Ideas for kids bedroom and building shelves!!!!?

Christen

We live in a beautiful home only the 2 extra bedrooms aren't very big. I need ideas on how to better store stuff so my sons room is more roomy and better organized. I plan on making a huge wall shelf that goes up high on the wall and painting it navy blue and getting red canvas containers and putting up there to hold some stuff and decorating it with the sports theme and a couple stuffed animals. Its gonna be huge. I'm excited about my project but maybe you got better ideas or more ideas on how to make my sons room amazing. Eye appealing and organized. Thanks for all the help I can get.

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A kid's bedroom should feel safe, comfortable and have a touch of whimsy. Important considerations are the child's age and interests. If your child is a book lover, collector of Beanies, dolls or baseball memorabilia, you can honor these interests by creating a special space in her room. With your guidance, your child and you can make a great decorating team.

Step 1

Have a chat with your toddler. Does he have a favorite superhero or cartoon? A favorite color? Your son will always remember your respect for his opinion, so this is an important first step.

Step 2

Paint the room and a few furniture pieces to match the walls, such as a bedside table and a headboard.

Step 3

Decorate your toddler's room with bright colors of your (and his) choosing. Find some "big kid" furnishings. Toddlers are learning to dress themselves, so find a short dresser with big knobs. Paint them in bright colors. This allows toddlers to easily pull out the drawers and experience choices in the way they dress.

Step 4

Place a group of cubbies on the floor or hang them on the wall at a height that's reachable for your toddler. Paint them in bright colors, and label them in big letters for things like crayons, books, Playdoh, etc. Cubbies are a great way for kids to learn groupings of objects and organizing. If they go to daycare, they can put their daily arts and crafts projects away in their cubbies until you hang them up later.

Step 5

Frame their artwork. Choose a group of colorful, inexpensive frames and put your child's best pieces into them. Hang them where your child can admire them while dozing off to sleep.

Step 6

Purchase a large toy box at an unpainted furniture store. Paint it in colors that suit your child's tastes. You and your child can paint it together, or he might want to put handprints in different colors all over the box.

Step 7

Choose bedding in colors that complement the paint on the walls and other furnishings. Clashing colors and too much busy-ness should be avoided. Even kids need an oasis.

Step 8

Lay out a soft rug near his bed, especially if you have hardwood flooring. It's a nice way for little toes to meet a new day.

Step 9

Make a space for their collections. Bookshelves can store more than books--they're also a good way to showcase memorabilia. Hang pictures of superheroes, cartoon characters and sports figures or place them on shelves.

Step 10

Realize the importance of consulting with your grade-schoolers or preteens before you decorate their bedrooms. Many preteens will love taking more responsibility for a project like this. It allows them to express their individuality and even show off some innate design skills. Encourage and support their good choices, and provide the structure where needed.

Step 11

Find a big, soft chair or a bean bag and put it near a window or in a corner. It's place where a child, no matter what age, can dream, read or listen to music.

For storage:

Step 1

Make More Storage Space in the Closet

Adding additional rods for hanging clothes is a way to make more storage space in the closet.
⢠Take the existing clothes rod and re-install it at the height where dresses, pants, house coat, or other long items will hang just so they are off the ground.
⢠Install an additional rod above the first rod so shirts, skirts, suit jackets and shorter items will hang.
⢠Organize the clothes on each rod by color, season, etc.

Step 2

More Shelves Make More Storage Space

Instead of piling items on top of each other on one shelf, add shelves.
⢠Look in the closet, pantry, kitchen, and bathroom to see if more shelves can be added.
⢠Most existing shelves can be moved up or down a notch to provide the space necessary to hold items properly and provide room for additional shelves.
⢠Take all items off the shelves and organize according to height or how much the item is used.
⢠Start with the lowest possible position and put the most used items on the shelf.
⢠Place the second shelf one â two inches above the items on the lowest shelf and place the next items.
This will create more storage space for linens, clothes, food, cleaning items, etc.

