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I always find it funny when people say painting a bedroom dark is too depressing, but they just love their blackout curtains or blinds which they always leave shut. I hope your lovely dark room brings you lots of joy to come.

@rufferstuff9148

9 ай бұрын

A room with pale/white walls and 100% blackouts will be bright when the lights are on and dark when the lights are off and you are sleeping. It's all about making a space you enjoy whether it is bright or dark or both.

@Amaranthyne

3 ай бұрын

I didn’t have a problem with her painting the room dark blue, but I still wound up in burning range 😂 ouch!

If you want dark furniture, instead of painting the wood, just stain it a darker color. Ebony would be a good color if you want to go very dark. Cherry would add some dark red contrast to the dark blue in the room. Love what you've done so far!

@MsHedgehog

9 ай бұрын

I love wooden furniture and hope she goes in that direction. But removing the (probable) furniture laquer can be a huge pain. My second hand furniture turned out to not be covered with a laquer that softens with heat. And the solvent, wait, scrape, repeat process has not been fun 🙃They used some glue type during construction that disolves using the same solvent as the laquer..

@Aegopodium

9 ай бұрын

As long as you add a layer of clear in between the original surface and the new paint, you can always go back to the old colour. I always suffer seing chalk paint victims. Removing chalk paint is near to impossible....

The dark walls make the furniture look like it’s glowing!!! The woodwork is now the centerpiece! So unique! I love it! Happy accident! Please don’t paint your furniture! Lol❤

@tinkpix425

9 ай бұрын

I feel the same way.. that furniture is gorgeous as is. ✨️

@seraphina3279

9 ай бұрын

I agree! The furniture looks amazing as is. Though if you do decide to paint it, I'd recommend using wood stain instead of paint so you can still see the pretty grains.

@livus3787

9 ай бұрын

*screams* yeah real, old wood in good condition is *muahhh*

Let's get a chandelier! It can be goth and luxurious too! I think for the furniture, you could darken the wood to a rich dark chocolate shade, goes really well with blue, black and gold!

im trying to convince my husband why its a great idea to paint our living room floor to ceiling black and a emerald green. thank you for adding to my argument to show it can be done well.

@rottingdreamland

9 ай бұрын

Omg why isn’t he for that?? Sounds amazing!! Put together a Pinterest board of your ideas and show it to him :)

@belindacoba5158

9 ай бұрын

She has another video where she decorate her living room with dark academia theme, the walls were dark green.. I guess it might give you some ideas.

@tiffytattoo2450

9 ай бұрын

It's just paint. If it's not to your taste, it's 2 rounds of high quality paint to bring it back to a light colour. Go for it :)

@katobrien3403

9 ай бұрын

That is the colours I am doing my living room! Again, my whole family is saying it will make me depressed, but I am looking forward to it so much I think it will bring me great happiness

When you pulled out the trim pieces, the first thing I imagined was golden trim in all the wall corners and across that beautiful ceiling to make it look like you are looking at the stars through the glass roof of a green house or something ❤ that would look sooo magical!

LED strips lights for the stars, you can get those lights with very thing cable and also paint it blue to it's "invisible", and some lights come with the option to program them in different ways so you can make some shine a little brighter than others to make constellations.

Any light fixtures will be such a statment, no matter what you pick. That’s where I would splurge or make something dramatic. 🖤

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH the furniture looks so beautiful against the dark walls...and with the gold in the ceiling when you do it -chef kiss- If you *must* alter the furniture, I suggest just a little sanding, and some darker stain if you want the darker aesthetic, but....I think it looks REALLY rich as is.

I love the idea of stars, clouds and a moon. Maybe a (DIY) moon light fixture? Your room looks great and I look forward to seeing your next step.

if you want to make stars on the ceiling, i cannot recommend enough: metallic gold vinyl decals! they make wall stickers that are different sizes of stars and i have a room in my house that's 12x19ft, where i chose to make a starry ceiling...the stickers save so much time and look fantastic, as if i had stenciled them with a brushed metallic paint. then you won't break your back and arms doing all of that painting.

Absolutely loved it! Dark walls craft a mysterious ambiance that feels incredibly cozy and intimate. To me, they exude a bold elegance that's both captivating and a definite mood booster.

When I was getting divorced, I rented a house where someone had already painted the bedroom a very dark blue. It was my first time with dark walls in a bedroom and I really liked it. They had also painted the living room a very dark green and that I did repaint because the room looked much bigger in a lighter color. Then when I bought a house, I decided I wanted my bedroom dark. I got a split roller pan and a split roller with lots of texture and did two different colors of blue at the same time and it turned out great! I think yours turned out great too.

