- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
Today, I'm gonna give you a tour
of my son Caleb's room.
It is now finished and I posted a picture
on Instagram of it, and so many of you said,
"Can we see a room tour?"
So, I'm gonna show you around today
and I'm also gonna give you five tips
on how to feng shui a room for a child.
Okay, so I'm just gonna walk you
through like you're around my house.
Well, we recently did up Caleb's room
because we had some building work done
and we needed to move the window,
and we just wanted to, like, revamp it.
It was a quite tired and old room,
and it was very much a baby room.
It had little baby-blue stars on the walls,
old carpet, and it just needed to be redone.
While we were planning out Caleb's room,
I actually looked into feng shui for children
because I envisioned this room
being his big-boy room for quite a few years,
so I really wanted to get it right.
One of the first tips I learned
for a good feng shui in a child's room
is to have calming colors on the walls.
They said not to have bright white
or cooling colors, but to have, like,
a little bit warmer, so like,
off-whites or skin tone.
Not too many crazy, bold patterns,
and not too many primary colors.
Obviously, pops of color is fine,
but they almost don't want to make
the room for a child too stimulating.
So, we chose this Laura Ashley Dove Grey paint color.
We have used it loads throughout our house
and we just really like it.
It is quite calming color.
So, next up in his room,
I wanted to show you his bed.
We actually got this from Ikea.
It is a small bed, it's not a full single,
and we originally got it in white,
but we painted it gray to kind of match the decor,
and then we also painted this old toy box as well.
This toy box was actually mine as a child
and I had it at uni with me,
and I've literally taken it with me everywhere.
It was, like, a pine color before,
but we sanded it down and we painted it,
and then we got these letters from Posh Graffiti.
I'll link them down below, they do really cool letters,
and I just literally used a hot glue gun
to stick them on.
And inside, he keeps loads and loads
of fancy dress and toys.
His bedding was actually a birthday present,
so I don't know where it's from
and I know there's been so many questions
about where it's from 'cause it has all
the different superheroes on it.
And I really love this pillow we got from Loaf.
It's a mountain and I tried to make his room kind
of superhero-theme, but also,
like, an adventurer theme as well.
Yeah, so I got that mountain pillow,
and then I also got this moose who's called Norman,
and he was also from Loaf
and they were in the same range,
you can probably tell.
They had some really cool stuff
in the kid's range on that website,
I'll link it down below.
And then, he's just got a few more soft toys on his bed.
Tip two for feng shui in a child's room
is to make sure you place the bed
with the head against a wall,
and also in full view of the door
so that they can feel safe and secure,
that when they're laying in bed,
they can see the door in full sight.
Under the bed, we have these really handy storage boxes
that I just picked up in Ikea.
They were really cheap and I house a lot of,
like, winter clothes and old toys,
and things like that.
This wall over here in Caleb's room
is his superhero wall,
and this is what I posted on Instagram
and what everyone went crazy for.
Basically, Caleb has always loved fancy dress and costumes,
so I thought, "Why not make a feature out of it?"
So, I got this print made on Not on the High Street,
and it says, "I'm a superhero and my name is Caleb,"
and then below that, we put six hooks.
These little plastic hooks are just from Ikea.
They were so, so cheap, I think they were,
like, a pound, and they're really bright colors.
So, I put all six of those up,
and then they each have, like,
a superhero costume.
Yeah, and then over here, we put a mirror
for him so that he can look at himself
once he's got the costumes on,
and it's actually good to have a mirror
in a child's room.
Apparently, it helps to build self-esteem.
There are some conflicting views
on if you should have a mirror hidden or not
because it could provide, like,
too much activity or stimulation
when they're trying to go to sleep,
but actually, Caleb's a really good sleeper,
so I didn't think it would be a problem
and he loves looking at himself in the mirror.
So, we put that there.
It's, like, a small full-length mirror,
but obviously, he can see his whole self in that.
And then, over here, we put, like,
a little pouf here so that he can sit down
while he's getting the clothes on,
or also, he could sit there,
he sometimes puts his socks on there,
or he could read a book
because I did originally put these shelves up for books.
These are really, really great,
they're just from Ikea.
Again, super cheap, really easy to hang.
So, one day, there may be books on there,
but for now, we have his superhero masks
so that he has access to all of this.
He absolutely loves this section
of his room and I wish I had filmed his face
when he saw it.
We set it all up, and then we surprised him with it
and he was literally over the moon with it,
so he uses it all of the time.
Just above his bed on this wall,
we have a bit of a gallery wall for him.
