apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

WOW!!! I loved the little idea of painting the tripe wall to wall! At first sight I thought it was really an architecture feature. Great job:)

Very cool. I've seen a similar idea on a Russian design show (in many Russian apartments it being quite complicated to have separate spaces since there's not really a concept of bedrooms as such, and many families of 5 people live in 2-3 room [not bedroom] apartments). The only difference being, they actually had small shelving units on each wall acting as a physical space separator, with two curtains completing the illusion of the threefold divided space.

I just said "WHOA" aloud to myself alone in my apartment after seeing the 'after'...it's stunning. What a difference. I was actually planning to do a similar paint-division of space but I'm a renter so no-can-do for now. But nice to see how successful it can be!

A literal translatiion of "sov gott" is "sleep well."

A very nice room.

That is so beautiful. Oh my god that paint color is perfect!

...actually, does anyone know a company that sells a gold like that?

the "After" is lovely, for sure, but the one thing that the redesign neglectd to do was provide for the library of books that the original room had. I'd have been more impressed if they did a beautiful design that didn't eliminate this important aspect of the room's utility.

It's gorgeous -- but the glamorous over-exposure in the after photo seems a little bit like cheating -- you can't really see anything. And of course the books.

It looks like there's a lovely balcony. It's a nice room -- both before and after.

a few new pieces hey

did they actually keep anything?...hmm...the only "thing" they look to have kept is the curtains (or maybe they're new as well)

but regardless of that it's a rather good looking room

It's really nice. It doesn't even look like the same room (and there were lots of things I'd like to have out of your first room... namely that huge rug and that light fixture). BUT I love the second room.

perhaps they have another space for all the books? The leaning shelves have a small selection, so all is not lost book-wise.

great transformation... sort of looks like going from a student pad to a permanent space.


**the gold is actually wallpaper if you look through the whole story in the link, not paint as it seems to be written above.

Slightly tacky.

Very clever! Love how the stripe works to separate the areas as well as acting as a headboard.

Wowie wow, though I agree that overexposing the 'after' photo is cheating.

Painting out the dark trim on the window frame and door was a big change. Those things aren't easily painted.

This is the kind of post that makes me want to shut off my computer and paint something white immediately.

I'm not normally one to say this, but I actually prefer the "before." I love the bohemian / Moroccan vibe and all the red. I'd have loved to see them just rearrange the pieces, add some paint to the walls, upgrade the desk situation, and go with a lower and darker book storage solution.

The redo just feels too "done"; it needs more personality.

pretty cool.


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I was expecting wallpaper in the makeover, since Sweden is the land of wall papered wall surfaces...

Agree with Cheryl - I liked the Before better, it just needed to be rearranged.

I assume that to part of the plant to solve that there was 'no clear definition between the functional areas' means that the books were taken somewhere else. Which I think is the biggest cheat. But to say that they used 'a few new pieces' is disingenuous... they changed everything in the damn room.

I'm agreeing with Cheryl. I feel like the before has more character, and the after should incorporate more of the pieces from before. The rug could have stayed, and some of the throw pillows, maybe the ceiling lamp as a floor or table lamp. Basically it just looked like they chucked everything except the curtains and started over. Maybe that's what the person wanted...

Love the wallpaper. Love the light. Love the furniture. Love white and gold... Love absolutely everything in the redesign. The before was just a room with a mattres and nothing else. The carpet though is beautiful, but not for that small room.

Granted, the after uses an ingenious use of color to divide up the space, but to me it just looks like a fancy bedroom now, not a multi-purpose space. The space is large enough that I think the separation between bedroom and workspace could have been done more thoroughly. Also agree that it looks like they replaced everything, not just added a 'few new pieces', which is silly considering how nice some of the before elements were. That little stool next to the bed in the before is a camel saddle and is not only a cool piece of furniture, but an interesting conversation starter. It's replacement is totally lackluster.

I actually prefer the 'before' much better. I'm not crazy about this wall separation *here*, as if you do it, it should serve a better purpose other than a chair small shelf... Plus, that new color needs something other than white to compliment it. Overall, an interesting idea...

Agreed. Although the 'After' is beautiful, it seems to have lost all of the inhabitant's character that was evident in the 1st pic. I concur with many of you in that a touch of 'bohemia' should have stayed in the form of the rug and perhaps a different wall color that pulled from it and a little more flair.
I love the concept though and it does look fantastically comfortable and clean... just would have liked it to carry a bit of the personality from the 1st room into the transformation.

Like maybe a silky piece of fabric in a sash/canopy idea up the wall and over the ceiling and down the other wall instead of the gold paint/wallpaper. Like imagine something like this canopy thing in a gold or something to bring out the rug http://tinyurl.com/8tzwm3 And maybe keep the light fixture... It would be sess permanent (idea for renters?) and might have been more in keeping with the inhabitant's personality...?

Amazing. Just amazing. Hard to believe it's the same space.

I love it...clean, simple, fresh. I really love the wall decal idea...it is afterall the new wallpaper.

I have recently ordered some wall decals myself for my "tween" daughter's room and she is so excited to be redecorating... the wall decals are nice because they can be removed with ease and without damaging the paint so for apartment renters like myself...it is a dream.

I searched a lot of sites...it seems to be a popular trend and there are a lot of really great sites to choose from. I used thesimplestencil.com because they offered free shipping and a coupon I found online... they also offer both contemporary styles and colors like those used here which I ordered for my master bath... and I also found a beautiful vintage style monogram to suit my daughter's taste.... Love it!

What a great transformation - It doesn't even look like the same room...

The gold is WALLPAPER, not paint.

There's a roll of it shown on the linked site.

wow, pretty cool makeover.

the old room looked like it belonged to a buddhist monk

bet the owner's gonna mess up the new room pretty quickly tho

love those decorative brushes, good for cleaning the water pipes....

wow, it's like a new room!

Love the new room! As for the books, ALL Swedish apartments have a big attic or basement storage room (or both), so that's probably where those books went... No loss there.

WOW.