What to Do With a Funky Mobile Home Bedroom
by
Dianna Wood
(IC: blogger)
The bedroom of our 1964 single wide mobile home presented a huge interior design challenge. The room is only 10' X 10" and has a built in vanity on one side and closets on the other; so, there is only one place to put the bed. The biggest challenge was the the long skinny window above the existing light fixtures where the headboard has to go.
I new I did not want blinds or drapes or anything that would collect dust and be difficult to clean. Here is what I came up with, after a month of experimenting.
I new I did not want blinds or drapes or anything that would collect dust and be difficult to clean. Here is what I came up with, after a month of experimenting.
I had three black frames that just happened to fit in the frame of the long skinny window. I wanted to carry the "Word" theme into this section of the room; so, I did some typography and printed out black and white's on my home printer. I had a ton of cheap bamboo place-mats to I cut them to fit inside the frame and placed the 8 1/2 X 10 prints on top of the bamboo mats. VOILA! I can even slide these back and forth and lift them out with ease for cleaning.
I then placed our wedding picture in the center and some artsy closeups of our hands with our wedding rings on.
I love how the bamboo placements add a warm glow and tie in with the sea grass baskets on either side of the nigh stands.
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Published May 18th, 2014 2:21 PM
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Tan12280087 on Apr 02, 2017
Thanks for the great ideas!
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Dianna Wood on Apr 13, 2017So glad to be able to inspire others. We actually just sold our home and will be moving to North Carolina. So looking forward to more wall space and room to create all over again.
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Angie on Oct 29, 2019I love this idea! Very creative, I shook my head and said “ why didn’t I think of that”. I will use this idea in my husband’s hunting RV. I will use scripture and photos of my husband and the game he got. I will also add pictures of my kids and their game they killed. thank you again for sharing this idea! Oh, I love the bamboo photo mats. They look great with the baskets you have. I am also going to use the bamboo for my husbands Hunting RV pictures
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