Project The Bones - Kid’s Bedroom

I wanted to share this children’s bedroom that we completed a bit ago. Is there anything more southern than seersucker? What I love about seersucker is it’s timeless. We’ve seen seersucker in clothing for how many decades now? And we all know we’ll be seeing it for decades to come so clearly it will stand the test of time in your home too.

What we wanted to create in this space was a classic and traditional boy room. If you have boys you know they love cars and balls. This boy was in his baseball phase so we knew we had to incorporate it to his space.

A classic boy space that will grow with him for years to come.

I think it’s important to always have hidden storage in children’s spaces. They tend to collect things, ok, a lot of things, but the parent might not always want to see all their collections. We try and incorporate storage that can be closed off just for this reason. A unique feature of this bedroom is the vintage porthole window that was retrofitted with a mirror. The patina of it really compliments the classic, old charm of the bedding.

We selected a metal wrapped dresser in an aged brass to bring warmth to the room along with a commissioned painting by Ashley Saer.

We wanted this bedroom to have a timeless, classic feel that would stand the test of time. One way we accomplished this was with our finish selections. We selected quite a bit of brass pieces for a cohesive look but also the wood bed with its carved spindles also plays in to the quintessential vintage feel.

A special nod to this child’s grandfather with a polaroid of his grandfather’s Porsche named Trinket, along with the keychain the car came with. What boy isn’t going to find a sports car “cool”? To also bring in the traditional feel with an updated look we sourced an antique nightstand and had it painted in a grey blue color and added an unlacquered knob that will continue to patina with time.

The real showstopper of this bedroom are the large Porsche photographs by Alyssa Rosenheck. The starting off point once we selected the seersucker bedding was to source photos of a vintage car because I knew they could grow with the young boy into his teenage years and then into adulthood.

I remembered awhile back that Alyssa had randomly posted to her Instagram stories a photo of a really beautiful old black convertible. Alyssa at the time was an interiors photographer for many of the top designers in the country so to see a photo of a car on her stories was unique. I reached out to her to ask if she had taken any other photos of the car. I was elated to hear back from her and even more excited to hear she had taken a lot of photos of the car. She took photos from every angle and such unique detail shots of the car the problem was how to narrow it down to just four.

Let’s look at the hubcap photo. Are they still called hubcaps on a Porsche? Or are they called something fancier? Let’s just say hubcap on this interiors blog shall we? We have the reflection of the vista on the hubcap along with on the body of the car giving off this warm glow. Then we have the top right photo, which has so many components of the car. We have that cute little mirror. Gosh, any car enthusiast has got to really love my car vocabulary. But stick around, it’s all out of love and appreciation for this car, I promise. Then combined with the silver accents of the front window, speedometer and steering wheel popping off the black, but then with the warmth of the camel colored leather on the dash with the wood steering wheel. Ohhh, I love this shot. We then come to the steering wheel. Can you have any vintage car photo without showcasing a wood steering wheel. I selected a burlwood frame to frame these in to really accentuate the warmth of the steering wheel and dash. The last shot, hands down my favorite aspect is the condensation that she was able to capture. It tells me this is a crisp early morning with the sun just coming up (per first photo). But then, the car just looks so happy in that last photo. I’m sure that’s what all car people say, I liked the car because it looked happy. But do let me know if you find a cute, happy car. I’d love to see it.

As the child gets older, kids tend to like a place to sit and hang, so we’ve given him that with a faux leather version of a sling chair.

Maren Morris’ music video of The Bones. Enjoy!

Thanks so much for reading!

Tucker