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Masculine Bedroom and Office Makeover

How many uses can you find for one average sized bedroom?

Well around here, we can find three.

Apparently, we like a challenge.

I thought that as kids got older, they liked to spend more time with their friends – away from the adults in their lives.

Apparently, I was wrong.

Or either Bill is the exception.

It seems the older he gets, the more he’s here.

I’m not complaining – I’ll take all the quality time I can get; he’s off to college next year.

In the meantime though, the room he was inhabiting was not very “Bill.”

The Room Before

While Elvis loved his jungle room, apparently Bill was not fond of a similar theme with the leopard print wall in his room.

The Room Before

I was also invading part of his space with my office area.

So I told him he could decide what he wanted to do with the room.

I know – I couldn’t believe I uttered those words myself.

The only conditions were that it did still have to have the bed, as the room is also our only guest room, and my desk had to stay in the space. Anything else was up to him.

I set him up on Pinterest one night – and held my breath.

I prayed he wouldn’t pin some hideous basketball/baseball/football/soccer ball border circa 1992. I cringed as he looked at bright orange Tennessee Vols decor. I finally had to leave the room.

About 30 minutes into his browsing, he called me back in and presented me with his pick – a masculine black and white room with fur accents and wood tones.

I don’t know if I was ever more proud of him.

I asked him if he was sure he liked that. He did. He was actually excited about it. And then he said the words I would have never dreamed he would say – “I think we should add in some pops of green too. That would keep it in line with the rest of the house.“

Oh. My. Stars.

This is what we ended up with…

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Black Walls (Behr's Limousine Leather), Black and White with green and wood toned accents. Brown Faux Fur Rug

I really don’t know who was more excited about how well it turned out – me or him. It is perfect for him, it works just fine for guests and my office space is still in the room – just out of the way.

*A big thanks to Home Decorators Collection for helping with this project so Bill can have a bedroom that doesn’t resemble the jungle room.

Here’s the breakdown…

Masculine Bedroom Makeover

We definitely wanted black in the room, but didn’t want the entire room to be black. We opted to paint one wall completely black and then paint black halfway up on two of the walls.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Black Walls (Behr's Limousine Leather), Faux Fur Throw / Green Accents

The bed stayed, however I removed the rails and added feet to the box spring – it was ridiculously easy. It really helped to open up the room. I also think it makes the headboard really stand out against the black walls – I love that wood grain against the black wall. We opted for a white quilt on the bed, accented with a super soft and cozy faux fur throw and a green accent pillow.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Faux Fur Throw on White Quilt.

Most of the time, he totally ditches the quilt and sleeps with the fur throw. He. Loves. it.

My desk used to be on the wall coming right into the room – it was way too overwhelming there though. We moved it to another wall and found a vintage mid-century modern dresser to place along the wall for some much needed storage.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dresser / Faux Brown Fur Rug / Black and Leather Chrome Chair / Fur Accents / White Geometric Table / Oversized Jack Decor

A chocolate faux fur rug from Home Decorators Collection covers most of the carpet in the room. The rug was a steal of a deal. I got an 8 x 11 for under $300. When Bill came home and saw it for the first time, he immediately laid down on it and hardly moved for the rest of the night. We did keep the chrome and black chair in there, but got smaller side tables for each side of the bed.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. White Geometric Side Table with Brass Horse Tray

The tables have open geometric shapes on the sides, so they are very airy feeling, which is great for small spaces. There is still plenty of room though to hold knick-knacks on the top.

He picked out the dresser himself (we found it at a local vintage shop). I pulled the mirror that actually goes with mine and Grunt Labor’s bedroom set out of storage to prop on his dresser.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dresser / Dog Statue

He fell in love with Finneman the dog as soon as he saw him.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Dog Statue - love how its used as decor in a bedroom rather than in an entry.

He didn’t really have to convince me – I thought putting the dog in a bedroom rather than as the typical entry decor was a genius idea. However, if you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that the Circus has tried to make the dog her own. She’s drug him all around the house and adorned him in hair of tinsel, a ballerina costume and most recently a combination of items that make him look like he’s a cross between an Egyptian pharaoh and a Disney princess.

The art and deer head on the dresser was in the room before, it still worked pretty well with the space, however we did add in a green glass lamp that I wouldn’t mind stealing for my own room.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Green Glass Lamp with Faux Wood Shade / Black Walls (Behr's Limousine Leather) / Chrome and Leather Chair

When he said we needed green accents, there was no way I wasn’t going along with that one. 😉

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Green Glass Lamp with Faux Woodgrain Shade / Black Walls (Behr's Limousine Leather)

I also love the shade on this lamp – it’s a woodgrain look that goes great against the black and white wall.

