I’m so excited to be sharing this wonderful teen bedroom makeover that I just wrapped up. I’ll be giving you helpful tips on how to create a chic timeless room for your teen that will last well into their college years. And all on a budget!
Gorgeous Teen Bedroom Ideas
It’s no secret that creating fun kids rooms are top on my favorite list of makeovers. It started years ago when I was young. My mom jokes with me “I could never punish and send you to your room because you love spending time in there.” It was true… I would come out of my room and have the entire space redecorated! LOL. Years later, I still enjoying moving furniture around and making pretty spaces.
Here’s a picture of my client’s daughter’s room just a few months ago. Bella’s mom mentioned that she had grown out of her hot pink walls and little girl accessories and was ready to redecorate with a grown-up teen bedroom look. Here’s how the process went:
1. Paint it Pretty
I’ve mentioned before that paint is the #1 cost effective way to make the biggest impact when changing the look of a room. The hot pink walls were painted a beautiful light silvery gray color. Bella wanted an off-white room so I chose Rock Candy SW6231 by Sherwin Williams. The new color immediately brought her room to a more sophisticated level! The light color allowed us to accessorize with whatever hues we wanted. These neutral walls are ready for when the time comes that Bella decides to change out bedding and/or accessories.
2. Create a Mood Board
Not everyone has the vision of what a room should look like finished. I love to create mood boards for my clients so that they get to see how each piece fits in the overall look of the room. It doesn’t have to be a fancy graphic like below. Simply clip out pictures from magazine and/or catalogs or start a designated Pinterest board. To follow along on my Pinterest projects, click here.
*Not every room needs all new furniture. Here we choose to keep Bella’s classic white sleigh bed, desk and nightstand. It’s classic bright white color and timeless style allowed us to adapt with any look and stay within her teen bedroom budget.
Shop Bella Mood Board
white and gold nightstand | Writing desk | pink iPad stand | turquoise ombre curtain panels | gold decal clock | similar turquoise comforter set | gold sunburst mirror | white and gold wall shelves | follow your dreams pillow | good vibes only art | ombre blush pillow | macrame wall art | clear lucite desk chair | turquoise lamps | white sleigh bed
3. Find Your Inspiration
Whether it’s a favorite bedding, artwork, accent pillow, or inspirational quote it’s helpful to have one piece that really speaks to you as a starting point. Bella fell in love with this tapestry called Sea Bliss from society 6. It’s an ethereal aerial view of turquoise waves crashing onto a blush pink beach. It was the perfect color inspiration and boy did I run with it!
4. The Color Pyramid
When designing rooms I balance out the relationships of colors into a loose 70:20:10 ratio. In Bella’s room roughly 70% of the color is a bluish gray color. Then came 20% with pops of pink and finally accents of gold. Using this ratio often creates a soothing palette and is easily changeable down the road.
We layered Bella’s bed with a beautiful puckered comforter cover set from Pier 1 called the Savannah Celestial Comforter Set. Then accessorized with a super luxurious blush pink faux fur throw blanket and whimsical gold lip pillow and other fun accent pillows.
5. Balancing Beauty
I’ve mentioned this before the rooms are often square. I always mix things up and eliminate some of the static of a square room by adding round elements. Complementing the curves of Bella sleigh bed is a beautiful round jeweled starburst mirror. We centered it over her bed creating an eye catching focal point.
6. Play With Scale
On the wall just left of her bed is the large tapestry called Sea Bliss from Ingrid Beddoes Photography that I mentioned earlier in the post. This acts as the rooms largest piece of artwork. The entire wall needs nothing but the tapestry and two awesome gold metal arrows.
*Avoid filling entire walls up with small items. Balance out large and small with color and textures and 2- and 3-dimensional art. Right next to her lamp I hung a sweet FOLLOW YOUR ARROW WHEREVER IT POINTS sign.
Teen Bedroom Decor
If you think this photograph tapestry is beautiful you should check out Society 6. It is a website that thousands of artist use to sell their artwork. You can find any piece of artwork and apply it to hundreds of items. I often find a lot of my inspiration on their website. If you’d like to read more about the shower curtain that started my daughter’s bathroom renovation.
On the opposite wall we reused a quatrefoil white mirror that she had. Often people think that they need an entire room of new furniture in order to make a space look fresh. That’s not true! I love reusing client’s existing pieces and giving them an entire new look as in Bella’s teen bedroom.
