I forgot you mentioned the door on the same wall, and I think harvey is right about flipping the bed. I no longer am sure where the bureau is situated, but will amend the comment to say either angled in the corner, or on a wall perp. to the bed and slightly out of the corner. Hope you will show us whatever you decide to do!

work with the wall paper by painting frames and furniture if you can add a larger print and hang the small ones on the vertical
Get some spray paint and do this

Hi Kitcatt, Lose the wallpaper, paint the walls a neutral color, airy cheesecloth curtains(cheap:-) colorful pillows and accessories, you go girl!!!

The wallpaper is very nice, but if it is overwhelming you could leave just one wall with it and paint the other walls one color. As the room is small, don't fill it with too many objects and details. Best wishes!

I should also try the bed on the opposite wall, giving better flow from the door to the window. And so maybe you could put the little table next to the window for natural light. Do you really need such a large bed?

I like your wallpaper. you need to organize all the items sitting around - if you have a dollar store in your area, look for colorful plastic boxes and baskets to stash things in.

Agreed, flip the bed to the opposite wall. Move the dresser to where the nightstand is currently or flat against the wall with the door. If you don't have a ceiling light, get a pendant lamp with a light kit and hang from a hook over your bed. If you plan to keep the wallpaper, painting the upper wall the same color blue in the flower is also a great idea. I'd keep the wallpaper on the wall where the headboard will be (as a focal wall) and then paint the other walls. Hang your artwork on the painted walls so that they aren't lost in the wallpaper. Add accent pillows and a throw blanket that coordinates with the wallpaper to add color. Declutter by getting storage designed to fit under the bed or reorganize your closet to accommodate your things. If you get furniture moving pads it makes it easy for one person to shift things around.

I love the wallpaper. Keeping everything else cream or a blue will keep the color pallete soothing. Can u add a cream cover to the bed? Then add some blue pillows. If u raise the bed off the floor under the bed storage would work well. Pretty baskets on a shelf will also help with storge. I would like to see the bed in front of the window. My daughter says that you should look on tumbler.

For lay-out, I recommend the following. Move the bed to the opposite wall, place a night stand (table) on both sides, place the lamp on the right side with the mirror vertically sitting on the stand right behind the lamp. You will get more light this way. Move the tall dresser towards the door to where it looks best - just experiment - leave the room and come back with a fresh eye. De-clutter, de-clutter. Remove the pink/purple rugs if you can.

Then, for colour I have attached a lot of images for inspiration - the drapes should either be really bold and heavy and no flowers or curls or they can be really frilly and flimsy in combination with grass blinds or wooden slatted blinds.

I would introduce lime and turquoise and the images here are mostly to show the colour combinations. I don't know your budget. In any case, I think that the drapes will make the biggest impact. Then the bedding - if your budget does not allow - after the drapes, go for pillows. Preferably down filled - they sit much nicer.

Then take one of the new colours and paint the wall above the wall paper - it will not require much paint, but a steady hand is. Either that or painters tape. Also glue down the edges of the wall paper. The wall paper is the funk of the room. If you lived close I would come and help.

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Your room looks cozy. I think maybe I would prefer that only one wall had the wall paper, and the rest of the walls were painted. Does the dresser fit where you have the chair in the photo? If so, move it there and have the chair beside the small table. Put baskets under the table to hold your "stuff" and clear off the table top so you can have your laptop there...pick up a portable laptop 'desk' with bean bag filling for your lap, and a few office supplies for your table to make it a good station for your schoolwork. Get a hanging sweater organizer for your closet to hide some of your clutter. Move the three framed prints under the mirror. Get a few square throw pillows in bright colours (turquoise is good, or hot pink) for your bed. Do you need four pillows? Try two and place them lying down, so you can see the white bed frame behind. Maybe try a less fluffy duvet so your bed looks more tailored and less lumpy. I think your room is very nice! :)
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Room dimensions would help. It looks like the room is almost square. You might try the bed under the window if the room is longer that direction, otherwise I would put the bed on the apposite wall (as suggested by many others). Consider a smaller nightstand and even replacing the dresser with an armoire for additional storage.

