Bedroom Decorating Ideas For Children

When you think back about your childhood bedroom do strong feelings of warmth and love arise

? If you loved the room, it would be safe to assume that you played a participatory role in the bedroom decorating process.This continues to be the best way to create the space in a home where a child can develop their own personality. Involving the kids in the bedroom decorating department goes way beyond just giving them a bit of personal indulgence, it also. . .Encourages discussion between parent and child.By giving them a small portion of ownership, it might be just enough of a motivation for them to keep things neater.This opens the door to a "teachable moment". Your child can begin to learn about budgeting, decision making, cooperation and the steps it takes to complete a long term goal.And, if you are having trouble connecting with your teen, opening up to the idea of allowing them to decorate their room could be a powerful way to establish an entirely new way of relating and getting to know this adolescent "mystery" that is living under your roof.So, how do we get our kids to open up to expressing their bedroom decorating ideas?Well, for little ones, an excellent way is to first, provide a brand new box of crayons and fresh clean paper. Next, have them draw their favorite space.Explain that you want them to draw their "dream room", including everything they would want in it no matter how crazy or fantastical it may seem.For the older kids, you will discover that they have already thought about what they would like in the room...frankly, they are never short of ideas and opinions at this age.The goal with them may be to just to keep things focused. To do that, how about a creating a short questionnaire. With questions written in personal format that may include:What would you like to change in your room right now? What do you like about your room? What do you not like?What are your favorite colors? If there were no limitations, what would you put in that space called the "bedroom".A twist on this to get a resistant teen to participate in exposing their bedroom decorating ideas is to have both you and your child fill out the questions. Bring your answers to the table, to compare notes and to discover how well you really know your teen. This will definitely open the door to some sort of interaction!Once you have discovered what your child's ideal bedroom decorating ideas are, be prepared to take things to the next step.What can you realistically implement considering, time, budget, and room size. What can be traded, sold or reworked to fit into this new look. How willing are you to allow them to paint walls, introduce some crazy decor (especially with teens).Your budget may not allow for all the ideas suggested, in that case. You can work together to. . .Create a wish list - with the commitment of buying things as they have been budgeted.Decide together to determine what are the best choices out of the many. It could just be a simple paint job, moving furniture, or a window treatment change would be satisfactory.What ever your determining factors are - A room "just for me" is a room designed to encourage, inspire, provide safety and certainly feelings of love and acceptance.If you don't like the results...well, you can always close the door!


Bedroom Decorating Ideas For Children

By: Mallory Kramer

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