Giving my Bedroom a Dark Victorian Makeover (and it's very green lol) 

HI RACHEL!!!

Love the room, especially the mirror and gallery wall corner! Just curious, what drink are you drinking in the beginning of the video?

Fantastic 👌

✊✊👏👏👍☕⚾

Really great job! I would try one more time on the Gallery wall. Maybe send your frames and measurements to someone you know from instagram or another artist you admire and let them take a stab at it. Right now it’s good but I could see it being tweaked a little bit to make it even more spectacular.

Same... 🥺

I know right? It's so nice to know these types of people exist.

Right?! I got yelled at just for spilling my drink on the table. I had so much anxiety when Nick walked into the room but he was so sweet 🥺

Try some acetone on the rug. I had a cat break a bottle of nail polish on the rug and we got it out that way. Or maybe flip it around and hide the bad spot.

@@VioletRaven. What adult yells at another adult for such things? If they're not your parents, tell them to f' off.

whooaaaaa that's so cool!!!

this is what I was thinking LOL I was like... girl why did you make your life hard

Was literally coming to the comments to see if anyone was going to tell her 😂 you can just have them mix it in store.

I did that before because I loved the lavender/baby blue color of the dress on the cover of the fourth book in the Luxe series lol

@@morganbaldwinmiller You know why, cuz she has to!

Any aesthetic that talks to your soul.😊 🥰🙋🐈☘️

Ive been saying that phrase for years now myself and hearing her also say it made me so insanely happy 😆

She's got herself a good one.

why can't you just clean it with soap? Paint is most likely water-based, you can easily wash it out, if you do it immediately

​@@ksyvishe said that it was latex paint, which is a pain in the bum in itself, but having spilled water-based interior dark blue paint, it was going nowhere. So I have embraced dark blue paint splotches on my beige couch now 🫠

@@the_brinaki oh, okay, I missed that. Sorry about your couch😔

@@ksyvi it's okay, it's at the bottom and looks kind of artsy 😂 I've fully embraced it at this point

He is so supportive, it’s amazing lol

Wonderful Rachel! What I always wanted but couldn't get done. Now you need a king size 4 poster bed w dark mahogany finish.

You can just learn the skills a little and be handy yourself! A lot of it isn't that hard. (Well except of course for cutting wood with the machine you need a machine xD) Then you only need someone who's supportive and chill - you can do that!

But: dark colours in small rooms can actually make them appear larger. Because without seeing the corners (because of the dark colour) our eyes loose all sense of dimensions...

I painted my room dark green and it actually feels larger, as the walls receded into a forest scape that seems to go on and on.

Pffffft! The size of the room remains the same no matter what color you paint it. Paint! No more boring neutral walls!

I had a small dorm room once with dark red walls and it felt so oppressive, like the walls were coming closer all the time. After it was painted a light neutral colour it was much better. So maybe depends on the dimensions of the room. General rule as I have learned it is that dark colours make a room feel smaller most of the time

I think wrinkles and gray hairs and cellulite tell our story of life. I'm 43 and I'm gonna let all my gray come in without covering it. I'm not gonna worry so much about my cellulite because I don't have enough life left to waste it when I have a partner and family that love me for who I am. Laugh lines and forehead wrinkles show that I've lived and I have enough space to live even longer. Remember it's about the life you lived and not what you look like when it's over that's important. It took a long time to decide this for myself and occasionally those bad thoughts creep back in but I hope I can stay on my path of self love and acceptance and I think you and your life are just as beautiful and worth thinking the same ❤

I have gray hairs at a younger age than might be expected and cellulite too, and I think about the way that these are framed in society often. If I was perhaps told as a kid that they were like pixie dust or scales, I'd be thrilled to think that I'd grow up to be a mermaid or a fairy haha. They really don't have to be these things that we're afraid of!

I'm in my 20s but have a fair amount of stretch marks and felt incredibly comforted by the idea of human brush strokes :')

At 59, this resonated with me as well. I fail to see the logic in trying to look younger than you are.

Right? Same! At 51, I'm pretty happy with that reframing!

I agree!

I was think a chaise longue would fit well in there!

