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Kid's Bedroom with Powder-Blue Lattice Wardrobe
About Kid’s Bedroom Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
It is a hinged wardrobe in powder blue with lattice glass fronts. The glass is patterned, so it breaks up what would be a long flat run of doors and lets a little of the shelving show without putting everything on display. Hinged doors were used here because the wall has the room for them to swing. Brass knobs mark each shutter. The pale blue keeps the storage from dominating a child's room.
The wall behind the bed is done in white panel mouldings with one larger recessed panel centred over the headboard. Raised trim like this adds shadow lines and depth to a plain wall without any colour or wallpaper. It stays quiet enough to suit a child's room that will change over the years. The two brass wall sconces are mounted straight onto it, one on each side, so the panelling frames both the bed and the lights.
The headboard is upholstered and split into two cushioned panels with a slim brass strip running down the join. Two panels instead of one keep a wide headboard from looking like a single heavy slab. The cream fabric is soft to lean against for reading in bed. It matches the calm, pale scheme of the rest of the room. Fabric headboards do need occasional vacuuming to keep dust out of the seams.
Light comes from three sources here. Recessed spotlights sit in the false ceiling for general cover, a cove throws a soft line of light around the edge, and the two brass wall sconces handle bedside reading. Splitting it this way means you rarely need the brightest setting. A ceiling fan hangs at the centre for air. The warm tone of the bulbs keeps the cream and powder blue looking soft rather than clinical.
The floor is walnut wood plank in a warm mid brown, which grounds the pale walls and furniture. Against one wall sits a fluted dressing table in cream with a tall mirror and an upholstered chair. The ribbed front catches light along its grooves and hides small marks better than a flat gloss face. A patterned area rug sits under the bed to soften the wood underfoot for small feet.
Most of the cost sits in the glass and the framing, not the box behind it. Patterned or lattice glass shutters cost more than plain laminate because each panel is cut and set into the frame by hand. The powder-blue lacquer finish adds a little too. You can bring the price down by using lattice glass on only the top doors and solid shutters below. Wardrobe width and the glass you pick decide the final figure.
Yes, and a few changes help it fit. In a tight room the hinged wardrobe can switch to sliding doors so nothing swings into the walkway, though you then reach only half the wardrobe at a time. Keep the panelled wall but drop to a single recessed panel over the bed. A slimmer dressing table or a wall-mounted ledge saves floor space. The pale palette itself makes a small room feel larger.
The cream and powder-blue finishes look clean but show marks sooner than darker tones. Fingerprints on the wardrobe knobs and scuffs near the bed are the usual spots, so keep a soft cloth handy for a quick wipe. The glass shutters clean up with any glass spray. The upholstered headboard and chair want an occasional vacuum. None of it is hard, it just needs doing a bit more often than a dark scheme would.