Phase 1: define the problem
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When we moved into our house 3 ½ years ago, my daughter and I were both involved in picking out the colors and style, layout and furniture for her room. Together we chose the colors red, purple and white to be predominant, and were quite happy with the results at the time. Since then her interests and tastes have changed a lot. She is no longer comfortable with the bright red wall and the purple curtains. Also the layout of the room isn’t quite functioning for her. She has moved the furniture around a few times, but never really found the right solution.
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Clothes, shoes and accessories, as well as hair and makeup, play a much larger role today than it did before. She displays her outfits of choice, but as the pictures illustrate this is not really working well with how the room is planned. Her shoes are on display up on the bookshelf and the clothes and jewelery hang wherever it’s possible. As she pursues this interest in clothes and accessories she’s getting more conscious of her likes and dislikes. She often finds her taste in clothes clash with the red, so changing the color of this wall is a priority for her!
An even bigger problem (according to her mother) is her desk, which is overflowing with little boxes, perfumes, makeup, etc. She prefers to be alone when doing her homework assignments, whereas earlier she easily did her homework in the living room, with the rest of the family surrounding her. Alas, these days she does her homework sitting on her bed; obviously not a sustainable solution!
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Her room has a door in the corner, and two windows on the opposite walls. The furniture, consisting of a bed/sofa, desk, two chairs, a small table, drawers, wardrobe and shelf is presently placed as illustrated in this sketch.
Phase 2: plan the solution
We thought a nice place to start looking for solutions for this makeover was by choosing a few pictures to illustrate her desired style.
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As you can see from these pictures (all taken by her, though I did the selection), the taste goes in the direction of romantic in shades of pink and beige, not “run of the mill”, but a tad more special.
The next task is figuring out how the new room will complement this style nicely.
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From my sketchbook.
those are great inspiration pictures for a teen room. It’s so nice to have pictures like that when people can’t verbalize what they want to see in their new space. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Glad to see you Laurenjanelle – There is quite a difference in style. Yes, I agree it would be hard to put it into words.