As quickly as I end my walk-in closet, I’m going to start out on the bed room and the lobby. I’ll be engaged on these two areas concurrently since a lot of what must be completed in one among these areas will carry by means of to the opposite space, just like the wainscoting and the grasscloth. So I’ll be treating it as all one house.
The lobby is not going to solely be an entrance into our bed room, with all one cohesive look, however it would even be an extension of my closet. I’ve been requested extra instances that I can depend if I’ll be placing a full-length mirror and/or a chair or bench in my closet. I didn’t make room for both of these issues within the closet as a result of I didn’t need to quit wall house or space for storing. My plan virtually from be the start was to place these issues within the lobby.
In order a reminder, that is what our bed room suite lobby seems to be like proper now…
And that is the wall the place I plan to include a full-length mirror. So when getting into the bed room suite, the mirror will probably be entrance and heart. Properly, not fairly heart, however what I imply. It’ll be proper there, so it’ll be one of many first issues seen when getting into the bed room suite.
After which on this wall, I plan to place an upholstered bench that I can use if I want to sit down down and placed on my footwear.
I nonetheless haven’t discovered the small print of that upholstered bench. I’m undecided if I would like it to be inbuilt or a movable bench. And whereas I do need the highest to be upholstered, I don’t suppose it could possibly have a full skirt on it just like the ottomans which can be in our entryway.
And the explanation for that’s as a result of I must put a passthrough on this wall for Felicity. So it’ll be small and low within the backside nook of this wall.
Which means she’ll want to have the ability to move below the upholstered bench, and a full skirt would finally get soiled along with her rubbing in opposition to it on a regular basis. However I would like her to have the ability to come and go as she pleases as a result of we’ll be sleeping with the bed room doorways closed every night time, and Felicity sleeps on me each night time. She normally leaves and comes again not less than as soon as each night time (and I sleep proper by means of it). She wouldn’t be happy in any respect if she’s both locked in or locked out of our room at night time.
So I must give you a design for the upholstered bench that can type of cover that little passthrough gap and permit her to move below the bench with out rubbing up in opposition to material every time. That makes me suppose both a separate, movable bench with a brief skirt or a built-in bench with an upholstered prime could be the 2 choices that might work for that function.
Anyway, one other element I’ve been serious about is the mirror. Till the previous few days, I had been planning on utilizing the mirror that I made for the visitor bed room. You may see it to the suitable of the door on this picture…
In fact, I wouldn’t need it to be yellow, so I had deliberate on gold leafing the body. However I’ve determined to not use that mirror in any case.
These of you who’ve adopted alongside on my initiatives for years now most likely know full nicely that I tend to gravitate in direction of sure issues — flowers, stripes, and so forth. However you’ve most likely additionally seen that I gravitate in direction of particular shapes as nicely. I virtually all the time select squares and rectangles over circles, ovals, and freeform designs.
I believe that comes from my want for issues to look exact and orderly, and it’s a lot simpler to make rectangles and squares match collectively in an orderly vogue than it’s to make circles, ovals, and freeform designs match collectively. However a home crammed with nothing however squares and rectangles can begin to look too inflexible. These circles and ovals and freeform designs add softness. So I actually suppose I must discover a mirror that has not less than some type of curves to it, particularly since it would go in an space with wainscoting on the partitions, which can add much more rectangles to the rooms.
There actually aren’t that many choices for an individual like me who needs one thing with curves however doesn’t essentially like filigree accents. If these filigree accents had been my model, I’d have so many extra choices to select from. However I simply don’t suppose something with a filigree design would work nicely in our home. In order that leaves me with these restricted choices that I’ve discovered.
I might do a easy arched prime. I actually like this one with the understated gold body. This one is from Wayfair (affiliate hyperlink).
However I additionally like this one with the broader body. The body on this one type of provides a extra trendy look to it. This one can be from Wayfair (affiliate hyperlink).
This one would additionally work completely. I like how the design on the underside is just like the design I plan to make use of for our headboard. This mirror is from Amazon (affiliate hyperlink). The form of this one might be my favourite, however my solely subject is the dimensions. The widest I’ve discovered on this design is 24″, and I hoped for one thing not less than 30″ vast. I’m afraid a 24″-wide mirror may look too small on that wall.
So these are actually the one three choices I’ve discovered to this point. Like I stated, it’s slim pickings whenever you rule out something with a filigree design. In an ideal world the place I might all the time get my method, this mirror would are available in a full-length measurement in a width of not less than 30 inches. But it surely doesn’t. It is a tiny mirror, however I really like that it’s totally different. I like totally different. This small mirror is from Amazon (affiliate hyperlink).
So I’m going to maintain wanting, however I do know for positive that I received’t be utilizing the mirror that I have already got. I want one thing with curves, however nothing with a filigree design. It’s troublesome to seek out one thing distinctive inside these parameters.
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