EXACTLY SAME @@misstweetypie1

@@misstweetypie1 How would it fit though? Chaise lounges are long enough to lie down on. There's not enough width for one and putting it in lengthways would mean it would stick out into the walkway to the bed. An armchair might fit, or a narrow ottoman maybe.

I was thinking the same thing!!

Hope your new house is going well, I’m in Uk too and can’t stand this disgusting grey cladding, grey walls, faux fur cushions etc. someone described it as grey plague! Pathetic how ever one follow me. Trend. Anyway would love to see your house when you have finished it.

Couldn't say why, but RU-vid decided to bring over a comment from a completely different video and add it to yours, so you ended up with "Très beau, on reconnait la touche de Lully, pas loin de l'air du sommeil d'Atys. Est-ce un parti pris " historique" de parler l'italien avec un accent si fortement français ?We've just had an offer accepted on our first home (at the ripe old age of 35!) and I am loving watching these videos for inspiration! I am SO done with white or cream walls (in the UK you often are not allowed to decorate a rental) and I cannot wait to create my own hobbit/victorian/cottagecore rooms!" from my view. Good luck with the house!

Nice husband move, total green flag here 👌

I appreciated Rachel's analogy between brush strokes and wrinkles, etc, too. Nicely insightful.

Mine too. After a week of feeling my imperfections, her sweet words felt like a hug from an old friend.😊

Came to the comments to say exactly that ❤

Yeah, came here to say that. I am in a bad self esteem period rn so that hit me like a brick wall, thanks Rachel 🥺

I want her to make a new tshirt with this on!!

Same! I was so worried for their bedding and almost immediately 🫠

@@jaded_gerManic At least bedding is replaceable, flooring is not 😢

​@@valentinevintel9814most floors easier to fix and get clean. Carpets no but floors is

@@AnniCarlsson Not wood unfortunately 😅

Dropcloths are the best!!! I paint all my house only with one cloths, just move it arround with you and done!

I love what she's done. I would love to make my bedroom purple or mauve. That's my color for the same idea. She is so very gifted and artistic!

Ok do all of my favorite RU-vidrs know each other or know they exist?????

@@crimsoncrafts3460Literally 😂 I swear we find out they know of each other at the most random times 😅

Ariana what are u doing here?😂

WOAHHH WTF WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE BTW SKJERA BAGERA😭

@lovesthebeatles94 OMG you’re a genius! That’s such a great idea!!! I would buy in an instant!

She has an impeccable taste and I'd be here for it.

It’s going to be chaotic and haphazard line

Please don't buy so much new stuff. Go antiquing and thrifting. Those particular things are at the moment a bit trendy, but not overly so. I have fashion plate prints on my wall and they were super cheap.

Not me, I prefer to make and upcycle my own stuff. It's better for the pocket and the environment.

Same lol

Yep. I spent most of yesterday doing that. Eight solid hours of work including running up and down the stairs. I suspect the actual painting will go faster.

I’m a messy paint troll and for this reason I can only paint in an empty room

I love watching the chaos but my anxiety could never 😅

That's a proper way of doing it 👍

i love u for sharing this and i very much hope that rachel sees it!!

That’s a great idea! Boosted!

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I’ll take note of this for myself (doesn’t have any fake plants)

@@mw-hi3bkXD

Yeah, it must be nice....

My husband is as opinionated as I am and always in opposite directions when it comes to home decor so this would never happen in my home sadly lol

It does help that he’s involved in construction/carpentry

Mine always says NO@@sadie6144

​@@drezdendolla.9143I hope you know you can literally choose to just not be in a relationship with a person you don't wanna be with.

Good stuff. Used it myself with good results.

great idea!

