Last night at the dinner table your young daughter announced, “Suzy Smith is getting her room decorated and I want my room decorated too.” Mom and Dad look at each other and an unspoken agreement is reached. “OK,” Mom says, “we’ll talk about it after dinner.” And just like that, a re-decorating project is born.
The decorating project starts with a theme. The colors, furnishings and other design factors revolve around a main idea. It can be her favorite movie, plot of a favorite book or a well-loved character.
She may have several “best choices” and need some help from Mom in narrowing down the options. Magazine pictures, TV programs, books can all offer suggestions to consider. At some point, through some process, a theme will be chosen. If some items are to be kept from her room’s current furnishings, the bed, for example, you might start building the theme around them. New bed coverings highlighting the chosen theme could be a starting point.
Choose items, furniture and colors that reflect the theme. A safari theme will look great with area rugs and beddings in animal prints and artworks of wild animals. A nature park theme will look realistic with colors of nature, particularly shades of green and blue. The ceiling can also be painted so it will match the area rugs and other decors.
If the bed is to be replaced, its place could be taken by a themed bed. Furniture can be ordered directly from the manufacturer to save money. The headboard could be covered in polyester batting and fabric printed with the theme or the headboard could be a bookcase for the display of gadgets and memorabilia and pictures.
Another option is to have an artist come in and paint the bedroom walls as a mural reflecting the theme choice. If the theme was castles and princesses, the little girl could be painted in a window of the castle looking out over her kingdom. Or she could be painted on the back of a horse ready to take a jump. Or the walls could be a soccer field and she could be painted getting ready to kick a goal.
Of course, decorating now doesn’t mean it’s going to be forever, or at least until she goes to college. As your daughter grows into adolescence, there will also be changes in her style and preferences. What once appealed to her might bore her to tears in the near future. That’s how it is with decorating. Change is inevitable. When that time comes, then repaint the walls, add items, and change the furnishings and decors. That’s what thrift shops and discount stores are forto meet the demands of people on a budget.
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Tags: girl's room, Home, home decor, interior design
