With the arrival of a child in the family, the question immediately arises of allocating personal space to the baby. It’s great if the apartment is large and you can allocate a spacious, large room for a growing family member. But in most cases, young families are not able to afford a large apartment. In this case, it is necessary to allocate an area from the available square meters for arranging a children's room. Even if you manage to allocate 5 sq.m. or 6 sq.m., you can already think over a plan for decorating a room for your baby. To make the design beautiful and the room cozy, it is recommended to use the designers’ recommendations during the design process.
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.
Color solution
In a small room you should not use a large abundance of colors. The main color scheme should be neutral, harmonious and moderate. Walls, floors, ceilings and furniture are selected in a calm and discreet palette. Textiles and small stylistic elements will serve as decorative accents.
White color in the interior is successfully combined with all possible shades. It also has the ability to visually expand space in small rooms. Therefore, it can be safely used as the main tone.
The beige palette is appropriate in children's rooms for girls and boys. This cozy and elegant color goes well with pink, blue, green, and harmonizes perfectly with natural wood and gold-plated, silver details.
Sunny yellow has the ability to charge with positive energy and stimulate mental activity. A successful combination of yellow with green, gray, white, blue and pink shades of equal saturation. The natural purity of green gives a feeling of security and peace. It can be combined with yellow, pink, brown, purple, turquoise, gray, white.
Pink is popular in girls' children's rooms; it harmonizes perfectly with all pastel shades, as well as chocolate and light green. Blue is equally appropriate in boys' and girls' rooms. The most spectacular companion for him is white. However, blue also works quite well with yellow, beige, and pink palettes.
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.
Furniture
Furniture in a room of 6 square meters. meters should be compact, lightweight and maximally functional.
- The bed takes up the most space, so the space under and above it needs to be put to good use. You can install mezzanine shelves above the bed, and underneath there must be drawers in which the child can store toys, clothes and other things. Below are photo examples of how you can arrange storage space in the sleeping area.
Bed with drawers
Shelf above the bed
- It is best to buy not a ready-made bed, but a custom-made one in the required sizes. For example, shorter than the standard 2 meters (so you can place it along the end wall) or 80 cm wide instead of the standard 90 cm (to save an extra 10 cm for a comfortable passage).
- A child under 6 years old should choose an ordinary single bed, and an older child can already buy a loft bed, which will allow him to allocate space on the first tier for a play, study or dressing area.
- The study table should be compact but functional - with drawers for storing small items under the tabletop and shelves above it. Excellent solutions are a corner or folding table, which is attached to the wall and folds down only when necessary. An even more unconventional solution is a table converted from a window sill.
- What should a wardrobe be like? Definitely small, light and with laconic facades. A corner closet or a built-in wardrobe can save space - then not a single centimeter will be wasted.
- To avoid cluttering the interior, discard the bedside table. The lamp can be installed on the wall or at the head of the bed, and other little things that your child and you need can be stored in pockets attached to the sides of the bed. You can buy a pocket like the one in the lower right photo at Ikea.
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.
What to do when there is no separate room?
Often the living conditions are so small that it is not possible to allocate a separate space. Don't despair, everything can be solved.
Even under such conditions, it is possible to create a functional interior using children's furniture for a small room. The main thing is that the child has a place to play.
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.
Prints and finishing
Almost any drawings visually reduce the space, but it is wrong to abandon them completely when decorating a nursery; it can upset the child. But choose small and not too bright prints, neutral and discreet. The materials used to decorate a small children's room must, firstly, be completely safe and harmless, and secondly, practical. And since the area is only 3 by 2 square meters. m., then you will also have to choose extremely laconic ones, that is, not too complex, not textured and not very voluminous.
To decorate the walls, you can use paint, plaster (not decorative, fine-grained) or simple wallpaper, preferably on a non-woven basis, they are more durable, safe, practical and of high quality. If you decide to choose painting, then do not forget to level the walls first. Also keep in mind that matte surfaces absorb light, so it is advisable to prefer glossy paint, which will help at least visually expand the space a little.
The floor can be covered with linoleum or, for example, laminate. If the room is cold, then carpet will solve this problem, but it is more difficult to keep it clean, since dust accumulates in the pile, and any dirt is difficult to remove. Whitewash can be used to finish the ceiling. Paint will help make the surface more interesting. If the height of the room allows, then options such as a suspended or suspended ceiling are also suitable.
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.
Lighting organization
For an artificial lighting source in a children's room, it is good to use LED bulbs in the yellow and white spectrum. They distribute soft and diffused light and are not hazardous to health. Incandescent lamps emit radiation as close as possible to sunlight and are perfect for lighting in children's rooms. Bright neon sources can be irritating to children. Fluorescent fluorescent lamps containing mercury should not be used in residential premises at all.
The brightest light source is located above the playing area. A pendant lamp is placed at the desk so that the light falls on the surface from the left side or a table lamp is placed. You can install a sconce or an original night light by the bed.
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.
Stylistic direction
There is absolutely no need to choose one specific style; let the nursery design express the individuality of its owner. And for this he must take a direct part in the design. If the owner of the room is still small, then he will probably want to turn his personal space into a real animated illustration of his favorite animated film. But still, you shouldn’t give in to such requests, although you don’t need to refuse your child either. Find a compromise: choose plain materials for decoration, but use paintings, posters, stickers or carpets with images of your favorite characters to decorate them.
If a teenager lives in a nursery, then he will want to make its design stylish and original. And when decorating a very small room for these purposes, it is again advisable to use not finishing materials, but accessories or, for example, furniture.
The choice of style will depend on the gender and preferences of the owner of the room. If he is a young man who is fond of sports, then he can choose a sports style and decorate the room with his cups, medals, T-shirts of his favorite players, and so on. For lovers of adventure and travel, ethnic, marine style, and safari are suitable. Modern teenagers will appreciate such trends as loft and New York style. Girls prefer country, shabby chic, Provence.
Important note: the basic style should not involve the use of too complex materials and a large number of interior elements for decoration. It should be as concise as possible. And so that the room does not seem empty and boring, the child can decorate it with accessories on his own. In this way, he will personalize the room and contribute to its design.
Photo of a nursery for a girl
Category: Children's
