Decorating a young mans room

marisco_2

Well my young son has pretty much outgrown his first bed. He is now 9 years old and I have gone out and bought him an adult size single bed. He is chuffed to bits with it.

I want to buy him a new wardrobe, bedside chest and desk as he is a studious little fella and wants space to get on with his homework . His bed is a basic silver framed one. I am looking for white furniture preferably and wondered if any of you lovely people have recently purchased similar and could recommend a company. It is always nice to get some feedback from people when looking at big purchases like these.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions :beer:

blossomhill_2

I can't recommend a company but wondered if you were aware of just how much good furniture comes up on freecycle - which saves it going to landfill and could be a good stopgap - my local has had brand new desks this week, at least two

RLH33

I don't know what sort of budget you have but I have bought a lot of furniture, including for the kids bedrooms, from marks and Spencer's. I have found it to be extremely well made and quite reasonable for a good quality piece of furniture.

They often have a sale on furniture so I always make sure I buy anything I need then!

Tea-and-Cake_3

That sounds lovely. Depends what you want to spend. I like Ikea for sturdy furniture at reasonable prices.

PinkLipgloss

Tea-and-Cake wrote: »

That sounds lovely. Depends what you want to spend. I like Ikea for sturdy furniture at reasonable prices.

I second this! I got a great big study desk with plenty of space for my laptop, printer and books etc at Ikea with a great big comfy matching swivel chair.

shegirl

Have a look at Ikea for funky but functional furniture

marisco_2

Thank you all so much for this advice. I hadn't thought of M&S or Ikea but I am sure they would be great. Will have a look at their online stuff and see what they have. The only company I am wary of is John Lewis as they completely messed up the order for my sons nursery furniture years ago.

balletshoes

we were at Ikea yesterday - theres a fair bit of white furniture in their bedroom and office ranges at the moment (DD is looking at a new white bed from there).

no-oneknowsme

I would also recommend Ikea. All my bedroom furniture has been bought there and I find it good quality and very well priced.

cutestkids

I bought both my boys bedroom furniture from Ikea and have found it to be very good.

The chest of drawers are much deeper and roomier than any others I have seen and the desks are great, you buy the top you want and then you can choose from a huge assortment of legs the same goes for the chairs.

They also have some lovely novelty furniture that is functional as well eg a locker style cupboard and drawer unit.

Mupette

Ikea Expedit range, son has just purchased the bookcase with the desk attached, and it is a nice BIG desk, his lcd monitor looks small on it.

and getting it in white is the cheapest option, although DS got his in the teak colour