| Decorating your child's room should be fun and exciting | | | | here is to set limits but also to give your child room to |
| for all involved. The most important thing to remember | | | | create their special place in the home.Use your |
| when planning or decorating your child's room is to | | | | imagination (ask your child for input) when painting your |
| keep the decor age appropriate. You wouldn't want to | | | | child's room. The wall treatments can range from |
| decorate your 3 year old daughter's room in the same | | | | applying a calming and soothing neutral wall color to |
| style as your 13 year old daughter's room. That doesn't | | | | creating fantastic murals that bring your child's dreams |
| mean you have to start decorating all over every few | | | | to life. I highly recommend Debbie Travis' Painting book |
| years. What it means is that you should strive to | | | | for children's rooms if you want unique and interesting |
| create a room that will grow with your little girl /little | | | | paint ideas. Decoupage is another form of decorative |
| boy but is age appropriate. Some helpful tips follow.Get | | | | finishes that you can use to create a truly unique and |
| a feel for what colors your child likes. If they are fairly | | | | magical child's room.Furniture themes for your child's |
| young show them a box of crayons and let them pick | | | | room can be: whimsical with butterflies and bees, |
| out their favorite colors. Use those colors as inspiration | | | | elegant a la French country style, romantic like a |
| for the child's room decor. The older child or children | | | | princess inspired theme complete with a half crown |
| can easily tell you what colors they prefer.Don't force | | | | above the bed, heroic like a firefighter inspired theme |
| your style or color likes and dislikes on your children. | | | | for a boy's room with a fire engine truck for a |
| Despite their young age they are developing their | | | | bunkbed, a charming rustic lodge style complete with |
| personality's and their rooms are an extension of it. (Of | | | | log cabin headboard and so many others! You can |
| course if they insist on all black walls and Marilyn | | | | buy many of these themed furniture pieces or you can |
| Manson posters, it's reasonable to say No). The lesson | | | | create some of them yourself. |