Designing a children's room for a girl is both an exciting and difficult task for parents. On the one hand, this is an opportunity to return to childhood and make your unfulfilled dreams come true. On the other hand, when developing a major renovation project, you need to carefully think through everything down to the smallest detail: from layout and functional zoning to lighting and decor. Moreover, the interior must be created taking into account not only practicality, but also the preferences of the young princess.
ReRooms tells and shows in photos how to properly arrange a nursery so that the room is comfortable and safe, and your child can relax, learn and develop comfortably in it.
General requirements for the interior of a children's room
The design of any children's room has more requirements than the decor of an ordinary living room or bedroom. Here it is important to take into account the nuances of safety and make the room interesting and useful for children's development and games.
Important! For a child, his room is a whole children's world with its own castles, secret grottoes, secrets and opportunities for travel. In order for the child’s fantasies to be as complete and interesting as possible, it is necessary to make the design of the room varied.
The children's room is distinguished primarily by the presence of different zones:
- Sleeping area. It is usually located away from the window, so the child will be reliably protected from drafts.
- Play area. It can be placed on the floor or near the wall. The sleeping area is very often combined with this area.
- Study area. It is usually located next to the window. For young children it should contain the necessary elements for creativity. For older children, a desk and shelves are usually placed here.
- A household area for storing things and caring for a small child.
- In the design of a children's bedroom for a girl, you can select a separate area for personal care with a large mirror.
Any children's room must meet the following safety requirements:
- Furniture and decor should be made from environmentally friendly materials. To make sure of this, it is important to check the necessary certificates with the seller when purchasing.
- Furniture should not have sharp corners that could easily cause injury
- The room must be arranged in such a way as to protect the child from drafts. To do this, use soft carpets on the floor and thick curtains on the windows.
- Tall furniture must be additionally secured. Otherwise, while playing, the child may hang on the cabinet and knock it over on himself.
Furniture items
A few examples of furnishing a kitchen combined with a living room:
- 1. Sofa. It becomes an object that zones space. The sofa is placed with its back facing the place where food is prepared. In small rooms (less than 20 sq m) a corner is placed, which is placed against a wall installed perpendicular or parallel to the kitchen.
- 2. Set. According to designers, minimalist models without elaborate details look modern. The service, vases or glasses are placed on an open shelf. You can buy a fashionable display case for them. Furniture is placed near the wall. If the space is large (20 sq. m, 25 sq. m or 30 sq. m), then in the central part you can install an island, which also has sections for kitchen appliances.
- 3. Furniture set. The style should be combined with the design of both rooms. In small rooms, a compact table and chairs made of transparent material or painted in light colors look good. You can add a table with a round top to your living room interior. In spacious rooms, the kit is installed near the wall or in the central part. An elongated rectangular dining table would look good here.
Read here: Bedside tables
Design features for girls
A photo of a nursery design for a girl best illustrates that when decorating this room, the most important thing is the color and thematic solution.
To decorate a room, it is better to choose soft, pastel colors: light pink, soft turquoise, lilac or light blue. A combination of these colors with each other is also suitable.
Shades can be diluted with white, but this color should not be used alone. It is better to choose carpets and bedspreads for furniture in darker colors - pink, purple, blue or green.
The theme is usually set by furniture manufacturers, who often make children's rooms with the appropriate design: a princess's chambers, a fairy-tale castle, or a house of elves or Malvina.
You can also purchase ordinary furniture, additionally decorating it using the following techniques:
- Above the children's bed you can decorate a stylish canopy in the form of an oriental tent or a light curtain
- The walls can be painted according to the theme: draw a huge flower, a castle or clouds on the wall.
- For games, you can add many chests, boxes or soft poufs
- You can separately purchase or create an additional house
- The bed, wardrobe and table can be additionally decorated using the decoupage technique
- The ceiling can be decorated with painting or light organza
- You can place a large mirror or even a trellis in the room to make it more interesting for the girl to take care of herself
- You can use different light sources: central light, designer lamps in the form of lanterns, salt lamps, false fire made of fabric, butterflies and flowers
- When designing
Advice. If the child is over 2 years old, then it is better to decorate the room together. This will contribute to the development of the child's creative abilities.
Important! Thematic design should be created in such a way that it develops the child’s knowledge and imagination. For example, these can be flowers of different types, thanks to which the girl will be able to learn them.
At the same time, the design should be varied, details should not be repeated. When creating a nursery design for two girls, you should not buy the same furniture. It is better to choose a variety of options for them that will be united by one theme.
Decoration
Accessories that match the child’s character and lifestyle will help create a cozy and warm atmosphere.
Curtains that harmoniously match the overall color scheme of the interior will immediately transform the room. In this case, the presence of tulle is not necessary. It is enough that the curtains are thick and made of natural fabric.
To decorate the resting and sleeping area, you can choose a small rug with long pile. A lamp with an unusual design will look great on a bedside table.
