Children from birth have a place in the home for their rest and comfort, I am talking about children's bedrooms. For this reason, it is essential that the decoration of your bedroom is taken into account since it arrives in the world and as it grows. It is important that the baby feels welcomed in the room, that as it grows and becomes a child it has enough space to play, then to study, as it grows it will need that space converted into a refuge and during all the years It will have to be a room where the child can rest and feel protected by the four walls that make up his bedroom.
Today I want to talk about the children's bedroom as the protagonist, since this bedroom is undoubtedly a special place in the house. It is the place where your child will grow, learn, laugh, cry and develop in all areas of life. It will be your refuge, your place, your space, your resting place ... Will you join me in this article to review all the possibilities of children's bedrooms?
Baby's bedroom
When you are waiting for the arrival of a baby into the world we want your bedroom to be perfect and that is why all the details are thought about so that you do not lack anything and that you also feel welcomed and loved all the time. In a baby's bedroom you will not be able to miss the colors in pastel shades, leaving aside strong or too strident colors. Babies, even if you think that they do not notice the things around them, they do realize it and they need a cozy place to rest and that is why pastel colors are the best option.
Depending on whether the baby is a boy or a girl, you will surely want to choose some colors or others, but what matters is that you choose colors that combine to complement each other and also convey calm and serenity. For example combinations such as: pale pink, white and beige / beige and white / blue and pastel green with white, etc. They are excellent combinations to convey well-being and comfort to the child.
In addition to the colors in both walls, furniture, textiles and accessories, you will also have to take into account the furniture of the room. When the little one arrives in the world, a closet for his clothes, a crib and a chest of drawers cannot be missing in the room. Then you can add extras such as a changing table, a nursing chair, or a trunk to store all your toys or stuffed animals that are given to you.
Remember that the furniture material must be resistant, light in color, with rounded tips (to avoid accidents when you start walking) and of good quality.
Moreover, the curtains in the room a baby will not be able to reach ground level because when the little one begins to crawl and explore on his own, he would run the risk of suffocation. It is better that the curtains are made to measure and that they occupy only what the sale occupies, and that it can also have a light intensity regulator to control the light during the baby's naps.
Would you add something else to these little tips to keep in mind in a baby's bedroom?
Evolutionary bedroom
In addition, it is important that when the baby grows, his needs will also do so. For this reason, when it is a baby, the bedroom is very beautiful all the time, but I advise you to choose to be more practical in this and thus you will save money and have to assemble and disassemble furniture practically every year.
I mean, for example, the baby's crib. There are cribs today that help you make the bedroom become an evolving bedroom. How? Because they exist cribs that turn into beds for children up to approximately 7 or 8 years old, and when they go the size of the bed, this same bed becomes a sofa to be able to add it to the decoration of the pre and adolescent bedroom. What do you think about the idea? This way you won't have to spend too much money on cribs and beds, because for almost a decade you will have the same mattress and the same bed frame without having to complicate yourself so much!
Themed bedrooms
Themed bedrooms are ideal for young children between the ages of 3 and 10 because they can choose a theme they like and decorate the room based on it. For example, a boy or girl can choose animals as the theme, or nature, or princesses, or boats, or cars, or a cartoon character that they like, or any other theme that makes them feel good and empower their imagination whenever they want to imagine their own stories.
To decorate with a theme, it is important to take some aspects into account, such as not using too many elements of the theme so as not to overload the environment, since sometimes "less is more" and in this case it would be necessary to pay attention to this maxim .
For example, if a child decides to decorate his bedroom with the theme of animals, one idea is to do it with decorative vinyls, textiles, some details and little else. In addition, the colors of the bedroom will have to fit with the theme, for example if the theme is nature you will have to predominate blue, green and brown colors, on the other hand if the princesses are pink, purple and white or instead if it is the sea navy blues and whites will have to predominate.
Teen bedrooms
When boys and girls pass the threshold of 10 years and enter pre-adolescence and then move on to adolescence, the bedroom takes on a somewhat more special character since it becomes a refuge that adolescents need to think, reflect and of course to be able to establish his personality. The Teen Bedroom It must be decorated according to the tastes of the boy or girl and at the same time that it can provide them with a good rest every night.
