It’s finally here. How we decorated the room that was created using a temporary wall. Huge thanks to my design assistant Albina Dobruskin (((HUG))) for helping me take photos. What a crazy day it was .. squeezing in styling and photographing mid afternoon. We were racing against the clock (tick tock, knowing that by 4pm it would be dark outside and we would lose natural light, eek). The scoop: our client has a 1 bedroom apt, but needed an extra room so we added 2 pressurized temporary wall systems to create a guest sleeping room which was also to be used as a study room + current yoga room + and eventually become a nursery room. Mission accomplished!
THE DESIGN PLAN
I already knew Melanie and Rahul’s design style since I decorated their previous apartment, so this would be a breeze, right?! Um, not really. Remember, I needed to design a TEMPORARY bedroom from an EMPTY space (NO WALLS!) and make it MULTI-FUNCTIONAL and ECONOMICAL since they may be/could-be/possibly moving. I was def, up for the challenge. I finished a pint of ice cream (my brain food!) for inspiration, and came up with a design and Albina and had fun styling it.
HERE’S THE REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST:
Keeping: their existing window blinds and a small TV
walls installed – temporarily
guest bedroom – we added murphy bed, dresser, table lamp, happy colorful bedding, decor
yoga/ meditation space – green meditation pillows added, existing TV mounted to the wall for yoga tapes, bottom of dresser can be used to store pillows
study area – the murphy bed I hunted down + presented for clients approval has a pull out table (awesome sauce!).
tiny nursery space – yep, they were expecting. Still in the early stages of the preg, they simply wanted an area to add a small crib which they would buy when the due date got closer. Remember, they were possibly having to move back to California for work so all items had to be ECONOMICAL and transferable.
The murphy bed came with a strap so you can tuck in the bedding and pillow and open /close the bed without it falling out. Yes, my friends murphy beds are STILL AWESOME. You just need to get the right design.
PEEK AT THE TEMPORARY WALL INSTALL
What a huge difference huh? Yep, interior design school teaches us magic! From no walls into … tadaaa …. a cozy, stylish, hip, modern extra room.
update: Melanie and Rahul had a beautiful baby girl named Anjali (I love that name!), and yes they ended up moving back to California. But before they moved they all did get to enjoy the designed room.