Room Tour: Angus's Bedroom

I have absolutely loved this decorating project for all sorts of reasons; it's a nice room with loads of storage which makes everything easier, it's bright, I love the colours, and Angus just let me get on with it. As long as I incorporated his favourite things - badgers, books, forests, nature - he was happy for me to do my thing. Questions were met with shrugs, nods or head shakes. 

One of my favourite things about the room is how the painted bed turned out. I love how with a bit of sanding and painting it looks so much better than it did before and only cost me the price of the tin of paint. The hand-stamped bedding was time consuming to make, but worth the effort and washes really well. The yellow cushion is one I've had for some time, moved from it's home in the living room.

My other favourite part is the gallery wall above the bed. I was going for a sort of monochrome nature/forest theme but added two handmade embroidery hoops to stop it all looking too boring. The garland above I made with felt balls strung on white cotton thread.

The new-to-us carpet makes a huge difference to the room. It's warmer and softer than the one we removed and the light brown colour stops the space feeling too chilly. I was also very excited when I remembered that I had my Dad's old vintage anglepoise lamp in the garage and that it still works, and it looks great on Angus's bedside table.

The blind was already there but I decorated it with black fabric paint and a potato stamp. I was unsure about this at first but it's grown on me and I love it now.

The bookcase works much better in this new position and gives Angus more floor space for playing. 

There is a little space at the side, just perfect for beanbag. I've seen a pattern for a crocheted one which I really like.

His desk also works much better in it's new position, in an alcove under a wall light. I've noticed that Angus sits here much more now than he did before.

I made this wall hanging from some wool felt and a thin baton of wood. I'd seen similar things on trendy children's websites and thought it would be pretty easy to make something of my own.



Unfortunately, the original IKEA chest of drawers - already damaged when we moved house - fell to pieces when we tried to move it so we had to buy a new one. It's only a cheap white flat-pack one but I enjoyed personalising it with new handles. And really, I don't think the children necessarily need investment, high quality furniture in their rooms. It takes such a battering, and they change their needs so frequently. I'd rather save up for a good sofa, say, or dining room table. 

The black and white basket used to live in our hallway but I think it works much better in here as toy storage.

I worked really hard to keep the costs as low as possible throughout this project, only buying: the chest of drawers, paint, prints, a couple of frames, a tree rubber stamp, craft supplies and drawer knobs. There was also the cost of fitting the carpet.

I gave the bed, blind and duvet cover a bit of a make-over, and things like the toy basket and bedside lamp I moved from other parts of the house. As much as possible I tried to use something we already had. I have included links at the bottom if anyone wants to know things like paint colours. Thanks so much for all your encouragement and interest in this project. I have promised Bella that we'll do her room over the Easter holidays and something tells me it won't be as easy as Angus's room, partly because it's so small, but mainly because Bella has very clear ideas on what she'd like and very strong opinions, and we don't always see eye to eye...

Thanks also for the advice and sympathy regarding the dog hair situation. It's really cold today so Molly might regret shedding all that fur quite so soon. Enjoy your weekends everyone. 

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The walls were painted in plain white emulsion and the bed in slate grey eggshell paint. 

Felt balls and felt for the wall hanging were all bought from Cloud Craft.

Bear print - Seventy Tree
Cabin in the forest print - Little Tea Wagon at Etsy
Phases of the moon print - Etsy 
The rubber tree stamp is from Etsy.
Picture frames and drawer knobs were from Wilko.