Big Girl Room, New Bed + New Layout

We bought and built the new bed for my daughters “Big Girl” bedroom. With that I decided to change everything! I knew this would most likely happen once we had her new bed, but not this much!

First, we debated which daybed to go with. I originally wanted to purchase this bed.

But after I measured her new room about 10 times and 10 different ways, I realized this bed would overpower the room. Its pretty tall!

So we decided to purchase the IKEA Hemnes daybed.

I figured we could always move this bed in our office or bonus room if we ever had to change our daughters room to be a shared bedroom once we have a 3rd child. That’s the goal at least.

So even though the IKEA bed is about the same size the sides and back are much shorter. Here was my original plan and layout.

We tried placing the bed like above but it ended up covering most of the window and created a awkward dead space. So we moved it on the other wall and positioned it against the window.

Here’s the new and current layout.

I also decided a tall dresser seemed odd in this space and adding any other furniture made the room feel bulky. So we decided to move our daughters current dresser into this room.

I also plan on adding the matching nightstand to the room, but I still need to finish that to match the grey dresser.

Next I decided to remove the bookshelf since it again overpowered the space. I plan on buying a small open shelf and fixing it to match the decor.

Here’s her new bed in its new location.

We also purchased some new bedding.