“To the Batcave, Robin!”
My friend Michaela is in the process of updating her home that she moved into a few years ago. She knew that the master bedroom, affectionately referred to as “the Batcave”, was top priority on her to do list. Having been inspired by my green and black posts, she began to gain a vision for her room. Michaela is friends with a talented designer, Inbar Kerper-Saranovitz from Inbar Designs, who was offering a “Design on a Dime” class. Michaela along with three other class participants made over each other’s spaces! I know! What a fun and fantastic idea. I would love to participate in a class like this.
With some vision and encouragement to take risks from Inbar, Michaela transformed her Batcave into this gorgeous retreat. Oh my. It is a Batcave NO MORE!
The bed was moved in front of the window to give the room better feng shui. (Tip: Whether you believe in the principles of feng shui or not, moving your furniture in a way that does not block paths makes a huge difference. If you walk through any door into a room and nearly bump into a piece of furniture, it’s time to try switching things around. Okay, back to the makeover.) The oppressively dark walls were given a fresh look with Dill Pickle by Benjamin Moore. The black medallion decals are from World Market and add a nice touch of drama. Notice the curtains behind the bed and below are zebra print! What a great way to add some whimsy to your bedroom in a non-overstated and quiet manner. I love it!
But hands down, what I love the most about this room is this gorgeous chandelier. Michaela found this beauty at an antique consignment store and claims that it cost just a tad more than a light fixture she was considering from Lowes. I think it really makes the room and adds such an aire of elegance. I’m admittedly jealous. I want one.
Okay, let’s ogle it one more time. Please be sure to give my friend some comment love here. She’s one of my most faithful readers…not to mention faithful friends! Love you girl. You did a great job!
The bed was moved in front of the window to give the room better feng shui. (Tip: Whether you believe in the principles of feng shui or not, moving your furniture in a way that does not block paths makes a huge difference. If you walk through any door into a room and nearly bump into a piece of furniture, it’s time to try switching things around. Okay, back to the makeover.) The oppressively dark walls were given a fresh look with Dill Pickle by Benjamin Moore. The black medallion decals are from World Market and add a nice touch of drama. Notice the curtains behind the bed and below are zebra print! What a great way to add some whimsy to your bedroom in a non-overstated and quiet manner. I love it!
But hands down, what I love the most about this room is this gorgeous chandelier. Michaela found this beauty at an antique consignment store and claims that it cost just a tad more than a light fixture she was considering from Lowes. I think it really makes the room and adds such an aire of elegance. I’m admittedly jealous. I want one.
Okay, let’s ogle it one more time. Please be sure to give my friend some comment love here. She’s one of my most faithful readers…not to mention faithful friends! Love you girl. You did a great job!
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Gorgeous!! I love the color!
That looks fantastic!! I really think that a paint named dill pickle might have scared me off, but it turned out great! I love the wall details and definitely the chandelier!
Please explain who painted their bedroom black? I guess it's nice and dark for sleeping, but…
Lovely! Our master bedroom needs some SERIOUS attention, so maybe this will inspire me to get started!
nice! 🙂 just an idea … a lot of people are taking old chandeliers like that and removing all the medallions to spray paint them black or white or silver instead of the metallic golds and bronzes if that doesn't go with the room. I think a black chandelier in the room would really pop and you could probably find something to remove the paint later if you wanted to change it back. It already looks great though, nice work. 🙂
Oh I am just "green" with envy. Well done!
Me and my bedroom say thank you! We are enjoying all of the attention. The light fixture is one of my fav things – and it was the thing that took the most convincing for me to buy. Since owning a home, I have struggled to discern what my "style" is (even if I have any!!), so I loved this class for helping me design a bedroom I love.
Since you share some credit for inspiring my room, I think that you should totally run a class like this yourself!! Go for it!
Wow, she did a great job. I'm going to be redoing our master soon, well, as SOON as the wallpaper gets here. Anyway, your friend did great. Thanks for stopping by my blog – love to meet new friends.