I vote black sideboard and a light grey closet door. A dark grey door might darken the space too much, while the light grey door will give you a bit more of the symmetry you are craving by balancing the gorgeous light grey velvet chairs on one side of the room and the light grey closet door on the other side of the room.

Hi!, I agree with Rachel, Black on the sideboard would look great! I like the doors white as they go so nicely with the walls. Hope that helps! Love the new table and the velvet chairs. Sweet!

I think the sideboard needs to be light!! The dark sideboard is making the wall too heavy and competing with the desk. I would really love to see a slightly longer sideboard in there that’s just a smidge shorter but –working with what you have– is often preferable, at least for the time being. Once you decide on a color for the sideboard I think the palms will be an easy choice to add dimension to the space. With the sideboard dark I feel like they add too much visual clutter and the eye doesn’t transition smoothly through the space. Those gray chairs and your desk chair are ???!! Good luck!! I know it’s gonna be fantastic when you’re done!

That table is perfect between the chairs. What if you moved the palm to the other side, if it doesn’t interfere with the doorway…would bring the green across the room. I like the idea of having just one rather than a pair. I would wait until you get the mirror before painting the doors. The way it will reflect the light may change your mind about the depth of color you choose. As for the sideboard, I originally said paint it black, but now that things are more pulled together I think it looks great as is.

Black painted sideboard with goldhardware.
Paint the doors a dark forest green to reference the green in the curtains.
Bring in either giant mirror with modern looking gold frame to balance the more intricate designed pieces in the room or use a giant piece of art that has Gray tones with touches of pink, green, and black in it to tie everything together.

Just my $0.02. Have fun decorating! 🙂

Love what you’ve done so far! My thought was, “she needs a big honking mirror on that wall” and as I kept reading you mentioned getting a mirror! 😉 I grew up in the area and used to find amazing stuff at a huge thrift store on Rivers Ave just past the railroad tracks….toward the seedy end of Rivers. It may not still be there but was always worth the effort to get over there. I bought my daughter’s nursery dresser at The Mt. Pleasant Mall! Great destination…and a Starbucks close by! Your taste is fabulous….

Would you consider removing the sideboard all together and just do a nice gallery wall over there? It feels very heavy over there to me and looks a bit cluttered with the desk right there. It could just be the camera angles. I like the idea of green on the doors or black to tie in with the light fxture and rug. It is coming along beautifully, I love seeing the process.

I agree — find your mirror and go from there. I think you need something heavier to hang on the wall behind your desk chair to balance the darker curtains on the other side and bring your eyes up. Have you also considered a living (or faux) vertical wall garden? Or perhaps sconces of some sort with greenery in them to flank your mirror? I am not sure if succulents compliment your vision for the room but I think something like the second one in this link, inside a larger black lacquered box would be lovely and would complement the light fixture and table between your chairs: http://www.livingwallart.com/growing-a-vertical-wall-garden-of-succulents/. This can then inform your sideboard decision. Also, I think once you find something to hang behind your desk, your door decision will become clearer (I’m thinking staying white will be perfect). You are so very talented – want to come to WI to do my house??? :p)

The room is really coming along beautifully, thank you for sharing the process! I would keep the doors white (the room has enough contrast and graphic punch already) and the sideboard unpainted (sort of repeats the warm wood tone from the desk, but they are still different), and focus on adding green one way or another to the left wall/side to balance the curtains. Maybe a more ornate statement mirror in glossy green? I would also try to repeat the green around the room in a couple of lighter shades taken from the curtains when adding the final details, for example when styling the desk and maybe even on a pillow.

I think the doors should be the darker charcoal color for sure. The sideboard has me stumped. I don’t like the two different wood color so close to each other yet I’m not sure it’s the color of the sideboard that is the problem.

I would paint the doors the same gray as those divine chairs with an inset of pink.

Go with charcoal doors to match the drama of the drapes. Keep the sideboard as it is; with charcoal doors it will hold it’s own. But first get the mirror that you will love and see if these choices still makes sense.

How about some of that luscious green malachite – maybe for the frame of the mirror behind the desk or an accessory on the desk. I also think taller lamps would be better on the sideboard. Maybe thin brass candlestick buffet lamps. The gray are nice but too short and stocky looking.