Pimp my room!

[doubleohseven]

I love the simplicity too, but now it's time to add the finishing touch.

I recommend painting the walls in a beige colour to add warmth to the room... and depending on the type of beige you pick, it will go nicely with your wooden furniture.

But... if you can't get your hands on a paintbrush, then I recommend buying a motif or decorative stickers to put on your wall. They're simple yet effective. Ikea have a few different styles of decorative stickers; you may like this one, or maybe even this one if you're into floral prints.

Then again, you could buy or frame some photos, but don't clutter up your walls too much! Oh, and depending on how heavy your stereo is, you could have it on a wall shelf to free up some bookshelf space.

 

[cleanup]

As much as I love hard floors, I like bamboo/hardwood floors with loungemats/nice carpets on them. Not crappy, synthetic ones. Get a nice bamboo loungemat and it'll make everything feel quite a bit more cosy.

Get a lamp, for God's sake.

And a keyboard and mouse, if your MacBook is your only computer now.

Plants.

More things on the wall.

A girlfriend would also make things look a bit "nicer", although that bed doesn't look terribly big.

 

[SanderH]

K, so I definately need some plants ..

Which size are we looking at? Just some little plants to place on a shelf, or a pretty big one to place on the ground?

 

[jcrazyjj]

Me too - Because of this thread I am going to remove every electronic item from my room - then put it back again with cable tie galore.

i want through like 50 cable ties doing my setup and i can still see alot of cables cause my desk sucks. i dont have any place to have cables i have to zip tie em to the legs and cross bars. it cleaned it up alot but still not to my standards.

 

[vansouza]

Like your changes... Why are PCs so huge and ugly?

 

[SchneiderMan]

1. Get a new non white chair
2. New modern desk, maybe from ikea
3. Change the floor, if you cant do that get a nice thin carpet
4. Put some non white curtains on
5. Get a floor lamp for the corner
6. Put a nice colorful non white border picture up.

 

[jcrazyjj]

1. Get a new non white chair
2. New modern desk, maybe from ikea
3. Change the floor, if you cant do that get a nice thin carpet
4. Put some non white curtains on
5. Get a floor lamp for the corner
6. Put a nice colorful non white border picture up.

so essentially you want him to buy a new house.

 

[SchneiderMan]

^ no?

oh let me add one more thing, first thing you should do is get a little bamboo plant

 

[bc008]

^ no?

oh let me add one more thing, first thing you should do is get a little bamboo plant

QFT!!! IKEA mini bamboo FTW

 

[waloshin]

Change out the desk for a white one or get a very natural wood colored desk:

Light like this one:

For a plant: The bonsai plant!

 

[alexlovesmacs]

+1 for the bonsai

If you want to save some cash I suggest painting your desk black it would look great. the buy lamp and a nice rug.

 

[JacobC1983]

I can't believe nobody in this thread told this kid to get a TV.. a wall mount TV is an awesome way to spice up a bedroom as well as spending money on something you actually want.. instead of a stupid plant or some chinsy furniture you are going to end up throwing away anyway.

 

[SchneiderMan]

I can't believe nobody in this thread told this kid to get a TV.. a wall mount TV is an awesome way to spice up a bedroom as well as spending money on something you actually want.. instead of a stupid plant or some chinsy furniture you are going to end up throwing away anyway.

A tv for the room? thats overrated.. i watch my tv on my mac with a good screen size, that is all you need.
he does have a nice external display thats all he need i think.

 

[JacobC1983]

A tv for the room? thats overrated.. i watch my tv on my mac with a good screen size, that is all you need.
he does have a nice external display thats all he need i think.

whatever you say.. I will take my 42 inch LCD in my room laying in my bed watching movies over my two 30 inch computer monitors any day, but to each his own I guess. Also, when I think of pimping out my room, I think of best buy, ultimate electronics and audio dimensions, not queer eye for the straight guy

 

[SchneiderMan]

whatever.. best buy is for electronics not furniture.. have fun wasting your money paying full msrp and tax at best buy..
i have a living room with a sony lcd i dont need one in my room too..

 

[JacobC1983]

whatever.. best buy is for electronics not furniture..

lol exactly

 

[Harmless Abuse]

whatever.. best buy is for electronics not furniture.. have fun wasting your money paying full msrp and tax at best buy..
i have a living room with a sony lcd i dont need one in my room too..

