How to Style your Kid’s Room

Decorating your home is always a fun way to get the family together and brainstorm different ideas. If you are putting a lot of effort into your bedroom, living room, kitchen and even the bathrooms, your kid’s room needs all your creative energy as well. It is important for your child’s room to be decorated the way they want. Decorating and styling their bedroom the way they like is going to be beneficial for your child in the long run for their personal development. Moreover, who doesn’t want their child to be happy with their room? As part of this article, we will be providing tips and things to consider when styling kid’s room, keep on reading for more.

Do Not Overcrowd The Room

It is very easy to go overboard with furniture and toys for your kid’s room. After all, there is a lot available in the market for kids. Whether it is furniture, games, toys or more, you can end up buying more things than your kid requires. Furthermore, it is easy to go a little overboard with kid’s furniture just because they are adorable to look at.

We recommend leaving as much walking and playing space in your child’s room as possible. A bed, some storage furniture like wardrobe and shelves along with a table and chair or just a chair is enough furniture in your kid’s room. You need to give them a lot of space to move around. Children love to make a mess of things or just simply dance around the room. So, you have to give them the freedom and space to do that.

Find The Right Balance

Your child’s bedroom needs to have a good balance between fun and functionality. Most of the furniture in your kid’s room would serve an important purpose. But make sure that the furniture is not drab and boring. Introduce your child to colours and not just colours associated with particular genders. These small gestures can really help in the social development of your child and they will also end up having a colourful room.

Additionally, when we say that you should leave more space in the room for your child to move around that doesn’t mean you should leave it bare. Add a few accessories like a rug, floor cushions, bean bags or even a swing if you have the space.

Accent Walls

If you have always wanted an accent wall in your home but don’t know where to start, your kid’s room might be it. There are so many cool ideas for wall art or accent walls for kids’ bedrooms online. You can either go for a Disney themed wall, painted cartoon characters or a plain coloured wall that can be covered with pictures of your child’s paintings. An accent wall can really personalise your child’s room and also add a touch of uniqueness to the room. The possibilities are endless with accent walls.

Themes

It is very common to have a particular theme for your child’s room. With themes, you can do a lot, since they allow you to be as creative as possible with the furniture and everything else. It can be a film, TV show, cartoon, comic or book, you just need the right referred to make the room look alive.

There are so many themes you can try such as Disney, Alice in Wonderland, Under the Sea, dinosaur, superheroes, and more. Moreover, you can also go for sophisticated themes if your child likes that. Toned down themes such as monochrome, nude colours, pastels or solid colours, can also look beautiful.

You can also create your own theme with the help of your child. Just keep the colours of the walls plain and let your child create a story using items that can be hung around or placed around the room. This also allows you to change the themes of the room whenever your child wants.

Get The Style Right

Before you shop for homeware for your kid’s room, pick a colour palette and a specific style. Most people would steer clear of trendy room decoration styles such as boho-chic, monochrome or rustic styles. But if you have an idea in your mind, so for it. Ideally, we would recommend keeping a colour palette in mind when buying homeware and furniture. If you want the room to be very colourful, tone it down with the furniture. Plain wooden furniture provides the perfect contrast for colourful accessories and toys.

It is always good to have a few statement pieces in your child’s room. A chair, cushions, plushies or even an elaborate desk would count as statement pieces. Statement pieces add an extra oomph but don’t take away anything from the entire look of the room. These items can usually be placed anywhere depending on the item. If it is plushy, it can simply be placed on the bed; Cushions can be placed on the bed and the playing area.

A Little Extra Effort

When it comes to kids’ rooms, there are multiple decoration ideas that can be used. Even if you are going for a minimalistic design, you should not be leaving the walls and the floor too bare. Framed pictures of cute dinosaurs or your child’s favourite superhero on a bare wall can suddenly turn a bare wall into something special. You can put some interesting signs and pictures on the room’s door and have a wall just to measure their height over the years.

If your child has a four-poster bed, you can decorate them with fairy lights or homemade pompoms or artificial vines. You can even make it into a DIY project that your child can participate in and create pompoms or beaded curtains for the bed.

Workspace

Just like you, your child needs a workspace as well. Albeit their work might not be as stressful as yours but they still need a separate space to perform their task. Be it painting, reading, writing, building blocks or doing origami, your child needs a separate space for this work. You can either have a work desk or a low lying table and chair for your child in their room. It may not seem like it, but a workspace will also allow your child to differentiate between tasks from a young age.

A personal workspace also means that you don’t have to clean the dining table after they are done playing or worse painting all over it. It gives your child a personal space and you lesser stress about cleaning.