Room Makeover: The Gold Ceiling Office

This is the tale of how a sad and neglected  spare room/junk room got its mojo back by acquiring a  gold ceiling and becoming my new office. Read on to find out what we did and for a quick room tour as well.

When we moved in this room was given to the 18yo (that birthday happened at the weekend) who was nine at the time. He was very clear about the decor he required: there was to be a black carpet, a lime green wall and shelves for his books. The other three walls were to remain white. It remained this way for seven years. It also had some luminous zombie stickers for added frightfulness. Two years ago he painted over the lime green and was going to paint the fireplace green instead but lethargy got the better of him.

Then, last year, he decided he wanted to move into the, larger, room next door, which was the former spare room. We asked the 15yo if he wanted to move out his tiny room into this bigger space. The answer (that boy hates change) was an emphatic No. So we heaved the old gre…