=\ I like Best Buy sometimes. For things like televisions, they're awesome. Plus, I went to buy a refrigerator there yesterday, they knocked off $100 and gave me free delivery and haul away of my old one.

Sometimes they're quite nice. For small things like RAM and stuff, they're horrible, but televisions and appliances are good there.

To the OP: I would look into maybe a fern or something. Something easy like a peace lily, or aspidistra, because they're a little different from the bonsai and bamboo, which are really nice, but always in rooms, including mine. Peace lilies and aspidistras are very tolerant of indoor lighting situations, and need little maintenance.

I like the idea of a carpet or rug of some sorts. Something to make the room seem a little more fun.

Am I the only one who maybe thinks red curtains? Something to bring that one red wall over to the other side of the room? I don't know, perhaps I'm being silly because I'm really not good with these things actually.

 

[Ryan1524]

You need to get more modern looking furniture to fit the paint scheme. And since the paint is a little subdued, you need big, colourful artworks or posters to liven it up a little bit. Add halogen lighting to showcase the pieces. And use table and floor lamps instead of the ceiling lamp.

I also suggest moving your desk next to the window, and have your back face the wall. This will give your work area more natural light, and make you not face the wall when working. Ideally, you should half-face the door. So if people come in, they see your face, not your back.

The bed will then have to be relocated accordingly. It's a weird layout, I know, but I've used this for many many rooms and people have always thought my room looked cozy and welcoming. Mainly because when they come to see me, they see me. And the side effect usually is that my bed is across my desk. And people can sit on my bed as I talk to them from behind the desk.

Here's an example, my room two years ago:

I know it looks very bland, but I never got around to painting the room or decorating it. Too busy with work. But in General, this is the layout I was talking about.

Here's a better one. The door to the right is the entrance to my room. The bed is behind me (taking the picture).

Sorry for the mess, that's what engineering school does to people. I can quickly access my chair and desk from the door, and I also have easy access to my bed. When people come in, they can sit on my bed and still talk to me while I work - instead of having to turn around.

 

[MattZani]

SNIP SNIP SNIP

Slightly OT, but that Decks xray poster, where?

 

[Ryan1524]

I got it from a visiting poster sale on campus, called Imaginus. But a quick glance at the corner of the poster revealed 'GUSTOIMAGES' and Google found me THIS.

 

[SanderH]

Already changed some things, also planning on attaching the stereo subwoofers against the wall with these things:

To fill up the blank space on the other wall i'm thinking about adding some stencils myself since i'm just a student and those ikea murals are quite pricy.

I"m thinking about something in this style:

Or maybe I could do something with the "think different" posters.. I don't know why but I really really like the slogan. It just inspires me. The original posters look a bit dull so maybe I could make a stencil of them.. don't know yet .

Since it's a pretty big wall I'm gonna need something which is pretty wide. Or I could just hang several paintings next to each other like in the example above.

I'm far from a second picasso so I'm a bit scared of messing up my wall :/

 

[Perrumpo]

Don't get white furniture. That is the most boring ever, and will not add anything to the room. Also, beige must be the most boring color to paint a room... your paint is fine. If you can replace the furniture, dark brown or furniture would go best in that room with those paint colors, etc. That would really help. The only problem would be the closet. If you don't like dark brown furniture, go with medium/cherry.

Then, some things other people mentioned, like:
plants
area rug
curtains with color
warm lighting
artwork

I'm finally able to revamp my room, too, with replacing the furniture, even, but I'm not allowed to paint, so that sucks.

 

[benthewraith]

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I would complete the red by expanding it throughout the room. Get darker furniture and a queen bed. I would get either red, white, or very dark curtains. But that's just me.

 

[Perrumpo]

I would complete the red by expanding it throughout the room. Get darker furniture and a queen bed. I would get either red, white, or very dark curtains. But that's just me.

The problem with boldly-colored walls is that you often can't use your boldly-colored accessories. By extending the red throughout the room, you couldn't use red accents on the walls. And imo, red accents on the gray would turn out much better than going with full-out red walls.

 

[SanderH]

Anybody else who has an idea how I could be creative in some way with the think different posters?

I"m thinking about a stencil.. or something which ressembles the picture I posted a few posts above.