| When your kid gets to be a teenager, that little kids | | | | floor. This will help the room look neat and reduce the |
| furniture and bedroom décor just won't do. | | | | clutter. |
| Your teen wants a cool new look, and here's how you | | | | You can give your teens bedroom a fun but |
| can get it. | | | | sophisticated look by painting the room in a "cool" color |
| First of all, don't toss out that old bedroom furniture yet. | | | | like chocolate, sage or purple and using accents to as |
| Unless the furniture is totally banged up and broken, | | | | focal points. A flokati or rag rug will lend a sophisticated |
| you may be able to give it a cool new look with some | | | | air and you can even put the down as area rugs on |
| paint and new knobs. Before you start on that, | | | | top of wall to wall carpeting to give the floor a whole |
| however, you need to figure out the theme of your | | | | new look. Replace the kids ruffled or theme curtains |
| teen bedroom design. | | | | with tab topped curtains in a denim or canvas for a |
| Todays hot new looks are centered around retro, | | | | more adult look. |
| modern or "cool" designs. Teens actually have pretty | | | | Bedding for you teen can be plain, or funky - whatever |
| good design sense (probably from watching so much | | | | goes with the room. Depending on your teens taste, a |
| TV!) and you can design a really neat room just by | | | | neutral colored bed set with nicely textured fabrics like |
| adding some new accents. Of course, your teen may | | | | silks or a velvet duvet can add interest with out being |
| need a new desk to do their home work at if the old | | | | too flashy. Or if you want to make the bed a focal |
| one no longer works but you can give the old furniture | | | | point, how about an animal print set or something in |
| a new look as mentioned above. | | | | bright colors like hot pink and orange? |
| Luckily, you don't have to spend a lot on accents for | | | | Accents are where you add interest and give the |
| your teenagers room. Most of the discount | | | | room personality. Some fun accents include chairs |
| department stores like Target offer hip furnishings and | | | | shaped like a giant shoe, faux fur covered lamps in |
| accents at discount prices. You can buy inexpensive | | | | wild colors, bean bag chairs of all types, phones in all |
| shelves, or build them yourself, and use it for them to | | | | shapes and sizes, funky accent pillows, rugs and wall |
| put all their stuff that might normally be thrown on the | | | | art. |