04/27/2017 Read in 9 minutes.
In order to raise a scientist passionate about science, a keen connoisseur of beauty, an artist capable of conveying the beauty of the world around him, a lover of travel and a person in love with life, you should take care from childhood about the competent upbringing of the child. An important role is played by the competent organization of the space that surrounds the baby. Creating a comfortable and aesthetic nursery interior is one of the first tasks that young parents have to solve.
The designers of the Fundament Group of Companies not only think through the functional layout, stylistic and coloristic solutions for the children's room, but also take into account ergonomics, and also choose safe materials, taking care of the child's health. The portfolio of the Fundament Group of Companies contains photos of the interiors of children's rooms for girls and boys: these ideas can become a source of inspiration and form the basis of your project. In this review, we will look at the design features of a children's room for a boy: how to arrange a sports corner, a sleeping area, and an office area, as well as allocate enough space for a playroom.
In the photo: Interior of a nursery for a boy with marine motifs
Rules for arranging a children's bedroom for a boy
Regardless of the gender of the child living in the room, there are certain rules for decorating all children's rooms:
- For interior decoration, only high-quality and safe materials are used. A child’s health is formed at the earliest stages of development. The use of low-quality coatings (paints, wallpaper, some flooring materials) can lead to the development of an allergic reaction, the appearance of symptoms of bronchial obstruction or asthma.
- When planning a bedroom, it is important to consider the age of the child. This parameter includes the dimensions of the furniture, the height of the chairs and tabletops, the dimensions of the projector screen, and equipment for the room.
- The number of sharp corners in the room must be reduced to a minimum to prevent child injuries.
- All sockets should be secured with keyed plugs to prevent young children from having access to electricity. Similar rules apply to wiring that should be isolated from the child.
- It is better to lay a soft carpet on the floor, which will soften falls and prevent possible injuries.
- You should also pay attention to the design of the room. For a boy, you should use plain curtains, made in blue, dark green and mint tones. If you wish and have the proper artistic skills, you can make an original painting with stained glass paints, for example, in the form of a starry sky or your favorite characters.
The design of the room plays an important role in the psychological development of the child.
In practice, attention is paid to every little detail, including the color of wallpaper, curtains, wall panels, drawings on the walls, frescoes on the windows, the colors of furniture fronts, the shape of the bed (for example, a car for a boy, a dollhouse for a girl).
Thematic design
I am not a supporter of overly childish renovations and strictly themed rooms. 5 rules change too quickly. But there are a couple of long-lasting options.
By the way, we are in:
Comics and superheroes
Nowadays comics are popular and not only among children. The Marvel comic book franchise is the most valuable and popular film franchise in the world.
Good choice because small children just like any bright colors. When they get older and outgrow most cartoon characters, comics will still be relevant.
Comics for a boy are like soft toys for a girl - they are liked at any age.
There are also photo wallpapers with superheroes, but it is better to use replaceable and movable attributes:
- Posters, placards and stickers.
- Soft toys and all sorts of figurines, incl. collectible.
- Separate paraphernalia: cloak, gloves, suits.
Yes, it may seem strange, but these are all decorative elements.
Space
An inexhaustible topic in which there are tons of games, films and, most importantly, books written in the golden age of science fiction. And for all this there are corresponding interior items ideal for boys:
- Wallpapers and photo wallpapers with stars, planets and space in general.
- Lamps and night lights in the shape of planets or projecting the starry sky onto the ceiling.
- A huge number of accessories of all kinds.
Cars
In this topic, everything they do for boys is done wrong. All sorts of toy and cartoon cars. Car-shaped beds, etc. This will all be thrown away after 10 years because... will become irrelevant.
It’s better to do it right away in a more serious format with the same drawings, engine posters, etc.
Organization of the sleeping area in the nursery
A children's room is intended primarily for sleep and quality rest. And the better the rest, the more active the child will be during the daytime.
To arrange a sleeping place, you must follow a number of rules:
- If possible, you should install a single-tier bed from which the child cannot fall. Today, furniture and accessories stores offer a huge range of beds for boys, such as racing cars.
- Great attention should be paid to the number of drawers that make up the storage area. The presence of built-in systems and drawers allows you to store replacement bed linen, pillows, blankets, and thereby maintain order in the room.
- All bedding sets must be made from high-quality safe materials, and with a minimum number of rough seams.
- It is necessary to choose a mattress very carefully, giving preference to orthopedic models. The use of products with memory effect allows for early prevention of postural disorders, headaches and back pain. Normal blood supply to the collar area of the neck is the key to excellent rest and active daily life for the child.
Near the bed you can install a small cabinet with an original night light or table lamp.
Decorating with curtains
In a small child’s room, you should use curtains taking into account the following features:
- you should not hang curtains with complex structures made of numerous layers, chains, ropes;
- the material must be chosen natural so as not to harm health;
- curtains should be thick, not let in light, and easy to swing open to completely clear the window.
Textiles should be chosen natural and of high quality
Organization of a play area for a boy
Outdoor games and sports activities are the most important stimulants for the normal development of a child, especially a boy.
It is better from an early age (in the absence of contraindications) to accustom your child to gymnastics, some acceptable sports, and an active lifestyle.
