Room Tour: Candy Colours Sweeten a Girl's Dream Bedroom
This versatile pastel combination of lilac and mint will see this little princess into her tween years
Interior designer Nikki Hunt of Design Intervention is a mum of two herself, and collaborated with daughter Sasha (on the girl’s own room) whenever she renovated, so she knows just how to approach the design of this girl’s bedroom. Her clients, an expat family from the US, have two girls aged six and three. The six-year-old, says Hunt, “wanted a very pretty room, and, like many young girls of her age, was very keen on pink.”
The parents however asked for a design that would last for at least five years. Hunt’s suggestion of a soft lilac and mint colour scheme is drawn from her experience that girls tend to tire of the colour pink as they get older. “The lilac has a similar soft, pretty feel as pink, but with a bit more longevity. The addition of mint gives the design more depth and allows the room to stay relevant as she grows.”
The parents however asked for a design that would last for at least five years. Hunt’s suggestion of a soft lilac and mint colour scheme is drawn from her experience that girls tend to tire of the colour pink as they get older. “The lilac has a similar soft, pretty feel as pink, but with a bit more longevity. The addition of mint gives the design more depth and allows the room to stay relevant as she grows.”
Hunt cleverly marries fantasy and practicality with a canopy over the bed’s headboard – to give a “princess” feel to the bedroom – and functional and practical pieces of furniture and materials. “I don’t think kids rooms should be too precious. Kids will be kids, so embrace scratches and chips – it shows the room is real, that it is being used. This is also why I am a great fan of distressed furniture: new blemishes blend with the old and just add to the patina,” says Hunt.
The colour combination is also applied onto upholstered furnishings. Whereas the same chintz print, in lilac instead of mint, of the roman blinds carries through to the seats of the custom-made chair and bench and the toile of the bed’s skirting, throw cushions and the bedcover grab some of the attention with a playful polka dot print.
To encourage the six-year-old to pick up after herself, a storage bench is placed strategically at the foot of her bed – for easy access to storage as well as additional seating.
“The details make the room. From the bow tiebacks to the trim and the mint green edging on the lampshades, and the canopy… all the details have been edited and carefully considered for a thoroughly coordinated and seamless design,” says Hunt. A girl couldn’t ask for anything more!
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Who lives here: An American family
Location: Clementi
Designer: Design Intervention
The little girl is a fan of The Little Mermaid, so the colour scheme – Walt Disney’s Ariel wore purple and green – made even more sense. Hunt found lilac-and-mint images of The Little Mermaid that were not of the Disney variety, however. “Her parents wanted to encourage reading, so we eschewed the Disney movie version in favour of a more generic mermaid image that relates to the traditional (book) version,” says Hunt.
A mix of white furniture – the owners’ custom-made wicker chair and European country-chic pieces with a distressed finish – add a “lived-in” softness to the colour scheme, while the window dressing – mint roman blinds and lilac dress curtains – further echoed the chosen colour palette.