The other side of the bed may be my favorite part of the room though.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. DIY Bookshelf / Guitar as decor / White Geometric Side Table / Black Walls (Behr's Limousine Leather)

Bill and I made, (yes we made!) a bookshelf for this wall.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. DIY Bookshelf / Guitar as decor

The full tutorial for the bookshelf is here. We decorated with some vintage items around it – including my grandmother’s guitar which he thought was a pretty cool touch.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. DIY Bookshelf / Guitar as Decor / Vintage Records / Fur Rug

The other occasional table is on this side as well.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Old guitar as decor / White Geometric Side Table / Black Walls (BEHR's Limousine Leather) / Brown Fur Rug

And finally, on the wall opposite from everything else is my workspace.

Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses. Functional office space in a guest bedroom.

It’s tucked away from everything else and I also kept this wall entirely white to visually separate the two spaces. I’m one smart cookie, right?

No, I’m not at all. It was just a random idea that happened to work. 🙂

So what do you think of the masculine bedroom makeover? Bill did a pretty good job, didn’t he? He only had a smidgen of help…

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Masculine Bedroom Makeover - This room functions as a Guest Room, Teenage Boy's Room, and an Office. Lots of great ideas for making a room function for multiple uses.

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Disclosure: This post was a collaboration with Home Decorators Collection. However, all opinions and pride in the teenager’s design skills are 100% mine.

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  10. KWolff says

    I love what all you guys did with the room. I applaud his choices – nicely done. I applaud you for letting him loose with Pinterest. Isn’t it funny how guys can find their way through that madness and come up with some focused/good ideas? I sure wish I had that talent.

    I have found that my older son is sticking around the house more and more. It’s not as if we are party animals. I think maybe he just likes us. Whatever it is, I’ll take it. I have three semesters left before he graduates and it is slipping away too quickly.

    Thanks for the awesome giveaway. We just redid our guest bathroom so I would put the GC to good use for bathroom decor.

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  11. debra says

    What a great team you and Bill make. Love the black with the dark wood. Your pops of green did it again. My son has a dog like yours in his family room by the fireplace. Great minds think alike. If I should win I would love some new pillows for my sofa. Going back to see Bill’a room again – AWESOME

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  12. Hope Williams says

    Jenna, got bump you a minute…. Bill, duuudddeeeeeee, you freaking rocked this room! I love the black and the wood! And Finneman, he will be an awesome pet for a college student too! Be sure to hijack him on your way to college! Now you taste in furniture…..you rocked that dresser man! I believe if you don’t do football, just sign on to be Jenna’s understudy in her crazy world. You have a huge heads up anyway. Just as a fall back on career.
    Jenna, Bill, I know has made you so proud! Keep Rockin them kids cause your getting that right girl!

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  14. Tammy says

    I was all set to comment on how epic it was that you named the dog statue after Paul Finneman until I realized his name is actually Paul Finebaum! :o) (Kindly ignore this if you’re not an SEC groupie)

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  24. Hope Williams says

    I’m so happy to have made Bill smile! I did forget to tell you that green lamp is lucious! Drool worthy really!
    Now for the Finneman debate: it’s really not fair for HIM to wear “girly” things at all. And I’ll bet if the circus ???????? can get to and use pink nail polish well, Finneman will never be the same! It’s not something he will ever recover from! ???? And I know that Finneman is your kind of dog Jenna! (Being as you luv them so much……) can we make a deal: Bill keeps Finneman and you and the circus get a Fiona?
    Baahaaabaahaaaaa! ❤️

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  27. Dana Rodriguez says

    That looks fantastic! I am in need of some new throw pillows and I love the velvet studded pillows they have.

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  34. Paige says

    Jenna, it is so fun to see a new room “after” redesign. As you know, I loved the room before the makeover, but I have to say that I like it just as much now. It is fabulous!!! I am already placing many of the items on my wish list. Way to go, again, girl!

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  35. AD says

    The redesign looks great! I would get the Vivien Area Rug in Grey to compliment my modern décor with transitional modern/classic piece. Thanks!

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  48. Krista says

    It is absolutely incredible, Jenna! I love how it represents and suits him but it also fits really well with your aesthetic. Amazing details. And I have my fingers crossed about this giveaway!! Thanks for the chance!

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  50. Tina W says

    I kinda want a ‘fur’ throw for my bed now, but then I realize it would be just another thing the cats would claim as their own. So I’d pick the Oxford Tall Secretary.

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  53. Lauraleigh says

    Wow that bedroom looks awesome! Great job!
    From the Home Decorators site I also love the Columbus globe. It would look so cool in my son’s room 🙂

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  62. Amy Z. says

    I love how you decorated the room, especially with the chocolate rug!
    I’d get the A Map of the World Tapestry for our office.

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