If the walls are plain or have a small, discreet pattern, stickers, paintings, and photo collages are suitable for decoration.
The dressing table can be decorated with unusual lighting, beautiful boxes for storing hair clips, jewelry and other girlish little things.
The work and study areas will be decorated with books in beautiful covers and flowers in unusually shaped pots. The girl grows up and becomes a housewife, so she can learn to care for living plants.
When choosing accessories, you need to take into account the color scheme of the interior. The more neutral the background, the more decorations you can afford and vice versa. More ideas for decorating a girl's bedroom can be found here.
Design by age
A peculiarity of the design of any children's room is that the interior often has to be changed and the interior itself.
To reduce the cost of changes, it is better to select some furniture for several years, and change some as the child grows older. For example, you can buy a wardrobe that will be useful at any age. Its design and decor can be changed as the interior changes.
A regular chest of drawers is also suitable for these purposes. And over time, the crib for a newborn will have to be replaced with a themed bed, which will then be replaced by ordinary furniture for teenagers.
Sleeping area
Determine the most suitable place for a first-grader to sleep in such a way that:
- every night it was as quiet as possible outside the room;
- there was no bright light coming from the windows on the street or outside the door (especially if the door had glass);
- there were no shelves low above the bed, no lamps hanging over the pillow to prevent head injuries when rising.
When choosing furniture, you should pay attention to children's beds for girls. The growing body of a seven-year-old child requires the presence of objects that form correct posture. That is why you should pay attention to bed frames and mattresses, sofas or couches with a semi-rigid base. Ideally, an orthopedic mattress. The presence of sharp corners and material with the ability to accumulate dust is unacceptable.
It is recommended to select a bed only in person at a furniture store. In addition, if the material has a sharp, specific smell of dyes, varnish, or upholstery, then for the sake of the child’s health it is better to refuse the purchase.
From 0 to 1 year
When designing a nursery for this age, the most important thing is convenience for parents. A bed for mother, a changing table, a closet or chest of drawers for children's things should be conveniently placed here. The design of a small nursery for a girl involves the use of transformable furniture, for example a crib with a changing table or drawers for things.
During this period, the center of the child’s world will be his crib, which should be decorated in a very diverse way: contain many toys with different sound and tactile effects.
Color spectrum
Color affects people's mood. Usually they like to decorate girls’ rooms in pink, but for a 7-year-old child this is too childish. An all-pink room is too relaxing, whereas a schoolgirl needs to be focused. For the background, it is better to choose shades of yellow, golden, peach, and light tones of green. If a girl insists on pink, it should be light; it is better to dilute it with brighter tones, for example, white, yellow, green.
Correctly selected shades in the interior of a children's room for a 7-year-old girl will create the right mood. When choosing colors, it is worth considering the child’s temperament. For calm girls, a light, neutral palette is good, and for active girls, you can add bright, rich colors to the design.
From 1 year to 3 years
Starting from the age of one year, the child actively explores the world and already moves around on his own. The design of the nursery should be changed a little, richly equipping the play space. Here you can add:
- Manege
- Gaming tactile mat
- Houses
- Poufs and a large number of pillows
- Small children's table and chair
- Toy boxes
From 3 years to 6 years
This is the time when a girl’s imagination actively develops. The arrangement of the room here involves:
- Various designs: photo wallpapers or wall paintings, beds in the form of castles, climbing devices
- The presence of a large number of boxes, drawers and shelves where you can store secrets, decorations, and creative items
- Equipped place for creativity and crafts.
From 6 to 10 years
At this age, a girl begins to devote more time to studying. Fantasies and playing with dolls fade into the background. Therefore, the design of the walls and furniture of the room can be more restrained.
Adding a quality desk and a comfortable chair with adjustable seat and back heights to your room is very important during this period.
From 10 to 18 years
The design of a nursery for a teenage girl requires a more strict, adult design. Pastel colors, a large number of stasis or ruffles, fancy flowers on the walls will be inappropriate in this case. It is better to decorate the walls with plain wallpaper or inserts with views of cities and night streets.
For this age, it is better to choose soft, but more saturated tones: lilac, violet, lilac, blue or beige.
Furniture with a more strict and ascetic design is also suitable here:
- Regular bed
- Closet
- Wide desk and several chairs
- Rack with many shelves or chest of drawers
Important! In this room, a teenager should feel comfortable not only studying, but also spending time with girlfriends and friends. It is then that the room will become a cozy and favorite place for the girl.
Finishing
If the kitchen combined with the living room has the same floor covering, then there are no special rules for carrying out the work. When combining different materials, take into account in advance where they will be joined.
For example, laminate flooring creates unsightly joints with tiles. The main thing is that the floor is flat without curved joints, as they will be noticeable.
Kitchen cabinets that are mounted on the walls should reach the ceilings. In some cases, craftsmen “lower” the ceiling with plasterboard.
Photo of a nursery for a girl
Category: Children's
