girl's bedroom design

(top image: slightly asymmetrical floor plan, giving the room three zones of activity.)
(image below: symmetrical floor plan anchored by the east-facing window, giving the room two zones of activity.)

I designed a little girl's room for a friend who's expecting another baby at the end of the year. She and her husband needed a simple design that focused more on re-arranging than re-doing everything. My solution was to keep the wall color, and rather paint a few new and existing furniture pieces the same color, tying the furniture together into one "language" for the room. I leaned on a few of my favorite local shops for some awesome vintage kid accessories to bring the room down to their daughter's level (the room is currently a spare bedroom more fit for an adult).
My friend plans to make a quilt for her daughter's room, from which I pulled colors for the furniture and accessories. The only piece of furniture they plan to purchase is a dresser, which we will repurpose into the color scheme. All in all, the room makeover cost was less than $200, and will look completely different with a few simple, coordinated gestures!