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The bedroom wall is finished!

The black wall in the bedroom is finally finished.The doorway on the left leads into a small fourth bedroom that we use as our dressing room.

The bedroom wall is finished!
The door that’s supposed to go there is missing, but I actually like that it’s open all the time.We have the door that’s supposed to go in this frame, but I have no idea when it’ll actually be hung.Maybe it’s not the most elegant solution, but I painted the lower half of the brackets with the wall color, and they recede completely.

Awkward extra door in bedroom

We recently moved into a rental apartment that has a very awkward and useless door in the bedroom.Unfortunately it's also on the only wall where we can orient our bed.Looking for suggestions on how to hide the door.

Best Storage Shelf for Small Spaces: Cabidor Review 2020

Then I found the Cabidor — a behind-door cabinet that attaches to the jamb’s hinges.The included retention rods keep your belongings from flying across the room should you open your new cabinet with too much gusto.

Best Storage Shelf for Small Spaces: Cabidor Review 2020
Once in place, the Cabidor feels like a built-in addition to my bedroom in a corner that was otherwise useless.

It makes a pleasant curio display if left open, like a six-foot-tall medicine cabinet, and practically disappears when needed.

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An odd place for an ugly door, how can I camouflage it?

This door in my master leads onto the hot tub deck, and it's not in the budget to replace.I plan on painting the bedroom and I'm wondering the best way to take the focus off this door!One idea I had was to paint the entire wall and door black...any suggestions?

How to Create a Simple Teen Photo Wall

Learn how to decorate teen bedrooms with photos for a simple but meaningful gallery photo wall.She asked me if she could hang the prints directly on the wall.

How to Create a Simple Teen Photo Wall
Well…now it’s been over a year since I’ve painted her room so I gave her the green light to create a simple teen photo wall.Shop the PostTurn on your JavaScript to view contentChoose a Wall for the PhotosThe first step in this project is to chose a wall or space to create your photo gallery.

Adhering Photos to the WallWe used permanent double-stick tape to adhere the prints to the wall.

Folding Wood Doors Hide Plenty Of Built-In Storage In This Apartment

asap/Adam Sokol Architecture Practice has designed an apartment in Beijing, China, that includes 132 folding wood doors that hide a variety of storage areas.Featured throughout the apartment, the doors hide different design elements such as bookshelves, storage areas, and TVs.In the bedrooms, the doors help to eliminate clutter, keeping the bedrooms organized and tidy.In another room, the floor-to-ceiling doors hide shelving and drawers with a yellow background.

Folding Wood Doors Hide Plenty Of Built-In Storage In This Apartment
Photography by Jonathon Leijonhufvud | Design: asap/Adam Sokol Architecture Practice – Adam Sokol, AIA; Daymond Robinson, Gregory Serweta | Collaborators: Smith + Anderson (lighting design), Claudy Jongstra (textile design)

Beautiful Board and Batten Wall with a Hidden Door

We recently finished creating a new bedroom suite for our client, with a beautiful board and batten wall with a hidden door.And what better way to do that than with a beautiful board and batten wall, concealing the door with molding.

Beautiful Board and Batten Wall with a Hidden Door
To plan out our design for this beautiful board and batten wall, we made a sketch of the wall on graph paper and began laying out our pattern.For more details installing board and batten, see Inexpensive board and batten accent wall with easy installation.

Here’s our feature board and batten wall with the beautiful charcoal gray paint.

Bed Off Centered looking for opinions

I plan to add more wall panels to give more hight behind the bed and get new furniture.The wall length the bed is on is 12 feet with a bathroom door that opens out.I have 4 feet of space between bed and wall on onside and about 2.5 feet on side by windows.

Bed Off Centered looking for opinions
My question is: Do you think the bed and wall panels look bad off centered?View Coming into the Bedroom DoorView from Corner Bathroom Door - Looking at closet door and the opening bedroom door.

DIY Murphy Bed Using Old Doors

You can put a murphy bed in areas you would never put an actual bed.My DIY murphy bed has a unique look in that we used a couple of old doors for the face of it.Murphy Bed Hardware KitThe only problem we had was that we had never built a murphy bed before and it would have to function safely and smoothly.Old Doors For The Murphy Bed FrontWe built a full size murphy bed and wanted to replace the plywood front with old doors.Finished Murphy BedThe construction of the murphy bed didn’t take long and I’m happy to have it installed to the wall.

Our Bedroom Ten Months In (Houston, We Have A Closet!)

