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The French antique bed moved to my daughter’s bedroom

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The last time I wrote about my daughter’s bedroom was when I shared my cheap ways to decorate a teenage girl’s bedroom after painting it a dark blue and adding some fun other touches. So I thought it was about time for an update since we moved the French antique bed into her room over the holidays.

I’ve mentioned before how lucky I was to find this bed at 16 years old at an estate sale in France and have cherished it ever since. I always had an eye for antiques thanks to some special influences like my parents, grandmother and my boyfriend’s mother who was a French antiques dealer. It was fun to see the things she would find in Brittany.

A new location for our favorite French antique bed

If you do a Google search for French antique bed, Empire Style Day Bed, French sleigh bed, antique French Provincial style sleigh bed or 19th Century French Empire Style Day Bed, you will find lots of similar beds for sale at places like 1st dibs, Chairish or independent antique dealer’s websites. Chairish has one right now (click HERE) for $2397. Wow, right? This one HERE is almost identical to ours but doesn’t have a price mentioned.

These types of French antique beds are either made of walnut or cherry wood and have only one decorative side, with the other plain side having to be pushed against a wall like a day bed.

Reason for moving the bed

Since it is from the 19th Century, it required a custom mattress because it is much shorter than standard current beds which ended up being the problem that we had with our son growing a lot over the past year. He was suddenly unable to comfortably stretch out in this bed and my daughter started to beg us to move it in her room instead. I tried to fight this for a while because I didn’t know where to move her huge headboard to that I built. I have also loved sneaking into her queen bed at night when my husband was snoring too loud which is impossible to do in the smaller French antique bed.
The final push came when we decided to host a German exchange student in the spring who definitely wouldn’t fit into the smaller bed. My son will give him his room while he moves into the basement for the time of the visit.

So over Christmas break, we moved the queen memory foam mattress into our son’s room. He is very happy with being able to spread out. And our daughter is thrilled with having more space in her room to hang out with friends and snuggling into her smaller French antique bed that she was wanted for so long.

French antique bed in girls bedroom

Work in Progress

She loves the bed. As you can see, the kitties love it too, especially when they get to snuggle on her new dark blue micromink throw with the sun shining in. It’s such a soft blanket.

I say work in progress because the other side that I didn’t photograph is sporting a disheveled bookcase. It is falling apart and when funds allow it, I will head to Ikea to get her a new piece.

Over the bed, we hung her new Billie Eilish album covers (HERE and HERE, frames HERE) that she got for Christmas and her favorite Stranger Things poster.

wooden French antique bed

Her room is so difficult to photograph with the darker wall color and especially when the sun shines into it. You can even see the dust particles flying gin the air 😉

cats hanging out on our French antique bed

I couldn’t help myself and had to snap a ton of photos of the furry children again. As always, they had to be with me every step of the way.

sunbathing tuxedo cat

sun bathing orange tabby female cat

It all worked out perfectly because the brass swing arm lamps didn’t have to get moved and the macrame chair either. It all was kind of meant to be and fit right in.

19th century French antique bed

Our favorite Stranger Things Poster and a matching frame which I didn’t have but I found a silver frame in the basement that worked well too even though it was a little bigger but we don’t mind the white matting around the poster. My daughter and I love this show so much! This poster, in particular, is perfect for her dark blue room.

dark blue Stranger Things poster

19th century wooden French antique bed mixed with modern decor

macrame hanging chair

foot details of French antique bed

French antique bed in dark blue girls room

stranger things poster with French antique bed

Billie Eilish album covers in bedroom

Stranger things poster in girls bedroom

Source list:

rug HERE | Billie Eilish cover HERE and HERE | album frame HERE | Stranger Things poster HERE | blue throw HERE | macrame chair HERE | similar lava lamp HERE | curtains HERE | shibori lumbar pillow HERE | black and white pillows HERE | swing arm lamps HERE | lamp shades not available anymore at Target | jeans Euro shams from Ikea, similar ones HERE or HERE | white and blue chandelier also from Ikea

 

tuxedo cat on the floor

macrame hanging chair in girls bedroom with French antique bed

French antique sleigh bed in teenage girl bedroom


 

Let’s go back in history for a bit…

The old location of the French antique bed

Below is the bed in our son’s bedroom. This was my favorite spot for this beautiful bed. It was inevitable that he’d outgrew it at some point though.

You can see more of the room and sources HERE.

French antique bed in boys bedroom

Now the search is on for a platform bed for my son’s room. The height of the mattress and box spring are just way too bulky. Also, the online bed skirt options are also not making me happy. Maybe Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist will come through for us.

If you can’t find an antique or want some current affordable options, then check out the below daybeds:

 

And here are some more past versions of my kids’ spaces for you to check out:

dark blue girls bedroom with turquoise velvet bed , macrame chair and moroccan shag rug

Dark Blue Girls Room

The French antique bed moved to my daughter's bedroom

The French antique bed moved to my daughter’s bedroom

DIY fabric headboard with brass nailhead trim

DIY Fabric Headboard with Nailhead Trim

Blush and Marble, Vintage Inspired Budget Bathroom Remodel

Blush and Marble, Vintage Inspired Budget Bathroom Remodel

butterscotch leather butterfly chair in sophisticated boys bedroom with dark green walls, mixed plaids and soccer memorabilia and yellow sputnik light fixture

sophisticated boys room with dark green walls

sophisticated boy's room with dark green walls and flags

Dark green and white two-toned walls with yellow accents

turquoise yellow and blue girls bedroom with colored moroccan shag rug

A new beautiful rug for my daughter

teal turquoise yellow coral girls bedroom

Teal, turquoise, coral and yellow girls bedroom

boys room with world cup flag banner and grey horizontal striped walls

Boys room with hints of soccer

turquoise, mint and pink little girls room with moravian star chandelier - Cuckoo4Design

Bedside Brass Swing Arm Lamps

slime supplies storage cart

How to organize your slime supplies

Lego Star Wars room design with grey horizontal striped walls, Captain Rex clone

Mario Brothers room idea

 

Tschüß,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. carol says

    January 22, 2020 at 10:07 am

    wow,looks great. I love the bed and you are right it is perfect for your daughter’s room. She is a lucky girl! Job well done.

    • Julia says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:14 am

      Thanks so much Carol. I’m glad that she loves it as much as I do.

  2. cassie bustamante says

    January 22, 2020 at 12:02 pm

    i love that bed and am glad you get to keep it!!! it looks amazing in there and i love her personal touches, like the poster, too!

    • Julia says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:13 am

      Thanks Cassie. You can definitely see her touches more than ever. I can’t just decorate her room anymore. She’s fully involved 😉

  3. Jen Biggs says

    January 22, 2020 at 12:05 pm

    Such a great room-lucky daughter!!!

    • Julia says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:12 am

      Thanks Jen, the bed is like a little snuggly cave. She’s very happy and I’m still looking for a snoring escape 😉

  4. Margaret Ogle says

    January 22, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    It looks great in your daughter’s room. So glad you found a place for it
    and look forward to seeing what you do in your son’s room.

    • Julia says

      January 23, 2020 at 6:11 am

      Thanks Margaret, we are on the hunt for a bed. Hopefully, I have an update soon.

  5. Jason Myopic says

    February 3, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    The bed is gorgeous! Love the pics of the kitties on it. The color scheme of the room is classic and great for any age.

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