What a wonderful room! I would recommend to use some suncatchers on the window if sun is an often guest in this room Rainbows will add the magic!

The surfing shark reminded me of the very fun thing I do everytime I put new wallpaper : I draw funny sketches, sign and date it, it makes for a surprise for the next owner! Did pretty decent peonies for my mother's bedroom all hidden underneath a beautiful Van Gogh wallpaper.

Please don't paint your furniture, but HUGE yes to the gold stars on the ceiling! The furniture would be a lovely complement to the stars since they already stand out now!

The room look cool but I would recommend against painting your wood furniture. Whenever I've painted or had painted wood furniture, it shows wear-and-tear very quickly. All the little scratches and scuff marks start happening very soon and it doesn't look great, UNLESS you are going for the distressed, worn-looking painted furniture that already looks aged. Then it's okay. But if you want to make your bedroom furniture more unique and also darker, you could re-stain them in a darker wood color and then paint on gold details onto the stained furniture. And also darken the hardware. That would get your darker, spooky atmosphere without painting over all the pretty woodgrain.

@mlem6951

9 ай бұрын

Then you didn't prepared them enough or used not so good stuff. I have painted some furniture. Even my whole kitchen. This was two years ago and it still looks completly new. The only damage that happend was when i moved places. The workers crashed something on it and created a hole.

I LOVE IT!!! It makes my gothic little heart smile. When you paint the stars, maybe consider doing some of them in glow in the dark paint (maybe in a few of your favorite constellations). That way, it will truly feel like you are sleeping under the night sky.

This is GORGEOUS! I think that people are scared of using black on walls, but it adds a real richness to a room, and I'm so interested in the blue coming down from the ceiling.

@Aegopodium

9 ай бұрын

I think just plain black would have been too dull. The blue is necessary. I saw rooms with all black walls and ceiling and floor. It's not magical but like a crypt....

You can get led projectors that will put the constellations on the ceiling. You definitely achieved your goal of a spooky vampire room.

I would absolutely add a bed canopy, one of those circular ones that is only above the headboard. Something sheer and with an ombre like a cloud, and put a big round light at the top like the moon. It would be magical

This looks amazing! I think well worth the pain in the paint application. My one suggestion as someone who has dark walls in their bedroom is to invest in swiffer dusters or similar, because the dust on the dark walls shows up a lot when the lights are on. Not an immediate concern, but something to keep in mind. Looking forward to seeing what you're up to next!

I think a gilded mirror wall/framed art wall somewhere could be a great way to add gold and keep some contrast. Plus I really like the furniture in there, it stands out and looks beautiful, I suggest you keep them as is

Maybe the furniture can be forest theme, the room could need stars. But the furniture looks like it does glow with the room so dark, it's your decision to make your room as you want it see you next time.

Our lounge gets no light so we embrace the dark wizard cave vibe with a mix of antique and old charm furniture, lots of books and fairy lights wrapped in cheap ivy vines. It is magical and always gets compliments when people visit :)

Dark colors can be a fantastic color choice in the bedroom! (Also it's your furniture paint it if you want!)

Beautifully executed dark and moody paint job! I wanted to do this in my bedroom, but second guessing the amount of work to reverse it if we didn't like, turned into just painting the walls a solid dark moody blue. Leaving the wood doors and white trim and ceiling. Definitely a clean look , but seeing this makes me want to just go for it! My suggestions for finishing touches in your space, statement lighting like repurposing an old ornate chandelier by spraying it black, crystals included. As well, rather than painting furniture, I've had good results using black gel stain to darken finish leaving the wood grain visible. This helps maintain the warmth and texture that wood brings to a space. Happy DIYing😻

There's some kind of metalic foils that you only need to rub on a specific glue to make everything golden/silvery/etc. looking. Might be a cheap and easy project for the star ceiling 🤔 (Like you could craft some stars or constellations, add the glue on it and then rub the foil onto it. Those crafted stars could be then glued on the ceiling.)

Oh, some floating candles would be so brilliant in this room!

In black rooms, bling is your friend. So gilt and mirrors and mercury glass and room jewelry. You may want to do metal leaf on something so it seems starlit. Shiny balances the black void.

A carved headboard and footboard for the bed would definitely add to the gothic vibes. My grandparents used to have this heavy carved mahogany bedframe with four posts that looked like it came out of a vampire castle somewhere because the pineapple carving was so weirdly spikey. Actually a lot of their furniture looked vampirey, they had so much dark, heavy carved wood stuff...

