Home Makeover: Pink and Gold Girl’s Bedroom Makeover

Pink and Gold Girl’s Bedroom Makeover

We have five children in our family. Four boys and one girl. Our poor daughter! She is smack in the middle of them. Two who are older, and two who are younger! She is a trooper. For awhile, she shared a room with her younger brother, until the baby was big enough to bunk with someone else.

Here’s what her room looked like before the makeover…

And After…

Pink and gold bedroom featuring tufted wingback headboard by Randi Garrett Design

When the day finally came for brother to move out, we began to make plans for a pink and gold girl’s bedroom makeover. The goal was to create a girly bedroom for her to call her own, a haven from all of the boys! We wanted to design a room that could “grow” with her through her teenage years and would be able to switch out minor things for a fresh, fun look later if needed.

If you are planning a room makeover here are some important points to keep in mind….

For larger, more expensive pieces, choose items that are high quality and timeless in style. Spending a little more money on a piece you know you will have for years, is worth every penny.

Pink and gold bedroom by Randi Garrett Design with gold polka dot sheets from PB Teen

This bed is the focal point of the room, so spending a little more on it was worth it. It took a lot of searching to find the headboard I had envisioned. There were many that were either the right shape but wrong color, or right color but wrong shape, or not in my budget.

Finally I decided to call my local upholsterer, just to see how much it would be to have him make me exactly what I wanted. Believe it or not, he was right on the money! He created the envisioned piece that will last for years out of a durable, creamy, velvet fabric we got to choose!

Don’t be afraid to call your local upholsterer.

I found a similar tufted headboard for you here.

Pink and gold bedroom by Randi Garrett Design with leopard chair

2. Use neutral bedding as a backdrop for accent colors.

Invest in nice sheets, head pillows and duvets that will last a long time. Spend less on pieces you will tire of in a few months or years. I like using a good white or neutral colored duvet, or bedspread, that can be mixed with any pattern or color and can be bleached and washed a hundred times over.

Pink and gold bedroom by Randi Garrett Design, using PB Teen gold polka dot sheets, RH Baby and Child crown wall plaque and leopard chair

3. Making over a room takes time.

This bedroom makeover took me 6 months to complete. Purchases were spread out over those months so I wasn’t hit with a massive makeover bill. This allowed me to save up for higher ticket items and really search for sales. When rooms are decorated over time, they take on an eclectic personality rather than a staged look.

Tufted wingback headboard by Randi Garrett Design

Purchased the main pieces in the room – the bed {custom, similar here}, nightstands, neutral bedding and lamps {out of stock, similar here}.

Painted the room {Ralph Lauren’s Edwardian Linen mixed by Dunn Edwards}, added trim to the windows to give them more weight, installed crown molding, added more decor details, the bench, rug, chandelier and accent pillows.

Sources Phase 2

Pink and gold bedroom by Randi Garrett Design

Found drape fabric, sheets that add more style, some glam frames, and a girly wall plaque {similar here}. {Notice the empty frames. They sat empty for weeks!}