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room wasn’t prepared
to grow with its two
elementary-age boys. The
blue walls were both too
vivid and too conventional.
As for the furniture, the
dresser had already
morphed from changing
table to clothing storage
but needed a refresh, and
the unbunked beds looked
like afterthoughts.
Next stage
Stephen first addressed
the room’s color palette.
Dark khaki walls will wear
well as the boys grow
older. Colorfully striped
bedding brought some
crowd-pleasing blue back
into the space. But it’s the
pine door-turned-
headboard that finishes
the room. Turn the page
for how-to instructions.
with S t e p h e n S a i n t - O n g e
Mismatched beds begone. This inexpensive
headboard is actually a solid pine door (and
comes together without any special tools).
Too young
A make-do shared bed-
BY JOANNA LINBERG; PHOTOS: LAURA MOSS; BEDDING. DRAPES: PB TEEN
