Kids’ Corner

Bright blocks of colour on the walls and floor create a fun and fresh look for a girl’s bedroom

Bright blocks of colour

While lots of bold colour can be hard to live with for some, if there was ever a time to get creative with bright hues, decorating a kid’s bedroom is definitely it. If your child likes vibrant colours, he or she will love waking up to a vivid and cheery space like this.

On top of the bold colours we’ve chosen, this space is very eclectic in its decor with a mix of modern and classic pieces. Handcrafted touches such as the garland and artwork keep the aesthetic playful and child-friendly.

What we did:

> Pink is the colour people most often associate with girls so we selected a hot pink base, but applied it in a contemporary way. We measured 2m up the wall and taped a line using painter’s masking tape, then painted beneath it in Resene ‘Smitten’. Once dry, we peeled the tape o and re-masked the line for the top colour, Resene ‘Resolution Blue’. We repeated these colours in accessories such as the chair, tutu and pink throw. Even the wall hooks were painted a pale peach to tie in with the sheets.

> Yellow is a lively, energetic and cheerful colour, but in large doses it can be overbearing so we broke it up by painting the floor in 20cm-wide stripes of Resene ‘Happy’ and Resene ‘Alabaster’.

> The key when creating a bold scheme is to include a neutral colour that o sets the more intense shades. We have done this by using white for the headboard, duvet cover and picture frame.

ARTWORK & GARLAND

> Who says decorative items need to cost a fortune? In this room we simply used Resene testpots to make these fun and easy art pieces.

> To create the artwork and garland, paint A4 sheets of card with a brush or small roller in your chosen colours and leave to dry. Once the card is dry, cut out love-heart shapes for the garland and letters for the artwork. You can use templates from the internet if you aren’t confident at cutting freehand. For the garland we hole-punched two holes at the top of the hearts and threaded them onto twine. The painted letters were glued onto a sheet of cardboard and placed in a frame.

“Who says decorative items need to cost a fortune? In this room we simply used Resene testpots to make these fun and easy art pieces”