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Eclectic Master Bedroom with Floral Wallpaper Wall
About Master Bedroom Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
The wall behind the bed is a floral bird wallpaper, the kind with trailing branches and small birds worked into a soft cream ground. We put it only on the bed wall. Wallpaper like this is busy, and carried across the whole room it would have been too much, so it stays as the backdrop the headboard sits against. The cream base keeps it from clashing with the grey bed in front of it.
Those are gold grid partition screens, one on each side of the bed. They are open metal frames, not solid walls, so light and air still pass through while the bed gets a defined edge. Each screen carries a globe pendant light, which is why there are no bedside lamps taking up the side tables. The grid also picks up the gold notes used elsewhere in the room.
The wall opposite the bed is sage green with an arched pattern cut into it in low relief. It is subtle. The arches show as shadow lines rather than colour, so the wall has movement without shouting. A mirrored console stands against it, which bounces light back into that side of the room.
It is a grey tufted wingback bed, upholstered in a soft suede-look fabric. The wings are the point. They rise on both sides of the headboard and frame the pillows, which gives the bed presence against a patterned wall behind it. Channel tufting runs down the centre panel for a bit of texture. A tall solid headboard like this also blocks the draught from the windows on cooler nights.
Yes, there is a proper sitting area by the windows. It has two grey accent chairs, a blush chaise and a resin coffee table with a teal and gold top. The chaise is the eclectic touch. Its colour and shape are different from everything else, and in a room this size it looks like a deliberate choice rather than a mismatch. Pulling the seating to the window keeps the middle of the floor open, so the walk from the door to the bed stays clear.
The trick with an eclectic look is to fix the base and only let the accents vary. Here the floor, the ceiling and the main walls are quiet, so the busy pieces have room to be busy. If you want this feel in your own room, pick one or two loud things, the wallpaper and the chaise here, and keep everything they touch plain. Trying to make every surface a statement is what tips a room from eclectic into cluttered.
Wallpaper needs a little care but not much. Keep it to the one wall away from splashes, as it is here behind the bed, and it will stay clean for years. Dust it now and then with a dry cloth. The main thing is the fixing. Get it hung properly so the seams sit flat, because a lifted seam is the one fault people notice.
Most of the cost in this room is in the loose pieces, not the building work. The wingback bed, the blush chaise, the mirrored console and the resin coffee table are all statement items, and those set the budget more than the wallpaper or paint. The gold grid partitions are custom metalwork, which also adds up. If you are working to a number, choose one or two hero pieces to spend on and keep the rest simple, the way the plain floor and curtains do here.