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.
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.
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.
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!
The window and closet curtain rods are made from galvanized plumbing parts. Tutorial is here!
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:
Southern Hospitality Best Projects of 2012
Click on this link to see how I organized his closet:
102 Lismore Street says
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! 🙂
Simplicity In The South says
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.
Annie says
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 🙂
Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says
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. 🙂
Simplicity In The South says
I like the way that sounds…Industrial Chic! Thanks for bookmarking me!
Anna says
That closet transformation is totally awesome!! Good grief, what a great use of the space!
Rhonda says
Spotlighting your fantastic room on my blog!
Simplicity In The South says
You are AWESOME! I’m adding you to my blogroll and giving you a shout out on my Facebook/Twitter accounts!
Lisa at Shine Your Light says
What a great room – I love the closet nook and the plumbing hardware! A masculine, grown up room perfect for a teen. Lucky kid!
Holly says
Love it. You did a great job. How does he like his new room?
Simplicity In The South says
Hey, Holly! Yes, he loves it! We’re still working on him keeping it clean.
Gwen says
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!
Simplicity In The South says
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!
Business Solutions Experts says
Thank you for providing office design ideas for boys or men! Your transformation is truly nice!
Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says
Your welcome!
:-) says
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!!
Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says
Lucky girl! I need to go thrifting more often!
Peggy says
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!
Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says
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!
Anonymous says
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!
Tricia SimplicityInTheSouth says
Awesome! Thanks for adding me to your favorites!
Gail says
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?
Tricia says
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!
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Where is the round Laundry hamper from that is by your rolling office chair? Love that!
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