Verlie Feeney
A dark toddler bedroom turned into an awesome shared boys room with coastal touches of navy, gray and white. I’ve been planning this room makeover in my head for the past year, and I’m SO glad I finally bit the bullet and got it done.
While this North Eastern facing room gets great morning light, once noon has passed there’s nothing. I talk more about my design process in my YouTube video but to summarize, I had two main goals: Our bedrooms are all a pretty decent size, but all have windows smack bang in the middle of two walls. Other Considerations For The Design Since Aidan, our third son, was born in September, we had to give up our guest room to make a nursery for him.
Right now, having 2 beds means that we have somewhere for guests to sleep if they come over (Cian can bunk with us on an air mattress if need be! With my son’s favorite navy duvet cover as the starting point for the design, I worked on incorporating texture and pattern in a subtle way that would make the room feel cozy and sophisticated, while still looking like a pretty awesome kids room. One of my personal goals this year is to simplify our home and remove a lot of the “stuff’ that bogs down the spaces.
This means less clutter, less cleaning and rooms that magically stay so much cleaner and organized!
No unnecessary furniture, not too much art on the walls and of course, somewhere to put all the books that my kids love to read. For months, I struggled to find a layout for 2 twin beds that made sense, but they always ended up looking awkward.
