My kids shared room reveal {black and white kids room}

I am excited and nervous to share my kids room with you all.  Excited because I finally got around to photographing it and being happy with it enough to finally put a "stop" to the design and nervous because...well, I think when you are a designer of kids spaces there is an expectation to what you create.  My style is very simple, I love black and white with pops of color, so this is what I created for my kids room.  They share a room so I tried to have some symmetry while also being sensitive to the fact that it is a boy and a girl in this room.  They play in this room, they sleep in this room and they get creative while drawing on the chalkboard wall.  This room serves many purposes for our family.  When you live in a 1000 sq. ft. condo you have to make the most of all the room you have.  I feel that my kids have plenty of areas in this room to enjoy themselves, whether it is reading books in bed, playing with their Ikea kitchen or watching a movie together.  At any given time throughout the day, some part of this room is being used and not only by my kiddos, our Boston Terrier loves laying on the serape blanket. I hope you enjoy this room as much as my kids do.

 

Source List:

Bunk beds

Hemnes dresser

wool blankets from Ikea- no longer available

West Elm standard pillow case

Ikea pillow

gold weave pillow

hot pink polka dot pillow

book/display ledges

"Be Cool" and "Be Kind" art- DIY by me

"With Brave Wings" art

Orla Kiely books

Lego art- DIY by me

hot pink weave basket- Hobby Lobby

serape blanket- thrift store find

white fur rug- HomeGoods similar one here

constellation poster print art from here then printed poster size at Staples

black and white zipper pillow

tv console created by using this ClosetMaid cubeicals and adding these legs

black bins 

Ikea kitchen

polka dot towel - DIY by me

"Let Them be Little" art no longer available from Brickyard Buffalo, but similar here 

black orb lamp

white fan

feather art - DIY by me

elephant found at Homegoods

wood stump from a friend's yard

art line

black and gold globe- a thrift store find that I painted with chalkboard paint

"piggy bank" jar from HomeGoods

felt toy bins no longer available at Target

faux antlers -purchased at Hobby Lobby and spray painted by me, click for a link to similar ones

window coverings

BlaBla doll

floor pillow sewn by me

wall color Benjamin Moore Decorators White

Here is the before of this room right before we first moved in our house 8 months ago...vertical blinds, gross carpet, yellowed closet doors and baby blue walls.  Eeeek!

When we moved in we painted the room white, painted the chalkboard wall, painted all the doors and trim white, ripped out the carpet and sanded and sealed the concrete slab.  Lots of work went into this space in order to make it into a room we all love.  

This was my original design board for the room, as any room does, it changed a bit from the original concept, but it just feels right for my kids and their personalities.