Last autumn, I decorated my son’s bedroom and shared a few snippets of the progress. If you missed it, have a look at the Before post to see what a mess of a room we had to deal with (it’s entertaining, I promise). And if you’d like, you can catch up on these progress posts:
– Painted IKEA Wardrobe
– Watercolour Safari Animal Art Gallery
– Stripes in Reading Nook
– Tips for Creating a Fun & Cosy Reading Nook.
The room was completed months ago, but now fiiiiiiinally getting the chance to showing you the full reveal. I’ve included all the product sources I can think of, but if you have any questions, please let me know!
THE BED CORNER
After:
The walls were painted in Little Greene’s Deep Space Blue (Intelligent Matt). This blue is incredible – deep yet vibrant and rich so you feel good when you’re in the room and everything looks so gorgeous against it. The bedding is from Designers Guild (this set is no longer sold). The crate was purchased from Apple Crates and the yellow Newgate Dome II Alarm Clock from Red Candy.
The RIBBA picture ledge, black frames and HEKTAR clamp lamp are from IKEA. The Dr Seuss art is a limited edition screen print by Barry D Bulsara. The Legoman and Airplane patent prints are from Bomedo while the Animal World Map is from ArtPause.
THE WINDOW
After:
We replaced the venetian blind with a two layer window treatment: (1) a sheer blind from Dunelm, installed within the window recess which provides privacy and reduces sun glare while still allowing light in; (2) a blackout blind from 247blinds, installed outside the window.
THE REST OF THE ROOM
After:
The chair on the left is vintage and the forest cushion on it was purchased from Tikamoon.
This kid’s collections are cooler than mine! He’s 3. Hmm. The little shelves were ordered to size from Mersey MPP and we already had the brackets.
The storage bench is from GLTC. I created the safari animal art gallery. The PAX wardrobe is from IKEA, painted and given extra long handles.
The bookshelves are thick clear acrylic display racks from 3ddisplays. I love them, they’re sturdy, keep the books in place and allow the gorgeous picture book covers to take the stage while humbly disappearing from view. They are very similar to the highly fussed over Ubabub Booksee Shelf, but without the extortionate price tag.
The poster was something I quickly cobbled together on my computer. The painted stripes are explained here. Cushions from left to right are from: Happy Friday (purchased from Achica), Malini (purchased from Achica), I made it from Harlequin Lulu fabric, West Elm, August Place UK and Happy Friday (purchased from Achica). The sheepskin is from IKEA.
So there you have it, folks. Whaddya think? 🙂
It’s not a big room, but it certainly packs a punch! We are all still completely in love with how it turned out and I wouldn’t change a thing! Well, except maybe add another cushion to the reading area. 😉
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Awww it looks AMAZING!! It’s obvious that so much love and work went into this! My favourite part is the reading nook and how you’ve made it such a feature, so creative with what could have been a awkward space 🙂 Your design eye has clearly gone no where!!! Xxxx
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Such a lovely comment, Kimberly, thank you so much! 🙂 Can you tell I had a lot of enthusiasm for decorating this room? Haha! Kids’ room are so much fun, I loved having a little client and giving him a room he absolutely adores! The reading nook is everybody’s favourite corner in the entire house, the kids spend a lot of time in it and in the evenings we all huddle in there together for bedtime stories! 🙂
Amazing! Lovely colour combination and as we have said, love the supercomfy nook in the corner.
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Thank you so much! That blue sets off everything beautifully, I’m so happy with it! The nook is our favourite corner in the house. 🙂
Ooh I LOVE it! Especially the blue wall and the diagonal great stripes, so cool xx #HomeEtc
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Thank you very much Becky! 🙂 xx
I love it, the reading corner is so cool and I love the contrast between the white a blue, its such a great space x
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So lovely of you to say, thank you! xx
Oh how gorgeous!!! I feel inspired to do up my sons room now! That safari gallery wall is absolutely fantastic. xx
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Thank you very much Abbie! Delighted to hear you’ve been inspired! 🙂 xx
It looks so fabulous Meera!! I used those exact display shelves in our last kitchen!!! Great minds!! They do some amazing things don’t they?! 🙂 I love them in a child’s bedroom — the books really get a chance to shine don’t they? Thanks so much for sharing — this is such a gorgeous makeover. I love the difference between the before/after pics xx
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Great minds indeed, haha! What a brilliant idea to use those display shelves in a kitchen! Thank you very much for your lovely words Caro! 🙂 xx
This blue is just amazing and I love the transformation. So glad it’s not just me that takes a little while to share the final reveals 😉 X
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Haha, getting around to finishing a project so it’s ready for photos is something I really need to work on! There are too many half done things around my home 😅. Thank you very much lovely Lins! 🙂 xx