03:26 Yeah I usually put paw protectors (yes the ones for dogs) on the feet of my ladder to protect temporary floor covering from that. Or hot glue some off cuts of yoga mats.

If it ever helps in the future, they make furniture movers/sliders to easily move large or heavy furniture. Just make sure to pick the ones that match the floor. I have some for carpet. But they make them for hardwood floors. The room is so beautiful. I really hope to see gold as I think it would be gorgeous.

For moving big furniture, my dad taught me a great trick. Take a potato, cut slices and put them underneath the legs. It'll slice nicely. It also works with ginger, and smells better. If your floor has a lot of slopes between the tiles it might get a little stuck, but trust me, it's worth the try and CHEAP af.

when I was a teenager I bought a few packages of glow in the dark star stickers and put them up all over the ceiling of my bedroom. very nice to sleep under!

This room is so beautiful!! You've done an amazing job, even with the extreme neck pain. If you do paint the furniture, you can put a matte varnish layer as a primer. The paint will come off easily in the future and not ruin the artists work or the longevity of the wood 😊

A tip from Christine McConnel is to play with ligth sources. Many dim ligth sources has a cosy effect in a dark toned room without compromising visibility

I can’t wait for the day I can actually control what a room looks like, but I don’t mind living vicariously through others for now. It looks really cool! I like that it’s not just one solid color. Thank you for sharing

My husband and I bought a new (to us) house this year and painted our bedroom a very dark teal color. It’s the BEST thing we ever did!! But we left the incredibly ugly white paneled ceiling alone and now I’m getting so many ideas from you for painting it like a dark night sky 😍 You are an inspiration!!!

That turned out absolutely lovely.

Wow that looks amazing! I’ve never thought of how a dark room would look. Note to self I might want one! 😊

Your motivation and excitement to create is so refreshing to see!! I wish I had this amount of energy to get things done, lol. Amazing end result as always!! 🖤

I love the blue, it’s sooooo calming and perfect for going to sleep. Your wardrobe would be beautiful painted with mineral paint with a wax finish. As soon as I saw it, I remembered back in 2020 I was binge watching YT video tutorials and came across Dionne Woods, she used to do these gorgeous distress effects on wood. Maybe you could check her playlist section, there’s a ton of inspiration there.

It’s never a bad idea!! Throughout all the places I’ve lived in I’d try to paint accent walls something tame like green or blue, and I was always so unhappy until I painted them black. It’s the right color every time in my opinion! 🖤

Love the black! I painted my whole condo black, walls and ceiling, and it was the best decision. So glad to see more people come over to the dark side 🖤

What a great idea for your bedroom. I can also picture the gold stars and black velvet curtains and also think the old wardrobe looks a lot better in this room, but it would also look very cool painted 🎉

this 100% needs fairy lights, preferably with weird whimsical little lampshades on each of them. like little skulls or something or one of those galaxy lamps that project nebulas (though I don't know how well it works on the dark walls)

Love that! For ideas, you could do sillhouetted trees or mountains against the walls, with maybe some moon set lighting. I saw a thing on insta showing you how to make a realistic looking moon lamp that might also float your boat

I think the furniture as is fit perfectly with the dark magic vibe! Love the idea of stars on the ceiling and maybe a gold or brass/bronze lamp?

My mum got some wardrobes like that, they’re from France too, which can be really easily disassembled and reassembled. Have a look on the inside and see if there are any bolts holding the top on, cause if so you may be able to take the whole thing apart. It’s like OG ikea, but they don’t disintegrate if you try to put the back together

This is looking much like a Ravenclaw haven to me!!! Wonderful, so good.

I like a dark bedroom. ❤ You can add stars with a mini planetarium projector so you can have your vampire dark ceiling but also stars if you want to😊

I love it! The first time I could paint an apartment I painted the bedroom blood red and the furniture was black ❤ I had zero white walls in the apartment and it was heaven. White walls make me feel cold 🫣

I loooove your bedroom. It looks so elegant! I have painted my bedroom in a dark teal color 5 years ago and still love it. Everyone told me it would be too dark, but as you said: its a bedroom - it can (and maybe should?) be dark! My furniture is white to brighten it a bit (and I could only afford cheaper Ikea furniture... so had not tooo much options xD) But I love how your room looks - but the idea with the stars and gold sounds awesome too! Maybe some dark red velvet things (curtains at the windows? or above your bed?) would add to the elegant but magic/gothic vibe.

I think this needs a coffin-shaped piece of furniture in it. A coffin shaped storage bench maybe? That way the "coffin" lid could open.

