Whether you are renovating the room or building a custom home, designing a room for a child is a fun experience. This is a space where you can incorporate whimsical designs, bold colors and fun prints. However, it’s also important to consider timeless elements because you don’t want a room that has to be completely changed every couple of years. Your input comes first, and your child’s input comes second. The reason for this is that a child’s tastes and needs will change over the years and room swaps will happen. The more sensible outlook of an adult can help to create a space that’s timeless.

Here are a couple tips when it comes to designing a bedroom for a kid.

Color for Your Design Scheme

Pick a color for the wall that isn’t too babyish.  The room is for your child, but the wrong color can make it so that the room is really only well-suited for an infant. Consider whether your child will still like rubber duck yellow or mint green in five years, and use that information to help make your final decision. Fortunately, design trends for nurseries are turning toward using more earth tone colors, vibrant oranges or subtle pinks and blues. These colors are more likely to age well with your child, but if you’re still in doubt, paint the room neutral but add an accent wall. It’ll be much easier to repaint just one wall down the road if your child’s taste changes.

Furniture Interior Design

Furniture that you like takes precedence over furniture your child likes In keeping with the above point of your input is more timeless than your child’s, choose furniture that you like over furniture your child likes. He/she may want that Teletubbies couch, but he/she will eventually get sick of it or grow out of it. Then you’re stuck with a Teletubbies couch you have nowhere to put. A compromise might be to incorporate some of the Teletubbies colors into the furniture, such as a dresser with more vibrant colored drawers or a bed with bold accents.

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Child’s Bedroom Design Ideas

Accessorize

The accessories are where you can go nuts After staying conservative with the furniture, the accessories are where you can go nuts. Put in stuff that he/she will like and make the room feel playful. This might include large removable stickers on the wall or a table lamp or piggy bank with their favorite cartoon characters. A rug in the middle of the room or the right curtains can also add color and interest, but it’s easy to replace as preferences change. Fill a bookshelf with favorite authors to give the room even more visual interest, and then add some colorful storage for favorite toys, costumes or other essential items.

Don’t Over Mix Patterns

As a final tip, remember to use patterns in a way that helps you feel in control. It’s not necessary to incorporate every cartoon or favorite animal your child has ever seen into the design scheme. Instead, keep in mind that less is more. If you’re going with zigzags, add a few circles, but avoid adding circles and squares and diamonds and rectangles too. By keeping things simpler, life will feel less chaotic when you walk into the room, giving you something that every parent needs – the ability to feel a little more in control.

Have fun with your child’s room design, but remain practical too. This is the best way to ensure that you end up with a room that both you and your child will cherish for years to come.