A Few of The Latest Trends In Kids Bedrooms

Vintage is trendy everywhere. How about a simple clean lines look for a vintage teen room? The items on the black shelf seem to be floating on the painted black shelf (against the painted black wall).  Image from here.

Cubes and crates stacked create a simple storage solution. Crates should be secured to the wall with Velcro or screws.

Loving the black and white striped rug.

The maps posted on the wall have "pockets" to hold magazines. Artwork hung above the desk is simple with bold graphics. Image from here.

Simple Modern Bedding: the orange and red colored bedding is made of clean, simple graphic details. I really like the large bubbles. Image from here.

Antler art against a black chalkboard wall.  Great idea - to write down baby's first words - precious. Image from here.

Purple in Tween and Teen Bedrooms

Even though Honeysuckle and Turquoise are extremely popular colors right now, I am still drawn to purple for a tween or teen rooms.  Purple is not as "girlie" as pink yet it still enables you to hold onto a little bit of femininity in your tween or teen's bedroom.



Purple is the color of royalty, purple is luxurious, purple, when used right, is sophisticated and purple can make a wonderfully understated room look amazing.  



Purple is a unique color, being an almost equal combination of both a warm and a cool color (red and blue), it can be combined with either warm or cool colors, or both, or used on its own in a room and still look lovely.  And purple has enough sophistication that it is not only great for a baby's room, but it can make a fun, whimsical and sophisticated tween or teen room.

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I love the look of this purple room.  The shag rug and pillows keep the room feeling young and would be the perfect place for your tweens/teens to have gab sessions after school.

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This mod bedroom is whimsical and shows how purple, combined with cool colors, can look both fresh and sophisticated.

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This purple and white room looks clean and shows a great way to use fun color in a small space. 

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I love this room and it does a great job showing how purple, when combined with warm colors, can feel inviting and luxurious.

Have you incorporated purple into your tween or teen's bedroom?

Ashley Phipps is an Interior Designer, NCIDQ #25242,

living in the Indianapolis area, and author of the blog Simply Designing.

Three Kids In A Room?? Try A Trio of Hanging Beds...

Such a cool, contemporary room for three boys'.  Not only do these beds look good, but they also save space and are practical.  The beds hang from the wall and ceiling with thick rope from metal hooks and are also bolted into the wall. Marian and her hubby spent a bit of time building, creating and painting this incredible room. Wall color: Creek Bend by Behr. Poster: Kideko. Bed linens from IKEA. Poster found here.



Marian explains the inspiration for the room:

"After close to a year of looking for bunkbeds, and lots of brainstorming about built-ins, I saw Ana White's hanging daybed. I loved the rustic look and simplicity of the project. Knowing that the beds would take up a lot of space, I wanted to keep the rest of the room simple. I love the combination of modern and vintage, so I tried to have a bit of both in their room. The boys are all so different and have varying interests, it would have been hard to pull of a "themed" room. The colors evolved from the Kideko poster... all three of them rock! I wanted to give them a space that was fun and inviting, and a space that would grow with them." Images and info found via here.

Instructions on how to make a hanging bed from Ana White diy furniture blog.

                                              

   Pillow Decor - Caravan Cotton Throw Pillow      Cotton Waffle Blanket - Twin White

Kids Rooms: Fabric and Padded Walls

 A fabric-covered wall gives a dramatic effect as a perfect backdrop for a focus wall in a nursery, kids room or playroom. A padded wall feels cozy in a bedroom, adds texture and interest, keeps the room warmer, and muffles sound. Wouldn't this wall look beautiful behind a crib? Similar fabric found here.

Wonderful step-by-step instructions to upholster a wall.

 

56'' Wide Faux Soft Skin Leather Silver Fabric By The Yard 

 The focus wall is covered in a damask wallpaper (this could also work with fabric). An easy way to attach fabric to walls is by using starch. Instructions found here.



                               

Graham and Brown Pink     York Wallcoverings Linen Hot Pink      York Wallcoverings  Damask 

Ceiling draped in fabric. Both images from Little Crown Interiors

 This elegant room might be a little over the top with padded walls. But I do like the effect a padded wall can give. I personally prefer one accent wall that has been upholstered.

Soft padding on one wall makes for an elegant statement. Another set of instructions on how to upholster a wall found here. 

Close up image of the wall shown above.

Floor-to-ceiling headboard makes a statement for a room and gives it an "upholstered wall" look.

Designer: Noel Jeffrey 

Image via here.

Design Dazzle Readers Favorite Teen Rooms 2010

We are welcoming in 2011 by reviewing our readers favorite Teen Rooms of 2010.  Readers favorite teen rooms were determined by the most viewed blog posts for 2010 (traffic stats to the Design Dazzle blog post).  The last of our readers favorites being featured tomorrow is "Favorite Misc." blog posts. Design Dazzle's top teen room blog posts for 2010 are...

Modern Teen Girls Room

Turquoise Girls Room

Hot Pink Zebra Room

Alphabet Tween Room

Teen Bohemian Room

Hollywood Glamour Room

Teen Glam

 Rock n Roll Teen Room

 X games boys room

Rock-n-Roll Teen Room