Thursday 30 January 2014

Boysy Bedroom

Our very first Bibby + Brady client turned out to be a very special client for us. Angie and Ryan had just bought a new house in Tamahere when we started our interiors business last year. Although the house needed work, it was a fantastic blank canvas to start with, and the fact that Ryan is a builder was a definite bonus. Angie had followed the Cush & Nooks blog for some time, so she knew we had a similar design aesthetic. Like a lot of our clients, Angie knew what she liked, but just wanted some help to pull it all together, and to make some of those big decisions - like furniture and fabric purchases.

We have worked with Angie and Ryan one room at a time and they have now nearly finished the whole house. With three beautiful children, the kids' rooms were really fun to work on. The brief for their little boy's room was to make it cool and eclectic, nothing too matchy-matchy (that is an official interior design term you know!). It also needed to be a room that would grow with him - he was 4 years old when we designed the room, but Angie didn't want to have to re-do everything in a couple of years.



Keeping that in mind we used a cool, rustic wood wallpaper that we knew Angie loved. This will still look great when he's a teenager. We painted the outside of the kids' doors in a glossy colour. The hallway is clean and simple with white walls and black and white family photos, so the colour coded doors make a great impact - soft teal and watermelon pink.

wallpaper up, light in, door painted (carpet yet to be replaced at this point)


Lots of graphic accessories help to bring fun and life to the room. We suggested customising a set of Ikea drawers by painting two of the drawers dark blue, linking to the striped duvet. A 'Dukes of Hazard' print on the wall was our starting point, as it's very similar to the little boy's favourite toy car.

apologies for slightly dodgy photos snapped on my iPhone


Feel free to get in touch with either Dael or I if you want to know about anything in the room, or if you'd like our help with your home or business.

12 comments :

  1. Looks fantastic Vic. Would love to know where the OH cushion and the polka dot pillowcase is from. Amy x

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    1. Thanks Amy. The OH cushion is from CB2 and it's a Castle pillowcase x

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  2. Hi Vic - love the room, but particularly love the idea of colouring the hallway doors, in an all white hallway. Been watching Australia's The Block, and just think how amazing coloured doors would have livened up any of their extremely bland hallways. Wow. Have a great day, RC x

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    1. Thanks Rachel. Yes, we're big Block fans too. The coloured doors look so effective, we're about to do the same with our twins' bedroom door. x

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  3. Everyone who visits our home LOVES Mack's room - including him & us, so a big thank you Vic & Dael - you ladies are amazing at what you do xxx

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  4. Wow! Vic & Dael this is looking amazing! You're so terrific at what you do! Love the lampshade in here :-)

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    1. Thanks Kate, we love the Bold Lampshade too :) x

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  5. The room has come together beautifully, can't wait to see the rest of the rooms. Love the skateboards!

    Lee :)

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    1. Thanks Lee, will definitely get more of the rooms up on the blog soon. x

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  6. Gosh I love that red chair! Can't wait to get you lovelies on to my place xox

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    1. Thanks Fiona, we're looking forward to seeing your new home and working our magic :) x

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It's lovely to hear from you. Thanks for your comment. Best wishes, Vic xxx

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