Making it Yours (MiY) is all about following a piece of furniture through several different stages of life, and showing how to reuse and repurpose it. In this edition, we’re following the window daybed, first seen here in a young boy’s bedroom. He still had it as his bed in his teenage bedroom (he’s a short enough guy), but when he moved out it became his couch. He still had a lot of maturing to do, so now we’re checking in on him many years later.

The daybed still functions well as a sofa here, but the other elements surrounding it have become more sophisticated as our fellow’s taste has evolved. A worn looking rug, industrial lighting, and cool vintage-style chair play off of the mod nesting tables and vintage record player (both kept from the previous look). Oil jars bring a nice texture in, and the wall color picks up on their green/gray/blue shade. A Katagami print adds graphic punch to the walls, and the daybed has been softened with a few faux suede pillows and an octopus pillow.

The daybed has held together well, and we still have one more look to go before ending this edition of Making it Yours. Our fictional guy has come so far, and I start to feel attached to my characters as I design their spaces. I have a couple of ideas for the end, but I’m waiting to see where he’ll end up exactly!

Our little boy is all grown up! We’ve been following the window daybed in this edition of Making it Yours (MiY) as it grows with him, and so far we’ve seen it in his childhood bedroom and again as he was a teenager. Now he’s on his own, and the daybed has found its way to the living room as the couch in his apartment.

Our guys still loves to play guitar. He’s pretty into his music, so he picked up a vintage record player and is now annoyingly into vinyl (he just brings it up waaay too often at parties). He has brought his black armchair with him from his teenage bedroom, and he likes to relax by playing rad games like Portal (hence the framed poster). The living room is a little sparse, but he did bring in some cool nesting tables and a floor lamp with a wooden shade, and he likes that there’s room to keep his bike by the front door. There’s no rug, but the apartment has wood floors, and he painted the walls gray/blue.

What’s next for our single guy? Want him to settle down or keep living the bachelor life?