I appreciate you sharing this because we are about to paint basically every room in our house and we have very light carpet and I am 100% sure I'm going to spill something

Was about to post our resolution for spilled paint on carpet, too. We dropped an entire gallon of bright blue paint (which split open and almost all of it spilled out) on the carpet in our condo hallway. Tonnes of paper towel (and some sacrificed actual towels), we scooped up as much as we could, then worked on the huge stain. It’s thinnest around the edges, so start at the outside edge and scrub inwards, always keeping the edges wet, so the paint can’t set (interior latex paint is water based. This wouldn’t work with oil based paint). We used plain water and a scrub brush, frequently refreshing the rinse water and getting fresh towels. We borrowed the condo wet vac to vacuum up the (very blue!) water when it got too much, and then finished up with a Rotostatic brand spray on carpet cleaner (designed as a spot cleaner, not the kind for a carpet shampoo machine). This actually saved the carpet, and our relationship with the condo board! I don’t know how Goo Gone would work, but if it’s a huge amount of paint, this method worked well and plain water, a bucket (or plastic garbage can…), paper towels and old rags (or towels), are things everyone has. If they don’t have a wet vac, it would just take a lot more blotting & ringing out of towels. An absorbent sponge would also be useful. Would be even better if it’s not trying to clean up an ENTIRE GALLON of paint. Also, those of us who know what happened, have all talked about how funny it’s going to be when the carpet gets replaced, because we KNOW there’s going to be a huge blue stain on the concrete underneath. 😆

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We don't see Nick very often but when we do he is always so supportive and I love that! That is couple goals right there

Nick came in clutch for this video and we are here for it xx

I was saying this too!

. @RobinWood1292 yeah right? This video made me recall back to the time I redecorated with a dude and he downright said: "I ain't gonna be living in effing Lord of the Rings!" So we made everything simple and bland. Thankfully those days I live on my own and I can shape my environs exactly how I see fit.

I kinda think Nick was wholly on board because it meant the bedroom was gonna get finished. He may not have a preference about decor, or he likes her choices, but mostly just liked the idea of getting switch plates and the like finally installed. And of course a curtain to block that too bright window in the mornings.

Especially when your conscience told you to put down a tarp lol 🤦🏽‍♀️

Heck, Nick is the lucky one. He's the man who has the live in decorator! Decorators are expensive and he's getting everything at cost and sometimes thrift store prices. 😉 😁🧓🏽✌🏽🇨🇦

They're both lucky ♥♥♥ just like me and my babe

It's a smart man who knows his marriage is worth more than a carpet. He seems like a sweetheart.

They had a lot of shades of Green, they didn't have THE Shade of Green. There's a difference.

Yeah, for future reference, she could have taken her custom paint mix to the store, they could've color-matched it. I'm sure it drove her crazy having to mix the perfect amount over and over.

​@@Nikki-tx6khSame with blue. I wanted one of our bathrooms a Robin egg blue and my kitchen teal. Nope. Both look like a brick of c4 blew up the Smurf village.

you hate green?!?!? 😧😧

i get your gripe, green & gold specifically reminds me of the military😂 i live in blacks but in the end they're two of my best colors because i have olive-colored skin

​@@indiradefa3733 It's funny you say military in a bad way, I'm goth but some of my go to looks are kinda military inspired and I have a drab green and brass military styled peacoat. Looks great with Goth looks. Heavy boots, white hair. Very Anime villian.

@@teawithtygeGreen is not a creative color😂

@@JoeyisDREADful oh, it's something more like boredom for me😅 i live in indonesia (still big military vibes in its development) and born in an army family from my mom's side - a good chunk of my life is filled with the color green, golds. i do like the military/uniform silhouettes though

That sounds like a very annoying person.

Yup. She has a DIY channel and accuses people of copying her when they DIT. It's wild!

She doesn’t like influencing as an influencer

I learned about what happened through another youtuber and they're the only reason I even had a reaction to Rachel mentioning her. I hope our swamp queen isn't caught up in the smoke of that dumpster fire.

that's actually hilarious lmfao

For smaller frames I use masking tape lol I used it when I made mine but my frames very not big

Thank you! That's the handy hint I needed for mine, it's a bit daunting to start making holes in the wall without some sort of plan.

​@@BeerElf66bonus tip - add the nail spot to the paper template. Then when it's where you want it, nail right through the paper and then pull the paper off.

Another option, if you need to see how the colours and images fit together use print-outs! Not too hard even for bigger artworks to tape them together into full size

omg what is the drama?! (i'm old and not on tiktok lol)

Maybe she is. But this channel doesn’t do drama.

Lol I was !!!! when I heard the name 😂

Leave the drama to other insecure influencers. Rachel shouldn't worry.