Step 3

Storage Space - Canned Good Container

Make More Storage Space â Use Storage Containers

Storage containers can be plastic totes that stack on top of each other or pre-made units for closets, pantries, or other places in the home.
⢠Look around the home to see where items may be stacked and determine what needs to be stored appropriately to make more space.
⢠Look at a local hardware or retail store to find a storage container to properly store those items. Spice racks, canned good units, stackable closet drawers, DVD/CD storage units, under-the-bed containers for off-season clothes are all items that will create more space.
⢠Place items in the storage container and see how organization creates more space.

Step 4

Walls Make Storage Space

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Bedroom Ideas?????????

{Name Here

Heloo :)
Ok. Im a teenage girl and im getting a new bedroom soon, thing is, i have no idea what i want! Im not a girly girl so try to minimize the pinks etc, i would like things like blacks sparkly silvers and blues but nothing too 'cold' and majorly bright :) Any ideas, i would be grateful for any pictures etc. Thanks in advance! :)

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depends how big your room is as well, if it is small don't over decorate light colours will look good, dont be afraid to be creative

try takin sum ideas from these pics(im doiin my room aswell n they gave me alot of ideas)

http://interiordec.about.com/library/graphics/02nso/02nso-20teen36.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lW4o2C02q5U/SRGJaCUjryI/AAAAAAAAAdo/v_EaJuJeze0/s400/teen-bedroom-ideas3.jpg

http://www.idealhomemagazine.co.uk/inspiredecor/gallery/d/2564-5/tenage+girls+bedroom.jpg

http://img.hgtv.com/HGTV/2004/02/09/dod601_aft_1_al.jpg

http://www.cool-kids-rooms.com/images/bedroom-decorating-ideas-for-girls-2.jpg

Hope this helps..

xx

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How should I decorate my boys room?

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Q. I have a 8, 3 and 3 month old in the same bedroom. I want to move but the 3 bedroom apt are full and we can't afford a house right now.

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A decorating theme is a great way to begin decorating a room for a child. If you're like most parents, you've probably spent lots of time thinking about decorating your new child's room even before he joined your family. While bunnies are cute and teddy bears are darling, you might want something different for the bedroom or playroom.

There are lots of great themes for boys' rooms. A special theme will provide both the focus and the inspiration for a special one-of-a-kind room and can be adapted as your child grows. Time to get started!

Bug's Life
From bees and ants to frogs and reptiles, creatures of nature often capture a child's attention. Browse theme ideas at Posh Tots including a Bug Off Table and Chair Set, Bug bed linens, and or frog lamp.

Favorite Animals
What boy wouldn't love a room focusing on his favorite pet? Whether it's a dog or cat, bird or snake, using this theme will make your son (and his pet) feel particularly at home. Be sure to put up lots of pictures with your son and his best friend around the room and make sure you have stuffed animals scattered everywhere.

Playhouse / Playtown
This theme will provide a wonderful scheme for decorating your son's room and provide lots of wonderful playtime possibilities as well. A whimsical or the cute playtown chest can be your starting point. Or, do a border in kids designs or paint a mural of a street scene on one or more walls. Name the storefronts for family members ("Katie's Groceries", "Ted's Puppet Theatre", "Todd's Bike Shop", "Anne's Pet Heaven", "Sara's Video Den", or Dennis' Book Nook").

Safari
For a safari look, find wonderful, colorful animal wallpaper borders and fabrics at any wallpaper store. Paint the walls blue, tan, ivory, or any of the colors in your wallpaper border. Make pillows and valances from coordinating leopard-print fabrics, and find some stuffed lions and tigers for the corner. Mount a butterfly net, binoculars, or straw hat on the walls. Use colorful matboard and frame some of your child's artwork to display. Maybe he'll draw some lions!

Rustic Cabin
Most every child loves spending time at camp or in the mountains. And what parent doesn't have happy childhood memories of hiking, boating, fishing, or just enjoying the outdoors. Birdhouses, bears, moose, and fish might show up in wallpaper borders, in fabrics, bedding, and accessories. For a rustic room you might also choose comfy plaid patterns, flannel fabrics, and log or pine beds. Accessories might use forest themes of animals, mountain scenes, or natural materials such as pine cones, leaves, and sticks. Take another cue from camp and use a sturdy trunk to store toys. With a room this nice, who needs a vacation?

