Designing to a budget -’Tween room make-over, Part 2
As you might remember from my recent post, Tween Room Makeover, I recently went to work on designing a room makeover for my best friend Jenny’s daughter, E (not her full name!)
E is about to enter her tweens and the bedroom that has suited her since toddlerhood is not quite to her liking anymore…
My previous post was focused around concepts and I will admit that I was not too fussed about budgets. Budget schmudgets!!!
However, Jenny has always been a cash savvy lady and wasn’t chomping at the bit to open a blank cheque book for her 10 year old’s room makeover. What a mean mummy ;-)
But seriously, I totally get it, and as much as I love my two kids, there is no way I am spending huge amounts of money on their bedrooms’ either.
So Jen and I had a chat about realistic budgets. I suggested a particular figure, she suggested another, and eventually we settled on $2000 (that’s Australian dollars).
With that in mind, I have re-visited my designs and created two more styleboards. Not a great deal has changed in terms of colours or styles of suggested furnishings. However, I have made sure to select items that fit within the brief… and mum and dad’s budget.
The first styleboard is pretty similar to the ones I posted in my previous blog, although, as I say, I have selected items that are within budget. I have also decided to include the white panelling currently in E’s room. Previously Jenny and I had talked about removing it. However, after some more discussion it was decided to retain them. One less cost!
The second image is a little different. In this case, I have also opted to keep the panelling, but have had a bit of fun and suggested painting them a shade of aqua. What do you think? Do you like it? How about that cat picture? I found it in a magazine and immediately wanted to include it in her room. As a fellow cat lover, I figured E would like it as much as me, particularly given it is surrounded by shades of aqua.
I am pretty happy with the final products. In fact, moving from concept to working within a budget was really fun and something that I am keen to do more of going forward.
I have used a combination of items from well-known Australian furniture shops as well as one of my new favourite online shops, Temple & Webster. I discovered Temple & Webster last year and think that they produce some lovely furniture at hard to beat prices (and no, I am not advertising for them!).
To shop the complete look, you can visit these stores at the following websites.
https://www.templeandwebster.com.au/
https://www.nunawadinghomemakerhq.com.au/
Lastly, for those of you who love a 3d render image as much as I do, here are a few gratuitous pictures of an updated render I did for the room, including the white panelling.
Let me know what you think in the comments section below and of course, don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are interested in having me do some e-design work for you.
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