| Decorating your child's bedroom in a manner that will | | | | You can stop at color and let your kids pick up from |
| be fun and inspiring for your son or daughter but also | | | | there, but if you have ideas about general themes that |
| aesthetically coordinated to your tastes and the rest | | | | you'd like your kids to pick from, set those guidelines as |
| of the house is no small feat. When your kids share a | | | | well. Maybe both your boys love sports but one |
| bedroom, it can be twice as hard. | | | | prefers basketball while the other likes football best. |
| Whether you have twins sharing a room or children of | | | | You can make sports the general theme of their room |
| different ages and even genders, chances are they | | | | and allow each boy to pick children's bedding for the |
| will not like all the same things and will have different | | | | sport he favors. |
| ideas about how the room should be decorated. You | | | | If you want to have themed children's bedroom |
| can try the old method of drawing a line down the | | | | accessories such as wall borders, window treatments |
| middle of the room and allowing your children do | | | | and knick knacks that all follow a general theme, it will |
| whatever they want with their respective sides, but | | | | be much easier to pull off if you limit your children's |
| this can create some pretty interesting and | | | | bedding selections to the same theme. For example, if |
| uncoordinated bedroom decorations. | | | | you picked a Care Bears theme for your little girls' |
| Better yet, use some general decorating guidelines and | | | | room, you can decorate the room with Care Bears |
| children's bedding and accessories to create a well | | | | accessories and then allow each child to choose girls |
| balanced room that also allows each child to express | | | | bedding decorated with her favorite Care Bear. |
| his or her unique interests and tastes. | | | | It Doesn't Have to be Perfect! |
| Start With Some Basic Guidelines | | | | Anytime you're decorating a child's bedroom, it's |
| Before letting your kids pick out their favorite children's | | | | important to keep in mind that it doesn't have to be as |
| bedding patterns, set some general guidelines for their | | | | perfectly put together as the rest of your house. |
| selections so that their individual bedding choices will | | | | Children enjoy wild patterns and mixing colors because |
| end up coordinating together. Color is a great place to | | | | they are learning about their own tastes and the world |
| start. Help your kids pick a few colors that they will | | | | around them. So, try not to get wrapped up in having |
| stick to when decorating their room. Keep the wall | | | | everything come together perfectly and shoot for |
| color or wall paper in mind when making color | | | | helping your kids' express themselves within some |
| selections so that the children's bedding will compliment | | | | general color and theme guidelines. |
| its surroundings. | | | | |