To organize a play area, you can use the following devices:
- For young children, playpens, dry pools, houses and labyrinths are used. A rather useful accessory for an indoor playground is an educational mat on which traffic rules, road signs, various labyrinths, educational facts, and maps are printed.
- If free space allows, you can place a Swedish wall in the room. The classic wall design includes a ladder with handrails, several gymnastics machines (for example, for pull-ups) and exercise rings.
In the play area for a boy there can be items for creative activities. For example, parents often purchase an easel or a drawing board, a table for modeling or wood carving. The set of tools and equipment depends on the child’s personal preferences.
Choice of colors
Psychologists recommend decorating a child’s room with soft, calm and desaturated colors from an early age. Brightness and fun can be added in the form of contrasting furniture and decor elements.
Green nursery for a boy
Cool green shades and simple lines help create a natural, calming atmosphere.
Monochrome range
The use of shades of the same color scheme, but with different saturations, creates calm, balanced, restrained compositions in the room.
Blue nursery for a boy
Blue color allows the child to concentrate well during creative activities and lessons. In the evening, shades of blue help set the mood for sleep.
Gray nursery for a boy
Gray tones help balance the brightness, ambiguity and chaos of colorful accessories and toys.
White nursery for a boy
White color evokes associations of cleanliness, sterility, space and silence. It is not recommended to use it in too large a volume to equip a children's room.
Arranging a learning area in the nursery
In the room of a boy of kindergarten or school age there must be an area for preparing homework.
The best option is to purchase a computer desk that can easily be turned into a writing table.
Very often, parents give preference to corner models that take up little space and are perfectly installed near the window. What should a boy’s learning area include:
- Comfortable table and chair appropriate for the age category of the user. In addition to the height of the tabletop, the angle of the chair back, the depth of the seat and the presence of armrests must be assessed. The optimal choice of furniture is the earliest prevention of posture and vision disorders.
- If a computer monitor is installed on the table, you should determine the optimal distance to the screen.
- A mandatory element of the learning area is an organizer in which the child will store pens, erasers, pencils and other office supplies.
- It is important to provide the future student with sufficient lighting. To do this, the table is usually placed near the window, and parents additionally install a source of artificial light. For a school-age boy, a lamp with warm light is needed, placed at a sufficient distance from the child's head.
All study and computer desks must be equipped with shelves, drawers and sometimes additional panels that increase the size of the tabletop.
Only such a design solution allows a child to keep books, notebooks and school supplies in perfect order.
Furniture
Try to choose furniture for the nursery that is not only beautiful, but also as practical as possible. It should be made of environmentally friendly materials, be of good strength, and allow easy wet cleaning.
Remember that its owner grows very quickly, so it is better to find tables, chairs and beds that will “stretch out” with him. Now many manufacturers produce just such furniture for children's furniture - “growing”. For example, the famous manufacturer IKEA has a “Gulliver” crib.
Photo of ideas for decorating a children's room for a boy
Everything is in place
Can a child live without toys? Of course not! That's what, if not them, there is always plenty of them in the whole house, and especially in the nursery. Therefore, solving the issue of storing them will save you from endless arguments with your son about cleaning. In order to teach your child to put things back in their place, you need to provide as many storage options as possible in advance.
Drawers under the bed, spacious baskets for toys, and hanging nets are used. There are never too many of them, so it is better to immediately provide some reserve for the future.
The selection of these products is so varied that they are easy to match to any style of room. They will decorate it, make it more fun and neat.
Should you invite a designer to renovate a teenager's room?
Parents do not always have the free time or energy to arrange the children's room themselves. It’s very good if you have already decided on a style, come up with some ideas of your own, talk with your child and come to a common opinion on the design, then you can safely look for a specialist who will turn all your ideas into reality. In general, there are a number of both positive and negative aspects in the matter of involving a designer in arranging a children's room.
Let's list the advantages first:
- The designer is a master of his craft, which means that the style in the room will be perfectly maintained. An invited specialist will make a design project taking into account the wishes of both the child and adults. The curtains will be in harmony with the carpet, and in general, every corner of the room will be cozy and functional.
- The designer will offer excellent renovation options even for a very small teenager’s room. Everything a growing student needs will be placed in it correctly and conveniently.
- By inviting a specialist, you save a lot of time and at the same time get a modern, stylistically consistent room.
- A competent designer will definitely find ways to take into account all the wishes of both the child and adults. A beautiful and comfortable room will be the result of a professional approach to interior design.
Now let’s talk about the disadvantages that come from involving a professional designer in the process of renovating a teenager’s room:
— Most likely, the room that was furnished by a stranger will not be as comfortable as we would like.
— The services of a professional designer are not cheap.
— Every teenager definitely wants to be directly involved in the design of their own room.
— Most likely, the overall appearance of the resulting room will not be the same as the customer imagined it. Slightly wrong colors, slightly different cut of curtains or something like that, and the result is a faceless room (from the client’s point of view), without its own zest.
— You may want to remove some details from the interior designed by the designer. But this will only make the overall design of the room worse.
It is clear that this is a personal decision for everyone, whether to renovate a teenager’s room on their own or hire a professional. Don’t forget that discussing together the arrangement of a future room is an excellent opportunity to establish close contact and trusting relationships with a child who is going through a difficult age.
