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Design Dilemma Home Decorating Bedroom

children’s bedroom please help me

4 years ago

Small bedroom for kids
Shared between a brother and a sister (5 & 4)

Have the keep the bunk beds due to small space

Wanting to design
Rug?
Sand and paint bunk beds ?
New dresser ??
Window treatment ?
Bedding ?

I need it all

The only thing we can’t get change is the actual bunk bed - but can paint them

Please help me

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4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

I wouldn't bother painting the wood bunk beds but leave it as is so the paint doesn't chip, etc. Plus, it looks like it's in good condition. I would then do an accent wall of wallpaper on the window wall. Check out muralswallpaper.com --they have amazing fun options:

The more neutral the wallpaper the more each child can play with the comforter they choose. I would just make sure to keep their sheets matching.

I would also check out H&M home for kids cause they have some great kids bedding which is easily coordinated between boy and girl bedding.

Round rug

Tallboy dresser

Gumball sconce for over each of their beds

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apple_pie_order
4 years ago
Leave the bunk bed wood finish as it is. Wood finish doesn't show dings or spots.

Pick new bedding for the kids. At these ages, you can give them a couple choices, no need to take them to Target or Walmart to stare glass-eyed at 50 kinds of kid stuff. A machine washable rug with nonskid pad would be fine. Declutter the chest of drawers when you get around to it.
Manon Floreat
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I'm not sure about painting the bunk bed. It seems like a lot of work. But you certainly could. Here is an idea for you: A multi colored area rug, matching robin's egg blue quilts and happy fish sheet sets. You could select solid pillow shams - in different colors - for each of the beds, as well. The bean bag will take up serious real estate, but they will love it!

Here's a collage illustrating the idea. Hope it's helpful!
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My intent was to paint before the flooring is in so I can take advantage of the furniture being out of the room (my husband will not be down for helping me move it all out of the room twice), and also it would just be nice to not have to worry about covering the flooring in order to paint. I considered painting AFTER the flooring is done, before the furniture is moved back into the room, but then I'm starting all over again with paint color options & the pressure to get it all done so our bedroom is functional again. :) I really didn't want to go with white in this room, and the current color is too yellow for my taste, so I've been trying to find a tan-ish color that keeps it neutral but doesn't go yellow. Totally open to paint suggestions & the bedding isn't something that can't be changed. For reference: PO - Pale Oak RP - Revere Pewter AG - Agreeable Gray
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njmomma
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tartanmeup
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
What are their favourite colours? Interests? Do they share the dresser? Perhaps that would be easier to paint than the bed? You could paint their drawers their favourite colour or stencil their names on them. A rug would cozy up the space but I find rugs a pain to vacuum and prefer to minimize textiles in a bedroom. That's the only spot for the bed?
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Creative Visual Concepts, Kevin Strader
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
If you want to have a lot of fun with it, take the pink & blue colors in the rug that Manon showed and paint the girls portion of the bunk bed in the pink and the boys section in the blue. Leave the main body of the chest white and paint her drawers the same pink and his the same blue as the bed.
decoenthusiaste
4 years ago
https://ruggable.com/collections/kids-rugs

These are washable rugs, ideal for kids. I've used one in our Kids' Kave at the vacation rental cabin I manage. Don't paint the beds. They'll stand up to a lot more action in the natural wood. I would shop second hand to try and find a dresser that matches them. Buy bedding and rug that work together. I think a valance will add color and softness to the window, yet be out of the way. Pick one in a color from the rug or bedding. Unless you decide to go for their favorite cartoon character bedding, leave the kids out of the selection until they are 10 or so.

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