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Decorating my loft bedroom

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Tony Williams

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Ok I wanna rave it it up too (semi trippy shit) but it's mainly gunna be something to chilax me - money is no object (within reason).

FLOOR
Right now........ the carpet is red/terracotta and stairs that go down are also. This was about £500-£600 to do and it's been a good 8yr? but it's bled'y lasted. So for this my options are

1) new carpet (match new colour scheme????) or even thinking of a wooden foor?
2) keep the carpet and rent a rug doctor (fancy rent out cleaning machines) and give the carpet a brand new look and maybe buy 1-2 rugs?

WALL
Now the wall paper is getting stripped and I am giving it 2 colours - one colour on the main huge wall the a secondary one for the rest. Now ideas are:

1)green, oilve green
2)orange, slate gray (SEEMS to be my fav)
3) calm sky blue and white

Plus purples, reds even just mulicolour! ACTUALLY lookig back on the main feature wall I think I would love it wood.

CEILINGS
Now the ceilings are big as it's a loft they shape like the roof and it had some tiles artex. now I was thinking maybe adding UV paint and add blacklgihts to my top ceiling and have nets or something for design.

MISC
the room does still need cleanin' up hehe but I wanna get a decent foutain and I am getting a fish tank.

Once it's cleaned I will add current photos.

I have multiple paints when I strip the walls to test, I am liking orange/grey.

I got a small cheap water feature as a reviewer says it's weak and trickles so i may buy a new pump or/and another feature.
http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...r_features/Lily-Indoor-Water-Feature-11327501

Therapeutic Himalayan Salt lamp sounds interesting!! so would mood lights (got flickerig ones phillps -- good)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Liv..._84?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1335076126&sr=1-84

http://www.amazon.co.uk/STRIP-LIGHTS-STRIPS-LIGHT-RIBBON/dp/B005CJD7GI/ref=pd_sim_sbs_light_2

Right bed now will adjust this when I WAKE. H/L is the best pleace I though - the lounge is just a cumfest

Right night

Anyway some photos I like for inspiration:

YES PLEZ
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However I love this design
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There's so much you aren't talking about that's awfully important— I feel like this is a project doomed to fail (by my definition of failure). What are the dimensions of the room, including ceiling hight. Are there any windows, if so, what direction do they face. Just those alone have a lot to do with what colors you can get away with on the walls.

How big is the bed, does it have a headboard, et cetera, are there closets. What furniture is there in there already, what are the finishes of that furniture.


Anyway, FUCK NO to all that blacklight bullshit.
 
It's all fitted furn. It's a loft room and theres two windows that point up at the sky. Like I say I've gotta get some lil' shenzs sorted and I'll get some photos up. No to the black light stuff??

I have a £1 and £2 tin that I donate for x/mas however that's been so it's now - my bedroom fund. :D Stores £500 in £1 coins but has a mix and 2/3-3/4 full so £500 there and can pull a cople of dollars out of my hat. It's a big leather bed with a head board I have a speaker above it so If I wanted a nice picture I'd need 2x sqare'ns

Will have to get 'em upped later for you'se.
 
Backlight stuff sucks. It's pretty cliche and screams "I smoke pot all day every day". That's what everyone, including you ;), is going to think immediately upon entry. Aesthetics besides it's not very functional for a bedroom theme. If you ever want natural light or anything besides blacklights the actual blacklight-infused furniture is going to look off and not very pleasing to the eye. Trust me, even if you like it now you probably won't in a few years and you'll have to redecorate all over again. I like your second theme - much more sustainable. All my opinion of course. :)
 
next question: do you actually own the building in which the room is located? I love wood flooring, and your carpet sounds awful, but fuck making permanent improvements to a space you don't own.

If you're still about something that says trippy, but you take my advice (and amor's ;) ) and refrain from doing the blacklight thing, you might want to consider adding some moroccan-style to it. I believe its more ubiquitous over there than it is in the states, so it might seem cliche or tired, but I'd personally be about it...

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The inherent hazzard in this is ending up having a "theme room"— but its a bedroom, so, you know, fuck it, indulge yourself.
 
Oh man. Do what ali said. Christmas lights! Also, yeah, no black lights. You should do a multi-light theme though. No lights on, yet no black lights.

I like the orange and slate grey for the walls.

