With the September nights drawing in, the distinct chill in the air and misty skies all around, it’s clear that autumn is on its way. What better way to ring in the changes with a revamp of their room?
One of our favourite interior styling trends of the moment is adding warmth through blocked colour in warm hues such as Terracotta, Beetroot and Blush. Vibrant and bold, from sunsets and ice lollies in summer to tumbling leaves and festive pumpkins in the autumn, orange is a colour that elicits energy and warmth.
As bedrooms are for sleep, study and play, and increasingly a living space too, it’s vital to balance the scheme. - Try pairing orange with calming colours such as blues, greys and pinks, and zone activity areas in the room using different colours for different usage.
In this room, our Classic Beech Bunk in Pure White takes centre stage amidst all the colour. For the paint work, we colour drenched the walls in Terracotta and also Pebble, which created a tonal, earthy look to the room and contrasted beautifully with the white bed.
Colour drenching is a relatively new term in the interiors world, which is effectively the same as colour blocking. You can use different tones of the same hue, to give a cohesive and modern feel. Paint over the architectural elements such as woodwork and doors to make the bed be the stand out item in the space. If you want to create an even more bold style statement, drench the floor or ceiling in the same colours too!
For our bedroom, we then selected a wallpaper with random spots on in a metallic finish, which added a childlike spin on an otherwise quite sophisticated colour palette. To thread the metallic accessories through the set, we used small pockets of gold accessories to complete the look.
Soft pinks pair beautifully with rich orange tones, so use Blush to layer up your textiles and provide some more youthful elements in the room. Our pockets of pink included sheer full length curtains with a textural element to add interest, a few cushions and a blanket as well as a Scandi style wall clock.
The key accessory in pulling multiple colours together in a bedroom, is often a rug. For this bedroom, we opted for a neutral based rug that had spots of all our colours included. This then encompassed both shape and colours and pulled both together in one place in the room. - This pulling together of a palette is otherwise known as grounding!
As this room was for sharing siblings, we decided to use a bunk bed which we have initially set up as twin beds. This enables them to get used to their new grown up beds, which will then be assembled into a bunk in a few years’ time. Bunk beds are a great way to get the benefits of single first beds, but the value of saving space as assembled bunk beds later on down the line.
And even further on still, you have the option of splitting the bunk bed down again at a later stage, ready for separate rooms if the time comes.
Expert tip: In terms of the layout of the room, we decided to run the beds along the walls. This not only allows the children to have their own spaces (with an opportunity to add some personal wall art, too), but also provides them with a large play space to enjoy in the centre of the room. – Win, win!
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Happy styling x
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