Straight away you’ll notice the charm and character of this one bedroom studio located in Melbourne. Part of that charm comes from the painted white brick walls. Other highlights of this space include:
The White Room can be rented for short stays if you are ever in Melbourne.
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Much like in every Scandinavian home design, the color palette is made up of natural hues. You have the white base, with blacks, greys, and wooden tones mixed in with some plants to give the space some color and warmth. It is hard to find one colored piece in any of the rooms designed by Stadshem.
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A white bedroom lets you create a blank canvas of a space. Making it easier to style and design. To create that designer looking bedroom, you’ll need to be pretty strict on keeping a tight color palette when re-designing your space.
If you want a simple way of creating a cozy white bedroom, then skip ahead to the Scandinavian section below.
Removing The Color From Your Bedroom
If you want a white bedroom, then you’ll need to take a look around and see what colorful pieces are in the room. If you have a bright colored green trash can, or blue curtains, you will need to ask yourself if you want to be adding that color to your bedroom’s color palette.
The more you can take away, the better looking the space will look – just take a look at the modern white bedroom in picture (1).
That doesn’t mean you can’t have color in a white bedroom. It just means you need to plan it out a bit, and be selective in the colors and pieces you include.
Going All Neutral
For a minimalist looking bedroom keep to the neutral tones. This applies to curtains, bed sheets, decor items, and furniture sets and pieces. Keep to the neutrals:
How To Add Color
If you do want to add some color, then you’ll want to be selective in the colors you add to the bedroom. If you keep items that are random colored, then you lose that ‘white’ palette you’re going after. 1 or 2 colors work well, and these pieces will really stand out in a white styled bedroom.
Imagine having an all white bedroom, and your bedsheets are a deep rose shade. That one color becomes the main focal point in the room and will style it really well.
My favourite way of adding color is by taking inspiration from Scandinavian design.
The Scandinavian Way
If you look at Scandinavian styled homes, you can see that most of the time they use a white base for their rooms. They are able to add warmth and color to these rooms by using:
Scandinavian design is really good at using subtle textures and patterns to liven up such neutral palettes.
Adding Textures
A well designed room is all about the little details. And you can add these beautiful little details by using textiles that have textures or very subtle patterns.
Take bed linens for example. Your bed is the main focal point in the bedroom. So the bed linens you have really set the style and look of your room. So invest in some really good looking ones.
Instead of just a flat grey or black cover for your blanket, look for one that has a subtle texture or a very subtle pattern – just like in picture (6). The same can be said about curtains, and rugs. The key word here is subtle.
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The Porcelain Tub
The best vintage kitchen sink design to go for is a porcelain tub. Just with this alone, you have a lot of different design choices:
Free Standing vs Built In
You didn’t use to have all of these built in, space saving kitchen designs. Old kitchens would have free standing sinks (just like in picture (5)). A great look. But if you are tight on space, then it would be best to have a countertop with storage space underneath (6).
Countertops
The pictures in the mood board above show a few different ideas on how to build in the porcelain sink. You have built in marble and granite countertops. There are countertops that let the front of the sink stick out a bit. And then there is the more vintage farmhouse kitchen style of having a wooden countertop (7).
Vintage Kitchen Sink Faucets and Taps
Most people will go for more modern stainless steel pieces. But if you want to keep with the vintage style, then use brass pieces – just like the vintage sink design in photograph (8).
Backsplashes
There are an endless amount of ideas when it comes to backsplash designs. The sleekest option would be a porcelain sink with a backsplash. Another route would be to use tiles. Using subway tiles creates a sleek stylish design in the space.
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