I’m almost ready to start working on the poor neglected master bedroom. I surprised myself with the color palette I decided on: varying shades of blues and reds with a lot of white. How did I decide on this combination?

It started with a pair of D. Porthault shams that I bought in Paris this past summer. This is the pattern and it has a blue trim:

I had actually bought these for one of the guest rooms but decided they had to go in the master!

You may remember the walls are painted Benjamin Moore “Bunny Gray” (like the dining room) which has a light blue undertone. Here’s a picture of the paint going on before we moved in:

Here’s one more red and blue bedroom for inspiration:

Every time I’ve ever put color in the bedroom I ended up taking it out but I’m in a colorful mood these days so it may just stick this time!

(Photos: 1.D. Porthault 2.Lonny 3.House Beautiful)

I’m really inspired by Whitewell from Designers Guild right now for the master bedroom:

The background of this colorway is actually more white in person than it looks in the photo.

To recap, the bed and headboard are all white (so I think a couple of pillows in this pattern against the white would be really beautiful), the walls are painted Benjamin Moore “Bunny Gray” (second swatch from the left below) which I would describe as a Swedish blue gray; the trim is white, and I’m also still considering the black and white dotted fabric for the settee. So it would look like this all together:

I’m kind of loving it.

The only holdup is the settee because I can’t decide if I want to go black and white with the wood painted white or if I want to leave the wood and just reupholster it in white like the settee in this room:

So as usual, decisions need to be made and I plan on doing that soon!

Thanks for another fun week of blogging and all your comments. See you all Monday!