While children are under their parents' wing, renovations in the children's room become a headache for adults. It is natural that in the process of growth a child develops, his outlook on life, priorities, skills, habits change.
For the baby, parents make the room mainly in bed colors. After a couple of years, an active baby wants to explore the world and decorate it with bright colors. And already for a preschooler the world is painted in different colors. Before the parents can blink an eye, the teenager is expressing his dissatisfaction with the wallpaper with cars in his room. And, it would seem, just recently he was touched by him and rejoiced.
Decorating walls in a nursery with your own hands: choosing a material
For a baby, a children's room is his own world and space. Parents know their child well and in the first years of the baby’s life they must decide in what colors to decorate the walls in the nursery. A neutral, calm palette is suitable to calm hyperactivity; bright colors are suitable to give courage and tone to a shy baby.
Tips for choosing finishing materials:
- You shouldn’t choose too expensive wallpaper, as children love to draw on the walls and study how such beauty holds up on them;
- if the paint that was used to paint the walls remains, you shouldn’t throw it away, perhaps it will soon come in handy to eliminate children’s creativity;
- the walls of the children's room should “breathe” and be decorated with environmentally friendly materials that do not contain toxic substances;
- It is best to make the walls of a nursery from materials that can be easily cleaned and washed.
Color palette
Color is of great importance, influencing the unformed psyche of a child. Excessive brightness is not desirable. It is better to give preference:
- Beige;
- Blue;
- Cream;
- Olive;
- Green tint.
Red color provokes activity, yellow promotes concentration, orange evokes positive feelings, pink is a symbol of friendliness and calm.
Pastel colors are an ideal choice, which makes it easier to choose decorating attributes.
Light walls are an excellent option for a room for active fidgets
It doesn’t matter what color the walls in the children’s room will be. The main thing is that this coating is cleaning. If it is so, then you can safely paint them with snow-white paint or glue light wallpaper. This is the optimal solution for parents whose child is easily excitable. Bright colors can prolong the process of calming an active child before bed.
White color gives a feeling of lightness and freedom, induces peace and calms. In such a room, an active baby will feel comfortable and calm. But it is necessary to highlight bright fragments and accents to focus attention. Therefore, with light walls, it is necessary to choose bright colors in the design of window openings, furniture or textiles.
If the room is small, then white color will visually increase the volume of the nursery. An alternative could be light wallpaper with a barely noticeable pattern. The atmosphere in the room will become interesting, and the drawing will not excite the baby’s emotions.
When decorating the walls in light colors, you can play it out on furniture or textiles - use a variegated pattern, colorful, bright shades.
Stencils, stickers, paintings and children's pictures for wall decoration
There is no need to think that painting walls in one tone is a boring option. This is not true at all, but a practical move from a design point of view. Children's preferences change every year, and not every family can afford to make repairs every couple of years. Plain walls are decorated in every possible way using available materials. And it is not necessary to involve professionals for this.
Stickers can transform a monochromatic space. It will be interesting and exciting for the child to choose them on his own, and even more so to participate in gluing them. With such a joint transformation of the room, it will become dearer and closer to the child - after all, he was the one who decorated his corner.
If you turn to a graphic designer for help, you can paint a plain nursery wall with paints, or rather, use a theme that is close to the baby.
It will be a holiday for a child if one of the walls of his room is decorated with photo wallpaper that can be painted. Who knows, maybe this option will become the impetus for the emergence of a new world-famous artist.
Stencils can be bought in specialized stores or made yourself. With their help, you can create a unique and interesting pattern on the walls, and most importantly, this interior will not be like any other.
Washable black wallpaper can be used as a school board on which the child will write and draw.
Decorative Accents
High-quality lighting is guaranteed by non-trivial lamps, a chandelier is a bunch of balls, a giraffe floor lamp, a table lamp is a fish.
The interests of children will certainly be taken into account; an athlete will need a shelf where cups and medals are stored, and a needlewoman will need an exhibition of her works - embroidery, macrame.
In addition, the following decoration variations are in demand:
- Garlands of flags, beads, stars on the window opening and on the ceiling.
- Photos.
- Drawings in homemade lightweight frames, suspended on a thin, inconspicuous fishing line.
- Soft ball chairs.
- Wicker baskets for toys.
- Unusual watch.
Decorating a nursery with your own hands gives the room individuality and originality. Just look at the value of an old suitcase converted into a dollhouse, or grandma’s old chest, which has become a pirate chest storing things.
Together with the child, they make picture frames from natural materials, appliqués, family trees, and dream catchers. All these things will undoubtedly take pride of place as decorations.
Children love to play in a hut or tent, so give them this opportunity.
It’s great if all the paraphernalia is united by a common design. If the most important thing for a baby is the presence of his father and mother nearby, then a schoolchild, and even more so a teenager, needs a personal space in which he feels free to study and do his favorite things.
The heirs have the right to offer their ideas for decorating the nursery, to which you must listen. Only in this case will your stay be comfortable, accompanied by a cheerful and optimistic mood.
Wall color in a children's room: add brightness
Just as when decorating living rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms, you can use a technique for decorating a children’s room - an accent wall stands out with a different texture, pattern, and color.
The wall that is located behind the head of the bed is the most popular when implementing this technique. You can safely do it in bright colors and not worry that your baby will be excited by the rich colors before bed.
An image of a continent, a map of the world or a country is also an interesting option for an accent wall. You can draw a map of an imaginary world or a non-existent kingdom if the child has highly developed fantasy and imagination.
The amazing world in the room will be recreated by wallpaper with photo printing. The topics can be different - legends, fairy tales, stories, animals, the child’s favorite heroes. This will be an original solution for highlighting an accent wall.
Walls in a teenager's room
The child has grown up, he has new priorities, habits, and interests. Instead of toys, student supplies and books appeared on the shelves. Fairy-tale characters or bears that are depicted on the walls of a children's room are no longer interesting to a teenager.
For some young people, a neutral wall palette is necessary to relax after classes and study calmly. For others - a bright interior to keep their emotional state in good shape.
Already at this age, a teenager can clearly explain what he would like to see in his room, what colors should prevail, and parents, in turn, based on financial capabilities, compare the desires of their child.
You can personalize a child's room for a teenager by decorating one of the walls in the form of brickwork. His friends should appreciate such a childish environment.
If a teenager’s room is small, then the vertical surfaces should be finished in light colors, and the accent wall should be made in rich colors using ornaments, paintings or designs.
Popular topics
Wallpaper images in the form of bears, owls, and kittens will always remain relevant for children; flowers and plants. It is worth mentioning the marine theme and space. Disney cartoon characters are required, as well as others - Shrek, Madagascar.
Unusual effects can be obtained if you use fluorescent wallpaper, which in the dark will emit a light glow accumulated from daylight and replace a night light.
