Before we even moved to Château de Pazayac, I was looking at princess room decor. Juliette, my eldest, would be turning two when we moved and I couldn’t wait to give her a cute, girlie room, since she is the girliest of girls.
Well, the princess room decor we found in the castle was fit for Cinderella on her worst days. Juliette’s room was a complete disaster. The walls had been covered with fabric, and once upon a time must have been white(ish). They were now green/gray and sagging with fatigue. We stood in a rain of mouse droppings when we tore the fabric down. It was a great day for all!
So, to create her princess room we started with a blank canvas. (Except that she lives in an actual castle and has a tower bathroom attached to her room?!) These are the three ingredients I used to create the perfect princess room decor, and they can be put to use in any room you wish!
Three essential parts for a princess room decor
1. Molding, molding everywhere
Look at any picture of any palace and you will see molding everywhere! If you want to go really fancy, then add a line of gold onto the molding.
For Juliette’s room, I went for a more modern box trim, since I didn’t want to make it too frilly, it being completely pink and all. In hindsight, I should have gone for frilly and just taken it all the way.
Don’t forget the ceiling! The ceiling is the best place to go all out, add crown molding, box trim on the ceiling, and a ceiling rose, go nuts!
For a look that ties the room together, try to mimick other elements in the molding. I chose a ceiling rose with flowers just like on the gilded mirror. The corners on the box trim on the ceiling are rounded in the same way the doors in the corner of the room are rounded.
2. Lots of golden accents
As I said: add a line of gold. What takes princess room decor from DIY to Royal, are golden accents mixed into the room. Just take a look at Versailles and you’ll see what I mean!
We have one giant golden accent, and that is her statement mirror over the fireplace. The chandelier is golden too, as are the door protectors around the handle.
With gilding wax I took it a step further and gilded all the door joints in her room. They are steel, and I felt they just didn’t fit into the royal feel of the room, so now they’re gold!
Golden picture frames, golden details on the wardrobe, there’s gold everywhere in this room. All details are relatively small, so they don’t overpower the room, but they do give this princess room decor a little something extra!
3. Add decadent draperies
Royal rooms have serious draperies. They usually have over-the-top curtains, with a surplus of textile and drapery to hide the curtain rod.
I built a custom curtain rod cover box, given the placement of the curtain rod in this room. But I did want movement, so I used some leftover curtain textile to create a small drapery. I glued the top of it to the back of the cover box. So when turned over, it is secured, but not to the front, and can therefore move in a breeze.
Next to window treatment, princess room decor usually includes a canopy bed of some sort. Either a four-poster bed with a canopy over it, or a half-canopy attached to the wall.
For Juliette’s room, I chose a full canopy bed, in a gorgeous dark pink shade, from Atelier No74. It came with a garland of stars in colors that matched the canopy, and this is actually where I based the entire color scheme on for this room!
Juliette has a double canopy, the dark pink one, with a mosquito net under it. This year I want to give it an upgrade by buying her a Bambulah-mosquito net and building her a four-poster situation.
The secret ingredient for a perfect princess room: pink.
Princess room decor = pink, to me at least. I love princess rooms with other colors, it can be so refreshing. But for me, it has to be pink. I went all out, pink walls, pink ceiling, pink draperies. And often enough Juliette sighs and complains that her room isn’t pink enough. 💕 👛 👄 🌺
For her room, it works out since her floor is hardwood and a darker color. For the woodwork, I chose a white with a peach undertone in it. This is mainly to even out the green-hued light coming from outside, but it works well with the pink.
I told my husband that the lightest pink, on the ceiling and the bottom part of the walls, was almost white. So he had a heart attack when he opened the can 😂 I lied… However, in comparison with the darker pinks in the room, it is a wonderful shade and doesn’t come off as too bright a pink.
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