Interior Design Teen Room Presentation

I spent last week putting together my proposals for the Junior League’s Show House coming up this spring. And I thought I’d share them with you. If you missed Monday’s post, you can read it here. Along with the little girl’s room, I presented a design for a bohemian teen-aged girl’s room.

I must admit this is my favorite of the two rooms. Here’s what’s going on. First, I wanted to show how to a room could be “redesigned” to eliminate, in this instance, a French style and find a new one. The windows in the home are a decidedly leaded glass French style. What if your teen is rolling her eyes at your antiquated sense of style?

Naturally, the place to start was the windows. One wide window has a covered radiator sitting below it that’s even wider. To disguise it, I’m placing a wood panel on top of the radiator. It’s the same width as the radiator and will have squares and circles cut to let in the light. Back-lighting will accentuate the circular shapes.

The other window hides behind a curtain panel made with iron-on photographs and cut into ribbons.

For color, I’m using gray on the walls and, hot pink on the radiators, and yellow-green on the wood window panel. That’s my base. The rest of the room is going to be a mix of textures, colors and prints. Decoupage and fabric-covered furnishings and accessories round out the look.

I’ll hear if I got a room on Friday. Keep your fingers crossed for me!