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Aug 15 · 36 Comments

Vintage Industrial Teen Boy’s Bedroom and Closet/Office Reveal

DIY Projects· Organization· Room Reveals· Room Reveals and Organized Closet Reveals· small home/ BIG IDEAS series

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Our teenage son, Taylor, will be back home from my parents’ tomorrow and I can’t wait to see him! He starts his senior year of high school in four days…hard to fathom for me. In my last post, I showed you the mood board and inspiration links for his bedroom. After few minor road blocks along the way,
I’m ready for the reveal.

Vintage Industrial teen bedroom
Vintage Industrial teen bedroom  
Taylor’s room is only 10×10. It also has to serve as a guest room, so the pop-up trundle underneath turns his single bed to a king. This bed frame was part of a bunk bed in its former life. It had a cheap metal frame that I covered in bead board. The colors I used in his room are pulled from his quilt and shams:  a smokey blue, gray, navy, and khaki.
vintage-industrial-teen-bedroom
Antiqued nightstand
Closet office with plank walls
The majority of the budget was spent on the plank walls. I found my inspiration East Coast Creative’s How to Build a Pallet Wall and Creative Little Daisy’s Palletless Pallet Wall Tutorial. Next time, I need to remind myself to, “Measure twice, go to Lowes once.” I miscalculated how many packs of planks I would need and ended up spending twice as much as originally planned. If you would like more details on how I did the planked walls, click here. Underneath the desk are  2 of these Anotonius drawer units from Ikea that hold all of his clothes. The boxes on the shelf above his desk store out-of-season clothes and sentimental items.
 DIY cage pendant light
I made this pendant light that hangs in his closet/office. I had planned on buying the one in the moodboard, but I was able to find the parts and make it much cheaper. Tutorial on the light is here!
Galvanized curtain rods made from plumbing supply parts 
The window and closet curtain rods are made from galvanized plumbing parts. Tutorial is here!
Office closet with whitewashed plank walls. Carpenter's tool caddy organizer.
Organize the desk with an antique carpenter's caddy
But, it is all well worth it! I love how it turned out! I just hope Taylor likes his room as much as I do when he sees it tomorrow. And he better appreciate all of his mother’s hard work!
I linked this up to these awesome blogs:
 Remodelaholic’s Home Sweet Home On A Budget Kids Rooms

Southern Hospitality Best Projects of 2012

 

Click on this link to see how I organized his closet:

Organized-office-in-a-closet.-by-Simplicity-In-The-South.

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  1. dokter ahli rambut rontok says

    Jun 05 at 5:08 am

    Yes! Finally something about office.

    Reply
  2. Claire says

    Jul 06 at 2:39 pm

    Where is the round Laundry hamper from that is by your rolling office chair? Love that!

    Reply
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  7. Gail says

    Jun 14 at 11:57 am

    I am redecorating my son’s room and found your blog.
    Love your son’s room redo, especially the bedding and colors!
    My son’s room is almost same size and configuration.
    One question.. where does your son keep hanging clothes?

    Reply
    • Tricia says

      Jun 14 at 2:04 pm

      I’m so glad you like the room! On one side of the closet, I have hooks. He also has a coat rack on the wall behind the door. So glad you stopped by!

      Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    Oct 03 at 4:16 pm

    I LOVE the closet plank walls~I am so doing this in my almost 10 year olds room! Thanks for the inspiration~I added you to my favorites page, Yay!

    Reply
    • Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says

      Oct 03 at 9:24 pm

      Awesome! Thanks for adding me to your favorites!

      Reply
  9. Peggy says

    Sep 30 at 2:27 am

    Tricia,
    Your son’s room is incredible! Our youngest (13) loves the closet/office/work station. His room is 9×11 so it is similar in size… and to think I have a bunch of palettes on hand which we can cut up to use for a plank wall. Thank you for the great inspiration! This may even be something we can do in our eldest’s room before he heads off to college next fall (he took off a year to save up so that he won’t have any debt when he graduates from college!)

    Have a great evening!

    Reply
    • Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says

      Oct 03 at 9:21 pm

      Hey Peggy! I wish I had some pallets! I’m wanting to do a coffee table sometime soon. I just need to break down and buy a Kreg Jig. I’m hoping I can find one on Craigslist soon. Good talking to you again!

      Reply
  10. :-) says

    Sep 07 at 8:16 pm

    Its looking great! Funny thing I recently bought the same striped bed spread at a thrift shop here in town and am using it as a throw. Great minds! I adore that plank wall!!

    Reply
    • Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says

      Sep 08 at 1:54 am

      Lucky girl! I need to go thrifting more often!

      Reply
  11. Business Solutions Experts says

    Aug 31 at 6:58 am

    Thank you for providing office design ideas for boys or men! Your transformation is truly nice!

    Reply
    • Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says

      Sep 08 at 1:55 am

      Your welcome!

      Reply
  12. Gwen says

    Aug 27 at 3:11 am

    I’m working on redoing my son’s room and found your blog! Great makeover! I hope mine looks half as nice when I’m finished!

    Reply
    • Simplicity In The South says

      Aug 27 at 9:17 pm

      Thanks, Gwen! I’m glad you found me! It’s so difficult to find inspiration for boy’s rooms, isn’t it? I hope you found some ideas for your son’s room here. You’ll have to let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  13. Holly says

    Aug 26 at 11:15 am

    Love it. You did a great job. How does he like his new room?

    Reply
    • Simplicity In The South says

      Aug 26 at 1:25 pm

      Hey, Holly! Yes, he loves it! We’re still working on him keeping it clean.

      Reply
  14. Lisa at Shine Your Light says

    Aug 25 at 12:16 pm

    What a great room – I love the closet nook and the plumbing hardware! A masculine, grown up room perfect for a teen. Lucky kid!

    Reply
  15. Rhonda says

    Aug 25 at 3:19 am

    Spotlighting your fantastic room on my blog!

    Reply
    • Simplicity In The South says

      Aug 25 at 11:52 am

      You are AWESOME! I’m adding you to my blogroll and giving you a shout out on my Facebook/Twitter accounts!

      Reply
  16. Anna says

    Aug 24 at 2:04 pm

    That closet transformation is totally awesome!! Good grief, what a great use of the space!

    Reply
  17. Simplicity In The South says

    Aug 24 at 9:48 am

    I like the way that sounds…Industrial Chic! Thanks for bookmarking me!

    Reply
  18. Annie says

    Aug 24 at 6:44 am

    Just found your blog through Pinterest and I love your style. Yay for industrial chic! Keep up the good work- I’ll be sure to bookmark you 🙂

    Reply
    • Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says

      Oct 05 at 1:01 am

      I just realized that when I replied to your comment that I didn’t do it the right way. I know better now! Anyways, I just thought about you because I did a post on a piece of furniture that I did and its very industrial chic. 🙂

      Reply
  19. Simplicity In The South says

    Aug 23 at 1:49 pm

    Then, that will be my next post! I have some tips on how to do it cheaper and a little easier than what I found online when I had researched it. And I’ll be glad to help you if you have any questions after the tutorial.

    Reply
  20. 102 Lismore Street says

    Aug 23 at 1:25 pm

    OK, the curtain rods from galvanized pipes are exactly what I want to do in my son’s room. Looking forward to the tutorial on that so I don’t have to figure it out myself! 🙂

    Reply

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