Boy’s Room – Bhargavi

Today, let’s take a look at the boy’s room of Bhargavi. This is quite definitely the smallest bedroom I have ever designed. Yet we’ve made sure it has everything this little boy will need not only now, but also in the next few years as he grows up.

Boy’s Room of Bhargavi

When you see the plan, you’ll realise that a more accurate description of this boy’s room would be half a room. But when you see the pictures, you’ll never guess how small the space is.

We have not only managed to give this pre-teen boy everything he needs to make his room self sufficient, we’ve also managed to make it look amazing.

I can’t wait to show you all, so let’s get right to it.

The Plan

The door, the single bed, and a small side table in between. This makes up the entire width of the room.

Add a study table to the foot of the bed, and that is its entire length.

We put the wardrobe in the opposite corner of the room, and we had all our essentials in place.

The challenge now, was to make this layout look like we chose it this way… not like this was the only practical option. We wanted this room to look as light and spacious as possible. And be a space our little client would be proud to call his own. Here’s how we did it.

The Bed

The bed is placed to the right of the door as you enter the room. There was a niche in the wall along the length of the bed. If we closed it completely, that would make the room smaller still. If we left it open, there would be a gap between the bed and the wall.

So we partially closed it, a little higher than bed height. This way it forms a ledge along the bed, which gives additional space to keep books, phones, alarm clocks or anything else our little boy might require by his bedside.

The Study Table

The study table fits exactly into the space left at the foot of the bed. As always, I love the fact that it is placed right near the window. It’s great for access to all the natural light possible in the daytime.

Also, the expansive view when you are sitting near a window makes you feel like you are sitting in a larger space compared to if you were facing two walls. This becomes more important when your space is actually small.

The overhead storage is normally placed only above the table. Here, we extended it along the length of the entire wall, to give additional storage space in the room.

We kept as much of these shelves open as closed. Even though the storage is available, it doesn’t look heavy, further crowding the room. Lighting it up brightly again helps make the room look luminous and open.

The Wardrobe

Opposite the study table, we have our little boy’s wardrobe. Since we weren’t adding adding too many colours to the room, we thought some texture on the wardrobe would be great.

The laminate we picked has a light, checked fabric pattern to it. It breaks the monotony of the large expanse of the shutters and adds a boyish vibe to the space.

Look and Feel

Even though we have a rich, deep coloured veneer in the rest of the home we used a much lighter laminate in the boy’s room of Bhargavi. The small space meant we had to keep the colours and patterns soft and light.

Though most of the room is done in wood and white, we did want to add some colour for the little boy. We went with shades of olive and greys. Checks in various forms, colours and sizes keeps a certain amount of uniformity in the patterns too, again keeping a light visual aura in the room.

A few black accents, like the bedside lamp and the wardrobe and storage handles, adds a little bit of spunk to the space.

Lighting up a small space brightly and beautifully are very important. The LED strips in the storage help make the storage look lighter and easier on the eye. Along with the regular ceiling lights, the room is bright enough to not look crowded and cramped.

Before and Afters

Take a look at these before and afters to see how well we have used the space in the little boy’s room of Bhargavi.

The niche along the bed wall…

We closed the lower portion so that there is no gap between the bed and the wall, and the ledge formed makes an additional surface for him to keep his belongings.

The right corner of the window..

The study table is placed at the foot of the bed, right beside the window for ample natural light.

The left corner of the window…

The wardrobe fits neatly into this corner.

Get The Look

As you can guess, most of the large furniture of this room was customised to fit into the space just as we wanted it. So here are links to a few accessories we used to to get the colours and textures just right.

| – 1 – Fabric finish laminate | – 2 – Wardrobe Handles | – 3 –  Black Wall Light | – 4 – Svartpoppel Cushion Cover | – 5 – Jordkastanj Cushion | – 6 – Kolax Bedspread | – 7 – Vitklover Bedding Set |

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So that was a short and sweet tour of this small and cozy boy’s room of Bhargavi. I think it’s a great example of how efficient planning and suitable selections of colours and finishes can truly bring out the best of a space in terms of practical use and visual appeal.

Like I said earlier, this is one of the smallest rooms I have designed so far. And I am super proud of how it’s turned out. Let me know what you think of it in the comments below.

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Until next time,

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Photography: Biju Gopal of @bizou.photos