Modern bedroom ideas for girls & boys

Use this inspiration to make your own bedroom furniture for a girl or boy and all you need is a can or two of Rust-Oleum 2X spray paint to add some colour.

 

 

 

I recently found myself on the ethan allen website and, while this range of furniture is not available locally and not shipped to SA, there's no reason why you can't use this inspiration to make your own bedroom furniture for a girl or boy. Many similar designs are locally manufactured and all you need is a can or two of Rust-Oleum 2X spray paint to add some colour.

 

Polka dot pink

 

 

It's the details define this bed, with its headboard and footboard with beadboard detail and posts topped off with decorative curtain finials. Making your own beadboard is easy if you have a Dremel Trio or Bosch Router.

After sanding, wipe clean and apply Rust-Oleum 2X gloss berry pink. Or change the look completely with a coat or two of Rust-Oleum 2X satin green apple and add magnetic pink and patchwork-hued accessories.

 

 

 

 

 

Beachside bedroom

 

 

Spice up a plain bedroom with a splash of Rust-Oleum 2X satin summer squash for a beachy look that combines with white and navy blue. Use SupaWood to cut out a basic shape for the headboard and then upholster with medium-weight batting and colourful yellow medium-weight cotton fabric. For detail, add nail head trim.

 

Bedtime trails

 

 

Saddle up for bedtime with this decorative cut out headboard and footboard bed that you can cut with a jigsaw. You will need to find a wood turner for the fancy bedposts, or use standard staircase balustrades as a substitute.

Paint the finished bed with Rust-Oleum 2X in satin midnight blue or 2X gloss navy blue and dress up the room with red, blue and white accessories.

 

Cottage charm

 

 

Put together a selection of muted colours for this bedroom with cottage charm. The Pioneer bed is painted in Rust-Oleum 2X satin leafy green. Make your own circular ottoman and finish off in a pale yellow cotton or washable fabric.

 

Pretty pastels

 

 

Make up this attractive sleigh bed with 16mm SupaWood and spray it in Rust-Oleum 2X gloss or flat white and then dress up a feature wall with cardboard cutouts sprayed in Rust-Oleum 2X pastel colours.

 

Cosy and cute

 

 

Green and Rust-Oleum 2X satin summer squash create a cosy cottage bedroom that is fresh and appealing. You will find plenty of option for making a square ottoman, whether decorative or for storage. The bed is a simple design that incorporates a basic frame bed with long posts, tapered from the bottom to the top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet dreams

 

 

Just a change in colour makes this bed look completely different from the one feature above. Paint the finished bed with Rust-Oleum 2X in satin aqua and mix up with bold coloured accessories and wall decor that you can easily make yourself.

 

Ahoy matey

 

 

Rust-Oleum 2X gloss apple red is matched with navy blue and white for this ship-shape shared bedroom. Don't forget the matching ottoman that you can upholstered in your own choice of fabric.

 

Paddles away

 

 

Give plain pine furniture a coat of two of  Rust-Oleum 2X satin espresso to finish it off in style and then introduce colour with a spicy orange upholstered headboard with nail head trim, matching ottoman and a re-upholstered chair.

 

Two x 2

 

 

Rust-Oleum 2X satin espresso is perfect for spraying onto raw pine furniture to give it the look of hardwood. Although the paint offers excellent coverage, you still see some of the grain showing through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set sail

 

 

Paint the finished bed with Rust-Oleum 2X in satin midnight blue or 2X gloss navy blue and dress up the room with red, blue and white accessories. Cut your own wall decor out of 3mm SupaWood and paint with acrylic craft paint.

 

Adventure time

 

 

Give plain pine furniture a coat of two of  Rust-Oleum 2X satin espresso and add a deep red (or any colour) upholstered headboard with nail head trim.

 

Sports fan

 

 

This time around our Pioneer bed is painted in Rust-Oleum 2X satin midnight blue and matched with an upcycled and repurposed table painted in Rust-Oleum 2X satin leafy green. You can easily paint furniture in the colours of his favourite team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race to bed

 

 

Black and white are just the thing for a little guy who loves racing cars. Paint the bed with Rust-Oleum 2X satin canyon black and add a pine bedside table painted with Rust-Oleum 2X gloss real orange.

 

 

Vintage finds can easily be restored and painted in a metallic finish. Choose from the Rust-Oleum Universal range of metallic spray paints in titanium silver, satin nickel, dark steel, pure gold, aged copper and oil-rubbed bronze.

 

Find the full range of Rust-Oleum products at your local Builders Warehouse.