Teenage Bedroom (MIY: Borghese Dresser)

Making it Yours (MIY) is a new feature for Making it Lovely. I’ll be following one piece of furniture through several stages in an imagined life and presenting a mood board for each. The first item I’m designing around is the Borghese 3-Drawer Dresser.

The dresser was last seen in a little girl’s nursery, obviously decorated by her parents. Except now the little girl has grown up a bit and she wants little to do with her parents’ style. The chandelier and the rug are still there, but everything else has changed.

Teenage Bedroom

There’s a new bed, and she’s picked out hot pink bedding with guitars all over it. The walls have gone purpley-pink and a string of butterfly lights are strung up haphazardly. There are posters and pictures all over the place, including an awesomely cheeky Rock Out With Your Cock Out print. Her initials are hung over the dresser, which is at this point covered in CDs, lip gloss, and who knows what else. The rest of her stuff is shoved into pink plastic drawers. The room is a study in controlled chaos and girlie style.

The dresser will next make it’s way to this young girl’s first tiny apartment…

Comments

15 responses to “Teenage Bedroom (MIY: Borghese Dresser)”

  1. J Avatar
    J

    I love this one! I’m definitely not a teenager but I’d still love to live in it.

  2. K.Inez Avatar

    I love this new series!

  3. Pamela Avatar

    This is so cute!

  4. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Love this! I may need to get those butterflies :)

  5. Kiona Avatar

    This is great! Definitely beats my teenage room. I am in love with the rock out print.

  6. Beycah Avatar
    Beycah

    This new series is such a fantastic idea! And very well executed, at that… I’m loving it.

  7. Gràcia Avatar

    Hahaha the print is sooo great!
    And do you think the dresser will make its way to my apartment? I’m in love with it! :)

  8. Gràcia Avatar

    By the way, thanks to your twitter I’m trying the genius playlists… let’s see what comes out!

  9. Jennae @ Green Your Decor Avatar

    The Rock Out print is awesome! My teenage bedroom was a study in lack of style…lol. And it definitely wasn’t controlled chaos…just chaos!

  10. Little Paper Dog Avatar

    What a fresh idea. I can’t wait for more more more!

  11. Room Envy Avatar

    What a brilliant idea to get a mood board going, really inpsirational & it’s great to see this creativity on show!

  12. amy purple Avatar

    My niece would adore that duvet cover. Too bad we’re trying to cut back on overspending this holiday season.

  13. Emily Avatar

    Monograms are definitely not just for teens! I have to have that letter from Delia’s. I haven’t shopped that store/site in YEARS.

  14. patricia Avatar

    Nicole-
    Have you seen the pottery barn kids “Amelia” room, it is all pink loves brown and my daughter is coveting this for her room. I love it too and immediately thought of you when she showed it to me. What thinks thee- take a look on line. PB kids.

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