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valenciana · Dooney & Bourke

mixing wood tones

Kelly · Hermes

I know close to nothing about decorating. That being said, I generally don't like mixing wood tones especially as you said when they are different styles. Could you stain it to match the bed or anything like that?

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

I think it could be cool...

kenzie · Chanel

I never match wood tones and I also mix styles and periods. And I like lots of different textures as well. It's the equivalent of eclectic dressing. You just have to do it right so it doesn't look silly.

That said, I'm not sure about that nightstand with that bed. Both are fine on their own, but the feel of them still seems almost matchy-matchy to me, but at the same time they don't seem like they work together because of it- it's like the nightstand is begging to be the same color wood as the bed in this instance (think hotel room). With that bed I'd pair something a little more antique-looking with more feminine lines so it creates interest and contrast. Not sure it that makes sense!

-- Edited by kenzie on Friday 30th of October 2009 12:41:48 PM

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

Kelly wrote:
I generally don't like mixing wood tones especially as you said when they are different styles.

Ditto. I don't mind mixing wood tones if they're in the same color family (darks with darks, etc.), but I don't like it when they're that far apart, shade-wise. Plus, I don't really see those two styles looking good together, but maybe that's just me.

Yana · Dooney & Bourke

Mixing woods is fine, light & dark work together well, when both are warm tones, that's not the problem here. What I see that I like the bed, i like the night stands, but their styles do not work well. The night stands are more of a Norwegian contemporary design and the bed is very traditional modern. The wood colors are fine, but the styles don't work.

kenzie · Chanel

^I agree with this. I think you can mix styles and wood successfully, but these two just seem off somehow.

itsapinkthing · Coach

Yana wrote:

Mixing woods is fine, light & dark work together well, when both are warm tones, that's not the problem here. What I see that I like the bed, i like the night stands, but their styles do not work well. The night stands are more of a Norwegian contemporary design and the bed is very traditional modern. The wood colors are fine, but the styles don't work.

ITA

Suasoria · Chanel

I don't like the combo. I'm not against mixing wood tones, but those two shades together don't work for me. Also if the style is going to contrast so much, I think being closer in color would help. Or white, or a painted finish in another color might be nice.