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I Cannot Tell a Lie

lolakimono — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:12:18 GMT

I could not sleep here!

It reminds me of the Scooby Doo episodes where there are eyes moving behind a painting.

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DREAMON — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:20:47 GMT

Another bed that looks uncomfortable....switch out the art and the bed and I like it.

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SXMGirl — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:24:42 GMT

@lolakimono I like the airy room, but I don't care for the art and I have never liked a canopy bed, even though there is no fabric on this one. Make these changes and I could sleep there.

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OKPrincess — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:29:51 GMT

The room doesn’t look warm and inviting so NAY.

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GSPgirl — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:33:16 GMT

I love the bed. I have one that’s very similar. I can’t sleep in a bed that’s not shoved up against the wall.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:39:22 GMT

It's just art, perhaps in a show room or design studio. No one could sleep on that bed, it's just a piece of foam and none would decorate such a tiny space like that.

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SoX — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:39:44 GMT

Ditch all the art work (not my cup of tea) ... everything else stays. I'd love waking up in this room and that view.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:49:01 GMT

Looks very Dickens ghost of Christmas past to me

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Oznell — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:29:46 GMT

Have to be odd man out-- love the room. I'm a fan of both abstract and traditional art of all kinds, and would be thrilled to be surrounded by compelling portraits and landscapes, as pictured.

Love the beams, the sense of history, the view, the architectural lines of the bed, the mellow dresser doing double duty as night stand, the step-stool doing casual duty as a book stand, the way the simple cotton rug "relaxes" the formality.

Unpretentious and appealing, heavily influenced by quirky English country house decorating.

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LoveMyBaby — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:29:50 GMT

I love that canopy bed (although I do agree the mattress looks uncomfortable). Love this space. I like how you can lay in bed with your thoughts and gaze out the window. This looks like a Paris apt.

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Nonametoday — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:41:12 GMT

I sort of like it. I don't like the way the bed sits at the window. I would put the head of the bed to the window and the foot away from it, but I love the artwork and I love the room, the bed. Bed just needs turning. I guess I should redecorate my house according to everyone else here, but I have a ton of artwork and I do have a canopied bed. Hmmm. I removed the canopy and just have the posters at this point. When I moved, we had trouble getting the canopy to fit in the room that had an architectural bulkhead. Although we could put it on after it was in place, we just never did.

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Nonametoday — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:52:00 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
Have to be odd man out-- love the room. I'm a fan of both abstract and traditional art of all kinds, and would be thrilled to be surrounded by compelling portraits and landscapes, as pictured.

Love the beams, the sense of history, the view, the architectural lines of the bed, the mellow dresser doing double duty as night stand, the step-stool doing casual duty as a book stand, the way the simple cotton rug "relaxes" the formality.

Unpretentious and appealing, heavily influenced by quirky English country house decorating.

@Oznell In my bedroom, I have a bed with posters, window nearby but the window does not frame the bed, it is just nearby (triple French window), starts about midway of the bed and is symmetrical to the whole of the room. I have lots of artwork. I have a bulkhead and drywall and I use that to frame the bed sotospeak. It sits under the design of the bulkhead. I took the canopy off when we moved in, in order to get the bed in place and never put the canopy back on. It is stored. But I love lots of light, I love lots of artwork. I have my childhood dresser on one side of my bed as a nightstand and I have my MIL's library table on the other side as a night stand/desk. As the woods were not the same, I made a silk cover for the library table which has pleats at the sides and which matches my draperies. So I could live with this.

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fancy pantsy — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:50:26 GMT

i agree with @OKPrincess that it is not warm and inviting. i probably could sleep there one night in a pinch, but i would not be comfortable.

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missy1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:57:51 GMT

Nothing over the bead, thanks.

The pictures, especially the portrait of someone sitting in a chair. NO

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Bri369 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:02:46 GMT

I like nothing about that room.

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Mombo1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:15:03 GMT

The room looks like a museum. Too creepy for me. The artwork is too high and uninviting.... and the bed looks very uncomfortable. Even the flower arrangement looks half dead.

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JYWilliams — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:33:01 GMT

I like the dresser.

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Venezia — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:55:04 GMT

I'm in the minority here. I love that room and would happily sleep in it. It doesn't look staged to me; it looks like a real room in an old British manor house (or someone's replica of one).

I stayed in a hotel once, when living there, that had been a manor home and the room I got was just as stately as this. The bed was very comfortable. I also don't think this is a small space; I think it may appear that way because of the furniture. Look at the height of the ceilings, the distance from which the photo was taken, the size of those paintings. And that huge window - to lie in bed and look out upon the scenery outside.

My idea of heaven - except for the heating bills! But, if I could afford this, I don't guess I'd worry about that.

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Oznell — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:06:15 GMT

Your room sounds lovely, @NameAlreadyTaken!

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RedTop — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:10:33 GMT

I HATE the room as pictured; strip everything out but a bed that dresser, and rug, and I’m okay with it.