Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

It has taken every bit of the five months that we’ve lived here, but I think I finally love our main bedroom design. The biggest question on my mind has been: Do I take down the vintage floral striped wallpaper? At first, I was determined to keep it, but then after struggling to make the rest of the room come together around it, I vowed to have it taken down by the end of this year. Now, though, I’m having second (or should I say “third”?) thoughts…

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Sure, the wallpaper is pretty bold and busy, but it’s also undeniably charming and I haven’t seen anything like it. Don’t I want our home to stand out from the crowd? I’ve definitely gotten more used to the pattern since we moved here back in November of last year, and this wallpaper does work pretty nicely with our existing earth-toned color palette. Maybe it’s worth holding on to after all?

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

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I had actually always planned on painting the lower portion of the room (below the chair rail) a soft sea foam green tone after I, hypothetically, took the wallpaper down, so maybe I continue with that plan just to balance out the busy-ness of the vintage wallpaper? Right now, the cream paint on the lower half of the room almost forces you to focus on the wallpaper, making it even more of a focal point. If I painted the lower half of the room something a little darker than the existing cream color, I think there’s a good chance that the wallpaper would become less of a star and it would feel more like an accent.

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Room resources: Low dresseroak side tables, king platform bed, tall dresser (similar), round mirror, washable area rug, ceiling fan, white curtains, sheer curtains, curtain rods, tabletop clock, faux yucca plant, faux tabletop plant, white planter pot, mini table lamp, sateen duvet setorganic sheet setorganic cotton quilt

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Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

Vintage Style Main Bedroom Tour

I haven’t started painting yet, but I think the room just might be sporting a new color by this weekend…What do you think? I’m super curious to know if you would keep the wallpaper or if you would take it down. You know I’m a big lover of all things “retro,” and I do think this is an original feature of our 1960s home. I hate to take away something so unique. Anyway, all this to say…I’m not giving up on it yet. Leave your own thoughts and opinions in the comments, and don’t let my indecision sway you!

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Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

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Have you heard of the Samsung Frame TV? If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, then the answer is probably, “Yes,” since we have two in our house and I gush about them all the time. If you haven’t, though, the Frame TV is this nifty type of television that can transform into a very believable piece of faux framed art when the TV is turned off. This genius television allows you to hide the device when it’s still in plain sight, and helps avoid that dreaded “Black Box” look when your TV is in standby mode.

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

I’ve tried all sorts of different Frame TV arrangements over the years. We’ve had ours sitting on its removable stand right on top of the TV console, hung up on the wall by itself, and we’ve also had the TV hung on the wall with accompanying real art pieces to create a gallery wall effect. Today, I thought I’d talk through a few of my tips when it comes to designing that latter arrangement. There are a few key things you can do to make your television blend right into the gallery wall, making it look less like a TV and more like an oversized art print. Keep scrolling to learn how.

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall:

1. My first tip? Don’t hang your television right smack dab in the center of your gallery wall. Put it off to the side just a little bit, otherwise, that one extra large “art piece” will stick out like a sore thumb. I generally like to hang my Frame TVs off to the side anyway because it also allows me to style the console below with a couple of higher decorative accents that won’t block the television.

2. Go for an asymmetrical arrangement of art. As you can see in the example I styled in these pictures (this is the TV we have in our kitchen, by the way), I hung real pieces of art in a balanced-yet-uneven way. Some prints are higher than others, whereas others are hung below the bottom edge of the TV. This helps the eye travel naturally from piece to piece so it doesn’t automatically bee-line for the big television.

3. I tend to opt for matching frames when designing a Frame TV-specific gallery wall. Look for art prints that are framed in a color similar to whatever you have on your Frame TV, that way you create a sense of cohesion. The whole point of creating a gallery wall around your TV is to make it fade into the background rather than making it a focal point, right? So, one way to make it look even more blended is by choosing matching frames for all of the pieces in the gallery collection. This isn’t really the time to use a mix of black, wood, white, gold, etc. frames (even though that can be a cool look in a regular gallery wall!).

4. Use a range of different sizes of framed art prints. Your Frame TV will probably be the largest piece in the collection, but you can make it look a little less obvious by incorporating several different sizes of additional framed art pieces in your gallery wall. I used a mixture of 18-inch-by-18-inch frames, 14-inch-by-18-inch frames, and 16-inch-by-20-inch frames surrounding our 43-inch Frame TV.

5. Hang art on either side of your Frame TV so that it’s cocooned within the arrangement. This will help it blend in better with the overall shape of the gallery wall. In other words, it won’t stick out quite so much visually.

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

I hope that was helpful! I know gallery wall planning isn’t the easiest thing to do, but there are plenty of tricks you can employ to make it look effortless. I should also mention that the tips I explained in today’s post technically work whether you’re creating a gallery wall around a Samsung Frame TV or any type of large oversized art piece. If you’re still in need of more inspiration, check out this old post of mine, which explains several other creative tricks for designing and planning a cool, eye-catching gallery wall.

P.S. Click here to see this gallery wall come to life in action on the Real Simple Instagram feed! The video I produced also includes details of each of the art prints you see pictured in today’s post, including the framed vintage needlepoint.

Styling A Frame TV Gallery Wall

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