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Bedroom design question.

J Town Girl — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:07:43 GMT

We are redecorating our bedroom and I want to put something different on the wall above the headboard. Right now I have a painting but I'm getting tired of it so I want something different.

Can any of you who enjoy design give me any ideas? The furniture in the room is Mission Style.

What do most of you have on the wall above your beds? Notice I said on the wall not on the ceiling. We're too old for that.

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lolakimono — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:21:21 GMT

Most people do one of the following:

framed artwork/canvas/photos

metal sculpture

framed mirror

decorative screen

tapestry/quilt/wallhanging

collage of plates of different sizes

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wilma — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:26:13 GMT

My advice - don't hang anything too heavy above the headboard, because if it does fall when you are in the bed, you could get seriously injured. Personally, I would be scared to death to hang a heavy metal sculpture or mirror over my bed. I like the idea of a tapestry or quilt-like hanging since you bedroom is mission style.

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lolakimono — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:36:18 GMT

Here are some items from Pier1.

Also, if you find something that is too small in scale, you can also group similar items to make the item appear larger, like in the case of these below. (I'm not a bird person myself, but I wanted to show you what I'm talking about).

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NanciJ — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:36:47 GMT

On 7/28/2014 wilma said:
My advice - don't hang anything too heavy above the headboard, because if it does fall when you are in the bed, you could get seriously injured. Personally, I would be scared to death to hang a heavy metal sculpture or mirror over my bed. I like the idea of a tapestry or quilt-like hanging since you bedroom is mission style.

When we moved a year ago, after many years in our previous home, we made the decision not to hang anything at all above our bed for the very reason that you gave. We have euro shams against our king size headdboard, then the king pillows that we sleep on, then king shams, and throw pillows in front of them. With all of that, we don't notice the lack of anything on the wall above it.

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Junker2327 — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:38:57 GMT

How about a wreath or a swag of some sort!

Beckyblu

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cookie5 — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:45:48 GMT

How about a shelf? We had one made that was similar to a mantle i.e. not L brackets with a board that was the width of our bed. We had it painted it, or you could stain it. I used old books, a camel hump clock and various other family pieces. We lived in So. Cal and it never once fell due to earthquakes. I really miss it.

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Drythe — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:50:37 GMT

A framed, antique, asian scarf.

Loved for years, didn't wear for fear of damage or loss, finally occurred to me to have it framed.

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Susan Louise — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:38:17 GMT

I bought a fabulous metal wall art from Wayfair for our livingroom back in January. It only cost $50. Unfortunately it's sold out, so I can't even give you an item #.

However, you can still see what I got by googling "Giftcraft Tree with Bird Design Wall Decor" and click on the link that is connected to either Pinterest or Walmart. You should then see a tree with 5 birds in it...that's what I got...it's AWESOME!

I did find another one that would probably suit being above a headboard a bit better since it is wider and not as tall. There is also just 2 birds in it, so it can represent you and your hubbie! If we didn't have our wedding pic where it is, even I would get it!!!

To see it, go to Giftcraft dot com and put in their search engine item #082155. The only problem is, I can't figure out how you order it if you like it...might have to call or email them.

Above our bed headboard (not on the ceiling ) is one of our wedding pics, framed and blown up to about 2'x3'. We're by the beach in Florida

Re: Bedroom design question.

lolakimono — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:42:51 GMT

On 7/28/2014 Susan Louise said:
I bought a fabulous metal wall art from Wayfair for our livingroom back in January.

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Susan Louise — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:46:31 GMT

On 7/28/2014 lolakimono said:
On 7/28/2014 Susan Louise said:
I bought a fabulous metal wall art from Wayfair for our livingroom back in January.

Bless your heart Lolakimono...TY!

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Colonel Meow — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:52:14 GMT

I have a simple "lucky" horse shoe hung above my bed. It's not very large, but is wide enough to accommodate a small cowboy vignette in the interior. It was a house warming gift.

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:01:44 GMT

I'm considering a custom stencil over my king bed.

Everyone has seen the ""Always Kiss Me Goodnight"" wall stencil. I want to create something a little more original and personalized.

If I get tired of it I can always paint over.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:13:28 GMT

If you don't want to hang anything how about the 'words/sayings' that can be rubbed onto the wall?

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:09:33 GMT

On 7/28/2014 momtodogs said:
If you don't want to hang anything how about the 'words/sayings' that can be rubbed onto the wall?

I'm keeping a can of Kilz handy just in case it doesn't work out.

Easier than removing a tattoo.

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151949 — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:09:09 GMT

I too have mission style furniture - and our bedroom colors are beige, brown and teal blue. We were looking for something to fill in the space over our bed and we have 10 1/2 ft ceilings so it needed to be quite large. We found an antique mariners map of the bay and coves around our town.It had some damage so DH cut it in half to get the damaged parts out - they were mildewed. Then he mounted it and made frames for them. DH has a cousin who lives nearby that is an artist and DH took them over to his house to use some of his woodworking tools. His cousin thought he could do a good job of painting a nautical type picture over a part of each map so DH left them with him. He did an amazing job of them. Mostly they have a lot of teal blue water but each also has a painting of a local fish that is popular among the local fisherman and in both pictures the fish is jumping out of the water. The paintings are watercolors and only cover about 1/4 of the map in a corner of the bottom.they are unique , very pretty, I love the colors and DH loves the subject as he is a fisherman. the maps are sepia brown so they really match well too. My point is to take your time and wait until you find something that makes you catch your breath. That will be the thing. BTW - to keep with the mission style: back to nature - bring the outside in theme my DH made the frames from bamboo. each picture is 30" wide by 48" high so they really filled the space over our king size bed.

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151949 — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:25:29 GMT

Another idea - I have an old friend who is an interior decorator.When we lived in Pa we had a loft style entry into our house and where there should have been a wall next to the staircase there was just a railing instead. The staircase came up on that side and down to the basement on the other side. The wall opposite of the railing was very high and very low as it didn't end until the basement. My friend thought that wall was much too bare and bugged me until I bought 5 pictures to hang there in an arrangement. One large oil painting - 2 small ones that hung one above the other next to the large one. those were all framed identically then to set them off one small one , next to the 2 small ones in a totally different color way and frame. then on the wall that was perpendicular to the large wall, at the top of the stairs she put another picture that matched the odd picture of the grouping in color and frame. i loved how that group was much more interesting than just one picture would have been As my friend said - instead of one pretty picture now you have a story.

In our new home we have that picture group hanging over our sofa in a different configuration altogether, because we have such high ceilings that space was able to accommodate a large group of oil paintings.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:43:32 GMT

I would do a large wreath with sconces on either side of it. The sconces could be craftsman style.

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brii — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:28:31 GMT

I have an upholstered headboard that goes all the way up to the ceiling.

Before we got this new headboard, we had a saying stenciled on the wall between the headboard and the ceiling. It said: "When I count my blessings, I count you twice."

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J Town Girl — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:38:37 GMT

I would like to thank everyone who replied. You have all given me so many good ideas.

A special thank you to both Susan Louise and lolakimono for posting the pictures.

So many of the ideas that everyone gave me will work in a couple of other rooms in our home.