Hello, I have some tips for those of you out there who are thinking of turning your child’s bedroom into more than just a room for sleeping. Here are a few fun ideas to spice up his or her personal wonderland:
1. Paint A Mural: One easy way to give your child’s room a fun theme, is to paint a multiple wall mural. It can be anything from a giant pink castle, to a pirate ship, or even barnyard scene for a more rural setting. This can be an inexpensive way to add a lot of life to even the most drab of living environments.
2. Stencils: If you don’t want to shell out the cost of hiring someone to paint you a mural, there is always the do it yourself approach you can take by using a stencil to add some life to your walls. You can stencil the name of your child’s favorite sports teams, or favorite TV shows, or animated characters the sky is the limit. They also have picture stencils, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be text only.
3. Let Your Child Paint a Portion of the Wall: This may throw warning flags to a concerned parent, but there are fun and safe ways to let your child join in on the painting process. You can leave an outline of their name, and let them color in the letters. You can also allow the painting to be a little abstract, and let them splash paint onto various parts of the scape.
4. Fun Furniture: Of course your child will need a place to lounge around with his young friends, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be the tiny plastic chairs that we have been accustomed to seeing in children’s bedrooms. They have everything from football shaped chairs, to teddy bear beanbags, all the way to the other spectrum of princess beds with a canopy or a bed shaped like a fire engine for the little firefighter in your house.
5. Colored Lighting: Add some pizazz to the room by changing up your traditional lighting. You can do this by using a color filtered lampshade, or the easier approach…getting a colored light bulb! This can be a very inexpensive way to add color to your child’s room. There are also posters that can be complimented by a black or red light to add a little more to the decor.
6. Designated Play Area: By giving your child a designated play area, it can give the appearance of a room within a room. It will also help keep the room clean, as one designated play area ensures that “the damage will be contained”.
7. Ask Them For Ideas: I think that since he or she will be the one spending most of the time there, that their input is important. Whether it is paint scheme, furniture, lighting, or arrangement I am sure your child has an opinion. Its your job as the parent to filter the good from the outlandish.
Hopefully, with the tips I have given you, the decoration of your child’s bedroom will be a fun and relatively painless process!
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