Now that the holidays are over and the doldrums of winter have set in, it's time to do something to brighten up the rooms where we spend so much of our time -- our bedrooms!
I got some great ideas when I recently toured the Residences at Allen Plaza, a condo building developed by J. Greg Allen in downtown Indianapolis.
In many of the condos, designers Shannon Roark of Interior Life and Matty Bennett of Sequences Design used wallpaper behind headboards to bring some drama to beds that were otherwise rather ordinary. It worked wonders.
Check out the room at right. This bedroom had a very simple headboard. But with the addition of the white and silver wallpaper behind it, the simplicity becomes intentional and the wall becomes a focal point.
Plus, using paper on just one wall is an easy way to get a big bang for little money and work. And when you're using wallpaper in a small space, you can try something a little wild, bold or unusual.
Check out the bedroom below. It would be tough to use this bold print throughout an entire room. But on wall behind the bed, it pulls this black, white and pink room together.
But you don't have to be quite so bold to create a feature wall. In the photo below, the gray papered wall is in a similar tone as the blue paint so the overall effect is much more subtle.
Finally, the photo below is a great compromise between bold and subtle. The gray pattern on the chocolate brown background is nearly a match for the painted walls. But the pattern is so bold that it still makes a big statement in the room.
