Kids Bedroom With Mint Faceted Headboard Wall

The wall is broken into raised geometric panels, thin mouldings run across the cream paint in a hexagon and chevron pattern. It gives the headboard wall some shape without adding colour, so the room does not depend on the paint alone. Keeping it cream means the mint headboard and the green wallpaper are the colour, and the panel is the texture. Panelling like this is also sturdier than wallpaper on a wall a child leans and scuffs against.

The wardrobe is a light oak unit with hinged doors and slim black handles, sized to hold a growing child's clothes. Set into it is an open display niche with backlit glass shelves, which is where the soft toys sit on show instead of shut away. Lighting the niche turns everyday toys into part of the room. Below the niche are drawers for the smaller things. Oak was picked because it takes knocks and marks better than a painted front.

A white study desk is built into the corner, set at chair height so a chair tucks under it. Above the desk a black metal grid pegboard takes notes, cards and small hooks, which keeps the desk surface clear. Open wall shelves in black and wood hold books within reach of the chair. A botanical wallpaper panel behind the desk marks the study corner off from the sleeping side. Building the desk in saves the floor a loose table would eat.

A woven jute pendant hangs beside the bed, its natural weave and open cage throwing a warm, patterned light at night. Recessed downlights in the ceiling give the flat, even light you need to find things and tidy up. The display niche has its own strip behind the shelves, so the toys glow softly after the main lights go off. Layering the light this way lets the room switch from playtime bright to a calm bedtime glow.

The carpentry is where the money goes, the oak wardrobe with its lit niche and the built-in desk with shelves. Fitted units cost more than loose furniture, but they use the corners a free standing piece would waste. The upholstered headboard is a mid cost item, driven by the fabric you pick. Paint, panelling and wallpaper are the cheaper end. If the budget is tight, keep the fitted wardrobe and desk and simplify the headboard first.

It is built to grow, which is the point of keeping the colours soft and the toys on a niche rather than painting cartoons on the wall. As the child gets older, the display niche can hold books or trophies instead of soft toys. The study desk and shelves already suit school years and beyond. Swapping the striped bedding and a cushion or two is enough to age the room up, without touching the wardrobe or the panelling.

Yes, it is already a compact layout, with the wardrobe, bed and desk worked along the walls to leave the middle clear. In a tighter room you could drop the display niche to a plain shelf and shrink the desk. The geometric panelling can cover one wall instead of wrapping a corner. For upkeep, the fabric headboard wants a vacuum, the oak and white units take a wipe, and the marble floor needs the usual mop.