I’m no designer, but if I had been, I believe tween and teen rooms are the most enjoyable to decorate. They lend themselves to experimentation: playing patterns, analyzing offbeat colours, blending quirky finds. Yet there’s a line between fashionable hangout and mess that is hot. It takes a mature eye to keep the boundary testing in check and coordinate with the small details and finishing touches that add a polished stamp.
These eight bedrooms nail that balance so exactly you will envy the lucky children who call them home. We’d like to hear how they inspire one to shake your distance.
Tucker Design
This diverse area is a textbook blend of youthful energy and practiced poise. With vivid yet sophisticated hues, large and bold designs, and funky touches (how fab is that kimono-clad mannequin with a parasol head?) , this is diverse done right.
The room bursts with individual personality and lively touches that meet a tween’s craving for self-expression, but also the focus to scale and balance indicates a far more adult sensibility. The lesson here? Do not be shy about placing your personality on display.
Marie Burgos Design
Pale, airy colours, simple lines and a dearth of clutter provide this bedroom a crisp sense that would resonate with anybody who gravitates toward the minimalist appearance. A daybed with a tailored, conversational skirt is a smart choice that leaves plenty of space for a computer keyboard in the small space. The ruffly pendant and subtle dabs of layout keep the appearance teen friendly.
Laura U, Inc..
Pow! What a visual wallop, by the splatter-painted ceiling to the zigzag curtain fabric and edgy art. Swap out the accents and it might go from teen cool to mature glam in a flash. The deep, saturated teal walls can do the job for a boy or a woman, based on the other components inside the room. Swaths of white split up the dark colours and stop them from feeling too oppressive for a teen.
Holly Bender Interiors
In the Sputnik ceiling fixture along with zebra rug to the vintage lamp, this teen boy’s area is effortlessly cool. Squeezing in either a complete bed and a twin bed makes for an perfect sleepover installation; it would also work perfectly in a guestroom.
Katie Rosenfeld Design
Feminine does not have to be girly. Think about the boudoir as a princess room all grown up — that the Chinese-style four-poster is a new twist on a classic canopy, and also a luxurious tufted couch is the best spot to flake out and research or talk with friends on the phone. Layers of texture and pattern add depth to the silent palette.
McCroskey Interiors
Globetrotter meets traditionalist in this boy’s space. Spicy oranges along with a kilim rug garnish with classic furniture profiles and menswear-inspired fabrics; wild headboard upholstery keeps it from appearing too buttoned down. The scheme broadcasts a sense of adventure and testing limitations, and isn’t that what the teen years are all about?
Kenneth Brown Design
Why is it so many of us are daring about color in kids’ rooms, yet much more timid with it in the rest of the home? The new, succulent palette in this area feels child appropriate yet not in any respect childish, capped off by a sassy rug along with multicolored chandelier that would do the job just too in a living space or home office. White and Black testers calm down the high-wattage colors.
StudioBARON Design
Hello, 1960s! A mod, overscale blossom print informs the area’s punchy pink and orange palette. Ribbon ties on the canopy, tasseled bolsters, a Japanese basket lamp along with a fun, flirty mirror gratify the child in all of us regardless of age.
Can you find an idea here to shake your space? Let us know in the Remarks.