It's beautiful! I prefer to wake up to a brightly-coloured room, but that would be my perfect living room!

I would suggest varnishing the walls to make it an even shine, it looks like you used different brands so the black is kind of glossy and it looks patchy. Bonus, that way you can play around with the stars and not mess up the wall paint job if you change your mind!

@mparis130

9 ай бұрын

Oh and instead of painting the furniture, varnish it darker so you still get the wood grain popping. A mahogany would look nice.

And again, the previous owners left you so many nice furniture pieces. I'm happy you are not throwing them away and looking for a way to make them your own.

It's awesome! I'd absolutely add stars in glow in the dark paint! Just load up a brush and spatter them so they look natural! I'd also stain the furniture dark brown to keep the room warm feeling.

If you use a water based latex paint for the furniture you can mix in some water based polyurethane for a really hard wearing paint that cleans off well.

Love the idea of adding gold constellations and stars! Your ceiling looks like a nebula already 😍 I think it would still look very gothic if you did that. I think a bed curtain/canopy would fit the vibe perfectly! Very much gothic/vampire core. And you can embellish it to your heart's content with beads and fringe. The furniture is beautiful as is, but with how dark the room is, I would stain it a darker, more cool-toned shade to coordinate better. Your DIY lamp fits so well in the space, I can't wait to see what else you make for it! I think you could add some hanging like Moroccan lamps in one corner. Maybe a gallery wall of antique photographs and paintings?

I actually loveeeee the natural wood combination with the dark walls! If anything I would just stain it darker if you really want to make it darker!

Maybe add some moulding to the mirrored doors of the wardrobe or replace them with some different doors that match the aesthetic better. I think the freestanding wardrobe and your lamp look awesome in there.

You should add twinkle lights around the room.....or across the ceiling!

That’s a great idea adding some color to the primer.

I did my bedroom very dark with a brownish-black rag rolled glaze over deep red. The effect is antique leather book bindings. It doesn't get as much natural light as your bedroom, making it hard to co-ordinate outfits sometimes. Luckily. the closet has a fluorescent work light. Not very romantic but it saves the day!

Looks amazing! I think you should paint a spooky bit with the dark angels from Dr who.

Brilliant video as usual, loving the mixture of different video topics lately. You've been publishing videos like a machine, make sure to take time off too.

Many years ago I saw a program where Rob Zombie was giving a tour of his house. On his bed room ceiling was painted a thunderstorm complete with lightning! It was so coool. And your bedroom is going to be Epic! I love, love, love the paint job! Fabulous! Have fun playing with color, paint, fabrics, and MOOD! THE NOCTURNAL Part of me wants to move in. I can sleep in the wardrobe! Looks like I will be painting soon.❤🎉🖖🍂🥧🎃📚🫖🐈‍⬛🍁🍄

Surprised no one's mentioned this with all the comments about stars, but you could just buy the glow-in-the-dark stars they make for kids and either stick them up or spray paint them gold etc. and stick them up on the ceiling. Not as easy as a projector, but definitely easier than painting them!

The What we do in the shadows reference in the intro made me spit my coffee!

There are light covers that make the room look like a forest. You might be able to diy something similar (a spooky forest shade for a table lamp or something like that).

C'est tellement cosy comme ça, j'adore, franchement chapeau!!

I love the constellation idea. I would do some stars in gold to be visible during the daytime, and if possible find some glow in the dark paint or something to have some visible at night 😁

The dark room looks awesome!

I'd definitely add faux wall sconces and 3d print some mushrooms in a blue/purple iridescent filament. The both make fun decor choices. Plus plant walls are so normal now so I'd do a mushroom wall

As someone who is currently painting their bedroom walls and planning to add golden stars later or something to make them look more whimsical, i can strongly relate to this video and to the struggles of painting :'))

Add a bed canopy!!!! Definitely want to see the decorating and furniture make overs

thanks a lot...now you have created me a new necessity:a vampire-astrological lair where I can hide and crochet and knit my whole new winter attire😂

Keeping the old furniture as it is, but maybe add golden details to it (like nailhead/buttons I dunno how it is called, you see mostly on doors, when small dots are drawing out lines or sg, or just imitating it imitating it) Yess to the golden stars & constellationson the ceiling, & you still can keep/play with clouds, either watercolour-y or more stylized (as I guess the stars woukd be 🤩) Warm light to make the cold blue cozyer at the evenings, uuh oh tiny light or light with big papermache shades 🤩 you can papermashe any shape and put any figures, or plants in between the paper layers and when the light us on they become visible

