Avery's Built-in Bunk Beds and Room Reveal!

Last Updated on March 3, 2022

Avery's room is finally done! Check out her built-in bunk beds, huge wall mural, and so much more.

I love, love, love designing girls' bedrooms–I have a whole post with 28+ bedroom ideas for girls. And I loved every second of working with Avery to create her the room of her dreams. But it took a while, lol.

We started Avery's room makeover BEFORE CHRISTMAS! It was a long process because we had new carpet installed in her bedroom and in Attley's room, and we had little control over the installation schedule. Plus, we had vacation, etc. mixed in there. But still! For DIYers who usually work quickly, this room makeover seemed to take forever. The good news is that it was worth all the hard work. As with most of my other reveal posts, I'm including links to sources throughout this post, and there's a FULL SOURCE LIST at the bottom of this post :)

You may remember when we revealed Attley's room a while back that we swapped around some of their furniture. This dresser used to be in Avery's room, and these IKEA Billy Bookcase hacks used to be in Attley's room. So this is what Avery's room looked like for the past few years. It was ADORABLE and we loved it so much.

A tween girl reads in a bed against the wall with teal bed curtains.

A girl's bedroom with repurposed drawers painted purple with framed animal pictures above it.

The corner of a girl's bedroom has long teal curtains, a purple shade chandelier, purple drawers and a light grey couch.

But when Avery asked that we make some changes to her room instead of getting Christmas presents, I felt like I couldn't refuse. It was such a mature request. And as she has gotten older, she has a strong preference for darker colors. Overall, she has a more sophisticated style now. Plus, she was BEGGING for bunk beds for sleepovers with her sister and other friends.

Since we had already transformed her secondary closet into a bed nook in which we had placed her twin bed, we figured we might as well turn the bed nook into built-in bunk beds. We made the bunk beds almost entirely out of scrap wood that we had in our garage. And we made the ladder from the old stuff we ripped out of her walk-in closet. That means the bunk bed project was 95% FREE!!!!

Okay, enough chatter. Ready to see Avery's built-in bunk beds?!

The Built-in Bunk Beds

A girl's bedroom with built-in bunkbeds in a closers nook.

A repurposed closet has been turned into built-in bunk beds with a white ladder and built-in shelves. A sign nearby says, "shhh...I'm reading Harry Potter."

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Her bunk beds are so cozy! We added these cute accordion lamps and the magic light trick to give her some good reading light at night. And of course, we added some meaningful decor- a DIY photo canvas of the girls with Joe and this “you are strong” metal sign.

The top of this bedroom's built-in bunk beds has a pink duvet and the wall has a picture of horses, a canvas print of a father with two daughters, and a sign that says, "You are strong."

On the lower bunk, we kept it simple by just hanging a “stay awhile” sign. Hopefully, once quarantine ends, she can have someone other than her sister sleep in this bottom bunk. :)

Built-in bunk beds in a girl's bedroom have a white ladder, a tall set of cabinets and a sign that reads, "stay while."

The Wall Mural

Other than the bunk beds, the other big showstopper in the room is this gorgeous wall mural (just like the mural in Attley's room, it's by Bari J for Murals Your Way). Not only does Avery love, love, love owls, she also loves that the background color is so dark it's almost black.

A girl's bedroom has a large colorful wall mural of an owl, as well as a white couch, ottoman, desk and cabinets with bookshelves.

The Rest of the Details

We repainted these inexpensive IKEA pieces (yes, you can paint IKEA laminate furniture) that we have had for almost 10 years now with this dark purple color that she picked out herself. It's a beautiful color and the fact that she picked it makes me realize how quickly she is growing up and maturing (I'm not crying, you're crying). And I reupholstered her bench with this pretty purple fabric. Her felt ball letter hanging in the window is a perfect centerpiece for this wall.

A white couch with a striped ottoman, flanked by two cabinet bookshelves and a central window with a felt ball letter "A."

A small-case letter "a" made of purple felt balls hangs in the window of a young girl's bedroom behind a white loveseat.

The only other thing we did in her room was to make her DIY floating desk area a bit more functional by hanging an inexpensive pegboard system and paper storage from IKEA. We re-used this same art piece and just added this inexpensive hanger frame to it.

A young girl's bedroom door is painted blue to match the chair in front of a wall-mounted desk, pegboard and large art piece.

An open blue door to a girl's bedroom featuring a wall-mounted desk, pegboard, and bright hanging artwork.

Oh! I almost forgot. I'm super proud of Avery's new light fixture, and she has repeatedly told me it's one of her favorite things in her room. It was just a macrame basket that I added a pendant light kit to and hung it up! It's perfect and was inexpensive!

A DIY macrame ceiling lampshade hangs in a young girl's bedroom by a wall mural of an owl, a white couch, and a felt-ball letter "A."

What do you think?! I can tell you that Avery absolutely LOVES her room, so that's all that matters. But I'm very happy that I love it as well since I pay the mortgage ;)

Source List

Wall Color: Falling Snow by Behr
Owl Wall Mural
Purple velvet fabric on upholstered bench
DIY felt ball letter
Painted IKEA furniture pieces + hack

The remaining items in the room (or similar items for those things we DIYed or purchased second-hand) are below. Just scroll through the images and click on any of them for full product details.