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We’ve been updating our teenage son’s room for the past few months. He’s starting with a comprehensive restructuring plan because he’s amassed a lot of stuff he’s collected over the years and isn’t ready to let go. To achieve this we had to add additional storage in the form of shelves and dedicate his wardrobe also to storage.
Teenagers need their own private space to relax and sleep, get ready for school and work, and also need a space that reflects their individuality, decorated in their favorite colors and patterns. When I asked my son what colors he wanted for his room, he said “browns, grays and blacks”. All right.
His little boy’s room had been teal blue for ten years, and we repainted it a mid-tone taupe. We traded in his twin for a full size bed a few years ago. Recently, we added more shelves to store memorabilia and upgraded his sheets.
Like many boys, my son became obsessed with Legos at a young age and spent a lot of time building boats. He shares Matt’s interest in aviation and together they have built many model airplanes. He also loves music and martial arts, so his room reflects all the things that make him up.
We’ve owned an IKEA dresser for years (longtime readers will remember I used it for this project). I moved it into my son’s room, painted the trim a dark brown, and replaced the knobs with an oil-rubbed bronze button style.
The wall shelves and brackets are from Lowe’s and are perfect for the space inside the dresser. He needed a place to store LEGOs from years ago, they were cool and he was proud of them, so we added two ledges to display them on a high.
In his bed, he loved the idea of movie posters, his favorites of which were housed in cheap black poster frames from Michaels. The nightstands I bought at the home improvement store, and the sheets and headboard I bought online for him (source below).
The DIY board and batten wall treatment we installed years ago still looks great. If I were installing boards and battens in another space, I would repeat the method again.
His closet doors are the ubiquitous bypass contractor doors like those installed in many homes. Instead of replacing them, we used a thin piece of plywood to frame the front of the door with brads. I then stained them walnut, the same color as the ledges in the room, and added glossy black pulls.
If you’re curious what his little boy’s room looked like ten years ago in the same space, see this post and this project.
Now, the space has been turned into “browns, grays and blacks” as requested, reflecting who he is today.
source: Gray Bamboo Sheet/Striped Pillowcase/Tweed Waist Pillowcase
gray faux leather headboard/stripe panel curtains/plaid quilt
Closet door pulls/ladder frames/shelf panels and brackets/poster frames
Upper wall paint color: Benjamin Moore ‘Urban Sophisticate’
