Girls bedroom makeover

[RainbowDiY]

By embellishing furniture, adding wallpaper and lights, and making a new bed, a girl's bedroom was transformed.

• The project
• Steps
• Tools and materials
• More inspiration for kids bedroom makeovers

The project

My daughter needed more storage for clothes as she had a tiny wardrobe. She also still had most of the things that she'd had since birth and it was not functional for a little girl of seven. She loves craft and Lego and books so we needed more space for all those things and she needed a new bed.

I added two wardrobes, a desk, a bookcase, a new handmade bed, revamped the old unit for toys, wallpapered and added some fun lighting.

Steps

Step 1

I made a 1.2m wide desk and white washed the beech top to give it a luxurious feel. The toybox is 1m wide by 600mm high and I used plywood and a Beech panel top. It holds all the big bulky toys. I finished it in gloss enamel white.

The bookcase is 1.3m tall and 80mm wide. I used a shelf pin jig to put the holes in for the shelves and all the shelves are made from Beech panels. I also used white hard wax oil on these to finish them. The little box under the book case is a cubby to house the vast array of soft toys my daughter has!

Step 2

I am in love with this beautiful wallpaper. It’s so soft and feminine and I think it will age well in the room. I made it a bit fun by lining the bookcase and wall with twinkly candy lights.

Step 3

I made the bed using dressed Pine and Tasmanian oak. It’s a camp bed design I modified. The Tasmanian Oak has been oiled and the Pine finished in enamel gloss white.

Step 4

I fancied up the storage unit with some new brass legs and pink boxes. She loves it and loves playing in there!

Tools and materials

Materials used in the project:

• Specrite Beech panel 1.2m x 600mm
• Specrite Beech panel 1.8m x 300mm
• Plywood 1.2m x 900mm x 18mm
• Brass hairpin legs
• Pine 70mm x 70mm
• Tasmanian Oak bull nose edging
• Tasmanian Oak tongue and groove paneling
• Wallpaper
• LED lighting
• White gloss enamel
• White hard wax oil.

Tools used in the project:

• Drill
• Tape measure
• Pocket hole jig
• Paint brush
• Paint roller and tray.

More inspiration for kids bedroom makeovers

Bunnings Workshop member Alyce created a girl's bedroom feature wall using floral wallpaper and timber moulding.

Community member abhayks created a castle bed using Pine and MDF. 

Get more inspiration from our members Top 10 most popular kids projects.

[RJsPlace]

Hi RainbowDIY,

Well done on this transformation by use of handmade furniture and the use colours and lighting. I am sure your daughter will have fond memories later in life. I did something similar for my two daughters, more so in the way of colours. I will post them at some time.

Richard