Ooh ooh get a mini water fall! Those things can be pretty cheap if you get them on sale. Put it next to the couch or large furniture piece you have in there.
 
When I was in town centre, I went into a shop and the theme was all orangey, terracotta and relaxing. Pander Bear I like your pics that's what I think I am aiming for. I am rebooting into LIVE Linux so I can get photos up,
 
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Your current decor SCREAMS blacklight and rave it up tacky shit. CLEAN YOU ROOM.

Elevate your style. As a pothead I prefer clean lines and a zen like atmosphere for tripping.
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Tony Williams said:
Ok photos currently!!! 4 photos:

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Then I've got my computer:

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If I were you, first I'd CLEAN MY ROOM and remove unnecessary clutter, then I'd rearrange it to put the bed's headboard against either the side wall or the back wall, and put the computer(s) against the other--That, in theory, seems like it would open it up quite a bit to have a little sitting area.

Oh, and I'd also run all those cords and cables behind the computer(s)/furniture. ;)
 
If you're serious about making your place look sophisticated, the wallpaper's gotta go first. It's more than a style faux-pas, it's a full-on affront. Personally I think you could get rather far in such a space by just painting the walls a darker, more comforting colour and splurging a bit on a nice chandelier (often people leave the craziest gothic-looking things in thrift shops). Having a cool lamp that plays with shadows as much as light can go a long way, and if the walls are dark then the effect of any light will become more pronounced. An idea that I'm really partial to is making lamps by taking empty soup cans, and either puncturing them all over with a nail and hammer or making patterns of your own design. Add a blast of spray paint, a naked bulb inside and maybe a gel filter for colour and you've got any number of little lamps that can turn your room into a planetarium =D
 
Well the wallpaper and carpet is 8yr old or something stupid and the paper is DEFFO going and I am getting it all plastered. Now I am thinking 2-tone - so the back wall in pic 3 is gunna be special and the side ones a basic colour. Combos may be:

MAIN: WOOD DESIGN SECONDARY cream
MAIN: Green SECONDARY brown or cream
MAIN: Sky blue? SECONDARY white
MAIN: ORANGE SECONDARY slate grey

I have alot of samples so once cleaned I will get plasted then try samples. I think I like the main wall being that wood design.

The carpet is red/terracotta but £500/£600 it was due to the stairs and cuboard. So either new carpet or wooden floor? or get a rug doctor and clean it properly and if there's any ugly space buy a fancy rug.

Ok I bought a Water Feat today. It's quite big too and noisey water runnin' should rock on low for night though and one thing is there's a blank part on it and no leds so bit of DIYin'.

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...3-Tier-Cascade-Outdoor-Water-Feature-11327507

This was another option!

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...Cascading-Pots-Outdoor-Water-Feature-11327506

What do you guys think I should do with my ceiling, leave it/repaint it white or an off-white? or something that reacts under UV :D Part of me wants it ravey but I would perfer that chilled zone insted. Maybe nets that hang or something???

Back to lights!!!!!!! I have beside the fridge a nice lamp but if I rebuild this PC I can MOVE this over by the TV and the sub over here then maybe the fridge over here giving me a space by my bed. ATM I have a cheap table but plan on getting a set of leather bedside tables or one.

Then MAIN light is a power flourcesent one that is not mood creating. I plan on adding some more lightening, spot lights maybe? maybe two behind the bed?
 
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Something I had for my wedding and have kept a few for around the house was small fishbowls with a cluster of fairy lights in them - they basically look like a glowing ball of light, really cool, and don't give that tacky feel from having fairy lights up in your bedroom / living room.

That might be an idea for something you could use to give your room a nice atmosphere when you have people over / want a chilled environment, but still want to be able to have traditional lights/lamps for a bog-standard Tuesday night reading a book.
 
Pics of plants and waterfall........... the purple thing is an x/mas thing I got.

RIP BONSAI

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I went back into the place that inspires me so much.............. the shop.......

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Now for my ceiling I like the idea of nettingythings.......

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What do people think of this lamp I think it's £120

http://0gdm.qr.ai

GOT ALL MY CLUTTER AND DUMPED IN THE MIDDLE TO CLEAN UP.............. some Ethylphenadate and noops will help!!!!!!!!!!
 
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