11 Decorating Ideas for Kids’ Rooms

Can a children’s room really encourage playfulness and creativity, while still remaining neat and organized? Here are ten of our top favorite design tips for creating just this type of space!

 

1. First and foremost, when you are designing a child’s room, it is important to get their input on the creative process. For example, try painting a dresser and allowing your child to personalize it with their handprints. Alterna
2. tely, try painting one wall with a chalkboard paint, which will allow your child to draw on it over and over again.
3. To encourage your kids to stay organized, it’s going to be important to keep storage bins, coat racks, boxes, and baskets at their height. It’s going to increase the likelihood that these items will be used if your kids can easily access them.
4. Additionally, when you are designing your child’s room, make sure that you create multiple tiers of lighting within the room. A single overhead light is a staple of room lighting, but a tableside lamp will be necessary if your child likes to read at night, and a night light may be necessary to help them see around their room in the middle of the night.
5. As an alternative to the traditional night light, visit your local hobby or arts and crafts store to look for glow in the dark paint. This paint is always a huge hit with kids, and it might actually have your child excited to turn out the lights at night. There is no limit to the different designs you can paint on your child’s ceilings and walls.
6. As you know, it’s traditional for parents to put a growth chart in their little one’s rooms. For a fresh new option, place a plain, white border around your child’s room. Each month, you and your child can use water based paint to place a new handprint on the border. It will be fun for both of you to watch your child grow together.
7. Kids are natural hoarders. Whatever they find interesting, they have a tendency to bring home. Encourage your child’s creativity by making collecting interesting for them. For example, don’t just stick your child’s pictures on the front of the refrigerator. If you hang a string from one corner of your child’s room to another, you will be able to hang the pictures from this string and create a unique and interesting border.
8. If you do prefer the idea of having a corkboard in your child’s room, look for cork steel-and-pick options. This cork can be cut into almost any shape, and it can be used to create fun designs for your child’s room. All you have to do is cut it into the desired shape, peel off the backing, and hang it up for a fun and creative space.
9. Families who live in apartments or rented townhomes where they cannot paint the walls or otherwise alter them will find an outlet for creativity in removeable wall transfers. There is a wide range of patterns, colors, and themes to choose from, and these items are actually quite affordable. Your kids can decorate their room however they want, and you will rest easy knowing that you don’t have to clean up afterwards.
10. Create your own art for your child’s bedroom. You can create a focal point in your child’s bedroom by painting a large white canvas board, which can be purchased from your local arts and crafts store for less than $20.00, with colors that are pulled from your child’s bedding or other colors in the bedroom. Place over the headboard of their bed for maximum impact.
11. Plan for play by hanging a bubble chair or two from the ceiling of your child’s room. These chairs are irresistible for children to play in, but they also create a wide open floor space that turns into the ideal play space for other adventures in their room.

 

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