Your art work is too small for the current wall. Have you tried it vertically hung on the window wall? Think outside the box for additional wall art. Shop thrift stores and savage yards for unexpected pieces - ironwork (gates, grates or garden items), oversized picture frames or mirrors in various shapes, sizes and styles to form a collage.

I entered a question for advise but cannot find it or if I received an answer. How do I find my question. Are there ant directions on how this site works????

The wall paper is very cute of the large floral, consider adding modern elements to play off that vintage look. Get rid of the wall paper border and paint the top of the room and ceiling a light color cream or white. Ikea has a duvet cover set in that kind of blue from your flowers , add solid color window panels in the cream , and ditch the rug for a something fluffy. Looks like you might be able to place your bed centered on the window too. That would feel more pleasing to the eye.

Lucille, go to "Your Houzz" in the top right corner. Once you click that, you will find a tab called "Posts" where your question will be.

kitcat116 Please show us the result when you are ready!

I am guessing that removing the wallpaper is not what you want to do. Besides that it is a tough job. Work with the paper. It dominates the room so use it to your advantage. Remove small items from table/shelf surfaces. A very few large items will work better for decorating and be more restful to the eye. Some bamboo roll-up shades would be cute on the window as long as enough privacy is provided. The cream color bedding is just fine. Add solid
pillows in the colors of your wallpaper. Small pictures on the wall don't work. You need something big with a bold frame. Find some big woven baskets to hold your little "stuff" and always make your bed so that your rooms looks fresh and airy. Use the room under your bed to store stuff in boxes if space is a problem. Most of all, I hope you have a lot of fun experimenting with your room. You are a girl after my own heart!

Hi,
I'd suggest 2 things:
1) Take off the wall paper and paint your walls a lemon yellow & white. This will make the room bigger & cozy as yellow is a warm & lively colour. Offset with accessories in black or grey and add a bright blue glass vase as an accent colour. Gives you a classy, modern, open and cozy look.
2) Keep the wall paper & walls as is and focus on detailing. - change the curtain to a sheer white one that allows a lot of light in, put a huge mirror (for a brighter bigger look) with silver trim (for some elegance) right opposite your bed, paint all furniture off-white (closer to the white on the wallpaper) and put in bright glass knobs for handles (class & fun). Add a clear glass vase with some small yellow flowers for the accent (oomph).

Glass knob pics

You can also opt of sheer curtains in the shade of the leaves on your wall paper. but keep it sheer.

I probably will ericamusacchio! Right now I've just flipped the bed around (this had made the room look like it has much more space, thank you all for advising me to do that!) and placed the small draws next to the bed, (also a great idea) and have changed the bed cover to a more colourful but also floral sheet that I found lying round the house not being used, (sorry I didn't take you guys's advice on that one), I haven't had time to go shopping yet so when I will I will make a list of items you guys have suggested and try and find them!

Plus Thank you so much for all the amazing comments they have been extremely useful and I love all the ideas!
If any of you were wondering about the wallpaper...
Basically I personally do not mind it that much, and would be open to painting the walls or just keeping it the way it is or as a couple of you have mentioned, just paining above the wallpaper the same colour as the flowers however as I am still a teenager I do have to ask my parents permission before I do anything to big, although I was thinking of changing the carpet, which my parents are absolutly fine with, any ideas?

Can you possible attach a floor plan, or at least tell us the width of the window wall and the width of the bed wall? Assuming the room is a rectangle, how far is the entrance door from the bed? Is it near the corner of the room? Thx!

Ok p42baker, I do not have the dimensions and kind of doubt that I ever will honestly but I can give you a rough idea by quickly answering your questions, yes the bedroom is a rectangle shape, I do not know the width of the window wall and bed wall, sorry and the entrance is near the bottom left hand corner of the room, I was thinking of posting the small improvement of the room so far and will try to give you better quality pictures of all four sides of the room! :)

Some easy ideas...