I know there is some kind of drama I just can’t remember what?!

Fr I was thinking how will it be uniform in color 😭

Was gunna come say the same thing! We made SO many custom colors in our house, I was kinda surprised Rachel did it all (but also not really surprised, this is Rachel after all). 💜

I thought the same thing. Now that she found the color she likes, she could have it matched. However, the process of small-batch mixing and painting with a brush will give it some subtle variations. I was almost going to suggest she could have done a scumble: take two different color paints and mix them directly on the walls: that can achieve an interesting visual texture, which can be subtle to obvious, depending on how contrasting the colors, and how much you blend them. But overall, I think she seems happy with the results, so it all worked out.

Green is so soothing in a bedroom. I also have my room in green and it is very relaxing.

@@vaderladyl this really inspired me to change my room to darker colors, I really think it will bring me some peace

@@jungtothehuimang try it, it will probably help you achieve peace or at least ,less stress.

I'm a renter too - I feel your pain. There is a chef from Japan that has made a custom 'kitchen' in each house he's rented...and I'm thinking of using some of the techniques he uses - which is basically creating false walls using tension with the floor and ceiling.

​@TheJemmaGrl yo that sounds like a cool way to section off a studio - better than the foldy screens!

Peel n stick wallpaper friend!

@@TheJemmaGrl What's his name/handle?

@@Morna777But make sure it’s peel and stick and not contact paper, or you’ll ruin walls. Real peel and stick is about 20.5 inches wide. Everything else is contact paper.

The first thing I thought about 😂

I was gonna make that joke 😂 Great minds think alike?

Checked the comments to make sure someone had said it. The pun needed to be made.

My first thought too😂😂

Yes - MOAR PILLOWS!

I feel like changing the bed frame to gold would really add some attention and match the frames + curtain holder.

As a European, what's "European pillows"? First time I've heard that lol

same! just look at this grAAPH📈

Agreed. Especially a house reno/transformation video.

@@quinncy. I can HEAR your comment😂

Big fat YES to the moth quilt!!

I second moth quilt!!

I also think her bed honestly is perfect how she did it. I love thr quilting idea, especially since she feels differently. It's also possibly the too much gene kicking in. (I have it and I understand the drive)

Same. I get so inspired and then I realize that I a) can't afford to redecorate and b) don't have the skills 😅

SAME

Try nail polish remover or baking soda and the spray stuff together , let sit for a bit then blot and rinse.

Same. I can’t do maximalism with stuff sitting everywhere, but I love maximalism with the walls. My room is covered in art, photos, and shelves. I’m too clumsy to have stuff everywhere on the floor and too much furniture. I like open space but I want to feel like I’m in a museum.

I definitely agree!

Hear hear!

I know! Every time I’m notified of a new Rachel video, i get so excited! She makes me smile and I get so inspired to create! ❤

💜🙏yassss

They need a rug with a more Victorian vibe now anyway.

omg i had the same thought 😂 hearing her name dropped after the recent tiktok drama was a shocker lol

i literally just stopped my video cracking up about that! beware rachel! you stole her moss idea that she copied from pinterest!

I thought the same thing!! 😂😂😂

literally like my heart DROPPED when i heard her name. i was like NO RACHEL SHE WILL COME AFTER YOU!!

I came here looking for this comment to see if anyone had said it yet 😂😂😂 i was like "no Rachel! Be careful, shes gonna accuse you of copying her as well, careful!" 😂

as someone who lives in a dorm too, carpets, plants and fairy lights make all the difference🌱 i also took apart some of the ugly dorm cupboards and replaced them with crates and covered the rest with big tablecloths :) you got this!! it's a challenge but it is not impossible✨

I would absolutely just be spinning the rug so the green part was hidden under the bed lolol

@@whmsykttn Perfect solution!

sometimes regular rubbing alcohol does the trick too. That's my go to when I get pen ink in clothes or when I dye my hair and it ends up all over me. I know its different types of chemicals but it might still work

Yeah, I’ve done this before. I find the trick is to immediately take a wet vac carpet cleaner to it. Over and over again.

Alcohol, turpentine, or some other solvent should do the trick, depending on the type of paint. Not all hope is lost!