7 Tips for Decorating Your Child's Room
By Liz Hekimian-Williams
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!
About the Author
Liz Hekimian-Williams is owner of Giftsprings.com,
home decor and gifts
shop where you can find many home decorating
novelties including night lights, novelty lamps,
glow in the dark
items and personalized acrostic name prints.
© Elizabeth Hekimian-Williams, Giftsprings
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