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that wall is awesome! i'd be interested to see how the room turns out once you get to settle in and decorate it a little more.

WOW! The only thing is, the wow factor of the wall demands something more dramatic from the bed as well. But, wow!

Love the wall! I want to see pillow shams in a slightly brighter shade of the aqua, with white borders. Possibly on a spread in stripes that match the greens and blues?

I've seen the makeover shows TRY for this effect and fail more often than not.

I disagree that this needs more or brighter of anything. I think the goal was "calm" and that goal was achieved, but with interest, in a way that activates that huge wall and even creates a headboard.

But deduct 15 points for having a "huge bedroom." ;)

Oh. My God! Excuse my crass language, but I F-ing love this. A completely different take on "sexy" for the bedroom than we have seen so far. So simple, yet so striking. A bedroom pared down to the essentials, but with the kick-ass wall graphic. So camera-ready for a big-budget music video. Delicious.

Color me impressed.

Has anyone used that yet?

Seriously though, excellent excellent work. I am jealous.

Fabulous!

I think the ultra-tailored design needs an ultra-tailored bedspread, but that's just nit picking.

Would also love to see some of West Elm's rectangular/rectangular-shaded zebrawood lamps or other zebra wood items here... and think the warm/cool combo of the zebra wood itself (with an overall cool "net effect") would really be crazy cool here. (Click on my name to see the lamps)

And again, not criticism... just fantasizing!

Love the wall but your next project should be the bed.

It's fabulous. What paint colors did you use?

I love this room because it is unexpected. I actually like the room as is--beddings and bedside furniture included. Despite my being a bit of a crazy pattern/texture person, I really love the simplicity of the overall space. In this case, I think a little subtlety goes a long way. Let the wall sing. If anything, I think it would be cool to have simple, modern "statement" pendant lamp over the bed to add a little balance over the seemingly vast expanse of the room--something like the Random Light by Bertjan Pot. http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=6621 On the pricier side for sure, but I think it would really accentuate the space-age zen feel of the room.

I love this wall. Love it. Could truly live with it, which I couldn't say about all the other rooms in this contest (although all of them are fun!).

It needs something, though. Patrick's zebra suggestion is onto what I mean...I would also look to do something to hide the plugs and outlets on either side of the bed; they kind of distract from the whole effect. Maybe bigger bedside tables.

so much love for the wall that I want you to have $$ to spend at CB2 to get a bedspread to do the wall justice!

I think wide white lacquer side tables would be great, or something that echoes the shape of the rectangles on the walls, like...

www.designpublic.com/shop/david-brunicardi/3484

Or something like BluDot's Modulicious #1... with veneers in colors that would allow you to match your walls.

The width would take advantage of your available wallspace, but also exaggerate the (very cool) low-slung nature of your bed in relation to your high ceiling.

Let us not forget that the presence of the cat provides an important touch of black to ground the room.

I think a white cat would work better.

OF COURSE I am kidding.

It should be siamese. ;)

I loveit !! Calm, that is the word for a bedroom.
I could sleep forever in this.

I agree with a few comments--larger (perhaps more airy?) bedside tables and more tailored linens would really pull this room together (though I think the color of the linens is pretty perfect). I like how this design could be the backdrop for really mod furniture, or for contemporary-traditional pieces, or Scandanavian. Lots of flexibility.

I also think this design could be adapted for no-painting-allowed white-box apartment living. Cut a bunch of rectangles out of foam board or balsa wood, paint with these colors, and affix to wall with foam tape or whatever. What inspiration!

And will you please share the paint colors?

As an art professor, I would have to say this project deserves an A+.

Ohhhh Billy, that is just AWEsome! How exactly did you do that? Did you just use the blue painter's tape? It is just beautiful and I enjoy the variations of the different greens & blues.

Gorgeous.

I love the breadth of the tones used in the repetitive pattern. I love the strong statement over the bed. I love the symmetry and simplicity that is in no way monotonous. Three cheers.

I keep coming back to this room in hopes that it garner more Blue Ribbon votes. I think it's the most visionary of all the entries because it seems so fresh and original. It doesn't ape one popular decorating style or another. Though the room might benefit from one or two finishing touches and tweaks (as noted above), it truly is inspirational because of the singularity of its vision. I can't put my finger on it, but there is something intuitively "right" about its overall feel. It's the only one that inspires me. All the other rooms (mine included) vary from "nice" to "well-done" to "fully realized vision". I don't know about everyone else, but I've never wanted a room that looked like tear-sheet from a showroom. "Good taste" is overrated in my mind. Give me funk, give me character, give me a statement. Give me something I haven't seen before--but make it good. For me, this is it. Plus, in my mind, it hits all the marks in terms of satisfying the color parameters of this contest. Is the room "done"? Maybe not completely. Is it colorful? Yes... and in a way that is so vastly different from all the other entries.

oh why does Billy not answer his adoring fans?

upon closer inspection i think i recognize his lamps..Ikea, $20.. http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=12&productId=10759&langId=-1&parentCats=10111*10280

so even more to love this room- it is very much budget-minded!
i can't wait to copy him and call it my 'own'...

take note, above link to lamp: the cream version, not the green...

change the ambiance of lamps for changing wall color .
Canglelight flickers?

Billy--
Congrats on your room and thanks for sharing it with us.