Girls Bedrooms, Girls Bedroom Furniture IdeasWhen a girl gets to the point of doing her own room, she generally has one of three propositions to face: she must either re-do her childhood room, refurbish an old room or decorate a new one. She doubtless has much on hand to adapt and much to eliminate. In the case of re-doing the child's room decor, it is best to save the really substantial pieces of furniture of good, strong line even if they are shabby. Sawing and prying off the senseless gewgaws and applying a coat or two of paint will transform a bureau or chair which was considered hopeless. First of all, get an idea of what colors you want and what style you want. Girls used to have a pink room, a yellow room or a blue room, and fill it to the minutest detail with that color. Fortunately, the horizon of our imagination has been extended: nowadays more subtle color combinations are used. A low or high mahogany four poster suits a girls bedroom decor perfectly, as there is nothing pretentious about it, and still it is refined and simple without being childish. Simple iron beds of straight lines may be painted and striped to carry out the color of the room together with decorations to match the design of the curtains. They are preferable to the gaudy brass bed,so reminiscent of St. Lawrence's gridiron, which, I am happy to say, is going out of style. A mahogany bureau and dressing table may be used to match the four poster, or a chiffonier and dressing table may be painted to match the iron bed, say, in light French gray with stripes in darker tone and decorated in rose, or, in antiqued ivory with stripes of dull yellow and decorated in bright colored flowers, toned and enriched by the antiquing process. I have suggested a low four poster for the girl's room for the simple reason that a high four poster cuts the room up so much. It allows of no vista, if placed conspicuously out in the room. This is particularly true when the bed is draped with valances. The low posters are graceful and attractive when used in pairs. Since the posts are conspicuous, great attention should be paid to selecting one, with well proportioned, graceful lines. When a young girl's bedroom serves also as a sitting-room and a study, a day bed is a splendid adjunct. It is a combination of couch and bed. If economy is the object, it can be made from an old single bed. Saw off the head board to the level of the foot board and re-apply the straight cornices. If desired, two 3 inch strips of molding may be attached lengthwise along the back side, one strip even with the top and the other 8 inches below, to serve as a back. If the legs are too high, they may be sawed off to the height of an ordinary couch. Then paint the whole piece in whatever color you desire. Should the room be designed to serve as a sitting-room, choose a soft cactus green for the main color and a darker tone striping in the molding with little additional stripes of bronze or copper color. Use for pillows two bronze color silk cushions, one gold and two of different tone green. Mahogany and wicker combine well with this scheme. An old table used as a table desk could be painted to match and a desk set combining those yellows, bronzes, oranges and greens added. An inkwell of Italian pottery and a copper tray for pens would complete the set. Such simple, inexpensive furnishings that a girl has part in contriving will train her taste and awaken her ingenuity, and her pretty, simple, well ordered room will help to give her much needed poise. Next Page: Baby Nursery Furniture. |
