This Bedroom Got a Cozy, Color-Drenched Makeover with the Coolest DIY Projects
There’s something about a color-drenched bedroom that feels extra cocooning and cozy, like in this navy bedroom and this mossy green one. In Sydney Moss’ (@sydneymossdesigns) bedroom makeover, she went all in on a sky-meets-cornflower blue hue for the walls and ceiling.
The walls and TV cabinet match.
Before, the bedroom had white walls and brown trim. “The blue paint was such a game-changer,” Sydney says on Instagram. Sydney and her fiancé, Joe, selected Sherwin-Williams’ Vast Sky for the walls, ceiling, and trim.
They also painted the bookshelf under the TV the same color. “[It] was in my dad’s childhood bedroom and probably has 10 coats of paint on it by now,” Sydney tells Apartment Therapy.
The gallery wall was curated over time.
Speaking of the TV, Sydney built a frame for that so that it blends in with her artwork. “I found the frame on the sidewalk and … it just fit magically,” Sydney says on TikTok. The eclectic gallery is filled with artwork that she and Joe collected over time.
There are actually several frame-covered gallery walls in Sydney and Joe’s place that “have managed to accommodate all of the art we have collected over the years,” she says.
In addition to color drenching, there’s pattern mixing.
Sydney and Joe are both creatives, and the headboard is actually a relic of her time working at an upholstery shop. The headboard itself is from a project the upholstery shop worked on with Martha Stewart, and Sydney covered it in a striped fabric of her choosing from her favorite local fabric store. She also made a matching lumbar pillow.
The tapestry above the headboard is from a friend, Kayla, (also leftover from an upholstery project), and Sydney added more pattern by making the pendant lights above the nightstands herself; the lampshades are made with quilting scraps from Joe’s grandmother.
The result is a charming, cozy, pattern-filled space that fits right in with the rest of the Brooklyn apartment.
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