Teddy bears or pastel colors no longer have a place in teenage bedrooms. In adolescent decoration it is important to have their opinion so that they collaborate in the decoration and feel that room as part of themselves, something that undoubtedly needs a lot in these moments of internal and external changes.
To decorate a teenager's room, you will have to take their opinion into account and to get it you will have to ask him directly. Do not worry if what he tells you you do not like, they are temporary tastes that over time and will naturally change, you do not want to prohibit his tastes and his personality. Also an idea is that when you are decorating the bedroom, you do it together and ask for his opinion among several options so that he chooses the one he likes the most, but you will try to fit in the bedroom. If your child does not want anything you say to decorate, let him give you his opinion, he may have a lot to propose.
Shared bedrooms
Shared rooms are also a highly demanded option nowadays because of the little space that they tend to have in current homes (for example in cities). When a family has to live in a home with few rooms for the people who live in the house, there will be no choice for the children to share rooms.
Sometimes the rooms have to be shared by two children, sometimes by three, and sometimes even more. But in each one of the circumstances, the shared rooms will have to be adapted to the needs of the children and above all, to be able to offer a space for each one, so that the children who have to share the room do not feel invaded and can have its place in the bedroom.
In this case, the children will have to have their resting place, their study place, their particular furniture (or their corresponding spaces) and it is even possible to decorate both parts differently so that both boys or girls can have their personality reflected in their bedroom.
Sometimes the shared rooms must be shared by boys and girls, so we would be talking about a mixed dormitory. In this case you can achieve great things in the decoration because you will only have to take into account the tastes of the little ones, but above all combine the colors in such a way that they can look good in the decoration. Although the best option in terms of colors in these cases is that they are neutral colors that are not designed exclusively for boys or girls. The ideal colors for example can be the combinations provided by red and green, orange and red, green and purple, etc.
Beds in shared rooms
When the rooms are shared, you have to think carefully about the type of bed you want to incorporate, because these beds will have to be comfortable, to help them continue their growth, but it is also essential to save space so that during the day you can have as much space as possible in the room.
Some ideas of beds for shared rooms can be: folding beds that are hidden in furniture, loft beds, bunk beds, trundle beds, train beds, etc.
Children's bedroom areas
But in addition, in all children's bedrooms, some areas can not be missing so that their development is adequate. It does not matter if the room is individual or if it is shared, all children must have in their bedroom some differentiated areas of the rest area. Next I will tell you about these areas.
Game's zone
When children are young they need a space where they can play, experiment, imagine stories and ultimately have unstructured playtime in which to have fun. This will be the playground, and it can be as simple as you want but make it your area. You can put a rug on the floor, a bean bag, trunks to store the toys so that they are not in the middle, a blackboard on the wall (or blackboard paint) ... whatever you want but let the child have fun!
Study area
Just as the play area is very important, the study area is no less. All children will have to have a study area where they can do their homework, where they can write whenever they want, where they can draw, study, read ... their study corner. In this corner you cannot miss a desk, a chair adapted to his age, drawers and shelves to store books and school supplies. In addition, the area will have to be well lit during the day (near the window) and when there is no sun it will have to have good artificial lighting (such as a lamp).
Reading area
Encouraging reading by creating a reading area is an excellent idea because this way the child will be able to create the reading habit, so important to feed intelligence and so that he can enjoy reading as leisure and not as an imposition.
Other things to keep in mind
In addition, I would also like to emphasize that when the child has the capacity to make decisions, his decision is very important when decorating the bedroom. Remember that it will be your place, your refuge, your area of rest, leisure, study and spending the hours of the day.
You can give him the opportunity to choose between several options, but what is really important is that he feels part of the decoration, that is, that he makes the decisions with you and that his opinion is valuable. So you will still enjoy your bedroom much more. The colors, the details, the furniture, the materials, the textiles… everything counts.
In addition, it is also an excellent idea that when you decorate the children's bedroom, always keep in mind that children grow, so I do not advise you at all to decorate a bedroom with decorative elements that are difficult to change for others. This I tell you because what your child may like at 8 years old, he may have hated at 12 and at 15 he will want something totally different, so it is advisable that it be an evolutionary decoration.
What else do you think is important to consider when decorating children's bedrooms? Do you think we should add something else to this article or that there is something missing to comment on? You are sure to give us great ideas to consider!