The Design Dilemma

Keeping up with your children and the many stages of their lives is difficult – even more difficult is trying to keep their bedroom a reflection of each of these different stages.  Just recently I was asked to help update a little girls room from – well, a little girl look, to a pre-teen look.  The room was outgrown and it was time to make a change.

The Solution

First establish what can stay and what needs to go.  Be sure to involve your child!  Then determine a budget for any new items that can be brought in to update the look.

The Design Process

• We established some ground rules – pink was going to stay, but switching the accent color from white to black would bring drama into the room.
• Shelving and dolls could stay, but maybe not ALL the dolls.
• New accessories would be found at TJ Maxx and Marshall’s – great places for great looks at a reasonable price.
• Accessories would take on a more “grown-up” look with the black accents.
• We cleared off shelves and bookcases, scaling back collections.
• After using accent pieces of purses, shoes and black and pink, we finished off the room with black and pink bedding for the final touch.