Our next stop on this home tour is the boy’s room of Daastan. This room belongs to a sweet, eight-year-old boy. Our little boy is fuss-free and had only one request for his room – a world map on the wall.
And when we get fuss-free clients, we are thankful from the bottom of our hearts and try even harder than usual to do our utmost for them. As we did for this little boy, and this lovely room is the result.
Boy’s Room of Daastan
This space is quite a good sized room for a one child. We helped make it even more spacious by planning it specifically for a little boy. Let me show you how.
The Plan
What is the first thing you notice when you see this plan? That the furniture is going right around the room, leaving the centre space free. We did this intentionally, keeping in mind that the best thing we can give a little boy is space to play.
So we have the wardrobe along one wall. The bed is placed perpendicular to it on the adjacent wall, with space between the bed and wardrobe so that the wardrobe can be accessed easily.
Opposite the bed, we have the study table. And connecting the two is a long window seat along the entire length of the window.
This gives us plenty of storage space, a full sized bed, a large study table with lots of space for books, a whole lot of seating… and free space in the centre of the room for play.
Any little boy’s dream come true, isn’t it?
The Bed
The bed is a full sized sized single bed, big enough for an adult too. Which means our little boy can use it even as he grows older and taller, for years to come.
We designed in it such a way, that when pulled out, it also makes a queen sized double bed, along with the seating ledge next to it.
When you pull out the bed and unfold the single mattress to make a double one, the bed mattress becomes lower than the ledge mattress. You’ll notice that we’ve made the ledge mattress in two part too. So that part of it can be removed to match the height of th bed and make a complete double bed when open.
The Window Ledge
The bed continues into a slimmer window seat along the entire length of the window. It’s a great spot to sit by yourself to read a book, or with a friend to play a board game.
We have drawers below the seating ledge for easy storage of toys and games.
The Study Area
The window seat then continues into the study area. We have bookshelves running along the ledge with the study table right next to it.
We cushioned the lower part of the bookshelves to make a backrest for comfortable seating.
The study table has also been planned for the long term. Though he’s only a little boy now, his study requirements will grow as he grows older. The table itself has plenty of drawers to organise storage, including an open tray for a printer.
Large overhead cabinets give ample storage for books.
The Wardrobe
We have one wall remaining, along which we placed the wardrobe.
We’ve provided a lot of the drawers outside, instead of inside so that it is easy for our little boy to open them to access is toys, games, books and bags. The large topmost drawer houses his keyboard. It opens and slides out so he can pull a chair and take his piano classes right there, and slide it shut just as easily afterwards.
Look and Feel
So here you can see it – all the furniture going right around the room along the walls, with free space in the centre for play.
We’ve used soft colours across most of the room and that makes the room look even more open and airy. Since we have wooden flooring here, we wanted to keep the walls light. The mostly white furniture helped us do that.
Our first selection for this room, as per our little boy’s wishes, was this pastel wallpaper. It has a greyish-green background with a sprinkling of almost all colours in it. We went with the blues and greens to add a little colour to the room.
Though the curtains are also mostly white, in keeping with the light, airy vibe, we picked a darker pattern for the mattress covers so that they don’t dirty easily. Most of the cushions are again whites or pastels to go with the room.
Before and Afters
Now for my favourite part of the post, because that’s where you can truly see the magic. Here are some before and afters of the boy’s room of Daastan.
The bed wall of the room…
We went with a single, pull out bed, pushed into the corner and in continuation with the window seat. This opens out the room and gives our little more a lot more free space for play.
The wall opposite the bed…
The window seat continues seamlessly into the study area where our little boy has a large table with lots of well organised storage.
The wardrobe wall…
The wardrobes have external drawers which our little boy can use by himself easily. The white finish keeps the room looking light.
Get The Look
On to sharing some of the lovely products we used to make this sweet room.
| – 1 – Svartpoppel | – 2 – Spikklubba | – 3 – Kustfly | – 4 – Ceramic Knob | – 5 – Pastel World Map Wallpaper | – 6 – Barndrom | – 7 – Checkerboard Handle | – 8 – Skadis Pegboard |
That about wraps up this room tour. Here’s what I love the most about this space. That we’ve planned and designed the boy’s room of Daastan so that even though it’s a fun space for an 8 year old now, it will be just as functional for an 18 year old in ten years.
Hope you’ve been enjoying this home tour. We just have a couple of spaces left before this tour ends. You can click here to walk through the spaces I’ve already shared.
Until next time,
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Photography: Biju Gopal of @bizou.photos
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