How To Decorate a Pre-Teen Boy`s Bedroom
Few things is more fun than designing a child's room! If you allow yourself to break a few decorating rules and go past the expected when decorating a bedroom will start the creative juices flowing and vastly enhance the results of your undertaking. If you're stumped on how to go about decorating a room for a pre-teen boy, here are some creative suggestions that he'll love both now and later.
Creative Color Palettes: It's not Just about Blue Anymore!
Blue is the standby color choice for a boy's room but can be rather humdrum when used in the absence of additional color elements. However, blue is a great complement to other bright colors such as primary red and yellow, orange or apple green. When you mix blue with other intense colors while accentuating with white keeps the look dynamic without becoming chaotic. The addition of a pattern to the color mix that you have selected will give a fun building block to the bedroom. Mixing a pattern is easier than you think; the key is to choose patterns in the same scale and same intensity. This is the point where lighter colors comes in because it works as an equilibrium and backdrop for louder colors. You can mix big bright polka dots with big buffalo plaids or plaid if they are similar in size and color saturation; link the patterns with at least one common color. It's also fun to replicate a pattern throughout the area that is introduced by the theme: For example with a NASCAR theme black and white checkered patterns are part of the logo and they can be repeated in an area border, bedding and picture frames.
When choosing themes don't feel that you are limited to characters and cartoons: Any item can be the inspiration for a color palette and theme: A collection of toy soldiers, model trains, favorite sports and games, or a poster from a favorite zoo or planetarium.
Choose simple wood furniture that will grow with your son. The basics – a bed, dresser, mirror and night stand should be all that is required for a significant amount of time and additional accessories will be easy to add in as his needs and preferences evolve over the years. In a few years he may need a larger desk, bookshelves and adult size work chair, but those items may be beyond his size and needs at this point. Right now, recycled items could be the appropriate selection. You may be surprised by how much difference paint and fabric will do to bring each of the design elements together in a child's bedroom.
Intelligent Storage Tricks
Many people already understand that being organized can help the child to take control of the immense lot of belongings that are collected through the years. One method that can allow you to get the most use from your existing closet space is to install an extra closet bar that you can use for hiding clothing that your son no longer uses. You may find that adding a bank of shelving at either end of the closet is very convenient for organizing articles like folded clothing and shoes. Think about hooks for the wall for hanging items that the young boy needs on a frequent basis, like backpacks or sporting equipment. Help your child to organize his store of crayons, books and toys by adding bins and boxes that are labeled with a special drawing or tag that tells what the contents are.
A fun room decor is not that hard to bring about if you prepare ahead of time. When designing the younger boy's room be certain to choose options that will grow as the boy gets older.
Senior staff writer Jessica Ackerman of WallDecorandHomeAccents.com, writes award-winning "How To" articles on oversized wall clock and decorative metal wall plaques.
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