Get The Look: Red and Blue Colour Scheme In Your Child's Bedroom

Last time, we talked about children's bedrooms with a blue and red colour scheme. Shall we take a look in a little more detail at how to pull this look together for your own little poppets, by taking a step by step approach to this gorgeous children's bedroom in Bazeley House?

In order to allow the room to grow with the child, I'd advise choosing a fairly neutral background. We chose to use Farrow and Ball Pale Powder (more on that shortly!), a perfect, chalkily soft Robin's Egg shade, but for the look featured here, try Farrow and Ball Lime White.

Once the bare bones are established, it's time to build layers of your dominant colour, in Bazeley House, they've chosen blue, so we see that bright seaside blue in the duvets, throws, the clock, artwork and accessories.

From there, it's time for step 3: add smaller splashes of your secondary colour, red.

Finish with a final flourish of quirky extras to add your own special twist that's unique to you and your children. Time to arrange your kiddiewinks' favourite toys, or first pair of shoes....have fun and don't forget to let me know how you get on!

Images via 1st Option

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Blue and Red Colour Schemes In Children's Bedrooms

My all-time favourite colour scheme in children's bedrooms is red and blue. It has Modern Country Boys Bedroom written all over it.

It's the colour scheme I've gone for in our boys' bedroom and I'm loving it. But before we get to the final reveal, let's take a look at some fantabuous inspiration. 

{Tissues for mopping up drool will be supplied.}

Some of these have their emphasis very firmly on red, with snippets o' blue...

...and others reverse the trend and side with the blue and introduce touches of red...

Some are neutral with accents of red and blue. Greedy?!

Some veer deliciously to the Country edge of Modern Country...

While others teeter on the brink of Modern....

Some are for multiple children...

...whilsy others are for singletons...

Do it any which way you like: in my book of Modern Country, design a boy's bedroom around a red and blue colour scheme and you can't go far wrong!

  

Images via Sarah Richardson Design, Cabbages and Roses, Kate Forman, inknown, Country Living, unknown, unknown, Casa Tres Chic, Trent Derby, unknown, unknown, unknown, Yahohoic

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Cotswold Cottage House Tour

Before we embark on our children's room craft spree, let me share this gorgeous country cottage, tucked away in a corner of my neck of the woods: the Cotswolds.

{Try Farrow and Ball Light Blue for a similar front door paint.}

The front entrance has chockablock charm with its muted honey-coloured Cotswold stone, lavender-lined path and topiary: Modern Country garden bliss....but its the kitchen that caught my eye. See what you think...

Isn't she a beauty?

Nestled in the sweetest of sweet alcoves; small but perfectly formed.

The rest of the house is just as exquisite...

And who can ever resist the velvety warmth of a squishy armchair by a blazing inglenook fire?

Or, for that matter, a stable door? Yes, this is a home that spares no country punches.

  

But what about beams, I hear you cry? 

Aah, would I disappoint you?!

This attic bathroom is perfection! Those curved attic beams have me all a-quiver.

Definitely time for a lie down....

Images via Thurston Boyd

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Modern Country Children's Room Tour....

And, again, in this child's bedroom with touches of Modern Country Style, it's the little things that count. I'm talking about...

....wooden crates to hold teddies and books....

...carefully chosen toys...

{though I must confess I've happily never quite cracked getting my children to only pick toys that tie in with their room scheme!!}

...plenty of homespun crafts.....

...co-ordinating white furniture; children's rooms are generally smaller so any hotch-potching of furniture stands out like a sore thumb....

...and those little personal touches....

Whether you're a beginner to getting a nursery or children's rooms together, or a more seasoned pro, I have just the sewing project for you coming up. Time-consuming but easy and so, soooo worth it!

Images via Cosy Cottage Cute

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My Real Ruler Height Chart!

It's the small touches, they say, that make the difference....and never has that been more true than in Modern Country Style children's bedrooms.

My tick-list for must-have accessories in my own or my client's homes is pretty demanding. They must look good, perform beautifully, earn their keep (children's bedrooms can often be smaller than average so every square inch counts), stand up to the rigours of little hands, and have that timeless Modern Country look that I love. 

I first saw the idea of over-sized rulers as height charts a while back on The Great Interior Design Challenge but it wasn't until I stumbled upon The Real Ruler Height Chart Company, an utterly delgithful, utterly professional company based in rural West Sussex, that I succumbed to temptation.

They make a beautiful feature of measuring ritual, heretowith scribbled on door posts up and down the country! The Height Charts from The Real Ruler Height Chart Company are made from responsibly-sourced Redwood Pine of exceptional quality. Mine has been cut and stained (by hand, I might add) to mimic a vintage school-ruler, although you can also choose from a variety of Farrow and Ball paint options.

Something to look out for when buying one for your own family is to remember to choose a style that has been chamfered on each side for a truly authentic appearance.

The measurements run up each side (feet and inches on one, centimetres on the other) catering for both imperial and metric enthusiasts! 

My Height Chart genuinely looks like an old-school ruler, only this one goes up to six foot six!

Get yours here.

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