I am very excited to reveal Miss A’s new bedroom to you all today. I can’t believe the transformation that it has undertaken. I think we have solved all of the problems we had with her previous bedroom, and the room she now has is so much prettier and easier to keep tidy. She loves it, and has named it her new princess bedroom.
Firstly I thought I would talk a little bit about the ordering and delivery with The Range.
Its very simple to order items online, with The Range, and when they were due to be delivered it was actually when we had very heavy snow in the UK. I gave the customer service team a quick call, to check timings and they were so helpful. In actual fact, from the point of ordering they took up to four days to be delivered (it was delivered in two separate batches) and that included the weekend, great service!
The Bed is from the Julian Bowen range of furniture. It’s a 90cm single bed with a metal frame, and very well made. Priced at £129.99 (without the mattress) it’s great value for money too. I think it is the perfect bed for a girls bedroom, it looks very princessy now (as requested by Miss A) but will grow with her, which is so important. It also is at a height that we can now purchase under-bed storage for, so no more mess!
The bedside unit and the bed, were sent flat packed, and Tall Dad found them easy to put together, and there were no issues of missing pieces etc, and he completed the task in a couple of hours. The drawers are the perfect height, and have enough space for keeping all of her pyjamas and underwear in. It has meant we can put her night light on the bedside drawers (the china cottage in the above photograph) safely in the evening, as well as a book for her to read in the morning.
The bedside cabinet is also from the Julian Bowen range, priced at £89.99. It is very solidly built, and feels substantial. I love the simplicity of the design and the colour is neutral so will also work when she is older.
We also choose this rose photograph frame, from The Range a complete bargain at £7.99. It has room for 9 photographs, and is very pretty, and French shabby chic looking!
Finally we choose the bedding, we wanted the look to be girly, but not babyish. Miss A, had requested, red and pink, and we settled for this bedding, and she loves it. It does have lots of dusky pink and a little bit of a red/pink too at the centre of the roses.
There is a great selection of bedding, and as this came with a matching throw too, we thought it would give the pretty princess look we wanted to achieve. The single ‘Sarah’ duvet is priced £10.99 including the pillow case. The throw, folded at the foot of the bed is priced at £25.99. I have only washed the duvet cover once so far, but it washed well, I just needed to remember not to tumble dry.
So what do you think?
As you can see from the photographs, Miss A is already making herself at home, with her handbags on the bed, and her pretend mobile phone on the bedside cabinet. She absolutely loves her new grown up room, and so do we. The only problem is, we now have to do a transformation on her sisters room Miss N (10). So watch this space, as that room has many more issues that we need to resolve, and I hope to cover this on the blog too.
Thank you for reading
Becky says
Oh it looks lovely Amanda …well done
Amanda Cottingham says
Thank you Becky, we couldn’t be more pleased!
Mary at Keynko says
Beautiful! I love the picture frame – something she can keep and update as she grows! And my big girl ballet dancer (at 16 years old) is very jealous of her tu tu!!
Amanda Cottingham says
Yes I think you are right about the frame. It’s a passed down skirt, from her older sister, and very much treasured by her. Thank you for the comment x
Kerry Lou says
Oooh it’s lovely! And very grown up 🙂 I think I want the bedding for my own bed!
Alexander Residence says
Oh it is so gorgeous. That photo frame is such great bargain find! Lucky Miss A. I could just pretend to be a princess and curl up for a nap x
Amanda Cottingham says
Me too Penny, it really has a cosy feel to it!
Jen says
It looks lovely Amanda. The bed is gorgeous; it looks like a castle! And the bedding etc all works really well. All hail The Range!!
Amanda Cottingham says
All Hail The Range indeed, I can highly recommend them!
I love the bed so much, wonder if they do it in king size…
Nikki Thomas says
It looks really lovely! I bet she loves it as it looks so grown up and pretty?!
Amanda Cottingham says
Awh, thank you. She really loves it. Not wandered into out bed yet either in the middle of the night…the plan has worked!
Coombemill - Fiona says
Amanda that is gorgeous, so grown up and no more baby things. Like a passing of an era, I bet your daughter is going to love it. That room will grow with her now.
Amanda Cottingham says
Thank you Fiona for your very kind comment. Her Princess room is the best, she says. I’m just so happy it’s been sorted at last!
Jenny Bowen says
Beautiful range by the Range!! L
Amanda Cottingham says
Haha! Very true!
Amanda says
Oh Amanda that looks so good, we’ve got a box room to decorate and i think it’s slightly smaller than Miss A’s but you’ve really showed you can make even small rooms full of character. Can’t wait until our rooms are ready to decorate as right now they are still a building site :@(
Amanda Cottingham says
Hi Amanda, thanks for coming over and commenting.
Good luck with all of your home improvements, sounds like you have lots of plans. I’m of the thinking that smaller room, are easier to keep tidy, fingers crossed anyway!
Amanda says
I think the smaller room will be easier to decorate because it doesn’t really need to be practical yet. Whereas the master bedroom needs to be practical as well which i think is so much harder to get right. Long way of that yet so don’t need to worry just yet.
Emma says
Wow a room for a princess! I have just been tidying Erin’s room this morning and was thinking it’ll soon be time to do something. I need to find any easy storage solution that means she can still get to stuff but it can be tidy!
I love the look you have put together.
Amanda Cottingham says
If I find any neat trick or ideas for storage, I’ll let you know! We have got built in wardrobes, and we have had shelving and rails in there to help which works really well.
Thank you for popping over and commenting, have a lovely weekend.
Rebecca English says
So pretty. I love the cream and pink together
Amanda Cottingham says
Me too, wouldn’t mind that colour scheme myself!
Emily ( says
Gorgeous! Can you come and do my room next, please? 😉
Amanda Cottingham says
He he, your wish is my command Princess!
Sian says
lovely : )
the night light and frame are my favourites!
Amanda Cottingham says
I love that night light, it’s from the same people who do the white rabbit night lights. I have one as my bedside lamp…I’m such a big kid!
Sian says
oops my link went all funny!
Claire Louise says
Oh I love it, its beautiful. The bed and bedding are both very pretty and I want to order myself the pretty shabby frame. Stunning.
@clairelouise82. Xxx
Sonia says
It’s really gorgeous Amanda! I love it!! That photo frame is gorgeous!!! xxx
Anya from Older Single Mum and The Healer says
Hiya, I loved this so much I sent you an e mail about it – did you receive it?
Amanda Cottingham says
No Anya! Hang on, I’ll do search for your name in my inbox though to double check!
vito andolini says
Its always good to redesign you room and giving it a new refreshing look.