Elevate Their Space: Art Deco & Shamrock Chic for the Season of Green
The season of shamrock is almost upon us, and while it’s a time for celebration, it’s also a chance to bring fresh, meaningful design into your home. This year, instead of temporary trinkets, let’s explore how to create a kids’ room that beautifully blends the vibrant spirit of shamrock with the refined elegance of Art Deco, accented with a touch of sophisticated copper rose. The best part? These aren’t just one-off decorations; these are pieces that transition seamlessly, or store away easily, ready for next year.
For seasonal decor that truly lasts, think about making pieces you can pack away. Cushions, bed runners, and framed art are perfect. To ensure everything is ready for the shamrock season (typically peaking in mid-March), we recommend starting any fabric projects now, allowing for 2-3 weekends of crafting time. Wallpaper projects can be completed in a single focused weekend, depending on the scale.
Art Deco Accents with Shamrock Green
Art Deco style is characterized by bold geometry, rich colors, and luxurious finishes. For a kids’ room, this translates to clean lines, stylized motifs, and a balance of playful patterns with elegant accents. Our chosen colour palette of shamrock green and crisp white, with pops of warm brown and the unique sheen of copper rose, brings this vision to life.
Craft a Framed Art Deco Wallpaper Panel
One of the easiest ways to introduce an Art Deco shamrock motif that can be stored away is a framed wallpaper panel. This allows you to highlight a specific design without committing to a whole wall, and it’s perfect for a seasonal touch.
- Choose Your Design: We love the Irish Coffee Beans and Shamrocks Pattern wallpaper. Its watercolor coffee beans and green shamrocks scattered across a white background create a simple, graphic repeat with rich brown tones and fresh clover greens. This introduces the brown hue essential for an authentic Art Deco feel, and it’s unexpected for a kids’ room, giving it a sophisticated edge.
- Gather Materials: You’ll need one meter of the wallpaper (our rolls are typically 61cm wide), a picture frame sized at approximately 50cm x 70cm with a mat board opening of around 40cm x 60cm, spray adhesive, a craft knife, and a cutting mat.
- Prepare the Wallpaper: Lay the wallpaper face down and spray the back lightly with adhesive. Carefully center the mat board opening over a pleasing section of the Irish Coffee Beans and Shamrocks Pattern, ensuring an attractive repeat is visible. Press firmly.
- Trim and Frame: Using your craft knife and ruler, trim the excess wallpaper from the mat board’s outer edges. Assemble your framed piece.
- Display: Hang your framed panel above a low dresser or a child’s desk. The off-white walls painted in something like Farrow & Ball’s “Wimborne White” will make the greens and browns pop.
This project takes about 2 hours to complete and should be started at least two weeks before the shamrock season to allow for drying time and display.
Windows with Whimsy and Pattern
Windows are excellent canvases for seasonal fabric. For a playful Art Deco vibe, consider cafe curtains paired with a subtly papered alcove.
- Cafe Curtains: Use the Kelly and White Gingham Check with Center Shamrock Medallions fabric. This cute cafe-style Kelly gingham check with a center shamrock motif in Kelly and white adds a charming, geometric touch. For a window 90cm wide, you’ll need two panels, each roughly 70cm wide, requiring about 1.5m of fabric for a pair of curtains that gather nicely. Hang them on an aged brass tension rod or a simple brushed copper rod, positioned halfway up the window, around 90-100cm from the floor, allowing natural light while providing privacy.
- Alcove Wallpaper: Within a window alcove, or even behind a set of open shelves, the Irish Shamrock Green Mattress Ticking Small Striped Pattern wallpaper can add unexpected depth. The classic crisp Irish shamrock green and white ticking seen in mattresses, bedding, and pillow covers offers a subtle, linear backdrop. For a small alcove measuring 100cm wide by 240cm high, you would likely need one roll of wallpaper. Ensure the wall surface is clean, dry, and smooth before installation, and be mindful of the pattern repeat (minimal for a stripe) to ensure seamless matching.
The fabric version of this ticking pattern, Irish Shamrock Green Mattress Ticking Small Striped Pattern fabric, could also be used for simple, tailored pillowcases or even a small upholstered stool, giving the room a cohesive look with both wallpaper and fabric versions of the same design.
The Main Feature: A Wall of Shamrocks
For the main bed wall, a bold wallpaper choice sets the tone. The Shamrock 2-Tone Green on White St.Patrick s Day Clover wallpaper, with its shamrocks shaded in two shades of green scattered on a white background, delivers that distinctive Art Deco boldness. For a standard 3m wide x 2.4m high wall, you’ll typically need three rolls, depending on the pattern repeat. The wall should be prepped thoroughly – clean, smooth, and primed if necessary – for the best result. This wallpaper, with its clear, distinct shamrock motifs, creates a focal point that is both festive and elegant.
To tie this wall into the rest of the room, consider accent cushions made from the matching Shamrock 2-Tone Green on White St.Patrick s Day Clover fabric. Two cushions, about 45cm x 45cm, placed on the bed (requiring about 1m of fabric for two double-sided covers), will echo the wall’s design without being overwhelming. These are ideal seasonal pieces; simply store them in a fabric storage bin under the bed or in a closet once the season passes.
Seasonal Touches and Storage
A bed runner made from the Irish Coffee Beans and Shamrocks Pattern fabric provides another easy-to-store seasonal element. For a twin bed, a runner of approximately 70cm wide by 180cm long would require about 2m of fabric, allowing for hems. This introduces those rich brown tones and fresh clover greens across the bedding. When the season is over, simply fold it neatly and store it with your other seasonal linens.
Other accents can include a brushed copper or aged brass desk lamp, and a few small framed prints with geometric Art Deco patterns or simple shamrock silhouettes. Remember the copper rose accent can come in through small details like drawer pulls (a brushed copper finish) or a metallic basket for toys.
What to Avoid for a Cohesive Look
- Too Many Greens: Stick to the kelly green and the two-tone greens from our chosen patterns. Introducing too many varied shades of green can make the room feel disjointed rather than cohesive Art Deco.
- Over-the-Top Novelty: Avoid plastic shamrock garlands or cartoonish leprechaun figures. The goal is an elegant, functional room with seasonal spirit, not a novelty store.
- Clutter: Art Deco thrives on clean lines and carefully chosen pieces. Resist the urge to fill every surface. Less is often more, especially in a kids’ room.
- Ignoring Copper Rose: This accent color is key to elevating the Art Deco feel. Don’t forget to sprinkle in touches of brushed copper or copper rose through hardware, lighting, or small decorative items.
By focusing on these specific designs and embracing the Art Deco aesthetic with thoughtful planning, you can create a kids’ room that is both spirited for the shamrock season and stylish all year round. Happy decorating!
That green tone is spot on!