Bedroom Decoration

[the.fee.fairy]

I need a change!
I need to decorate my room!

It fits a double bed, a large double wardrobe, a bookcase and a chest of drawers in it with not much room to spare.
I'm keeping my bed and my wardrobe, and probably the chest of drawers and bookcase.

I like purple, but i also like quite natural colours. None of the furniture matches!!

I don't particularly want to paint any of my furniture, but i need more storage space, and i need to make my room 'grow up' a bit. At the moment, it has stars and moons wallpaper and lots of posters on the walls. I want to keep some of the posters, but make it a more grown up room, rather than looking like a teenagers.

The walls are not good enough to paint, so it has to be wallpapered. I'd quite like a retro 50s type theme, but at the moment its a bit of a mish mash of styles, from the pine shelving to the original 70s sheets (which, i am keeping!).

Any ideas?
I'll try to get some ics up when i've tidied it enough to be shown in public...

[Silver Ether]

use thick lining paper to cover bumpy walls and paint in a neutral colour then add loads pf purple fabrics with different textures. blinds instead of curtains. poster in click frames great idea. or wilkos do some quite large piccy frames at good prices.

[Annpan]

I would also paper with lining paper and paint it any colour you like or maybe wall paper just one wall. Lighter colours will hide the lumps a bit better (as they give less shadows) Try freecycle for paint and wallpaper first anyway.

Posters in clip frames is definitely a more grown up look - I have kept all my posters from when I was young free and single I will eventually get round to getting some big frames for them.

You say you need more storage but there are different types of storage - another chest of drawers, big boxes for under the bed, a bookcase, storage boxes in the wardrobe, storage boxes (or baskets) on top of the wardrobe...

You could get more 60s/70s fabric in a charity shop and make yourself some runners, curtains, cushion covers, drawstring bags, etc. You could get a sheet of glass for the top of furniture (chest of drawers, dressing tables, etc) and put a piece of funky fabric under it - IYKWIM

I now couldn't live with anything but white walls, everyone thinks I am odd but I love clean matt white walls, it means that you can change the look of a room by changing the curtains or a rug.

[Silver Ether]

I now couldn't live with anything but white walls, everyone thinks I am odd but I love clean matt white walls, it means that you can change the look of a room by changing the curtains or a rug.

I like cream... read magnolia ... cream sounds better just been looking for curtain fabric myself for our bedroom.

[Thomzo]

A really funky way to cover up bumpy walls is to use laminate flooring fixed horizontally. It looks really retro. It would be expensive though unless you can get the flooring reduced. You could try just using it as a headboard.

Textured wallpaper was once thought of as old fashioned but there are some really funky designs out there now and they cover uneven walls a treat. Try painting one wall a strong colour and keeping the rest neutral.

Does the bed have storage under it? If not can you create some? Slide some boxes under it, lift it up on bricks if you need to. Other furniture can double up as well: a blanket box can create a good seat for a dressing table. Narrow shelves, just wide enough for a paperback book, don't take up much space. Stack them on top of the dressing table. Hang belts and scarves inside the door of the wardrobe, just screw in some small cup hooks and run a piece of string horizontally between them or an old belt does the trick well.

Have fun.

Zoe

[invisiblepiper]

I painted my daughte'rs walls in a cerise pink - covering pretty bad walls. Then we bought very cheap rainbow coloured gauzy curtains(IKEA?)and hung them against the walls from lengths of dowelling held up on cup hooks. Sort of burlesque/theatrical look - with a large kit painting of Audrey Hepburn which I did in similar colours. - Just an idea?