Fun, bright two-year-old boy's room - Instagram winner

Lucky little two-year-old Christian has an amazing bedroom designed by his Mum Nina. And soon it will also include the gorgeous Little Red Industries tree shelf as Christian's room has won Round 3 of the Australian Kids Room competition on Instagram. It's light, bright and has great balance. I really like the simplicity of this white room with its neutral furniture and great use of primary colours. Read on for Nina's advice on putting together a fun boy's room:

Room: Christian's bedroom (the tiniest room in our house)
Age: 2
Designed by: Mum and jewellery designer Nina (@Eva_and_Tissy)
Location: Melbourne

Western Cowboy themed bedroom for Eli, age 6

Amy from Happy As Larry Designs has a way with rooms for her boys; and lucky for them that she can incorporate her own felt ball rug designs, made in collaboration with artisans in Nepal. Her son Eli loves the Western/Cowboy theme and Amy's Aztec-style navy and white felt ball rug brings it all together. Read on for Amy's tips on how to create a great space for a 6-year-old boy...

Room: Eli's bedroom
Age: 6 years old
Designed by: Amy Eaton (Happy As Larry Designs)
Location: Perth, WA

Black, white and yellow boy's bedroom - 9 years

Amy from Happy As Larry Designs showcases the gorgeous black and white felt rug that she designed in her son Isaac's room. The grey walls are a great base for the monochrome elements and the pops of yellow. Isaac loves being silly and bouncing around but also wants a quiet space to listen to music, sit and read on his beanbag, and play with his Lego. Isaac has Autism, so Amy wanted to create a room for him that caters to some of his sensory needs. Read on for more tips from Amy on creating a great room for her 9-year-old son.

Room: Isaac's black, white and yellow wilderness-themed bedroom
Age: 9 years old
Designed by: Raquel Belli from Inspired by Pearl; a Perth-based Interior designer for kids
Location: Perth, Australia

Harper's aqua terrace bedroom

Harper lives with her parents and two sisters in a gorgeous renovated terrace in an inner Sydney suburb. She loves make cities using Lego and collecting crystals, rocks, seed pods, and flowers. Her favourite toy is Mr Crocodile and she loves putting together outfits to wear and re-arranging the decorative elements in her room.

Harper's Mum Karlee put together this very sweet bedroom for her using a white base with aqua and pops colour, contrasting with earthy, textural accessories. Read on for more..

Amazing loft bunk bed room for three girls

Introducing the Bondville Instagram #AustralianKidsRoom competition Round One winner - Melissa B's daughters' room featuring this amazing loft bunk bed that Melissa and her husband made themselves. The combination of the soft pastel colours with white and duck-egg blue wall make this a room that little girls dream of.

Room: Melissa's daughters' room including a loft bed and single bed
Ages: Three girls aged 4, 8 and 9 years
Designed by: Mum Melissa

Freedom and Real Living magazine eiderdown

I thought you'd like a peek at the sweet eiderdown from the Real Living magazine and Freedom collaborative homewares and bedding collection that has just been launched. I'm sharing all the photos from the sumptuous lunch tomorrow here on Bondville, but in the meantime, here is the Sunny Heart quilt that I received at the launch. My 7-year-old adores it on her bed:

Pillowcase from Kip & Co. | Eiderdown from Freedom | Zedd mini chair from Freedom | my old Enid Blyton books that my daughter now loves.

Image: Steph Bond-Hutkin | Bondville

Monochrome toddler's room by Young Folk

Monochrome is big right now and what better place to experiment than you're child's room! Keep it simple in black and white, or layer with greys and a pop or two or colour. Clever Sydney-based Melissa Lee from the Young Folk online children's interiors store and styling service designed this amazing bedroom for her client's 2-year-old son. My favourite? The back-of-door bear decal - so fun!

Room: Toby's monochrome bedroom

Age: 2

Designed by: Melissa Lee from Young Folk

Location: Avalon, NSW

Bondville 5 year old blue, peach, pink and green girl's room

Would you like a peek at my daughter's room? It's very real - look... no ironed bed linen! It's a brand new quilt cover and pillow scored in the sales at Country Road, and new Rosie The Dreamer pillow case from One In A Melon Designs that I bought for her for her recent 5th birthday. It's a pillow and a softie all in one! We usually pop a favourite toy on the bed, but I can't bare to cover up Rosie's face. Here are all the details of the room:

Room: My youngest daughter
Age: 5
Designed by: Mum Steph Bond-Hutkin (Bondville) - that's me!
Location: Sydney, NSW

Caleb's grey nursery with pops of colour

Mum Amy filled her newborn son Caleb's room with lots of beautiful fair trade products from her online store Happy As Larry Designs. I'm completely wow'd by Amy's ombre grey IKEA drawers hack. They look amazing with colourful knobs to match the pixel rug. Read on for all the details from Caleb's gorgeous room.