1) Find a large corner armoire and remove all the small tables and dresser, then move the chair to the same end of the room as the armoire, to the corner or next to the armoire.

2) Use either wall sconces or floor lamp, instead of the table lamp.

3) If you need more storage space, mount a wall shelf for your books above your bed, just be sure it's high enough so you aren't banging your head on it and that it is wide enough so books don't fall off. Try to use a shelf that doesn't require visible brackets (See IKEA).

4) Move the 3 square pictures up high above the floral paper onto the solid wall spaced about 3-4 inches above the border and lined up vertically with the center of every flower. You might even add a couple more pictures in same square frames (at least same size frame) to strengthen the look of the collection so it extends 3/4 (centered) or the full length of the wall. Begin as close to the center of the wall, and yet still be lined up with the center of the flower, then work your way out using the flower centers as your guide. A laser light square tool for hanging pictures would make it easier, if you have one.

5) If you could replace the rug, use any color in the wall paper, i.e. the flower blue, leaf, background cream, etc., but if you want pop you could use a soft yellow. I would be cautious or stay away from anything two toned or multicolored. If you got lucky and found the wall paper border print in a rug pattern that might be cool. You want the floor to ground the room and not compete with wall the floral. If the floor under the rug is a decent wood, you might just use throw rugs or runners on each side of your bed, you could even use large size bath rugs as they are plush, soft, cheaper, and usually machine washable.

6) If you want/need more storage you could use a stack of hat boxes or old fashioned suitcases to put items in, stacked next to the armoire.

Now you hopefully will have more space around your bed so you can walk more freely and feel less cluttered. Everyone has sent you such nice ideas, I look forward to seeing pictures of your new room. Have Fun!

Yes, please post new pictures!

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Unless, I missed it, you have not discussed a budget, are you trying to update the room without spending any money or do you can you spend a few hundred dollars? What kind of view is out the window? Are there privacy issues or are you on a higher floor? What color would you choose for the room?

Good point, p42baker, I have not discussed a budget, preferably I would like to spend as least money as possible but some items people have suggested are quite cheap so its more possible that I will be able to do those ideas. And nope there are no privacy issues and I have quite a nice view, however sadly I prefer to keep the curtains closed as lets just say my window is not in the best shape, hopefully though I will soon get a new one! And as for a colour I would choose for the room, either a creamy white, as I've always looked the idea of having colourful items around the room which just 'pop' against the plain walls, or either a nice light blue

Cool, Well, I am going to assume that your room is between 8.5-9'wide and 12' long. That is a nice size. I agree with the others that I would put the bed in front of the window, facing you as you walk in. The bed is likely 54" wide and 72" long, so that is what I am using for my estimates.

As far as the window, it might be really easy to make it look much better very quickly, very cheaply with a little paint and a razor and caulk, so you might want to fill us in so we can make suggestions. If you really feel it must be covered, I would put sheer white curtains and stretch the the full width of the headboard, (maybe 56-60"). You little framed photos could go on either side of the curtains.

You can put the larger dresser on on side and if there is still more space, there will be room for a little shelf or small table on the other side.

Your headboard is perfect for this purpose and would look great with pillow shams leaning up against it. The wallpaper looks like it might be loose and might be really easy to take off. If this is the case, you will need to make sure that you get all the glue off before you paint, but a light blue would be beautiful. you can buy a very inexpensive cream color rug at Home Depot for about $60.

You could find some amazing travel posters or vintage European posters on the big wall as you walk in. It is also possible to paint over the wallpaper. It will depend on what your parents think and also if you own or rent the house. If you decide to do this, just make sure that there is no loose paper, you will need to glue down the loose edges before you paint, (using wallpaper glue).

If you have permission and the paper is secure, I would choose the paint option. It would be easier than having to get the glue off the walls. So, if this interests you at all, let me know, and I will send some photos for a light blue room!

Hope you can see these. The first room is very similar in size to yours. It looks great. Check on the plates on the walls in the next photo. You can buy plates like those for 50 cents at the Salvation army. The white lamps are a great touch as well!

