SPORTING CHANCE: Sports-themed Bedrooms

WHAT TO DO if your son (or daughter) insists on a Chelsea FC-inspired bedroom? Tara Bernerd, CEO of Target Living found herself in the exact same quandry recently - creating a bedroom for a client’s football crazy almost-teenage son.

So, she took the Chelsea colours (a strong blue) as her guide, plumping for a B&B Italia FatFat bed by Patricia Urquiola, upholstered in denim fabric, a navy corduroy carpet, a Mini Buddabag seat in denim cord (289.99 euros), and a blue Miss K lamp by Philippe Starck from Panik Design, £139.99. She then added a good deal of bright orange in the form of an Eileen desk in grey oak with an orange base (also B&B Italia) and bespoke orange lacquer cabinets. She found a classic (rather than current) Chelsea footballing image and had it blown up into bespoke wallpaper by www.55max.com. 

Kate Hume, a British interior and glass designer based in Amsterdam, decided on a similar solution to a Moscow-based boys’ room (pictured above right - click to enlarge). She found a vintage Ajax football image, had it blown up as a feature wall, and then accessorised with Jielde lamps (find them at www.espacio.co.uk), plywood animal trophy heads from Vlaemsch, from 60 Euros, Eames chairs at the desk she designed herself (along with the beds) and custom made bedlinen from Gwendolino. There. As easy as kicking a bit of leather around a field.