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Shared Kids Bedroom

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January 8, 2015

Disclaimer: RugsUSA provided me with the mack daddy rug for this room, but the opinions and drool and obsessive love are all my own.

I realized the other day that Eleanor and Oliver’s shared bedroom is REALLY different than the one on the House Tour and I haven’t posted about any of the little changes! Thanks to RugsUSA, I have a reason to share this new and MUCH improved new space. Like a million times improved. With a cherry on top.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Here’s what it used to look like. Fine, but not a lot of room for actual PLAY.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

This has always been one of my favorite rooms in the house. It gets amazing sunlight because of the two windows and for whatever reason it’s just a happy space. Before I show off some of the new additions (ahem… the rug)… let’s take a quick look back on all the projects going on in there. It started with this fabric. I loved the colors and the pattern and thought it could be great for a shared boy/ girl room. Bingo. (It’s no longer available on the link I originally posted, but the fabric is called Richloom Somerset Basketweave in Seabreeze.)

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Next I brought in the dress-up storage and my controversial herringbone dresser. (The controversy was that I… painted a potentially mid-century modern piece. Gasp.) I stenciled the accent wall and DIY’d that acrylic frame.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Thanks to the Home Depot, I had the chance to bring in this fun plywood reading nook.

I stenciled the accent wall and DIY'd this acrylic frame.

And to make more space, we sold the old beds and bought these great bunk beds… I love that they have stairs so in the middle of the night, it’s just as easy to get down from the top bunk. All of the kids LOVE these beds and will make up games to play in the top bunk. And the other day I went up there to make the bed and I pulled down 15 stuffed animals and dolls so clearly Eleanor’s hoarding tendencies are still solid. The room is SO much more open for giant train tracks or dumping out their sock drawer.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Last but NOT LEAST… OH. EM. GEE. The rug. The previous rug was a little dreary and just seemed to have run its course. I wanted something graphic and bright and fun. Oh, and something that matched the crazy color scheme already going on. Just the right blue or just the right green or just the right other blue… tricky.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

 

SO there you have it. A whole new and improved kids’ room thanks to lots of DIY and one gorgeous new rug. I heart RugsUSA every time I walk into this room. (Except for the times when I can no longer see the rug because of the debris.)

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

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Boy and girl shared bedroom design.

XO Charlotte

14 Comments · Room Reveal

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  1. bridget says

    January 8, 2015 at 10:26 am

    Love it. great colors.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 8, 2015 at 5:20 pm

      Thanks! I’m a BIG fan myself… the kids could care less. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kate Alexander says

    January 8, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    Love the rug. Where do you put all the stuffed animals etc when you take the room photos?
    I know it can’t possibly so neat and tidy most of the time.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 8, 2015 at 5:20 pm

      Nope. You would be correct! I gather the excess in a big laundry bag and just drag it into the hall. 🙂 I will say, the kids room is often similar to this because they don’t play in here as often as other parts of the house. There are baskets EVERYwhere… under the bed, under the bookshelf, under the window… lots of stuff is just corralled!

      Reply
  3. Michelle O'Hara Levin says

    January 8, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Where did you get that awesome bunk bed??? I totally want one for my boys!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 8, 2015 at 5:16 pm

      It’s the best! There’s a dealer up here near us. I’m sure some bed store near you will carry it. I don’t worry at all about the night waking/ stumbling off the bed business!

      Reply
  4. Jen says

    January 14, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    What dealer for the bed? I live in town. My kids would love that! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 14, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      Hey! It’s a place in Norwalk right down the street from Stepping Stones. They were super nice and came and set it all up too. http://affordablematt.com/

      Reply
  5. Jen says

    January 14, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    One other comment……how on earth to you get them to agree on who gets the top and who gets the bottom? Now you are in the Mommy advice business!

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 14, 2015 at 5:43 pm

      HA! I don’t think we gave them the choice! We just said our oldest would be on the top. I *think* there may have been a moment when our son baulked, but we said they could switch every few months… he’s never reminded us. 🙂

      Reply
  6. In My Wheele House says

    January 15, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    I remember the original! This looks fab too.

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      January 15, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      Thanks, Pat! The bunk beds make the whole space ‘feel’ bigger… may or may not be true! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Daleth says

    March 13, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    In you reading nook, which we are planning to make for our grandaughter, what did you use for a cushion in the nook. Thanks dp

    Reply
    • Charlotte Smith says

      March 13, 2015 at 8:51 pm

      Hi! I just used a heavy blanket we had lying around, but anything could work: old comforters, yoga mats, sleeping bags. If I ever have to move it and rebuild, I might go ahead and screw some boards across the cross beams just so it’s a flat surface for them to sit on…. that said, the cross braces haven’t slowed them down one bit! 🙂

      Reply

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Lover of color, wrangler of chaos, thrifter of all the things.

Hi, I'm Charlotte! I'm fixing up our 100 year old house and artfully hoarding armchairs in the garage. I love color. I love flea markets. I love a little mess. My days are spent writing, painting, sanding, laughing and negotiating with our 5 kids. You can read more about us here
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