I haven’t been this excited to share photos with you in a while. I’ve been itching to paint our bedroom a rich, dark brown and after a rollercoaster of decision paralysis (you can see all the options we were considering here), we settled on one that feels so right. Our bedroom has been light and airy and it feels energizing on one hand, but we’ve had a light bedroom for the last several years and we were definitely ready for something more moody. I love to choose a paint color based on how I want a room to feel. And here, I wanted our bedroom to feel romantic, relaxing, and maybe a little historic. We added the beadboard on the ceiling, and the box trim on the walls which added so much depth to the room. but the rich, plum brown paint color we landed on really set the tone. We used Farrow and Ball, London Clay (bought locally at Elan Design Source).

Bed | Bench | Chandelier | Rug | Vase | Candle

It’s a deep, rich mahogany brown with purple undertones. It’s warm brown, but it also feels like a color which is interesting and intriguing even. When I showed Chris the top three options I was considering, he pointed out London Clay as his favorite–he loved that it felt more like a color and less like just a neutral. Of course that really resonated with me, too.

As a reminder, here’s how our bedroom looked right before this phase 2:

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Again, the white is beautiful, and there was a moment when the windows went black (that paint happened first) that I almost stopped the whole operation because the contrast was stunning, but I knew the transformation that we were after and I needed a break from sleeping in a white box.

Same angle, dark brown transformation:

It feels romantic, and earthy, and memorable. I know a retreat is typically bright and airy, but this is my kind of retreat. A retreat into a romantic getaway, from the rest of the house.

Note: We used Benjamin Moore Aura paint in Black for the windows, Farrow & Ball London Clay in Modern Emulsion for the walls and Modern Eggshell for the trim.

Opposite our bed, still hangs our TV, except now it blends in so much more and has no wires hanging down! Big pro TV in the bedroom people.

I ordered some art for above the bed, and curtains and shades for the windows and a large floor mirror, so over the next couple weeks, we’re excited to share more of this space, but man, I already never want to leave. (Good thing or bad thing?? ha)

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