Blue wave Bedroom design

When designing a room I normally choose a theme or a color from natures own pallet to make a holistic impression. The young girl who was moving into this bedroom preferred blue, and had picked a print she wanted for curtains at the market in Kumasi, as a start.

A local carpenter in Accra has made both beds, bed cabinets and curtain sheds from my drawings. Today cheaper alternatives can be found in stores importing from outside, however - without supporting local production local work shops will have to close down.

As I intend supporting local craft for production, the curtain fabric was brought to a nearby seamstress. Unfortunately, she like so many others had stopped using Ghanaian fabric and travelled to imported all their material from China. No problem, as I could make my own curtains, but sad for those making the wax print.

After adding some gold textile paint, a pice of the print for the curtains was framed to make a matching decor.

Based on the initial choice of fabric I found a set of matching prints in Tamale. The traditional prints was used to saw decorating pillows, and to improved the look of some old lamp shades. The dolls and the painting are fun details, indicating that this is the room of a young girl, and her friends.

The furniture in the room was designed to be flexible. The beds can easily be parted, and can easily room two people each when the house is crowded. Very convenient when the African extended family comes visiting!

The basic blue color follows into the attached bedroom. The blue and yellow basket matches the towels that goes with the room.