Rain Forest
Choose a colorful jungle border, or try a jungle area rug. Soft fabric snakes and colorful stuffed birds or butterfly cutouts can add to the decor. Make pillows of animal or jungle prints and use themed accessories. Grrr!

Race Cars
With car racing, you think black and white checkered flags, and a finish line. Find an area rug with a car track design. A car bed might be fun, or decorate the walls with a car wall appliques. Add some framed calendar photos or posters of race cars, and put up narrow shelving to display car collections. Zoom!

Outer Space
Take a trip to the stars using a space theme. An Apollo bed set, outerspace border, or star-studded rocking chair might be just the items that inspires your child to reach for the stars. Paint reflective planets or stars on the ceiling in arrangements of the constellations.

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
If Dad is in the service, you might let your boy feel patriotic with a room painted in camouflage and outfitted with tanks and desert colors.

Sports
From soccer to baseball to football, sports is a theme that spans the generations. To use a baseball theme for example, use a headboard made from bats, hang curtains from bats used as curtain rods, make a baseball lamp, or hang shelving to display gloves, pennants, and trophies. Paint the room in the colors of your son's favorite team. Sports themed rugs, furniture, and beds are another possibility. Create similar looks for other sports, and you'll have a room that is a big "hit" with sports fans. Play ball!

Wild Colors
Go wild by starting with a lively area rug designed in fun colors for a child. Take your cue from the rug for colors and designs for the rest of the room. Use color everywhere! Paint every surface of a bookcase a different color, and do the same with headboard slats, drawer fronts, and chair legs. This is a great way to help your little one learn his colors! Find a fabric to compliment the rug and use it to tie the room together with window valances or floor pillows.

Movie or Cartoon Characters
There's something for everyone in this theme! Whether your son has been captivated by Mickey Mouse, Alladin, Lion King, Toy Story, or Scooby Doo -- you'll probably be able to find bedding, lamps, and other decorative items that use these themes. Towels for the bathroom and toys will be easy to add.

Pirates
The story of Peter Pan can inspire creative parents to design a wonderful room. Boys intrigued by the notion of pirates will love a room using blue ocean themes, ship masts, portholes, netting, treasure boxes, and secret play hideaways.

Knights and Castles
Artistic parents can faux paint castle walls, murals, and blue skies for a truly memorable room. Use the theme of "A Sword in the Stone" or "Camelot" for inspiration. Find another take on this theme offered by for Mercy's Sake in their Galahad collection.

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
There are lots of colorful choices in bedding, fabrics, and wallpaper that feature transportation themes. Make a train track border around the room, hang airplanes from the ceiling, or go wild with a car-shaped bed.

Cowboy Kids
This is a fun theme where you can let your imagination run wild. Think bandana valances, chaps wall hangings, tin stars, horses, rope borders, and more. The baby dude designs offered by for Mercy's Sake offer some fun possibilities. Or check out OliveKids.com Camp Wilderness or the Wild West theme designs from PoshTots.com for more creative examples of this theme and products to add to your decor.

Dinosaurs
From cute and stylized to realistic and ferocious -- dinosaurs themes are still popular. If you suspect this is a passing phase for your little one, then opt for solid color bedding and walls, using theme elements in borders, sheets, valances, and posters.

How would I go about designing an Audrey Hepburn bedroom?

Lulu

My room is teeny tiny and my mum is allowing me to do whatever I want to it, I want an Audrey Hepburn style room, my family has bought me a few pictures. What colour scheme/furniture would look best to work with the theme? I am 16 next month if thats important...
She was an old hollywood actress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn

Tada!

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Audrey Hepburn was a very stylish lady of the times. She was most famous in films in the 1950's. So I would choose things from that era.

She worn pearls, tight waist belts to show off her tiny waistline, she carried a fashionable purse always and a hat.
She was always very put together.

One of the ideas in decorating in that time frame was to do a black and white decor with splashes of pinks, blacks or grays. Sometimes reds. They had silver fabrics too with lots of shimmer and elegance.
Choose things with lots of sparkle she was a Hollywood star!
Poka-dots were really in fashion.

