Home Decor

How to make over your bedroom with patterns and texture

Instantly update any space with bold colour and layers of pattern and texture

Photography by Roberto Caruso; Styling by Emma Reddington and Yasmin Zeitler Updated August 17, 2011

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Create a mood with accessories

Use a combination of drapes, throw cushions, bolsters, throws, spreads and area rugs to add lush layers, soften up the overall look – and muffle sounds in echoey condos.

Get the look: Bedspread, $259, Pottery Barn. Throw, $30, Indigo.ca. Gold cocktail cube side table, $1,095, Cocoon Furnishings. Ring table lamp, $575, Elte. Similar art: Curtis Jere sculpture, $1,250, Caviar 20. Hanging light, $889, Great lighting. Paint, Down Pour blue, $46/gal., Benjamin Moore. All fabric, Designer Fabrics (see below). Sewing, Designer Sewing Inc.,. Room design, Marion Melbourne.

The palette: Headboard – Malaga, in indigo/sailor, $39/ yd, Designer Fabrics. Feature wall – Down Pour blue,
$46/gal.,
Benjamin Moore. Bolster – R-Sensei, in navy, $37/yd.,
Designer Fabrics. Bedskirt
– Grace, in midnight, $20,
Designer Fabrics. Pillows – Isham Indienne, in
porcelain, $33/yd.,
Designer Fabrics. Rug – Madeline Weinrib Indigo Westley, $1,328,
Y&CO.

Before: This cookie-cutter room lacked colour and texture, and there was no focal point.