Who wouldn't want a well designed professional looking home?  If you are tackling this project on your own, the following will be good guidelines to help you achieve your finished look.  If you are overwhelmed by the whole scope of the project, try to start with one or two rooms.  You will learn valuable experience as you begin and gain confidence to take on more.

A bedroom is a perfect room to begin with.  It usually has a few basic starting points that are often given within the room.  For example, the flooring or carpet colour may be existing and that is something to consider when beginning your colour selection.  Because the bedding is such a major focal point within your room it should be one of the first decisions to be made.  Often the deciding factor in this choice may be style and colour and what appeals to you.  Current trends in bedding patters resemble the traditional patterns of years past.  Paisley and the large damask patterns are again abundant in fabric selection.  There is certainly an updated tone on tone colour palette and a sharp crispness which can pull this "traditional" look into a more contemporary look.  The gray colour palette is a perfect example contrasting with the dark espresso bedroom furniture.

See our bedding pattern: Daniadown "Milan"

Add accent pillow shams/ bedskirt etc. from our Glamour Collection RJS in gray.

Pant colours:  Main wall colour: AF-690 Metropolitan

                   Accent wall colour:  HC-168 Chelsea Gray

                   Trim & Door colour:  CC-40 Cloud White

To complete this fresh clean and contemporary look add a blind in a neutral warm white similar to CC-40 Cloud White.  A Hunter Douglas Duette Architella blind in an opaque room darkening fabric would be an excellent windowcovering for this application.

See our Duette Architella Fabric: Elan Eclipse colour: Journal

To finish off the window covering add drapery panels to either side of the window.  Rods are now being placed higher than the window casings almost to ceiling height.  This will visually elongate the height of the room and make a statement.  There is a matching "glamour" drapery panel in the accent Gray colour used on the bedding so this makes this decision easy as it is a co-ordinate. There are also many quality drapery panels available from our FaAB home fashions line.  These are Designer Ready-Made draperies with custom detailing in many style and colour options.

Wallpaper is another way to add a fashion forward look and create a dramatic look.  Do a feature wall behind the bed or only a panel finishing it off with a small moulding detail.

A fabric covered headboard is another visual  interest that can be added easily to your existing bedframe.  Our Decor-Rest fabrics and choices are numerous.

Artwork and a mirror on the adjacent walls finish off this elegant bedroom.

All quite quickly and simply once the starting fabric of your bedding was chosen and now choosing paint colours should be easier to decide.  This comes with greater ease with a designer to help you progress from stage to stage.