#AD This post is in collaboration with Desenio Prints
I love my daughter’s bedroom. In fact, if I am honest I would go so far as to say it is probably my favourite room in our entire house. Not only is it the lightest, biggest and most airy room in our small 3 bedroom semi-detached home, but as she has grown up, Erin’s rooms has been swapped, changed and adpated to meet her changing needs. Over the last six years, her bedroom has been transformed from a baby’s nursery to a toddler bedroom and more recently, has become a great space where she can not only get a peaceful night’s sleep, but can also play, read and learn.
We are lucky that her room has the space for a large cabin bed with a pull out desk, lots of useful storage, and more recently, a small reading corner we have created just for her – a space where she can sit and chill, delve into a book and whisk herself off into a world of imagination. She loves reading now, and as it took us quite a while to get to grips with phonics and blending, it’s such a lovely sight to see her enjoying the experience.
Creating a Gallery Wall with Desenio Prints
Up until recently there was only one thing lacking in her bedroom and that was some artwork. Whist I loved the rose pink walls and the soft grey carpet, her room didn’t really represent Erin’s personality which is vibrant, bold and full of life! As a big Instagram fanatic, I have often swiped through grid pic after grid pic of beautifully styled children’s bedrooms and felt a little bit envious, longing to create something similar at home. I have seen so much inspiration for gallery walls – walls of prints and posters in different size frames that can really create a feature on one side of the room. They look amazing, and I was really keen to create something similar myself.
Desenio Prints challenged me to check out their Gallery Wall tool on their website, in order to create some personal themed space for Erin’s bedroom. Desenio have a huge range of prints on their site suitable for all rooms of the home, including children’s bedrooms and nurseries. Using their gallery wall builder on their website, you can even mock up what it might look like before you place your order!
Children’s Gallery Wall Inspiration
We decided to let Erin help me select the prints for her gallery wall, and as such it was quite an interesting experiment to see what designs grabbed her attention!
The first was the Bear Family print, an adorable family of Polar bears, with their eyes, ears and noses being the only touch of black amoung a sea of white. With a rose pink background I thought this was an excellent choice and extremely cute.
Next up was the Sprinkle Ice Cream, and it’s not hard to understand why this one caught Erin’s attention. With a pink lolly covered in sprinkles of colour, this one was right up her street.
We then opted for Grow Up Pink – with its fun typography message. I had to explain what this one meant to Erin, but felt this was the perfect message to accompany her reading area, reminding her to enjoy being little whilst she can!
Finally we chose the Bubbles print in pink and grey, which I felt was a great combination of colours to compliment the other designs we chose.
The great thing about Desenio is that the prints and frames are available to buy separately, meaning you can chose to hang or display the prints in whatever size and by whatever method you see fit. We love the hanging frame (although decided against hanging it with string on this occasion), and love the white frames to keep the room clean and bright. Washi tape is also a great modern way to display prints and posters without damaging or putting nails into your wall – an ideal option if you are renting or planning to change the room layout fairly regularly.
Overall we are all really pleased with the finished effect of Erin’s galary wall. I Love the colours and love the fact that they remain consistent with Erin’s existing rose pink and grey colour scheme. They really have added a bit of personality into her personal space.
The finished Gallery Wall effect
I would have loved to have had a little reading area like this when I was a child. It is now looking like a really lovely ‘nook’ where she can go and relax and have some down time before bed. Erin was over the moon when the prints arrived and Daddy hung them when she was out at school, so she came back to a lovely surprise to see them displayed on the wall.
The quality of the frames and prints from Desenio was very high, and I love how easily we can unclip and replace the prints as her preferences grow and change. The prints are great value for money, and now that we have the basic gallery wall shape in place, we could order new ones if ever we decided to change the colour scheme or theme of her bedroom.
Exclusive Reader Discount
Fancy creating your own gallery wall at home? With a wide range of prints available to suit every kind of room in your home, why not check out the full range at Desenio and get some ideas on how to bring your home to life!
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