Room: Caleb's nursery
Age: Newborn
Designed by: Mum Amy (from Happy As Larry Designs)
Location: Perth, WA

Grace's pretty pastel girl's bedroom

I don't know about you, but my girls are just drawn to pastel colours, pinks and yellows. I promise it's not forced on them - I'm always presenting them with cool grey, black, monotone and darker colours - but they just can't get enough of a candy-sweet palette. (also, they would have floral everything - yikes!)

Tara Chadwick's daughter also loves softer colours and this Mum has done an amazing job of curating a room full of lovely girly touches without being cloying. The pastel palette with bright yellow against a white/neutral background is a real winner. Tara kindly shares some of her advice on creating a lovely room just like this.

Room: Grace
Age: 6 years old
Designed by: Tara Chadwick (Grace's Mum)
Location: Bannockburn, VIC

Georgia's mint, pink and gold bedroom

My daughter has mint-painted walls in her bedroom and I tell you, it has not been an easy task for me to pull together her room. Luckily, I can take inspiration from Sydney children's interior designer Kate Sparks of Little Dwellings who shares her daughter Georgia's room, below. Kate makes mint sing - in fact, the room would not be nearly as cute with white walls.

I had coffee with Kate yesterday to chat through how she put this room together and she is not just clever and stylish, but the sweetest person you can imagine too! She very generously shared lots of information about her daughter's room - so many pieces are designed and made in Australia. Let's have a good look:

3 Year Old Maisyn's Sweet Room

Welcome to 3-year-old Maisyn's lovely bedroom. These gorgeous photos are by one of my favourite child portrait and kids' interior photographers - Danielle Trovato Photography. Maisyn's Mum is the clever Samantha Mungean of Maisy Dee - an online store stocking handmade essentials for babies and kids. Many of the pieces that you will find below are recycled and renovated, or made by Sam. Read on to find out more about this special room that will grow with cutie Maisyn.

Maisyn wears: Minti pants, Country Road long-sleeved top, Bobo Choses jumper
Quilt: White quilt cover from Spotlight and vintage kantha from eBay

The neutral-coloured walls and floor make a great canvas for the lovely muted colour palette in Maisyn's room. Choosing black polks dots was so clever - they pick up the legs of the Acapulco chair and help the room feel modern, without competing with the artworks and colour.

Room: Maisyn's bedroom
Age: 3
Designed by: Mum Samantha (Maisy Dee)
Location: Mornington Penninsula, VIC

Poppy's big girl room with pops of fuchsia pink

Two-year-old Poppy has been expecting a baby brother or sister to arrive, so it was time to set up a 'big girl' room. Mum Stacey said, "Minky Mary the dummy fairy delivered the bed in exchange for Poppy's dummies! Two big rites of passage in one weekend. Big girl Poppy has taken it all in her stride however and impressed her mummy and daddy no end. Couldn't be prouder of our grown-up girl."

Read on for all the info on Poppy's sweet big girl bedroom with its pops of fuchsia pink. How amazing is the paper doe sculpture on Poppy's wall!

Room: Poppy's bedroom
Age: 2 years 8 months
Designed by: Mum (Stacey)

Bo Ho Jo Interiors eclectic girl's nursery

Sami from Bo Ho Jo Interiors is an interior stylist specialising in childrens' rooms, and shares with us today the amazing eclectic nursery of her own gorgeous 16 month old daughter Bo. It's filled with a mix of bohemian textiles, vintage pieces and muted colours with a global vibe. I am a complete sucker for the wooden flamingo child's chair. And wait until you see the leather change table! So inspired. Thanks Sami for sharing with us Bo's room and all your tips and sources...

