My sister-in-law, Kateri, just turned 16 and has been wanting to redo her room for almost a year. This spring, I helped her paint and redecorate her room so it is more sophisticated for a teenager. This teenage girl’s bedroom makeover is very neutral, and you can draw inspiration from it for any bedroom in your home. I am starting with a bright blue canvas because this is what Kateri wanted when she was younger!

Giving the Walls a New Color

In addition to the blue walls, all of her furniture was cramped into one corner of the room.

The fourth wall of the room has the closet and vanity along it.

The first thing we are doing in this teenage girl’s bedroom makeover is getting to work on painting. I am mixing up a dark gray for a feature wall, and then we will use light silver for the other three walls.

Toning down that bright blue really makes a difference. The room feels much calmer and more restful after the paint went on.

Adding Shelving

Next, we are hanging shelves above her bed. The items on the shelves that are the coral color were painted by us to match the new bedspread she bought. Kateri cut the DREAM sign out of wood in shop class at school.

The shelves are hung centered on the dark gray feature wall and just above the bed.

We arranged the bed in the center of the feature wall so that it is the focal point and she can get out of bed on either side. Her end table is next to it for drinks and the alarm clock. Along the other wall, we moved the vanity.

This is what you see when you walk into the room.

This teenage girls bedroom makeover was really inexpensive; the only thing that was purchased were the shelves and bedding.

Last week I shared the tutorial for these easy to make pallet wood arrows that I gave Kateri. Now with her new room design, they are hung on the empty wall by her closet.