I started putting together the twins’ bedroom at the last house, but never really got finished before we put our house on the market. So, I’m more or less picking up where I left off, changing things up just slightly.
My plan had been to reuse these (already recycled once) upholstered headboards. . . . until, I found a pair of perfect poster beds at a moving sale in our neighborhood for $35 each! A great deal can change my design plan in a heartbeat.
The beds I found are very similar to the yellow ones above. I had every intention of bringing them home and painting them. Then, rethought my whole plan for the room and decided to leave them in their original finish and bring in color with paint and accessories, instead. (I really like the way the natural finish looks with the dark green walls, and I don’t have to paint two beds. Win-win!)
I don’t necessarily want the room to look too girly or too boyish, so I’m using a semi-neutral bedding mix (well, if you don’t look at the floral pillows!). Between their books and toys and tutus and Spiderman costumes, the room will look like two three-year-olds live there soon enough!
Chevron quilts—I’m introducing a new color into the mix with the light blue. And, I love easy-to-wash quilts for kids’ beds. . .
Floral pillows—I’ve used these pillows all around our house. Great colors to design around!
Yellow bed skirts and pillow shams—This small print works great with larger pillow pattern.
Plaid fabric—Reusing these pillows from my book nook design.
Paint Color—This is one of my all-time favorite greens, and I just had to reuse it in this house.
And, I’m reusing the art I framed from this book, too. It’s now just $18 and is full of beautiful animal art prints. It’s seriously one of my favorite illustrated books ever (if you need a gift idea or something to frame). I put them in my favorite plastic frames that I spray painted dark orange.
Walls are painted, bedding is here, and frames are hung. Will be finished with this one soon. . .
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November 11, 2015 at 8:58 amGreat plan! I love the colors that you are pulling from that fabric. And beds for $35 each?! I’d change my design plan too!
Arielle says
November 11, 2015 at 9:39 amLOVE the wall color! And I think it’s great that you’re using color and pattern for the kids.
Tiffany says
November 11, 2015 at 10:19 amOddly I mentally decided to keep my daughters wood toned furniture just last night, so this will be interesting to watch (and borrow ideas, of course!)
Krista says
November 11, 2015 at 12:43 pmDid your other house sell? Did you do any staging? Thanks
Heather Spencer says
November 11, 2015 at 1:56 pmI’m so glad you gave details about this room. I think we were pregnant at the same time so our kiddos are the same age. I can’t wait to do his room up. He’s the baby and the sixth (fifth boy) so it’s rare he get’s anything nice. I’m excited!!
Do you remember what color orange spray paint you used for the frames? Did you use plastic spray paint??
Thanks!
Emily Clark says
November 11, 2015 at 6:44 pmHow fun. Sounds like you have a fun house, too :) I’m pretty sure the paint color was called Sienna something… (It’s Valspar.)
Classy Glam Living says
November 11, 2015 at 3:02 pmI love the mix of gender neutral colours and not too kiddy! Love that!
Mary says
November 11, 2015 at 6:03 pmI think it’s smart to not paint the beds. Kids can be so hard on things. I would hate to put all that work into it to have it chip.
And the wood tones will ground all the color. It’s going to be beautiful!
Kelli Fox says
November 12, 2015 at 8:52 amwow I love all the options you showed for the four-poster beds! Can’t wait to see what you do :)
Elizabeth says
November 12, 2015 at 2:03 pmI can’t wait to see the finished room. Love it so far!
Margaret says
November 12, 2015 at 10:52 pmI am interested in how the light blue bedding will look with the rest of the colors.
Lindsey says
November 13, 2015 at 8:14 pmEmily! I have those exact beds! My mom and aunt had them as kids, then I had them in my room and was hoping to have girls one day, and was blessed with boys. Excited to see what you do with them! Mine are in my garage!
Beverly says
November 16, 2015 at 5:15 pmMy daughter just mentioned she wanted a book on animals. Does it also include text on each animal?