make more sense, and make it easier to vacuum. He was right and this was much cheaper!

And this is what the room looks like now!