Check out this bedroom with travel posters on the big wall. These are very inexpensive and super looking! Then look at the bicycle poster, copies of these are very affordable as well.

a couple more

Much like the other images, these photos are gorgeous! Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to sent me images! And I especially like the first and third image p42baker

Do you mean the bedrooms or the posters? The first bedroom is very close in size to your bedroom. Also, do you have any hobbies or sports that could be reflected in your room? Tennis, skiing, dance, travel etc.?

I mean the bedrooms, and I like drawing, reading my favourite comics and also travel

If you like the third bedroom, here is a video that the designer did regarding it: http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/nick-olsen-studio-apartment-video-0711

what are your favorite comic? What would be your favorite place to travel? I will see what I can come up with. As far as the third bedroom, I love the way that he added green into the mix! You could paint a bedside table green, put green knobs on the little dresser or even zig zag a chevron pattern like he did on that other dresser. Really nice!

Do not even think about painting over wallpaper. It's a nasty thing to do to whomever has to deal with that room in the future.

Well that depends on whether it is a rental and if you have permission etc. The bottom line is that often wallpaper is on older walls covering up cracks and damages in plaster. Depending on the circumstances and how well the paper is adhered, it is sometimes an option. I have taken paper off and had to skim coat every inch of the walls because of plaster issues and or ripped sheetrock. This is not something a teenager would know how to do and she might be sorry that she took the paper off to begin with. If you own the house and have helpers, it is worth it all the extra work, but if not, there are times when painting over paper is a viable solution.

Here is one more idea. Place bookshelves with drawers on either side of the bed. The ones I am attaching come in 15"wide and 18" wide. Home depot has them but they are available in lots of sizes and prices. Ikea has something similar for $39, these shown are $159. You could secure them to the wall and get someone to help you put a shelf across the top. Then you could add lamps to the interior sides as shown. I might remove one draw or move it up so that there is a place to put a book or soda next to the bed.

Hi kitcat116, I have one more suggestion I haven't read all the responses so please forgive me if I'm duplicating anyone's suggestion.

If you paint the walls above the walls paper border a beautiful deep brown, this would give the wall paper a refreshed look and new life. I can't tell from your photos how high the ceiling is and if the walls above the border are painted or wallpapered. You probably should not paint over the wallpaper, if that section of the walls are papered.

You will also need to decide, if the ceiling should be the same brown or a soft white. If your base coat is a soft white, then you can decide about the ceiling after the brown is on the walls. However, some dark colors require a special colored base so you would need to ask your paint dealer about the base coat required.

This link is to a Houzz photo so you can see the color brown I'm talking about and the walls against a white ceiling. If the ceilings are only 8ft then white may be the better choice, as the brown ceiling may make the room feel smaller, which is not what you want.

Have fun!

Thank you everyone for all the amazing comments by the way!

Nice to see a teenager interested in improving their personal space. Your wallpaper reminds me of mine when I was about your age! I would think about how you can draw the eye upwards as the wallpaper makes the room feel lower. Would your parents let you paint the upper wall teal for example? Then you could get a tall headboard perhaps and some great bedding of course. Good luck from Montreal!

Hey Kitcat, Let us know what you end up doing. Good luck with the project and have fun!

I would have put the three pictures on the small wall to the left of the window. Either in a triangle or one under the other. They seem too small for the large wall. Good luck.

If you are keeping the blue-print wallpaper, choose a blue shade from it and get a matching bedspread and curtains in that color. The fairly bold, solid color will do wonders for the room and help you make the most of the blue floral print. As another poster suggested, you can use tie-backs on the curtains, but you also could get café-style curtains and use white pull-down shades on the upper windows as needed. Some catalogs offer sturdy cord fabric bedspreads and curtains made with young people and children in mind, and they are reasonably priced. I would recommend the Blair, Haband, and Domestications catalogs, which you can find through "Google" on the internet.

I like your wallpaper. you need to organize all the items sitting around - if you have a dollar store in your area, look for colorful plastic boxes and baskets to stash things in.

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