| Home decorating can be a lot of fun, regardless of the | | | | to save space is the bunk. Even if you only have one |
| room you're working on. If you're looking to decorate a | | | | kid, you can put him on a bunk, and then put a little |
| room for children, that can be almost as fun as | | | | bookshelf or dresser underneath it to save space. |
| decorating you own room - unless, of course, the child | | | | Another way to save space is by choosing furniture |
| is already overbearing in his/her opinions and feels the | | | | that serves a double function: a toy chest/chair, a |
| need to make all the choices over his/her possessions | | | | trundle bed, an armoire/bar, etc. You need to think |
| despite the fact that he/she contributes absolutely | | | | practically. You also need to think ahead, which takes |
| nothing financially. But here I digress. | | | | me to another point: wall colors. |
| One of the most important things to consider in | | | | Remember back in the olden days, when people didn't |
| shopping for bedroom furniture for your kids is safety. | | | | know what they were getting with a baby and so |
| You want materials that are durable and well crafted | | | | they didn't want to do the room pink or blue? Well, we |
| so the stuff sticks around for Kid 2 (and god forbid, Kid | | | | know now what the kid will look like, but really, do we |
| 3). Find bedroom furniture that is crafted of hardwood | | | | know what we're getting at the end of the day? No, |
| solids, such as maple, oak, or cherry. Also be sure to | | | | we sure don't. So one lasting piece of advice: keep the |
| examine the joints of the furniture. You want to make | | | | walls neutral. Kids grow up so fast and go through so |
| sure the manufacturer used proper joints. This is | | | | many different phases, and you really don't want to be |
| always important, but especially with kids' furniture. | | | | catering to his/her every color whim. The colors and |
| Sometimes cheap furniture works with adults, but it | | | | bedroom furniture can be neutral. That's guaranteed to |
| never lasts with kids. If the whole bed is held together | | | | last and not present an issue. All other décor |
| with staples and glue, you know it won't last a day | | | | comes and goes with each rising Hollywood child star's |
| longer than that kid's crawling. They're small, but they're | | | | inevitable fade into vice and deprivation. So for now it's |
| mighty - they jump on furniture and break things | | | | white walls with a Hannah Montana poster, and |
| before they're even mobile. So unless you want to buy | | | | tomorrow it's white walls with someone else on a |
| new bedroom furniture every fifteen minutes, you | | | | poster. |
| better shell out for the good stuff. | | | | Eventually they'll be teenagers and they'll want none of |
| More often than not, the kids' room is a smaller room. | | | | this stuff, but they'll demand you buy them new |
| And if Kid 2 comes around before you have a place | | | | bedroom furniture and they'll paint their walls whatever |
| to put him, you're going to find that little room squeezed | | | | color they want even if you tell them not to. That's the |
| for space. So when it comes to bedroom furniture for | | | | joy of parenthood. Enjoy decorating while they're still |
| children, try to find pieces that save space. One way | | | | too young to verbalize an opinion. |