Decorating ideas please

I did interior design at college and purple was one of the colours they say that is too stimulating to get a restful sleep, unless you go towards lilac shades. I much prefer calming colours in a bedroom, the one in the Italian Job was lovely and the accent chair was gorgeous.

Number three would give me nightmares 😲

I love that top one, NotSpaghetti.

My daughter has just had her bedroom decorated in a lovely olive green. It's quite dark, but as she says, bedrooms are supposed to be dark. It looks really good, IMO - she lifted the colour with a duvet cover and curtains in white with a green 'drawn on' pattern and a white rug.

NotSpaghetti, I love the pale lilac and green. 😊

Green walls remind me of my childhood home immediately post war, all the walls were painted with green distemper 😟
I don't think dark purple is very restful but would be happy with pastel colours.

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Here's a purple and green bedroom

How about finding a wallpaper that adds bold colours?

Well each to his own, but the idea of walking into an olive green bedroom would really depress me, but I’m a big believer in choosing what you actually like, not what fashion dictates, or what you feel may be a safe choice.
So purple, bottle green, if you like it, have it.

It takes me ages to find the exact colour I want for a wall. I wanted a sage green nad finally plumped for Dulux Overtly Olive, it looks more beige online but it is a really nice sage colour. Go for a matt finish as this is far more forgiving than anything with a sheen, and won't show any touch ups you do later on.
A drab grey (sounds boring) can also be good, as so many colours go with grey and you can go to town on accessories in any colour.

I have just done my bedroom and I love it. I have white glass furniture, lilac walls, pretty flowered curtains and white seersucker duvet cover.

I’m not sure that purple would be very restful in a bedroom - and I can’t imagine it paired with pale green. Sorry!

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MawtheMerrier

Feature walls are very passé so I would rethink before going down that road!

I think they are considered quite trendy again - but they’re called accent walls now

www.idealhome.co.uk/bedroom/bedroom-ideas/bedroom-feature-wall-ideas-252167

Feature walls are very passé so I would rethink before going down that road!

I can't find a finished picture either.

I wouldn't add a bold colour to a bedroom either.

That's funny, ha ha, I was just looking for the finished bedroom on the Italian Job series. The green was lovely in the sunlight and the chair was beautiful with a butterfly print. You might need to watch it to get the full effect. Personally I wouldn't add a bold colour in a bedroom.

The bed went against that wall. The rest of the room was fairly plain, an old chest of drawers etc but the refurbished chair was just lovely.

I watched Alan Carr and Amanda Holden's Italian Job the other evening (yes, I know!) and they were decorating one bedroom.

Alan insisted on having a wide stripe of a sagey green going up the wall behind the bed. The others tried to put him off and I thought it would look awful but it didn't, it looked really stylish.
The colour band was exactly the width of the bed.

I think the use of brave colours is better on the accessories.
I have just redecorate a spare room.
The walls are Little Greene Rolling Fog.
The bed in Rustoleum Hessian.
I used the teal and gold on the blind for the cushions etc.
All the accessories are from Primark!!

I don’t have names of companies which supply new doors but you will find them by googling. Personally, I would prefer a new door to a hand painted old one, both aesthetically and for ease of cleaning,

I love purple, I particularly like it with lime green, but that may not work for a bedroom.
Get lots of testers, and think bold.

It’s not posing, I give up!

Photos

Don’t know what happened to my photos, the silly advert has popped up! Will try photos again.

Both colours do go well together, as long as the shade of each is complimentary. Here’s a couple of photos from Pinterest which show dark and light tones.