We had the pleasure of talking to the wonderful and talented Timoney and learned how she created a really awesome black and white shared bedroom for her two sons Barnaby (11) and Henry (8). Disclosure: this post may contain some affiliate links.
“I wanted to create a monochrome room with a few pops of colour throughout the space. I’m very inspired by Scandinavian design, and wanted to create a clean and fairly minimal space. The white painted walls in military base housing helped create this look.
The larger furniture items: dresser, desk, shelves, bed and cube storage are all from Ikea. I especially like to buy furniture for my children from Ikea, It’s great if you’re decorating on a budget and the styles always work well for the look I’m trying to achieve.
I’m a London girl living in the USA, so I’m always trying to find ways to incorporate things that remind me of my “home” in my decor: the London skyline decal above the desk is an example of this which I found on Amazon.
I love to use my children’s toys as accessories in the room to create a “theme” that I can easily change out, at the moment it’s Star Wars and Lego (My boys are HUGE Star Wars fans!).
I love organized spaces and hate to see clutter and mess so I used cube storage to divide all of their toys and books. I find this helps keep their room looking tidy and makes it super easy for them to clean by themselves. I try to use what items I already have to decorate a space, most of the items on the shelves above the desk are toys that my boys already had.
Black cubes are from Ikea and triangular cubes are from H&M (Similar options here, here, here and here) The duvet cover is from cotton on, the star rug is from H&M, the spot rug and stripe blanket are both from Ikea.
The Roxy Marj raccoon blanket hanging on the bed, the oversized Stendig calendar and the Ferm Living laundry hamper were a few of the item I splurged on! (paper bag “toy” storage sack from tellkiddo, Lego brick storage boxes from all modern.”
Thank you to Timoney for sharing this amazing room!
xo The FAM Team
Where are the chairs from? Love this!!