Master bed/bath in Technicolor

For some reason, I tend to neglect the master bedroom the most in terms of design. Design probably isn't even the right word. It really just gets no attention...not to say I haven't thought extensively about what I want for it...but I just can't come up with any decisions.

So I've recently decided that the master bedroom is the best place to put this rug, which has recently been living in the den:

and some of my favorite details:

My father-in-law gave us this rug and it's never been used (to my knowledge), so it's in spectacular shape. Now, I know navy oriental rugs are not really on-trend, but it's too high quality of a rug to not be used. Since it's been in the den, I've spent way too many hours looking it and I've discovered so many neat components in the design. I love the peachy blush pink and cool celadon found in parts of the design. I began to think about a pink and navy bedroom. I liked that idea, but I couldn't think of a way to pull it off in that room without it being too matchy matchy.

And then......I saw this:

Elizabeth Bauer's apartment in New York City, seen in Lonny.

Now I had seen this room before, but I hadn't really SEEN it, I guess. At least not thinking of how I could use it to inspire our master bedroom.

I'm not sure I can really express how much I LOVE that sofa. Obviously, I have a thing for stripes. And apparently for striped sofas. But this is just too fun. It's mostly cool colors and yet it just feels so....warm. I think that's because it's velvet. And if you look closely, the lines are kind of raised in different colors, so there is another dimension of texture. SO when I saw that, I thought of this chair, recently purchased at an estate sale and currently feeling very lonely in our basement:

Wouldn't it be soooo cute in this velvet stripe? It would be the perfect place to snuggle in the morning while I'm still groggy, but need to get out bed. Anyone who's seen me in the morning knows what I'm talking about. The stripe I'm considering is by Designer's Guild and is called Cordellina (Ocean colorway):

So then, I'm thinking that I would either paint the walls a crisp, light aqua OR paint the walls a really fresh white and then paint the ceiling a really crisp light aqua. I've been dying to copy Suzanne Rheinstein's use of grosgrain in her foyer:

Pictures from Mark D. Sikes...more pictures of her fancypants home in that link. Y'all, that is GROSGRAIN. Trimming out every piece of molding. I love it so much. 

We need to add some crown molding to master bedroom (and every other room, for that matter), so I would need to do that first, but then I think it would be super cute to put some navy grosgrain ribbon along the trim like this. Of course, our molding will never be that fabulous, but we can make it work. Then, I could also do it in the master bathroom, and instead of doing crown molding, just do ribbon instead.

So that brings us to this:

(this photo is from the realty listing. sadly, it does not normally look like this.)

The tile in the bathroom is a hard color to describe. Sometimes it just looks like your standard almond color, and then other times, it looks kind of green...almost a pale pistachio. Once I saw Elizabeth Bauer's apartment, I decided her sofa and bedding would inspiration for the room, but the wallpaper in her bed area is my inspiration for the bathroom. I'm thinking I'd like to wallpaper the wall (just the top 3ft...the rest of the wall is tiled) and the ceiling of the bathroom. I think it'd be a fun way to bring some drama to a simple bathroom. We will most likely re-do this bathroom, but it's the lowest priority on the remodeling list so it probably won't happen for some years. Also, I think it would take less than 2 rolls to do the walls and so I could choose a pricier wallpaper that I wouldn't be able to use in a bigger space because of the cost.

So, these are some of the wallpapers I'm thinking of. I want to start with the wallpaper for the bathroom because I want that to be kind of crazy and the actual bedroom to be more calm.

OPTION 1

Linnaeus from Designer's Guild. Love the funky topiaries, love the large scale of the print, and I think the color would be so pretty. Plus, right now I'm currently reading a book called The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession and in this book, the author talks about Linnaeus (A Swedish Botanist). Apparently Linnaeus knew he was amazing at botany and was so prideful that he used the third person in all his notes and diaries so that it would be easy for his students to write biographies about him. When I read the section about that, I laughed out loud. I'll save you from my feeble attempt at a literary review, but this wallpaper is very pretty and will remind me of the pompous botanist (who we can all thank for organizing plant species).

OPTION 2

Scene Indigo by Prestigious Wallpapers. Pretty park scene that has all the neat elements of a toile but in a cleaner, more modern way.

OPTION 3

Sussex Downs by Sanderson.

I love this one for similar reasons. I love that it's a scenic print, but so much looser and less formal than traditional than the typical blue and white toile.

OPTION 4

Aspen by Sanderson. 

I like this for the same reasons as the others. It introduces more colors, but is monochromatic so it doesn't get too crazy.

OPTION 5

Shibori by Scion.

The only geometric of the bunch. It's probably the most true to the the inspiration pictures, but I think the blue might be too bright for my taste. I'm going to order a sample so I have a better idea...unless y'all veto it before I get that far.

So, what do you prefer? Is there a pattern you really love? I welcome your thoughts. Actually I want them so that I don't spend $ on something no one else likes, except me.

The oriental rug from a family member arrived today, along with the 5th (and final?) sofa, so hopefully I'll have some thoughts and photos on that later this week.