Welcoming Small Guest Bedroom

By: Valori
Designer: Maya M.
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Welcoming Small Guest Bedroom
Project Description
Hi,

I need help transforming this functional guest bedroom (bedroom #3) into a fun, modern retreat for visiting family and friends. It needs some pops of color and - a rug, bed linens, accessories (cordless lamp for side table, accessories) & art. Window coverings for the rectangular east windows that are frosted might be needed- or not. I also need help camouflaging some design problems with the room.

Regarding windows, the large floor to ceiling south window has an automated Lutron pale gray privacy roller shade shade. It can't handle any additional window treatment - the window extends wall to wall so there would be no place to push back drapery off the window. The sliding doors in the hallway balcony have roller shades that match the south-facing window.

We also have the wiring for a TV bracket high on the small 47" long by 15" deep wall to the right of the large south-facing window. **Making sure furniture suggestions will fit the space is a pet peeve of mine.** I have had great decorating plans in the past hindered because they couldn't be implemented. Please LMK if you can be successful adapting the plan to awkward spaces.

Thanks in advance for your brilliant ideas to make this room special,
Valori Stitt
Location
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
What's your favorite decor style?
Contemporary
Which colors do you dislike?
Pale Pink,
Pale Turquoise,
Pale Green
What are your favorite colors for furniture and accents?
Custom Color #1,
Dark Blue
Timeline
As soon as possible
Dimensions
9'10" x '17'6"
Ceiling Height
9' (raised wood ceiling rises to 10")
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Room Label
Guest Bedroom #3
I want this room to feel more masculine/feminine/neutral
Neutral
What type of sunlight does this room receive?
Other
What do you currently dislike about the room?
The room's weird shape and tight space. This room has a long hallway leading into the bedroom space. The room opens up into a space with the CA king bed (not a queen as shown on plan view) leaving very little space on the right or left. We need the CA king bed. I don't like the eyebrow windows over the bed. We never open those windows the room is really bright enough without them - I wonder if they could be camouflaged with art or with drapes (see inspiration ideas).

The built-in faux-wood panels on the lower part of the large south-facing windows, but that can't be changed. I'm not sure what to do with the square eye-brow windows over the bed.

The 5' x 8' rug is very thin and looks kind of cheap. It is black and blue-gray. Given its location at the opening to the bathroom area, I think we would still need to replace it with a low pile rug. 8' is the max width of a rug, but the other dimension could be longer and the rug could extend further under the bed.

What pieces of existing furniture, lighting, art or accessories do you want to keep in the design?
Bed frame (I just bought it in August. Not expensive. I might be persuaded to replace it), Louis plex chairs, Eileen Gray side table, white gloss desk, I could consider different bedside tables (acrylic nightstand on left of bed is 15" wide; the wood nightstand is 18" w) and want a different side table lamp (between the chairs). We don't need a dresser because of the built in closet and huge drawers below the sinks.

We love the fixtures in the vanity/bathroom area. We built in hotel-like reading lamps (you can see if you look closely). We have a clear plex night stand on one side (18" wide) and a small mid-century night stand on the other side of the king bed - there is little room.

***We are o.k. with wall paper on the wall behind the bed. The interior designer who helped us with all of the built-in finishes recommended some papers, but we didn't like any of the options. Paint or paint + drapery panel behind bed o.k. too. We like a clean modern, un-fussy, only lightly embellished interior.
Are you open to changing your wall colors?
Maybe
Are you open to changing your floor covering?
No
Additional comments to designers
WINDOWS AND LIGHT: This south-facing room gets tons of light - tons. The south facing window can see the ocean in the distance (for now - until the last one story home becomes two story). The two taller east facing windows open for a breeze (we have NO a/c), but have no privacy. The small square windows (21"w x 24" h) above the bed can be opened; however, they are never used. They could be covered up by art or other.

DIMENSIONS: You can estimate the room size from the architects drawing. He has one dimension of 4' in the vanity area. He had sketched in a queen bed, but we had to put in a CA king bed - so space is very tight.

UNIQUE CEILING: A portion of the ceiling is cedar stained dark walnut color = it is noted on the architectural plans - where it says "line of ceiling break above".

WHITE: We love our BM White Huron walls. We also felt that the new purchase of the narrow high gloss white desk was a very good choice as it didn't make the room feel smaller but provided a work space for our visitors, not unlike a hotel room.

COLORS: I like saturated colors including emerald or malachite green - most saturated colors except purple and orange. No pastels. Few earth tones because our house is essentially white, black, gray and walnut brown. The accent colors in our kitchen are royal to marine blue

ART: We like the art of Paul Polis (cropped and bold, somewhat geometric images) - his art looks great on white walls. I also like David Arsenaut's hyperrealism style. Some of Hopper's works likely inspired both artists. I have a few Great Big Canvas prints of Polis' works on the walls of one of our other bedrooms. I also own a couple original Gerard Mortier beach scenes - again cropped, hyperrealism. I do not like abstract "paint brush and drizzled paint" art.

RUG: The rug under the bed was a stop gap measure purchased for guests. It is o.k. to replace it. We may need a custom size rug so that it doesn't interfere with the desk.

FURNITURE: Please do not suggest a platform bed. We hate hitting our shins on platform beds at hotels - looks great, but impractical. Also, there is so little room around the king bed to pass by into the bathroom vanity area. Also no 4 poster bed frame.

MISC. In that "flag pole" hallway into our room, we have a very narrow balcony which could maybe use a tall bar stool that can be left out in marine weather.
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