Easy Kids Rooms Decorating Ideas!
by Michael Holland
Description: Easy, creative tips and ideas for decorating kids rooms.
When trying to come up with decorating themes for kids rooms, think
freely.
Don't just limit your choices to the prepackaged ideas that you find
in catalogs. You can create a decorating theme on your own that is
better than one you can buy. And you can definitely create your own
theme more affordably.
There are lots of resources around you that you can use for
inspiration in decorating kids rooms. See if any of these get your
kids rooms decorating juices flowing:
1) Your child's books. Regardless of your child's age, the books he
or she enjoys reading or having read to them is a good indicator of
what appeals to them. If your child is in school then you should
take a longer look at the books that they read by choice than those
they read by assignment.
2) Your kids's favorite outfit. Whether it's a cute little pink
dress with ruffles or a camouflage t-shirt and faded jeans, a child's
most treasured outfit is a good measure of his or her tastes.
3) Your child's favorite music. It could be a classical guitarists'
soft notes or the raging amplified strings of an acoustic guitar that
make your child's feet move, but your child's music is also a valid
indicator of his or her preferences.
All these resources for decorating kids room have one common
element...your child. At a very early age, children begin developing
their own likes and dislikes. If you question this theory, try
feeding a toddler for a few days. Even if it has been some time
since you've done that you will soon remember that even toddlers know
immediately whether they prefer peaches or green beans.
Whether considering themes for kids rooms, building a sandcastle or
pleading their cases for a later bedtime, children don't impose the
same limitations on their ideas that we do as adults. If an idea is
practical from a child's point of view then the child finds a way to
make it work.
For example, ottomans become stagecoaches, braided rugs become magic
carpets, and the floor becomes a circus arena or an ice-skating rink.
For original ideas for kids rooms that you can actually use, watch a
group of children playing. You'll see the fruits of unlimited
imagination. When a concept enters a child's mind, the child takes
that concept in hand and the concept is materialized.
All sorts of kids rooms possibilities exist in things you already
own. Try looking at things you have packed away through the eyes of
a child. Children see things for all they can be instead of limiting
them to a singular purpose. What about that awful velvet painting?
It has a perfect frame for your child's favorite poster...just
imagine it!
Michael Holland is creator of the Web sites http://www.kids-rooms-and-
crafts.com and http://www.home-decorating-made-easy.com. His sites
offer lots of free tips and ideas for decorating kids rooms and all
rooms your home. And if you'd like to get advertising-free decorating
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