Room: Eclectic girl bedroom of Bo
Age: 16 months
Location: Geelong, Victoria
Designed by: Sami Johnson of Bo Ho Jo Interiors

Sunday Collector confetti wall 1-year-old bedroom

Interior stylist and props buyer Briar Stanley from Sunday Collector knows a thing or two about putting together gorgeous, livable rooms. I'm thrilled to share with you the nursery that Briar created for her one-year-old daughter Sunday. It's an amazing space and I'm super-inspired by the amount of DIY, upcycling, vintage and handmade items that Briar mixes with a few modern designer pieces.

image: Ellis Parrinder

I also love the use of the chalkboard and bold grey walls which are a refreshing change from white! The grey colour (Taubmans Inverness) allows the colours in the room to really pop.

Briar was inspired by Beci Orpin's book Find and Keep (see my review of the launch here) to create a gorgeous confetti wall for Sunday's bedroom. You can also see a similar confetti wall looking amazing at Danielle Trovato's daughter's party right here on Bondville. It's an instant celebration in Sunday's room!

Room: Sunday's nursery
Age: 1 year
Designed by: Mum Briar Stanley (Sunday Collector)
Location: Sydney, NSW

Yellow striped kids loft bedroom

This gorgeous loft-style bedroom features wide yellow stripes painted by Mum Janine. I love the sunshine-happy top bunk space with the now-iconic IKEA PS 2012 quilt cover and pillow. Janine made the cockatoo cushion using the Priscilla Queen Of The Burbs craft panel, hand-screenprinted by Brisbane-based cat & vee (available at Kelani Fabric Obsession) and yellow pom pom trim. P.S. Kelani Fabric Obsession is offering a birthday sale of 20% off fabrics and patterns through until 10pm on 8th September, 2013. Enter the code CELEBRATE at checkout.

Image: Janine @ Kelani Fabric Obsession

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Poppy's Pink and Green Bedroom

Interior designer Melinda Hartwright from Georgica Pond Interiors is most well-known for her blue-and-white Hamptons-style taste and I can tell you that her home is simply gorgeous. Mel has kindly shared with us her daughter Poppy's gorgeous bedroom which is equal parts sweet and chic.


Room: Poppy's bedroom
Age: 3
Designed by: Mum Melinda Hartwright (Georgica Pond Interiors)
Location: Sydney

Rachel Castle's kids' rooms in I Love My Room book by Megan Morton

If you follow uber-stylist and champion-of-beauty Megan Morton on any social media, you will know that her exuberance and love of life is infectious. This joyfulness has translated beautifully into her new book showcasing... wait for it... children's rooms!!!! I Love My Room documents kids' rooms with heart and soul, by some of Australia's most talented parents.

Would you like a sneak peek? I'm so thrilled to showcase the rooms of artist/homewares designer Rachel Castle's children Cleo (10) and Lucky (7) in Sydney. The use of judicious colour against a neutral base and lots of Rachel's lovely artwork is right up my alley. I think this book might have been written just for me.

 

Real kids room: Meredith Gaston-inspired bedroom

More real kids' room goodness from the Ivens family for you today. Kelly Ivens took a different approach from her son Kirby's room when designing her daughter Lexi's space. The red, pink and white colour theme is built around two gorgeous Meredith Gaston original canvases, custom-designed to feature the family's dogs. It's a light, bright, inspiring room that I'm sure her daughter will love for years.

Designed by: Mum Kelly Ivens
Location: Waurn Ponds, VIC
Photography: Sara Taylor Photography

Lexi's Room (age 5)

Lexi's room has been designed to incorporate the bold red, pale pink and white colour palette in the artworks. It's bright, light and fun. The lush charcoal grey carpet is a great contrast and provides a strong platform for the light, bright colours - and ties beautifully with the dogs and touches of grey in the Meredith Gaston canvases. Keeping all the furniture white and the walls neutral allows the artwork to really shine.

Real Kids Room: grey chevron 2 year old boy's bedroom

I've featured on Meredith Gaston's gorgeous artwork here on Bondville before, so when I spotted Kelly Iven's childrens' bedrooms on The Wall Sticker Company website, I knew they would be a perfect fit for Bondville. Kelly was the winner of the The Wall Sticker Company Room Of The Year competition for her son Kirby's amazing room featuring the grey chevron removable wallpaper. I thought we would start this real kids room tour with Kirby's room - it's pretty amazing!

Rooms designed by: Mum Kelly Ivens
Location: Waurn Ponds, VIC
Photography: Sara Taylor Photography