Single Black and White Bedroom Converted to Contemporary for Two

Furniture - $522

• A dark wood entertainment center better houses all of the electronics and also provides more storage. (entertainment center: IKEA - Docent, 0035165 / 70035360)

• Small round side tables hold the uplights for the hanging lamps. (side tables: Urban Outfitters - 052007444, 08545006)

• Snijders creates a custom headboard that gives the room a graphic, textural look. He cuts rectangular and square shapes out of wood boards and drills holes into the corners. Iron-on veneering cleans up the edges; light and dark shades of stain give it even more visual interest. Before the boards are attached to the wall, black paint is applied to the areas on the wall that will show in between each board. Bolts and nuts (which are spray-painted black) hold the boards to the wall.

• Burbridge's lighting solution is two "pillars" of light that flank the headboard and hang from the ceiling over the new end tables. The light source is an uplight, which is placed on the table directly under the hanging shade. The shades are created by stitching a tube of polyester; wreath forms from a floral supply store create the dimension. Each shade hangs from the ceiling with ball chain that's attached to one of the wreath forms. (uplight lamps: Lamps Plus - 38920 opal case, wreath forms: Floral and Craft Rings, 3 Ring Circles)

Paint and Supplies - $54

• The white walls are livened up with a subtle sage green paint. (wall paint: Mark's Paint Store - Benjamin Moore, HC-132 Harrisburg Green)