9 year old daughter's bedroom
Comments (20)
Maureen
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI think I would introduce a third color, which will make decorating easier and turquoise is complimentary and feels youthful. White roman blinds or drapery and then look for turquoise accents - polka dots, stars, layering of the bed and a great piece of art and a striped rug would be fun. You could paint her side table turquoise and maybe leave the rest of the furniture natural. I find that painted furniture in a child's room does chip and wear, so leaving natural on most pieces will save you in the long run...you could add great knobs on the dresser.
Eclectic Kids · More Info
lschonauer
8 years ago
Nancy Travisinteriors
8 years agoNancy Travisinteriors
8 years agotfswest
8 years agoNancy Travisinteriors
8 years ago
Denise Marchand
8 years agoLove that you are not trying to make the room too sophisticated for your daughter. I agree with letting her be included, but if she's not interested, don't push it.
Girls need storage: IKEA cubbies for all those little things
Think of painting the furniture a color instead of white. Taupe hi gloss would look good and allow for any bedding. Or a pale robin's egg blue. It will be colorful and edgy. See pics below for inspiration.
Get a large ornate mirror at a yard sale and paint it a darker version of what you paint the furniture. Must have a large mirror!
If you don't want stuff tacked up all over, you have to provide a place to do it. The Container Store, and I think Staples, has a metal stripe with cork for push pins. Line it up and do an entire wall.
Add some removable decals to the striped wall: Butterflies, birds, whatever your daughter likes.
I also like good old fashioned chalkboard and color chalk. In my son's room, many moons ago, I had a 15" high chalkboard and the tack strip under it running the full length of the wall. There was a small rectangular table perpendicular off that wall creating a "desk" with a rolling chair on both sids of the desk. He loved it.
Have fun and don't forget to tell us what you did!
lschonauer thanked Denise Marchandlschonauer
8 years agoYou all have offered some amazing ideas ! I did get a bit ambitious and painted the furniture a slight off white and added new hardware . My dilemma now is 1) what to put on the wall behind her bed 2) what if anything should I do on the wall opposite the window 3) window coverings. I love the suggestion to add floor to ceiling white curtains and the mirror . The idea of painting the furniture a color is fantastic ... But I already painted white - yikes! She wants a chandelier but our area can get VERY warm in the summers so a ceiling fan is a must . I did find some great LED lettered lights in a rustic brown. I painted the "S" gold and am thinking of painting the rest and putting them on her wall behind her bed. Thoughts ? I have it mapped out with paper in the picture .
PROSprout, Quark Enterprises
8 years ago
Susan Davis
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Candice Olson Little Girl's Bedroom · More Info
I love the way the furniture turned out. It is soo fresh in the room.I found this picture of a little girls bedroom. It has some items you said you wanted to add to your daughters room.
The chandelier. I think you should install one; they are soooo pretty and girlie.
Floor to ceiling curtans in a print with a lot of colors and purple, and a coordinating print on a pillow, or a chair cushion, or a footstool for sitting, or a bench under the window. Also a light colored rug with only shades of purple in it mostly light pattern and color for a bit of contrast.
lschonauer thanked Susan DavisDenise Marchand
8 years agolschonauer
8 years agoSusan Davis
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHey it is all about trial and error, right, but the hunt is the fun part I think! The bedroom is darling for your daughter; just need the finishing touches.
If you sew I found this online from a fabric house at one dollar a yard? Might be a source you might want to pursue and have curtains made? Click on more info
Ladbroke Geranium Purple Lime Green Blue Jacobean Paisley Floral Linen Fabric · More InfoRegarding the Candice bedroom, she ordered a laminate decal and had the design transferred by pressing the plastic sheeting and it left the lettering on the ceiling. I think you can order this type of product online? She surrounded it with, of course, custom plaster ceiling medallion. Go Candice! She once did a girls bedroom with MDF stylized cut outs of a flower and painted the petals, leaves, and hung that on the ceiling and hung a chandelier from it. I think it is archived in her bedroom book? I love Candice and copy freely! She is amazing; I try to find her reruns on hgtv. Ithink they were too cheap to get her show continued in the US. But in my area they do reruns on Monday morning at like 5 AM so I just set her show to record. It works! She is still on in Canada so some of her new stuff is shown and a lot of her old stuff is shown. fyi
lschonauer thanked Susan Davislschonauer
8 years agoDenise Marchand
8 years agoSusan Davis
8 years ago
Kushner Draperies