Kids' Corner from Your Home and Garden magazine
Creating a desert-themed room is a great way to put a new twist on pastel shades of peach and blue and explore fun motifs such as camels and cacti
Desert-inspired interiors have been gaining popularity over the past year and it’s easy to see why – the muted, sunset colours, an emphasis on texture, and iconic images of sun-bleached landscapes, wind-carved dunes, cacti and camels are easy on the eye and together create a welcoming, relaxed ambience.
The starting point for this bedroom – which would suit a child of any age – is a cool framed camel print. Using the sandy shade in the photo for our wall and floor colour with Resene Sand, we then added accents of terracotta and pale blue for contrast.
The layered bed invites relaxation and mixes natural linens with comfy cushions and a throw which all tie in with the paint colours and the artwork. The beautiful rattan chair makes a great reading spot and contributes another natural texture to the look.
Use Resene Sandtex in your chosen Resene colour to take this theme further and create a sandy texture.
Wall and floor painted in Resene Sand, zigzags in Resene Eskimo and Resene Florentine Pink, bench in Resene Eskimo, baskets in Resene Florentine Pink, Resene Just Right and Resene Eskimo.
To create the wall pattern, start your first line of zigzags about 1.6 metres up from the floor. Use painter’s masking tape to mask off the zigzags – we allowed 50cm for each zig or zag, painted each line 12cm wide, and left a 20cm gap between the blue and terracotta lines. Paint the zigzags, leave to dry then paint a second coat. Remove tape when dry. If you are keen on adding more zigzag colours, add your favourites colours using Resene testpots.
Available in so many sizes and shapes, baskets are great for storing everything from toys and books to shoes and clothes. To tie them in with this room’s palette, we took two raffia baskets and gave them a new look with painted stripes, using painter’s masking tape and some Resene testpots.
Created and styled by Vanessa Nouwens. Photography by Wendy Fenwick.
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