ONE ROOM CHALLENGE- GIRL'S ROOM DESIGN PLAN {WEEK 2}

Welcome back for Week 2 of the One Room Challenge!

As a reminder, this time I'm working on an update for my teen daughter's room.  We're transitioning her to a more modern, grown up space.  Here's where we're starting, catch up on the "before" post from Week 1 here.

For her last room makeover, she was only 7 and didn't have much say in her room other than she didn't like pink.  :)  Now at almost 15, she definitely has some ideas of how she wants her room to look.  I'm excited to work together with her on the design, although here's an idea of how that's going...

There's going to be some give and take for both of us in this process!  So, her main requests have been green (one thing we definitely agree on!), wood tones, a more modern vibe, and generally calming things down a bit.  We've known a makeover was coming for a while even if we hadn't worked out the details, so using some of what we already have and a few things we've started collecting, here's a loose plan of where we're headed.

A few notes about the design plan-

*Can one house hold TWO green upholstered headboards?  Ours is about to!  The green we're using in her room will be a deeper emerald green though rather than the brighter green I use in the rest of the house.  I don't have a plan for artwork on that wall yet, maybe just one statement piece over the bed.

*We're keeping her current white with black border duvet cover and shams and just adding in new accent pillows.  I'm still looking for the perfect moody floral fabric for a few pillows to tie everything together.

*We'll keep her current bamboo nightstands and repaint them a glossy white with gold hardware.  I've shown you the vintage bamboo dresser we found to use in her room.  She really wants to keep it the wood tone and I really want to paint it glossy dark green, so we'll see how things come together (the dresser has decals on the front that I definitely want to remove and a few condition issues to address).

*As much as I'd love to put in a pretty light fixture, a ceiling fan is non-negotiable.  She uses it all the time.  We are replacing the old one though with this one that is a bit more sleek.  I'm thinking about painting the metal base gold and leaving the blades white, but not sure on that yet.  I might just want it all to stay white and disappear into the ceiling.

*I'm looking for a bench to go at the end of her bed.  If I don't come across a good one in time, I'll probably pull in the one from our bedroom for now.

*We've already removed the antique armoire from her room and replaced it with a simple Ikea desk and ghost chair.  She's loving the space to do her homework.  We'll likely do some sort of gallery wall over the desk.  Her large "E" marquee letter will stay and get repainted, but we don't have a plan for any other artwork in the room yet.

*I'm looking for a new mirror to go over the dresser.  I want something really clean and simple and like the idea of a round mirror there.

*I've bought curtain fabric similar to the curtains shown and just need to get it sewn up with blackout lining.  Debating on the rod... with white walls and the black & white lattice print fabric I don't know if I want the rod to be black or white.  What do you think?

*Lastly, the rug is totally up in the air.  I threw one in the plan just for fun but am not sure if we'll use one or not.  She rolled up her old rug a while back and hasn't had anything but the carpet, but I like the look of layering a contrasting rug on top.  If we use one it will have to be just the right pattern to mix in with everything else going on.

If you read all of that, did you get the idea that many of the room details are still up in the air?  We're set on the big ticket items I think but still have so many little things to round up.

We've been working on prepping the room for paint and plan to have the walls and ceiling done by the end of Friday.  See you next week for an update and hopefully more concrete plans!


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