Regular readers of the blog might remember that I have been thinking about rearranging the children’s bedrooms for a while now, as wanted to give Mr Z his own room. Luckily, we had the chance to review a Dulux “Bedroom in a Box” kit which is a brand new product. The set contains everything you need to transform a room all in one handy box.
The Dulux Bedroom in a box kit contains:
- 8ft X 10ft Walltastic Jungle Adventure Mural
- Dulux Matt 2.5L Willow Tree
- Dulux Quick Dry Satinwood 750ml Jasmine White
- Polycell Maximum Strength Wallpaper Adhesive
The paint is enough to paint a 32m2 room. You can use the Dulux paint calculator tool to find out if you need more paint. The room we were decorating is pretty small so this was not an issue for us.
I really like the shade of paint which is included. I do find it hard to choose paint colours; I will stand deliberating in the shops for ages between two similar shades, especially if I wanted to coordinate it perfectly with a mural or some wall decorations. Its easy to get the colours slightly out and then the whole thing looks wrong so it’s reassuring to know that everything in this kit has been selected to go together.
The Dulux Willow Tree paint is quite a subtle shade and works really well with the striking jungle design. I have never chosen green paint before; we’ve always tended to go for blue for the boys rooms or else just plain white or magnolia as a safe option!
The room we redecorated for Mr Z is the room which was Mr R’s baby nursery. It had a wall paper border which had been damaged by Mr R when he was younger and has never been properly decorated since we moved in, so was in desperate need of a proper make over. We had just never got round to doing a full job with the room, so the bedroom in a box kit really was an ideal solution for this.
Here is the room before, as we started to prepare for the painting:
The top half of the wall is a textured wallpaper which was left by the previous owners. We weren’t sure whether we would need to strip this in order to apply the Walltastic Jungle mural, so we asked one of our family friends who does a lot of our decorating for us and after looking at it he found that it was okay to apply the mural on top of this. This was a relief as it meant the job stayed as quick and easy as we had hoped. The whole room was completed in one afternoon – a massive improvement from when the boys’ dad did Mr Z & Mr T’s old room last year which took a whole week with multiple trips to the DIY shop for extra things that we forgot to buy!
Soon the room was finished, and it’s a complete transformation. The jungle scene gives the room a sense of fun, and has a real impact as you enter the room. The boys were all so impressed when they saw it finished, and were excited to see all the different animals that they could spot within the mural.
The room is quite long and thin, so we placed the mural on one of the longer walls and this is the wall that you can see as you approach the room. The mural comes in separate panels so if you had a different sized wall, you would simply leave aside some of the panels from the edge of the scene, if they would not fit in the available space. Our friend applied the wall mural for us and he found it very easy to do. The results look perfect.
The illustration style is really cute. Mr Z can be prone to get scared quite easily so if the jungle animals were too realistic or fearsome looking then he would give me problems at bedtime! Luckily these look very friendly and soft, so he really liked them. The boys all loved the baby animals the most as they are so cute. It’s great that there is so much detail and so many vibrant colours within the mural. It will spark their imaginations while they play in the room. I know would have loved this myself as a child!
I think the Jungle kit could actually be suitable for either boys or girls depending on how you accessorise the rest of the room, but if you have a girl who would prefer a pink room there is also a Fairy Princess bedroom in a box kit available.
Jungle Adventure Bedroom in a Box
Fairy Princess Bedroom in a Box
At the moment, these kits are exclusively available from the Dulux website, but may be available through other stockists soon. Each kit is priced at £70 which I think is a really reasonable price to make over a whole room. To see more information about the bedroom in a box kits, click through the link to either product above.
I would recommend the kits as such a convenient solution for decorating, which give brilliant results. Dulux have planned more varieties of the kits in future, including ‘Sea Adventure’, ‘Peppa Pig’, ‘Avengers’ and ‘Wall Art’ all coming soon. I would definitely consider using one these kits again for the other boys rooms when we are ready to redecorate their rooms again.
What do you think of the new Dulux Bedroom in a Box kits, and Mr Z’s new look jungle bedroom? Share your thoughts with me in the comments!
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This looks amazing and what a fantastic idea as it is always time consuming choosing the matching paint. I can see girls loving the whole Disney princesses. I think they should do more of these and a cars one would be fab or even finding Nemo!
Bud has a jungle room too! I wish I’d seen this when I was decorating for him. I think it’s a really lovely theme and green is such a restful colour for a room too. There are loads of lovely accessories around for a jungle room too, the one thing we struggled with was bedlinen, he ended up with a dinosaur set! Great transformation though, I hope Mr Z loves it.
WOW! This is amazing! Loving it! I think my princess would love one too!
Wow! What a good fit! That was my main worry about how well it would fit to certain room sizes. But it looks great!
looks lovely but i think its a bit over priced, i prefer to shop around for bits and bops seperately because we always look for deal and cheap options, but its nice to have a kit like this
That looks gorgeous! My boys would love it! What a great idea 🙂
wow! Anna your room looks great!!! I have never heard of these kits before, But I’m planning on re doing my little girls room this year and she would love that princess paper in her room. Will have to have a look out for this
wow! Anna your room looks great!!! I have never heard of these kits before, But I’m planning on re doing my little girls room this year and she would love that princess paper in her room. Will have to have a look out for this xxx
The mural looks lovely in Mr. Z’s room! I love how they chose the paint colors. I’m so bad at that.
That looks lovely and it’s a great idea that it all comes together so you know the paint us perfectly matched. #blogclub
The animals ARE cute and friendly looking! My daughter would LOVE the Disney princess themed room! Thanks for sharing the company and products with us!
