I don't think 5 & 9 year olds could keep an upholstered headboard clean. I like the wall mural idea. Maybe you'd like the upholstered headboard in your room...

I am not sure which bed you ordered but my immediate thought was are they sharing a bed?

So right now they would need a king, because my 5 years old wants me to be with her when she goes to sleep . Later on we may change but as of now, king is our need.

I too agree the room could look so much prettier with two twin beds.

I m somewhat paranoid about a small child falling from the top bunk ... ( news stories )

also i feel changing sheets would be hard, and then bedding can’t be as pretty ..

Wow!! Thanks!! That’s a lot of inspiration !

Sadly though I just can’t do twin beds. I work night shifts and when I m home my daughters really want me to spend some time with them in the bed as they fall asleep . they grow up too fast and I don’t want to miss out on these moments !

My 7 years old son son has his own room with a queen bed and I know when he wants me to be with him then the youngest wants to jump in too..and even if I have to be there for a short while , queen is barely enough ..

I love the wall murals though !! Can only do wallpapers if they r the easy to put on ones... otherwise stripping them is a hassle!!

The wall where the door is is windowless but not enough space to put a king bed there .

The only other wall wall where king bed could be placed would be the one opposite the closet .

I’ll be open to the bunk bed idea or twin beds in a few years and yes , at that point I could get new beds mattresses bedding etc .

the nightstands we just bought , I know they r brown but they r solid wood and a v good make ( Drexel) so they will have to stay too.

Theres not much much space for a desk , anyway the kids have a huge study room all to themselves ( which I will be redoing too)

so I don’t need a study desk ... however a reading nook is not a bad idea like maybe a chair and small shelf?

Maybe buy two twin mattresses and put together on a king frame with a topper, use king bedding for now, and in a few years you can separate and use as twins.

Stripping wallpaper is only a hassle if it wasn't installed correctly. There are also tons of peel and stick wallpapers that make install and removal a breeze.

What are the dimensions of this room? Window placement? Closet placement?

I would also ask yourself if you purchase a king bed now and the girls don't want to share later, are you really going to want to replace with bunks or twin beds in a few short years?

I agree with pink_peony... Install a mural in a large scale print and pull colors from that to finish decorating the room. Paint remaining walls a white that you pull from the wallpaper. Keep the bedding white and add accent pillows that also pull colors from the wallpaper.

IMO the first thing is 2 beds . There is no way ids should have to share a bed in a room this size.As for color what do the girls want. When I was growing up my Mom was a designer but when it came to our rooms she let us choose colors but those were in bedding and the walls were kept neutral so that every time we had a favorite color there was no painting involved. To be honest I can’t imagine girls these ages liking the same anything . This is a nice example of 2 different colors working in a space

My grand daughters shared a bed until one went off to college. Their latest room is the bonus room over the garage with a fireplace and sitting area. They liked it that way.

it seems that some of the purchases you’ve already made don’t relate at all to the vision or inspiration pictures you’ve shared. The bedside tables are an example of this. Is the headboard on the bed currently staying? Curious what prompted you to order new furniture in the style and finish you did? I’m wondering if they can be relocated to another space? Sons room? Your room? They are dark and a small scale for a king bed. They don’t really work with your vision and last they are not the style Used in a young girls or teen girls room. For all these reasons i think you need to stop , take a step back , evaluate , create a budget, create a wish list and then move forward from there. Possibly with a designer or decorator who can bring this space together.

Thankyou for all the messages .

I did purple and teal color scheme like the above picture in their previous room in our old house.

my Youngest loved pink and the older one liked teal and golden . However seeing the older sisters talk about teal , she now wants teal too! So I ll do with teal gold and touches of magenta ....

i don’t think however you understand that if I do the room as pretty as can be but put their beds separately , they will not be happy. If I change nothing and keep the bed together they ll be happier!

I love the mural idea a lot !

Like a floral and keeping the walls white and and pulling colors from the mural into accessories on white bedding !

if I do it myself I ll have to cut the mural to fit across the window ? That wall behind the bed is 18 feet wide . Or should I do it just behind the bed ? Is there an app where I can see placement of bed etc and see how it looks on a different wall ..?

I think we all understand quite well. Sometimes replies come out ofnorder and don’t appear until later or we are all commenting at the same time or we only read your initial post and don’t read comments. Anything suggested to you can be done with a king sized bed. However the professionals are making suggestions that will carry your girls into the future with this room instead of having to change it every couple of years which is costly. If you have never put wallpaper up before i would highly suggest you hire a professional to do so. The cost is nominal in the bigger scheme of things and the job will be done correctly. There are many steps to insure the surface is prepped correctly and the paper hung correctly. Especially on a wall that large And with a large scale pattern the job can be even trickier. Don’t cut corners here. Your attempts to do so will cost you money and time and a whole lot of frustration later on.

Yes of course. I will not do wallpape myself at all. I thought it was mural but I guess that’s no different.

the Reason actually for buying the nightstands was simply because of the quality .. anything in white which I wanted was made of MDF , not solid wood . i searched pottery barn , crate and barrel , online , and so many stores .. in fact the west elm nightstands I liked appear almost identical to the ones in target at a lower price and I m sure the quality is no different either ! My sil bought nightstands from pb/ c&b / west elm for kids and told me the drawers are not smooth ... the quality is target quality etc ...

the bed however is also solid wood but I think there I m going to let go and just not buy that bed with a huge headboard . I ll either keep the same or buy something else.

I am going to search for floral wallpaper in easy stick kind . I m not going to buy the traditional wallpaper though .

Just push 2 single beds together like they do in hotels.When the girls get bigger you can just pull them apart. They still make up two single beds pushed together as one bed.

It is not even necessary for a gadget to keep them together. A king size fitted sheet would do the same.

I was also going to suggest twin beds pushed together...it makes sense to do this..You can still do one tufted headboard so it looks like a king bed. Or keep your existing king until it needs to be replaced. Save some money, right? You can get a headboard to attach to the wall (I prefer this, myself). I'm not a huge fan of bed skirts, but there are neater ones with box pleats.

What about something like this for the reading nook area?:

I've never met a kid who wouldn't love this...I did it for my own daughter (her room was jewel tones so I used vintage saris and stamped gold designs around the doorways--kind of a Moroccan feel).

I don't find wallpaper difficult to hang. Especially if you're only doing one wall (corners can get tricky). Repositionnable (self stick) wallpaper, I found to be a real pita. You have a large sheet and it sticks to itself and the wall where you don't want it to (think trying to hang an 8 foot sheet of contact paper). Paste or prepasted is slippy so you can slide it over the wall....SO much easier...

My now adult daughter still likes the boho look, and we put three of these at differing heights in a corner of her room in her new apartment. They're not electric, but we got some remote controlled led lights. They're magic.

If you prefer the chandelier, there's this one from etsy. If you use a very low bulb, it can stay on as a night light and you can use the bedside lamps for real light...