Moroccan Nights

My client LOVES Moroccan decor, but her amazing, custom-built-by-her-husband-dream-home is ANYTHING BUT Moroccan. So, she wanted to go all out in her bedroom. I was game to make that happen.  Bedrooms are the place where we sleep, where we rest, where we love -- but they are often ignored when it comes to designing and styling one’s home. Friends, listen to me when I say to you: MAKE THE BEDROOM A DESIGN PRIORITY!

Environment affects everything - especially for women. So make it fabulous. Style that thing! (And, Let me help you.)  When a client wants to address a bedroom - joy fills my heart.

Let's get to it... the 'before'. Neutral and boxy at the start, our goal was to give it the color and dimension of that sexy, earthy, north african fabulousness that she wanted to evoke.

And.... AFTER!

TEXTURE. This amazing blanket from Anthropologie (what isn’t amazing from Anthropologie?) was our starting point for everything. I bought it and started making pillows. This gave the room the massive dose of texture it needed.

Nothing says moroccan more than a wooden carved screen. A custom bed was born when we painted the screen and encased it in a frame.

We added a JuJu hat (African Headdress, you knew that) above the bed. It’s my new favorite thing ever. We could have bought one… but we wanted a specific color and size, so -- of course, we made our own! It was super easy. I’ll post a DIY soon.

LIGHTING. Lighting is everything. It’s more important than a JuJu hat. We had to have lanterns -- and not wanting to have the room feel too costumey or Moroccan movie set-ish -- the lanterns we found were moroccan inspired but not too literal.

We wanted candlelight but didn’t want to burn the house down. A burnt down house is a big time mood killer. So we set LED lights on a timer that will come on at bedtime and add a little somethin’ somethin’ to the room. Wink

The window seat becomes a mini-destination after covering the cushion in a great fabric and adding tons of gorgeous pillows. A custom cornice board above the window defines the space.

COLOR. The white paneled walls can handle the intense navy wall color. Punching it up with yellow and orange keeps the room rich and spicy.

FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES. Obviously, she had to have a peacock chair. I would have judged her if she didn’t.

The magic of the internet supplied us with baskets, mostly from Africa. I do love the internets. (Since then, we've added half a dozen more baskets too!)

Finally, we perched the TV on top of this amazing sideboard by Carla By Design.