Back to the inside of the bedroom – you can see that we now have some Pax wardrobes from Ikea along what used to be the bed wall.Now please allow me to gush for a minute about how good it feels to have this much storage space after living here without a bedroom closet.

Our Bedroom Ten Months In (Houston, We Have A Closet!)
Plus adding a bathroom wall will center the fireplace on the remaining bedroom wall (which you see below).

But trust me when I say that no table is gonna keep me from my vases & candles & baskets ;)So that’s our bedroom ten months in.

With a glorious amount of closet storage, a plan for a bathroom and a door, and a table for puzzles in the sun.

Hatchet Bedrooms

“Hatchet Bedroom” Have you heard this phrase before?It has to do with bedroom design, specifically where the bed is placed in the bedroom.

Hatchet Bedrooms
A “Hatchet Bedroom” is a bedroom where the head of the bed is placed on the same wall as the entry door into the room.There are other furniture driven reasons why this arrangement is better but that’s not really the point of this post.I think it’s really, REALLY important that furniture is drawn into the plan when designing the rooms.

Closets' doors; match walls, trim, or other color?

There's a pocket door for the room entry;it's normally closed.The walls are sage; the trim is buttercream; the ceiling is white.

Closets' doors; match walls, trim, or other color?
Should I paint the doors the sage wall color, the buttercream trim color, or a different color altogether?

Paint cans outside the pocket door and remodel supplies all over the mud room.

The wall color is too pale in the photo above; the one below shows them too bright.

Master Bedroom: To center bed on wall or between door and wall?

We are trying to figure out bed placement in our Master - the wall to the right will be our accent wall where we will place our bed.Should we center the bed on the wall, or between the door and the window?If it is on the wall, how do we place the rug?Should it stop before the door (which seems like small scale for the room) or go past the door (which would be a huge rug)?

How To Emulate This Barn Door Closet (Wall-Length Closet Design)

We are redoing an entire bedroom wall and have the opportunity to create either a wall-length closet, or two 'his and hers' closets.I love the barn door look / idea and came across this photo which is pretty much exactly what I would hope for the space.

How To Emulate This Barn Door Closet (Wall-Length Closet Design)
The only concern I have is -- do these barn doors not cover the entire closet opening?It's a charming look with an empty closet, but once our stuff is filling up the space I'm not sure we'd want the interior of the closet to be visible.OR, is that just a 'faux opening' and actually, the closet opening is more like 3 ft so when the barn doors are closed, there is simply a wall behind where the doors are now?

Wall decor for off center window/wall in bedroom

We have a king sized bed in our bedroom, and two windows.The position of the bed and furniture can't really be changed.

Wall decor for off center window/wall in bedroom
I would love suggestions on how to decorate the walls above and adjacent to the bed to bring balance to the space.

It's difficult because of the position of the two windows.

The door to the right of the bed is the closet.

How to DIY a Shiplap Accent Wall for Cheap

Colby and I have talked about doing some sort of DIY accent wall in our bedroom for over a year.Well, not to mention the small detail that the faux shiplap wall was originally supposed to be board and batten.

How to DIY a Shiplap Accent Wall for Cheap
On the other two shiplap wall DIY projects in our house, we used tongue and groove shiplap.

DIY shiplap wall materials:The accent wall we were adding shiplap to is 17′ long and 12′ tall.

Shiplap bedroom wall DIYTo cut around the windows, we used a Contour Gauge.

Boy Room Idea

You can also sand with a hand sander, pole sander, or a drywall sander if you will be doing a lot of retexturing.I really loved the geometric wall I did in our last house, so I decided to recreate it.Geometric Accent Wall Tutorial:I used all 1 in x 2 in x 8 ft mdf for it because its an engineered material that has no flaws like real wood.

Boy Room Idea
I started with my middle piece first and built off of that one for the rest of the wall.

Then I attached them to the wall with my brad nailer and used 2 inch 18 gauge nails.

Factors That Play A Role In The Cost Of A Murphy Bed

Adjustability for the tension of the mechanism, robustness of the design, materials utilized (for the mechanism) and cost are all factors to be weighed.A Murphy Bed Can Make Any Space a Multi-Function SpaceMany people desire a Murphy bed because they find that they need space for an overnight guest from time to time, but don’t have a spare room to be used solely as a guest room.

Factors That Play A Role In The Cost Of A Murphy Bed
In this case, a Murphy bed is an excellent solution as you can provide a comfortable bed for guests while still having the ability to use the room for the majority of the time for another purpose.A Murphy bed can be designed to fit seamlessly into a room that might be used as an office, a library, a craft or hobby room, a playroom, an art studio or even a den or salon.