I suggest you get the glowing in dark stars stickers that are available for projects like this, but, then you can trim all the glow stars in maybe different crinkled up colored foils to give them some sparkle in the daytime? If you wanted to go extra extra plus plus, you could engineer each glow star into a fiber optic light system so each star can light the room properly and get extra charge for glowing from the light once the light is turned off? ... aaaaand, even more extra extra extra extra, you make a room-ceiling-sized motorized orrery suspended from ceiling with sun in center and all the planets rotate around the sun, and they will all have your stars and constellations glowing and shining behind them as you look at all of the heavens you have made rotating across the sky and stars you have done. :) ... BUT, if you want to cheat, and go less practical special effects, and more virtual, there are small home-planetarium projector systems that will save you a lot of time and effort, because you just plug in and turn on.

I love adding warm metals to dark colors, but rather than a bright yellow gold I prefer copper or bronze. It adds the warm metal brightness than plays well with dark colors but is slightly more "gothy", which is I think what you're going for.

There’s 💡 ideas running through my mind if you want something crazy cool, well here it is, Because your room is (dark) a night vibe is perfect,for a lower case mural showing but first you’ll need a fairly tall lamp to grace a street lamp look Vintage preferably, and paint building shapes that look like the street is leading off in a path,and the light will shine on the street path leading off, with adding some few spar sparse trees along the sidewalk, along with floral arrangements down around and along the path, and decorate the buildings with windows in every shape and size, later adding fairy lights behind the windows that would have window coverings,so that the windows can look lit up,or off, and put a few characters down by the lamplight, people,animal or two. This would have to take place on one of your walls that don’t have the trimmed squares on it. And in the background your desired look maybe a car driving down the street and some mountain fading into the background. I have French doors that open up to show enter changeable murals of different places etc... For the true artist that You definitely are ✅💯% Skies the limit 💖👍🥳❣️❣️❣️Go for your dreams and of course make your night sky 💙

It's beautiful! You're going to have so much fun decorating

Wow, that turned out so beautiful with the furniture and everything! 😁 The lighter colored floors are just perfect! I wish I could have a room like that, but even if I had the space, I would hate it because, how would you ever detect a spider on the wall, before you are closer to it than you ever wanted to be! 😳

@therealJamieJoy

9 ай бұрын

Pretend the walls absorb any spiders, and then banishes them to a place you can never see or go!!! :)

Stained glass suncatcher of starry night in the window

I love how this turned out! If I was doing this I would use different textures to make sure that the room and the furniture doesn’t blend into one and another. So I would use high gloss paint on the wardrobe and dressoir, I would use thin, gauze like curtains so they would move more when the windows/doors are opened (and use blackout blinds for sleeping) And I’d use a light, maybe metallic, accent color to create some visual interest, and use that for art work, light fixtures, etc.

@lidysjardijn

9 ай бұрын

Oooh,oooh,ooh! And I would dip dye the gauzy curtains, to match the ombré paint on the walls!😻😻

WOW, the room looks so cool!

I love it. I think the stars are the necessary piece de resistance! So cozy and awesome. ❤❤❤❤❤

Looks fantastic. I can't wait to try the molding technique myself. Thanks for the inspo/confidence boost.

Oh! I just painted my bedroom walls red with a black ceiling. Its so magical and cozy to have a dark bedroom. :)

It's an impressive room -- good job! My one caveat would be that if you make absolutely everything as absolutely dark as possible, you will absolutely be walking into things (or worse, stubbing your toes) at night when you have to get up for any reason! :-)

Nice job! Especially the wall trim. It really added a nice touch.

That looks amazing! I have plans on designing a media entertainment area of my home heavily in blacks, deep purples and darker blues. Using paint that fluoresces to create murals of planets, nebulae, and galaxies and then illuminating everything in blacklight and incandescent light. Both lighting types will be on separate switches so I can mix or light them separately. I want to create the feeling of being in another world.

The room looks fabulous and the furniture pops off the walls making them lovely. If it was me I would paint them gold. But I am always pleasantly surprised with your ideas. Best of luck and maybe a nice soak in the tub will ease the aches & pains. ❤

Good gravy! Your hair is so gorgeous! And I absolutely love your channel! You bring me joy. And that’s not my cat!

I love this so much! I have made my bedroom a cave with blackout fabric, and now I want to get rid of the light paint as well.

I once stayed in a black-gold hotel room and it was gorgeous. One day I want a dark bedroom too

As a fan of dark rooms and such, I am absolutely in LOVE with how you did this. I can't wait to see what else you so with this! 🖤