Tuesday 26 November 2013

Importance Of Color Play In The Bedroom

If home is where the heart lies, bedroom is where the soul rests…(no, not in peace, but peacefully).

My bedroom walls had the same colour as those at my parents’ place. Mellow Yellow. (Nah, the idea wasn’t lifted from the latest home-paints TV commercial; the marriage happened years back). Happy walls teamed with happy curtains.

I love bright colours and JD likes earthy hues. Our bedroom is a blend of both. So, is the fourth wall that stands apart from the other three. It is painted bright orange on two sides while the portion in between is sanded. “The caramel-coloured granules shall remind us of the sea,” he said, while choosing the wall-texture. All the furniture in our bedroom is wooden…from wall cabinets to the book ends.











In contrast to the wooden furniture, everything else is bright and colourful. This particular bedcover was a gift and is my recent favourite. The cushion covers and the bedspreads are generally (read always) vibrant and multihued. I especially love those which are handcrafted from various provinces of India, like Kantha, Batik, Kalamkari, Bagru, Ajrak or Madhubani. (I have self-painted Madhubani cushion covers as well :D ) 






Self-made reminds me of “haar din D.I.Yali”. The plant holders on my window-sill are made of disposed-of beer bottles and left-over fabrics hijacked from my tailor. The bedside lamp is a remnant of a ‘high-spirited’ evening. I have made lampshades with spare fabrics (when I got bored, I used one for a flower vase). And no, those fancy Gerberas are rare guests. On good mood days, I put vermilion-red Ixora flowers from the garden.




My dressing-table is a palette with colours thrown all over….the bangles, the beaded neckpieces, the ‘pen-pencil-kohl-brushes-jurapin’ holder (made by a friend from a disposable coffee-cup) and the Kashmiri papier mache jewelry box.

The framed pictures are monochromes to balance the overdose of colours everywhere. JD and I believe, “when we are hungry, love and cinema will keep us alive.” Hence, a collage of favourite movie stills (yes, we are weird), a collage of the room-mates and a collage that looks like his first letter and reads his name. (my favourites: J – a pelican’s wide open beak, D – my coffee-mug’s handle, P – a monkey’s coiled tail)….Haan haan, woh jahan khhatam hoten hein, hum wohi se shuru hoten hein…. :D      
  
(PS: The most important colour in one’s bedroom is love. The rest can be managed.)



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21 comments:

  1. This is one of the prettiest bedrooms I have seen. The shades, the colours... beautiful. And oh the fabric covered beer bottles... Sigh!

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    1. thanks a lot. Tokeo banie debo orom plant holder.

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  2. Simply loved the dressing table and the lamp shades!!!!

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    1. Thank you Debarati. Welcome to my blog. Hope to see you more often. :)

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  3. Khub sundor...your bedroom is very sweet and dreamy :)

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  4. Few invest so much energy and enthusiasm in the room they spend most of their lives in. Your bedroom is beautiful because you have let it become an extension of yourself. Like your beautiful hair, it grows and changes a little every day.

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  5. You have such a beautiful and colourful room... Loved every inch of it :)

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  6. Oh, Paroma...you are so creative! Recycling is an Art....and I am amazed by the beauty of the reformed trashes..!♥

    You have a new follower now :)))

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  7. Cheers to the rainbowey bedroom 😊

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  8. Color play an important role in bedroom..
    It makes your house so beautiful and attractive. I love this bedroom . After the long day activities, you will need somewhere to sleep and relax ,you will need not to worry about this. Therefore it is very essential to have a well decorated bedroom for your comfort and healthy sleeping. buy bed

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  9. i knew imperfect is beauty today i understood even perfect can b awesome............

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  10. i knew imperfect is beauty today i understood even perfect can b awesome............

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