7. Saying Goodbye
Sometimes a piece of furniture or decor just doesn’t add to the new plan. Reusing in another room, moving it to the attic or even donating are some of the best solutions. Bella‘s mom felt that her armoire was too big and the wrong configuration and that a new dresser with multiple drawers would be more useful. This was the only piece of furniture that we replaced with a new dresser. It gave Bella more room to display photo frames and jewelry and hold all her essentials. We added an aqua green chair. Without the tall large armoire the room visually looks bigger and more welcoming as you enter.
We found a turquoise accent chair at TJ Maxx, a matching gold and turquoise table lamp, art, picture frames and soft turquoise sheer curtain panels at HomeGoods. We replaced her silver curtain rods with gold caged final rods.
8. Chic Storage
Not everything needs to be hidden behind doors and in drawers. There are so many beautiful storage options out there. Search for textured baskets, glamorous stacking and under the bed storage boxes, and fun functional wall and floor shelving pieces. You might recognize this white and gold narrow shelf from my daughter’s bathroom makeover. It suited Bella’s need for more chic open storage. We split up the set of shelves and placed one to the left of Bella’s dresser to hold beauty products and hair accessories. Above it we hung a Make Today Great inspirational banner.
The other shelf was hung just above Bella’s desk.
9. RePurpose and ReUse
Previously Bella had used her desk for arts and crafts. It was located right as soon as you came into her room and became a catchall for anything and everything. We reused it as a nightstand, laptop desk and make-up table just on the other side of her bed.
10. Create A Cozy Corner
With the addition of a gold table lamp, pretty mirrored storage boxes and makeup organizers, gold and white trash can, inspirational art and a whimsical removable decal wall clock this area has become Bella’s favorite little multi-purpose cozy corner. There is so much use in this fabulous corner!
The Big Reveal
I finished setting up Bella’s teen bedroom before she came home from school. It was music to my ears to hear that Bella loved her new room! Her mom even told me that her room is now ALWAYS clean and that Bella proudly shows it off to her friends. Success!
I am presently working on another teen room makeover so stay tuned and I hope that you have found inspiration for your next makeover. Up next… Bella’s parent’s master bathroom renovation. You won’t want to miss this spa like retreat!
xoxo Amie
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Amy
Love this post. Helped me make some decisions. 🙂
memehillstudio
Thank you so much Amy! Glad to help out! Make sure that you share your finished room! Amie
Leanna Brown
Those pillow covers look amazing, great use of space and perfect color choice.
memehillstudio
Thank you so much!!!
TJ
Found your post while researchng the paint color. Love your room transformation. Pretty likely I will use this paint color (rock candy). Decorating a bedroom that has a similar comforter color.
Thanks for sharing.
memehillstudio
Glad it was of help! Sometimes seeing it up on the wall help! Good luck with the room makeover!
Ash
Does this room have a closet? Trying to figure out layout because it’s very similar to what my daughter wants.
memehillstudio
HI Ashley- Yes it does. There is a walk in close as soon as you walk into the room. It is located on the other side of the wall with the beach tapestry.
Liz
Where is the new dresser from?
memehillstudio
hi there! The one in the mood board was sold out so she ordered this and added gold hardware. https://amzn.to/35AD8hQ
Jennifer LeBlanc
where did you find the blue plastic chair?
memehillstudio
Hi Jennifer- It came from HomeGoods. affordable and lightweight
memehillstudio
HI iT was from Homegoods a few years ago but just saw one at Homesense the other day!
Heather
This bedroom is beautiful and so perfectly age appropriate! If you don’t mind sharing, what size is the tapestry?
memehillstudio
Thank you so much! I dont know iff hand but the link to the tapestry is on the blog post. It is from Society 6
Abby
Beautiful color palette! How expensive was this room makeover?
memehillstudio
Hi Abby! With all the new furniture, paint, and window treatments around $5K. Amie
em
Hey, where did you get the comforter?
memehillstudio
HI All the links are in the post. There is a similar one tagged. Thank you Amie
Amy
Where did you find the sunburst jeweled mirror above the bed? I can’t find that one. Thanks!
memehillstudio
Hi Amy! I purchased that a while ago and believe it is discontinued. Here is a similar one…. https://amzn.to/47OZ0pk
Paula
Hi, just wondering, what size is the bed in the picture? Amazon doesn’t seem to work whenever I try to pull it up.
memehillstudio
Hi there! Here is the link to the bed. https://amzn.to/48RnM7F . Hope this helps. Amie