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Décoration chambre ado: un re-looking inspirant dans des tons doux et apaisants

Mila’s bedroom makeover

Teen’s bedroom makeovers are very gratifying and enjoyable. It is a great opportunity to do something creative with your child (even if you hire someone else to do it). They may even become house proud afterwards. That’s what happened with Mila. She now loves her bedroom so much that she really looks after it. She does her bed every morning, puts her clothes away in the evening and burns scented candles while doing her homework. Her bedroom is now the most welcoming, feel-good room in our home.   Following Mila’s desk makeover, which many of you loved (thank you!) I have now tackled the rest of her bedroom makeover. My goal was to ensure her bed would be warm, comfortable for wintertime while feeling a bit more luxurious. A few months ago, we installed double-glazing which has made our home a lot warmer, cosier and secure. A pricey but necessarily evil home improvement. However, unlike the other bedrooms in our home, Mila’s room is exposed north and sees the least amount of sun. Since Mila didn’t want to …

Childen's bedroom makeover

Mila’s desk area makeover

Last time, we decorated Mila’s room in our holiday home in France, was shortly after we purchased the house and refurbished it at the speed of the light to rent it over Summer. Mila was two years old. We fitted a sisal carpet on the floor to hide the uneven concrete floor, painted the walls in white and added two single beds as the house is rented out to other families during the summer and caters for 8 people + a baby. If you click on the second image here when the house was featured in Boligdrom magazine in 2014 and Grand Designs in 2008, you will see that we turned the front and back of a vintage French iron bed into two headboards for every single bed. Fast forward 10 years, Mila is now a 12-year-old pre-teen, well into surfing, skating and all of the above is gone. Her room is still in need of a serious makeover and I’m planning at some point, to paint one of her walls in light grey, get …

Rafa-Kids white furniture collection

Rafa-Kids white furniture collection

Rafa-Kids, a Dutch brand I was stocking when running the e-shop (sold in January for those who missed this) have released their K Desk, XL shelf and X stool in white. Designed by Agata and Arek Seredyn, both Architects and parents of two boys, the K desk combines form and function without compromising on design. Made of sustainable wood, the K desk can be set in two different positions; closed for a desk space with clean lines and get the clutter-free look we love, and open with the perfect place to store little toys and treasures, while the inside lid space is ideal for drawings, photos or important messages. Crafted with a great attention to detail you’ll see no screws or connectors outside, while the lid has a soft close mechanism protecting children’s fingers. The desk is designed in the Netherlands and made from Finnish birch wood and birch plywood.I’m a big fan of Rafa-Kids and would love the K desk and XL shelves for Mila’s bedroom in France. What do you think of this collection? Do you have a favourite Kids furniture brand? …

Beautiful white teepee from www.bodieandfou.com

Bodie and Fou Children Look book

I have truly enjoyed styling this new kids collection…so many pretty things. What’s your favourite thing? Images: BODIE and FOU | Photography: François Köng, Styling: Karine Candice Köng  

The new Pigmée collection now in grey

Quick hello to let you know that the beautiful Pigmée dolls are now available in a beautiful grey. I love those dolls. I love how they are made, I love their shape, texture, feel and the two white, Mila had in her bedroom, look amazing so I’m over the moon to have these in grey now. Have a great Sunday bisesLEAVE A COMMENT THANKS! http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UxVs

Mila's bedroom. © Photography: François Köng, Styling: Karine Köng | http://www.karinecandicekong.com| All rights reserved

Create a pretty French kids’ bedroom on a budget

I recently updated Mila’s bedroom which you can now see in our catalogue (on issuu here), and made a few changes to show you how to create a French style kids bedroom for very little money I think. Stylish French homes love grays and the ones I mostly use at home, are from Farrow & Ball. When we moved in three years ago, the first thing I did, was to paint all the floorboards and the walls in white (except the one behind her bed which I painted in Down Pipe). To soften the whole look, I then painted her wardrobe in light gray. I can’t remember whether I used Pavilion Gray or Lamp room Gray because I used gray in our bedroom at the same time but it doesn’t really matter as you should always get a a few samples first to try different grays on your walls and see how they look in your room at different times of the day. Then I created little vignettes in each corner of her room. Needless to say that her choice of toys (bright pink and …

Mila's bedroom. © Photography: François Köng, Styling: Karine Köng | http://www.karinecandicekong.com| All rights reserved

Mila’s little bedroom revamp…

A few weeks, Mila asked for more pink in her bedroom so I decided to add soft touches to her room by painting her old white desk and chair.

Handmade Pigmée doll & garland from BODIE and FOU | Life with Mila (funny words from kids) www.karinecandicekong.com

{Life with Mila} We broke up…

A week ago weekend, Mila (6 years old) announced us she was in love with Gabriel. Last night, she showed us a nice drawing of a boy and a girl holding hands… Me: “Is this you and Gabriel?” Mila: “No we broke up” Me: “What?! You broke up?! But you told us you were in love with him over the weekend” Mila: “Yeah but I prefer Christian, he is funnier and he is in the girls’ team“ Gentlemen…if you want to hold onto a girl more than 3 days, be funny! Handmade garland | Handmade Pigmée doll | Bed from Ikea