Leah Hennen and her husband Nick recently repainted their bedroom a rich, chocolate brown.

Leah writes,

So we finally screwed up the courage to paint our bedroom dark brown. (And when I say "we" and "paint," I of course mean Nick. Much as I love to choose paint colors, lately the novelty of actually laboring to put them on the walls has lost its allure. So thank you, honey—you're the best!) We hemmed and hawed about the actual shade of brown for about a year, with various paint chips taped up on the wall and big brown swatch painted in the corner. Finally, Nick made an executive decision and choose Benjamin Moore's Chocolate Sundae (over the even darker, cooler Bittersweet Chocolate that I had been angling for). I think he was right—the color is deep and luscious, but warm. Although the room faces north, it gets tons of light from a big corner window and a French door, so I wasn't worried about it being too dark. Crisp white trim, bedding, and a large bookshelf, plus mirrored accents around the room help offset the deep color.

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I love that Leah sourced the furniture and linens from a variety of easy-to-find and easy-on-the-budget sources, such as flea markets, Ikea, Craigslist, and Ebay, among others. The room looks amazing, and the chocolate brown really brings out the crsip white of the linens and the brilliant blues in her ceramics. For the full story, check out Leah's fabulous design blog More Ways To Waste Time.

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