Some folks even add a Murphy bed to another bedroom, often a child’s bedroom, to provide an easy solution for sleepovers.

Steps Toward a New Home

All of the plumbing lines, electrical wiring, and HVAC duct work have been installed in the walls where they won’t be seen.It’s now time to cover the interior walls of your home.

Steps Toward a New Home
Complex designs and colors, as well as realistic simulation of wood, stone, brick, and other textures has made current wallpapers much more modern and vibrant.While so many elements of home construction are structurally necessary, and don’t offer much choice for style, interior walls are probably the biggest factor in determining the personality of a home.A single floor plan could result in many different interior styles…..modern, rustic, country, urban, Victorian, mostly determined by wall coverings and textures.

Master Bedroom Moody Barn Door Reveal

If you remember, a few weeks ago I shared my master bedroom makeover.Today, I am so excited to share with you my new moody barn door from Rustica.Barn Door DetailsSo, let me share with you all the details on this gorgeous door.I paired it with the Ultra Modern Barn Door Hardware in a gold finish which I love!!This door was the last piece of the puzzle in my master bedroom makeover.

3 pivot doors that aren't doors

Three different makers and designers chose two of the same elements — wood and a FritsJurgens pivot hinge — and then went in completely different directions.Nabi Boyd designed a “pivot door” with a FritsJurgens System One pivot system.

3 pivot doors that aren't doors
Compact winner This pivot door is equipped with a FritsJurgens System One pivot system.

With the right accessories, a pivoting window with a FritsJurgens pivot system can easily be made weather-proof.

Just like an exterior pivot door, a pivot window can be made moisture and draft repelling completely.

What colour do I paint my internal doors?

What colour do I paint my internal doors is a question that I am frequently asked.Should I paint my internal doors the same colour as my trim?Should I paint my internal doors the same colour as the wall?

What colour do I paint my internal doors?
Related: What colour should I paint my skirting boards and architravesDon't forget to consider your internal doors in relation to the kitchen joinery.

Often pantry doors will be close to internal doors throughout an open plan space so you need to think about this too when deciding on a colour.

Ditch Your Closet Doors for a Tailored Curtain

Take a good long look at your closet doors, if you can stand it.It's hard to imagine any closet door that adds to the look of a room, even if they're fancy (you've definitely seen pictures of supposedly high-end homes that have multiple sets of closet doors side-by-side —a.k.a.By hanging the curtain just a few inches away from the shelves behind it, David maxed out his floor space beside it."The curtain’s in a track that's just two inches in front of the shelves," David explains.

Ditch Your Closet Doors for a Tailored Curtain
For under $100, get a curtain track and simply screw it into the ceiling above the opening to your closet.

The Best Paint Finish for Walls, Ceilings, Trims, Doors & More

BEST PAINT FINISH FOR CEILINGS: flatBEST PAINT FINISH FOR TRIMS, DOORS & MOULDINGS: satinBEST PAINT FINISH FOR WALLS: matte or eggshellBEST PAINT FINISH FOR CABINETS: satinBEST PAINT FINISH FOR PAINTED BRICK: eggshellNow, let’s learn a little about what you can expect in SHEEN or GLOSS from the above finishes!THE BEST PAINT FINISH FOR TRIMS, DOORS & MOLDINGSSATIN/PEARLHands down, satin is the most popular finish for any type of trims, doors and mouldings.THE BEST PAINT FINISH FOR THE CEILINGFLATIn 99% of cases, a flat finish is best for a ceiling.THE BEST PAINT FINISH FOR WALLSMATTE OR EGGSHELLWhen it comes to walls, there are many considerations…The best paint finish for walls that are in great shape – matte or eggshellIf your walls are smooth, in good condition, and you don’t have kids or dogs, you can definitely consider a quality matte finish.The best paint finish for walls that are damaged or uneven – matte or eggshellAs mentioned earlier, I highly recommend ScuffX.

This Children's Bedroom Has A Bunk Bed Built For Three

Atelier Starzak Strebicki was asked by their client to re-imagine the children’s bedroom in an apartment for a family in Poznan, Poland.Along one side of the bedroom is a custom-designed bunk bed made from light ash, that has room for all three of the children to have their own bed, as well as pull out drawers and cabinets.Opposite the bunk bed is a wall of cabinets, creating even more storage for the room.Each bed also has their own built-in dedicated storage area, where each child can keep their own things easily within reach while in bed.All of the cabinets and drawers in the bedroom are hardware-free, and instead have semi-circle cut-outs, that allow for easy opening.

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