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7 Tips for Decorating Your Child's Room
© 2003 by Liz Hekimian-Williams
In a lot of families, the baby nursery takes a lot of planning and
decorating time but there's often less thought and energy put into decorating
the same child's room as they grow older. Here are a few tips to help
you get started with decorating your child's room.
If you're not sure where to start or how best to tackle updating your
child's bedroom, you're not alone. In a lot of families, the baby nursery
takes a lot of planning and decorating time but there's often less thought
and energy put into decorating the same child's room as they grow older.
It's common for baby toys and furniture like diaper disposals, rattles,
pull toys and cribs to get removed, but other things often seem to stay
around for quite a bit longer than the growing child might wish. For instance
a wall paper border with prints more suitable for your baby or younger
child's room, may not be as enjoyed by your now older child (or teen?!).
Here are a few tips to help you get started with decorating your child's
room. The best part about this is that your child can help you do it this
time around, unlike when they were yet to be born or an infant. So this
can be a fun project you can do together!
1. Select a new color to paint the walls, a color that your child likes.
If you have a strong objection to it, though, negotiate with perhaps a
lighter version of that color, or limiting their color choice to only
one wall. (Or, encourage them to put up some nice posters and wall hangings
to lessen their color's impact!)
2. Mood lighting! Kids of all ages enjoy mood lighting of one sort or
another. Together, select either a night light, a small novelty lamp with
a low wattage bulb, or an interesting colored or black light bulb lamp.
Other lighting effects kids enjoy include disco lights, statues or flowers
with light effects, and glow in the dark items.
3. Bedspreads. Get rid of baby blankets and exchange for favorite cartoon
throws or bed covers. When they're teenagers, they might enjoy more sports
or frilly, or even more adult taste bed coverings.
4. Personalize something for their dressers or their walls, with their names
and/or photographs. Photos can be made into a collage. Engraved names in
stones or personalized acrostic poem name prints are fun kid's room additions.
Acrostic poem name prints make great keepsakes and can be updated every
few years. They use the letters of your child's name to start off self-esteem
enhancing phrases that tell about your child's unique traits, interests
and characteristics at that stage of their life.
5. Create a comfort zone area in the room, for cuddling up cozy and reading.
Think about using big pillows, plush or inflatable chairs, anything your
child might enjoy sitting on and relaxing in. You'll also want to conveniently
have some books placed within their arm's reach. You could also place
some music equipment by that area for them to enjoy. And, if there's room,
add an additional seating space for you as well. That way you can sit
together to share reading, music listening or chatting time. If you have
a teenager, they'll likely want to have that additional seating space
for you or for their friends to use.
6. Together with your child, agree upon a wall paper border that you can
use to decorate their room with. This idea can be in addition to or used
instead of painting their room. Adding or changing a wall paper border
can be a very simple and quick way to change the look and feel of your
child's room.
7. And... here's an interesting idea my daughter suggested when I asked
her for suggestions about decorating a child's room ... (I simply had
to share this intriguing idea with you!) She said, "tell them to
get an extra thick room door so you don't hear your kids fighting!"
Can you tell that she shares her room with her sister and something about
the noise level in their room at times?!
Hmmm... maybe she's got a good idea there after all!
Liz Hekimian-Williams is owner of Giftsprings.com, an online gifts and
home decor shop where you can find many home decorating novelties including
night lights, novelty lamps, glow in the dark items and personalized acrostic
poem name prints.
http://www.Giftsprings.com
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