What could I do to make my room look like it doesn't belong to an 8 year old?

If your mom loves your furniture so much, let her live with it! Since she won't let you change it, ask her to swap it --for her bedroom furniture! Maybe then, she will change her mind and let you do something creative.

Just by painting ur walls would help accent ur room to look completely different. If u really have to keep the furniture, minimize it. take out what u dont want/ dont need and hide it in the attic or another room. Next, definately paint ur room. prolly be best to stay clear of dark reds. Its hard to find the right shade n when u do, lighting makes a huge impact. I'd personally go w/ the dark blue it would help accent the white furniture better. next get rid of all toys and teenie bop'r posters.. murals of asian plants n artwork would help ur room a lot. candles, bamboo etc..

If you have white furniture, you should try having green walls to make it look fresh and clean. If you're going for an Asian look, try a red (burgendy) or orange and add chocolate colors to give it a rustic look and make it look older. Also, you could convince your mom to let you stain your furniture. If you do that, maybe she could help and feel better about painting it.

Since you cannot get rid of the white furniture, make it work. White furniture looks good in a tropical/Caribbean style room, whereas you would need darker woods/blacks for the asian. The Caribbean style would also make it look more light and airy...to get some decorating ideas for this style, I would go onto a travel site and search the Caribbean hotels and look at their rooms :-)

here what i suggest you do. is paint a base coat maybe a light tan color , then paint your mural maybe based on India, like a temple ...... add some palm trees ..... even a gold color the Asians love gold remember ma ken it too dark, will feel depression... so mix and match a two tone ...... light & dark google asain art . you will get some great ideas on line .

what's wrong with it, just keep it that way; if i could have i would have, but we moved

Add some real flowers and a house plant. Good Luck. (:

Add some polka dots!

Yikes, my immediate thought was to paint the furniture black, but darn it you cant... First replace your bedset with something more grown up then you can put new knob on dressers and drawers to make the look change. I would pick a bedding set with browns and blues or blacks and reds. Bed Bath and beyond should have a good selection along with your local department stores. Then you can pick new decorations to match your bedding. Lose pink, purple, and orange to lose your preteen bedroom. Also mute colors are more grown up, like sage, tan, rust, light yellow, brown, aqua/ turquoise, and light red. Unless you really like oriental theme, don't do it. It is wayy overdone.