I did a tween space for my son Ethan a few years back. It had a subtle travel theme and was still boyish enough to delight him and make him feel right at home.
We recently had guests visit overnight and given the lower level of my home (where the guest room is) had flooded a year ago (read about that here) and has remained in a state of demo since, we asked Ethan to give up his room for a night. We put in some new bedding and he announced he liked the stripped back look much better.
I've planned a simple update that will involve bedding, a new light fixture to replace the broken ceiling fan, some art and side table lamps.
Here's what I'm starting with:

Here's what I'm thinking of adding to the space:
1. I'll be replacing the broken ceiling fan with this polished nickel light fixture (which is currently on sale!)
2. I like how clean and simple yet modern this Ikea Brasa lamp is, and the price point was great too. I picked up the last two boxed new ones for a song in the as-is room. It seems to be a perfect nod to the Louis Poulsen Panthella lamp which is a higher price point. (link here) I found another great and more moderately priced version (here)(here) and (here)

3. New Bedding... I'm torn between getting something dark or going with extra white sheets that can be bleached and line dried if need be (Like these ones below- here). All of Ethan's sheet sets before were stripes or checks and very boyish.
So this is what I'll be organizing this weekend. Lots of ordering and maybe a little purging. Stay tuned tomorrow for a cake recipe that several of you had asked me to finally write up. Hope your Friday is fabulous! xo e
Nice post. Thanks for sharing this post.
ReplyDeleteI like this Ikea Brasa lamp :)
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