What a great idea! I would have absolutely loved this when I was a kid.
This looks fab. Want to redecorate Munchkin’s room but it’s so small can barely do anything with it! Hopefully when we move can do up her room nicely!
That looks really nice. The animals really come to life.
Wow, it looks fabulous! You’ve done such a great job. I love the fact that it comes complete with complimenting paint too. Thanks for linking up #LoveYourHome 🙂
Oh wow! That looks amazing!
This is such a great easy idea for those of us who could never dream of painting this well. Love it!
Oh that looks fantastic! What a wonderful room for your boys! Our baby room has a jungle theme too so I am a bit partial to a few animals 🙂 x
awesome room decor! i love the jungle theme.
Wow, looks amazing! I love the Princess one! Looks really easy to do as well and quick! I love quick decorating!
This is such a brilliant idea. I love the fact that you don’t have to faff about trying to get colours to match the mural! 🙂 xx
That does look pretty cool – not sure it would have fitted in my daughter’s bedroom though as it really is tiny and she definitely wouldn’t want Disney princesses these days!
I love the paint colour! The animal mural looks very dramatic too – nice makeover
Fabulous!! Seems like such a simple way to make a huge transformation to a room.
Nice colours mashaAllah 🙂
What a great idea, if they did a construction themed set I would seriously consider for Monkey as we start getting his grown up room sorted. I just wonder how easy that mural is to put up if you are not a great ‘decorator’?
construction themed would be so cool!
What a great idea, lovely to have a room designed for you meaning the colour sheme for those who struggle matching colour. Its so effective, would like to see these done for adult bedrooms too.
Wow – the mural looks fantastic – what an exciting room!
You did a great job x
what a brilliant idea 🙂 Wonder if they are working on more ideas like this, I bet they’ve spotted a gap in the market here.
Amazing idea! I wish they had something with planes for my airpot/plane lover little half brother 😉
This is such a great idea and it is such a transformation. When I first saw the price I thought it was expensive, however, the more posts I have seen I actually think it is really good value. The stickers we have on F’s wall were twice this price and we didn’t get the paint with it so actually this is a great price to completely transform a room. Mr Z certainly looks happy with it!
This is such a clever idea from Dulux. I wonder how easy the murals are to remove or paint over though, because my kids have changed their bedrooms quite a few times over the years.
I think it will just be strippable like wall paper – I have to admit I hadn’t yet thought that far ahead! So we will see in a couple of years maybe
WOW! That wall mural looks amazing and professionally done! Great idea for Dulux to come up with this. If I wasn’t living in a apartment I would do this to my daughter’s room using Hello Kitty if they have it. Thanks for visiting #ProductReviewParty! Pinning!!!!
i was looking into getting thes murals for my 7 lil ones new rooms wen we move . i thought they would be difficult to apply but the results are worth it i think x
What a great product. I love it when someone takes a bit of the thinking out of the equation for me. I will have to look at these on their website.
I love your room makeover. It is a fantastic idea to be able to buy all the paint and paper you will need in one pack.
I love the kit, but know my boys would want something different than the colours in the kit as they never take the easy option
I have heard of these and often wondered how they would turn out. Great to see that they look so good – very professional. I’m impressed!
I do love that mural. So clever. I can see Craig managing to balls that up though – he spent 3 hours the other day trying to adhesive child locks on the kitchen cupboard. USELESS.
Wow the bedroom looks fantastic! When we decorate the twins bedroom I really will try to persuade the hubby to get one! x
I think this a great concept as it takes all the decision work out of it! It looks fab in the boys’ room too!
This is a really great idea. It would be great if there were more choices x
I do like the look of them just need to move to a bigger house then can get going with all this .x
What a fantastic concept. The room looks amazing!
What a fabulous idea! And the jungle room look fabulous! Well done to Dulux for coming up with this…I shall keep an eye out in the shops now!
Oh wow that is amazing! It looks fantastic x
Seem slovely. I think I’d like the ungle mural.
Wow these look amazing. What a great way to liven up a bedroom.
Wow what is amazing what a fantastic idea! That murual deffinatly adds a focal point 🙂 x
Wow! These are amazing! That junge amost looks real!
This looks a really good idea. My daughter has just looked at the pics too and she loves the idea of the mural. I love the idea of how easy it all is – you don’t even need to work out which paint to use.
I have been waiting for this post!
I love the jungle scene – it looks great and child themed so not too scary! I need a wall mural for my girlys playroom and the princess one would be perfect but maybe i should hold out for Peppa!
This is stunning! I love it 🙂 What a handy thing to have too – it all in one box. Definitely a stunning way to make a child’s room look special. Thank you for linking to PoCoLo x
I bet he loves it, and what an impact it makes!
Fab post – the room looks amazing and what a great concept for easy redecorating!
What am amazing idea – and the transformation is fantastic. I love the mural and the colours compliment it perfectly 🙂
Oh me oh my – Eliza would adore the disney princess room!
wow what a transformation a wall makes, I bet he can’t wait to sleep in his new jungle room! x
That’s wonderful. Wish I get that princess set for my little princess here.. 🙂
That looks amazing makes a big difference to the room .
Amazing change!
It is a real transformation.
I like the idea of this box
What a wonderful idea! Love how this turns out!
I wish these were available when my kids were young – you did an amazing job on the room 🙂
Wow! Looks great! I’m impressed!
I really like the shade of paint which is included. I do find it hard to choose paint colours; I will stand deliberating in the shops for ages between two similar shades, especially if I wanted to coordinate it perfectly with a mural or some wall decorations. Its easy to get the colours slightly out and then the whole thing looks wrong so it’s reassuring to know that everything in this kit has been selected to go together.