We have been updating our teenage son’s room for the previous couple of months. It began with a complete reorganization plan since he had amassed a variety of issues he had collected through the years and wasn’t able to let go of. To honor that, we had so as to add further storage within the type of cabinets and dedicate his closet to storage too.
Teenagers want their non-public area to chill out and sleep and prepare for varsity and work and still have an area that displays their character embellished within the colours and patterns they like. After I requested my son what colours he needed for his room refresh he stated “brown, grey, and black”. Okay then.
His little boy room was a teal blue for ten years and we repainted it in a mid tone taupe. A number of years in the past we traded his twin for a full dimension mattress. Just lately we added extra cabinets to retailer keepsakes and upgraded his mattress linens.
Like a variety of boys, my son was obsessive about Legos in his youthful years and spent a variety of time constructing ships. He has a shared curiosity in aviation with Matt and so they’ve constructed a variety of mannequin airplanes collectively. He additionally loves music and martial arts so his room displays all of the issues that make him who he’s.
The IKEA dresser we have had for years (very long time readers will bear in mind I used it for this mission). I moved it into my son’s room, painted the trim darkish brown, and swapped the knobs for an oil rubbed bronze button type.
The wall cabinets and brackets are from Lowe’s and match the area contained in the dresser area of interest properly. He wanted a spot to retailer his Lego builds from years in the past, they’re cool and he is happy with them so we added two wall cabinets for displaying them up excessive.
Above his mattress he favored the concept of film posters, these favorites of his are framed in cheap black poster frames from Michaels. The nightstand cupboard I picked up at Dwelling Items and the linens and headboard I bought for him on-line (sources under).
The DIY board and batten wall therapy we put in years in the past nonetheless appears to be like so good. I might repeat that methodology once more if I used to be putting in board and batten in one other area.
His closet doorways have been the ever-present bypass contractor doorways like these put in in so many properties. As a substitute of changing them, we paneled over the entrance of the doorways with a skinny sheet of plywood connected with brad nails. Then I stained them walnut, the identical coloration because the wall cabinets throughout the room, and I added modern black elongated pulls.
In case you’re curious what his little boy’s room appeared like ten years in the past on this identical area, see this submit and this mission.
Now the area is a “brown, grey, and black” as requested and a mirrored image of who he’s right this moment.
sources: grey bamboo sheets / striped pillowcases / tweed lumbar pillowcase
grey fake leather-based headboard / striped panel curtains / plaid comforter
closet door pulls / ladder cabinets / shelf boards & brackets / poster frames
higher wall paint coloration: Benjamin Moore ‘City Sophisticate’
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