I think I probably will add to it in the future,
but for now,
we have this print, which says, "Boys rule,"
on it because, let's face it,
in this house, boys rule.
I have three sons and a husband.
So, I got this on Instagram, I'll link it down below,
and then I also had this print custom-made.
It says, "Stay wild, my child,"
and I painted the frame this ochre color
to match this pouffe, and also his carpet.
Caleb has been described in the past
to me as, like, a spirited child
and he's really, really, like, crazy.
He has no fear, he's a daredevil,
and I love that about him, but I can imagine,
as he grows up, people may try to dull
that sparkle of him, so I wanted to put this up
as a constant reminder to stay wild, my child,
and never to change.
Also, in Caleb's gallery wall,
we have four recent family photos here.
This one is of the whole family
that we had taken and I love that photo so much,
and then this photo here of Caleb
and his big brother Frasier
is my favorite-ever photo of them
because I think you can really,
really see the love between them.
They're kind of doing one of their play-fight cuddles
in this picture, but I just think you can really,
really see the bond that they have in this photo.
And then, over here, these two are actually older photos.
This is Frasier and Caleb when they were little,
but Caleb loves baby photos of himself,
and then this one as well is them
having a nap together,
and you can see Frasier's always
been very protective of Caleb.
Yeah, so that is tip number four
of good feng shui in your child's room,
put up pictures of their loved ones
and their family members,
and they will feel loved and supported.
It terms of the carpet, we have this really soft,
gray carpet, which is really, really cozy,
and then we've got a little rug
that was ochre that we thought would match
some of the decor,
and this was from Mamas & Papas.
This is Caleb's bedside lamp.
It is, like, a little house,
and I saw it and I just loved it.
I saw it in John Lewis, but I actually found it
for half price in Dunelm.
For Caleb's blinds, we chose the day-and-night blinds,
so basically, they can either look like slats like this,
with lights coming through,
or you can just pull them like this,
and then the room gets quite a bit darker.
Yeah, I love these day-and-night blinds,
but they're not 100% blackout,
so we also got blinds that are blackout
behind the day-and-night blinds.
So, we got electronic ones
because I didn't really want any cords in his room,
so you get a clicker like this
and you just have to press it,
and it goes up or down.
Then, across from Caleb's bed,
we have his huge cupboards with sliding doors.
We actually had this built because they used
to come out, but take up a lot of the room,
and inside, we hide all of his clothes.
We have one big railing going across,
and then we also have this chest of drawers,
which we have more clothes in.
These three boxes on top house his sunhats,
his swimwear, and his creams,
and then this, I wanted to work into
the gallery wall at some stage,
but at the moment, it just wasn't working.
And then, here is his coin pot here,
Caleb's Wishes & Dreams.
And I have Mary Kondoed all of his clothes
so that they basically are folded upwards
so you can see everything that you have.
So, these are his T-shirts,
these are his sweatpants,
and then I hang all of his jeans,
and then these are all of his pajamas.
Yeah, I really recommend this way
of folding for children's clothes
and I will put a link to the Mary Kondo way
of folding in the description.
Then, on the other side of the wardrobe,
we have more hanging space,
and then all of his books are hidden here as well.
Just got a little bookcase.
So, all the big ones are up here,
and then the small ones are down there,
and then, yeah, some noisy ones here,
and then a few more toys behind in those baskets.
Then, over here in this section of the room,
we have an airing cupboard,
which is wear I store towels and things like that,
but then behind the door on this wall,
there was this, like, dead space,
so I've put up a little, like,
steel notice board
because I thought it would be nice
for him to hang up his artwork that he makes.
Caleb is really creative and he's always
so proud of the artwork and things
that he makes and brings home,
so I thought rather than having
it downstairs for just, like, a week or two,
we could hang it and display it
in his bedroom because that is the last tip
for feng shui in you child's room,
is to find a place where you could hang their achievements.
So, I think as he gets older,
there will be, like, headteacher's awards
and certificates for gymnastics or trampolining,
and things like that, but for now,
I've literally just put up a little bit
of his artwork.
I have this postcard that says, "Good vibes only,"
and then another picture of him and his brother,
but I just think it's a really nice way
to use that dead space and to make him feel proud.
Alright, and then the last thing I wanted
to show you was his really funky light.
We call it the Star Wars light
because it can either be like this, closed,
or you can pull a string
and it opens, and it looks really, really cool,
and it's only from Ikea.
Alright, so that is it for this video.
I really hope you like this room tour.
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