The Blue Room - Final Reveal

This time last month, I had a consult for a loft bedroom. It lacked storage, colour and personality. There was some serious problem solving and creativity needed. You’ve probably caught a couple of my posts since then about how it’s been going and what I’ve been purchasing so I won’t chat too much. I shall fill your eyes with lovely visuals instead. I finally get to share with you all the finished room. And i’m so excited I could burst! **POP!**

A reminder of where we started four weeks ago.

Four weeks later, here is The Blue Room.

The room has seen a total transformation in four weeks. Everything was taken out, the room re-designed and updated. The only things that remain are the carpets and window blinds.

You can see some of the pieces from the Ikea shopping list here. Other pieces were sourced from charity shops, second hand furniture shops and Gumtree for next to nothing. The dressing table being the most expensive at £70. Plus, a couple of treat pieces to add some finer detail to the room. The gallery wall in the alcove was created for less than £10 after an afternoon of thrifting.

The wardrobe dilemma, come disaster, was solved eventually with something I tried my best not to resort to… Flatpack. However, in this instance, I really had no choice. Plus we were getting super tight on budget. The BRIMNES wardrobe in oak effect, £80 from Ikea, saved the day. We could get the flat pack up the stairs and it was 50cm depth which was the maximum depth that alcove could take without looking too giant and eating into the space beside the bed. It may not be perfect, but it solved the oodles of problems I came across when trying to get a wardrobe up two flights of stairs. It kept the project in budget too.

The bed frame, from UK Bed Store was £143. It’s a great sturdy frame that has coped well with being moved around by moi these last few weeks. I also purchased a new mattress on behalf of my client which apparently has given her “The best sleep in years!” Not bad eh?

The paint? Yes, it’s Valspar, Deep Shadow. You can read ALL about that over here. Quite an in-depth post about working with Valspar for the first time.

Total cost for EVERYTHING in The Blue Room? Drawers, dressing table, lighting, bed, mattress, bedding, cushions, stool, storage boxes and trunk, rugs, picture frames and mirrors, coat hooks, plants, paint and accessories?? All in for less than £1000.

I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on this project peeps! It’s been a real journey for me and the client, but we are both so happy with it. Has the project given you any ideas? Do you need to update your room but don’t know where to start? Would you have done anything differently?