After seeing “Sex and the City: 2,” I had high hopes for my bedroom project! I was so inspired and I couldn’t wait to do the budget version. Well friends, I don’t do budget very well. I coveted those rich, silk (custom made) curtains, the Cole & Sons wallpaper (I’m a renter, not a good idea), and perhaps the most expensive bedding in the world (Anichini, also custom). So, after much debate, I chose a Benjamin Moore wall color that would easily transition from my living room, painted a surprisingly neutral Smoke Embers (now my favorite gray of all time).
When my painter was finished coating my walls in Yukon Sky, I was left with a very purple bedroom, not at all in the realm of my vision. But…sometimes you just gotta work with what you’ve got. And that’s what I did. Considering, the whole project cost less than one of those custom made drapery panels, I don’t think it turned out so bad. Just not quite worthy of Carrie Bradshaw. *Sigh
THE INSPIRATION
Carrie & Big’s Bedroom in “Sex and the City: 2”
Carrie’s Bedroom at her old apartment given a very chic facelift.
THE OUTCOME
Throw pillows: Anthropologie, Bedding: Pottery Barn, Lamps: Vintage, Lampshades: Lamps Plus, Mirror: Z-Gallery, Silk Curtains: Pottery Barn *Though I am dying for a new upholstered bed, I decided to wait (for now).
Anichini bedroom Benjamin Moore budget decorating Cole & Sons home decor Sex and the City Smoke Embers Yukon Sky
I like your result better than either Carrie’s rooms!
How pretty Molls. You did a great job. Where’s Dave’s man cave. lol!
My man is just more decorated than most other man caves, but it’s there, just hard to make out 😉
this post inspires me. i have a blank canvas waiting in nc for me! ideas are brewing! 🙂