Furniture was a modern now retro style, very streamline in style or to the other extreme of curves more Victorian in style and often in white or deep wood tones. Tufted headboards on the beds with tacks.
Art nouveau mirrors , elegant chairs, Chrystal glass sparkly lamps.
You can likely find much of the furniture are used stores or Salvation Army stores. A little paint or furniture polish they will look new again.

http://www.jonvaccaridesign.com/designs_slide6.php

http://www.jonvaccaridesign.com/designs_slide4.php

http://www.jonvaccaridesign.com/furniture_showroom.php




http://www.target.com/gp/search/186-4363527-3883358?field-keywords=vintage-50s-furniture&AFID=Google&CPNG=Furniture&LNM=vintage_50s_furniture&LID=23399036&ref=tgt_adv_XSGT0504

http://www.efurniturebuys.com/productdetail.asp?productid=3027&refid=bizrate

http://www.poshliving.com/catalog/Bedding-Bath/Bedding-Collections/Serena-and-Lily-Tess-Bedding-Collection/1106/21165/product_detail.asp

Here are some links to some decals of dots to carry through the idea of poka-dots onto your walls. The poka-dots were usually black on pink or black or red on white. You could paint your room pink and put some dots all over a wall and a few scattered in limited areas on other walls to tie it in.

http://www.dezignwithaz.com/removable-wall-stickers-otherz/bubble-cloud-wall-decals-p-588.html

There is bedding on the market with dots on it to follow through with the dot design plan. Some examples on links below.

http://www.pbteen.com/products/p1351/?catalogId=53&bnrid=3782901&cm_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=Shopzilla.com&cm_pla=Feed&cm_ite=Shopzilla.com


http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Kids-Durham-Polka-Dot-Quilt-Set/3465575/product.html?sec_iid=33969

Or you could paint a large silhouette of Audrey Hepburn on one wall.
Take a look at this link to see what I mean.

http://www.dezignwithaz.com/graphic-wall-decals-characters/dreamz-home-wall-stickers-p-600.html

When you follow the links above scroll and click on the other things on the site when you get to them. Many have lots of ideas for you.

Best wishes have fun and make the room about your love for Audrey Hepburn and your personality too.

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How can I make my bedroom a Scene kid bedroom?

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GracieGaug

Well, I'm nowhere as beautiful as the scene girls and boys but i really do like their work :P
and im interested in the style they have, so i really want to know how i can contribute that beauty into my room. I have awhile to paint my room and do stuff to it, my deadline is spring(: so any helpful suggestions would be great. could you show me any pictures? art styles? paint color? something? those would be nice, thank you!

Answer
Look out for some really cool, vintage furniture pieces at charity stores or whatever, get some really classic, unusual curtains too, or you could make some out of fabric from a fabric store, pick out some that you like which could be black (black would make good curtains).

Get a load of posters of bands you like and stick them up on the walls, depends where you live, but AllPosters.co.uk has a large selection and their prices are quite fair, so you could take a look there.
As for paint, I'd say hot pink - or maybe you could wallpaper one wall - I saw this one scene girl's bedroom and she had hot pink and white striped wallpaper, which looked really cool.

Also, you should hang a load of your clothes off the front of your wardrobe, that can really improve a room. You could get a string of christmas tree lights too and string them up (they'll be cheap this time of year).

I think that would be a good start. Hope I gave you a few ideas :)

How do I make my room more "teenagery" with household stuff?

Ameeratron

I am trying to make my room in the house more unique. I've already cut out celebrity pictures from magazines and newspapers and pasted them on the walls. Any other suggestions?

Answer
THIS IS AN ANSWER I GAVE FOR A CHILDS ROOM, BUT YOU CAN USE THE SAME IDEAS JUST DO IT FOR A TEENAGE ROOM.

You can do many things.
Start by searching through your house, and asking neighbors to donate items that they want to get rid of that are suitable for a bedroom.
Go to your garage and find some things from previous projects that you can use for this room. Ideas for this can be:

Spray paint
Latex paint
-----------> Tip: Use the paint to repurpose small pieces of furniture to make old furniture items 'match'. This is a great trick to make unmatched pieces of furniture look as though they belong in the same room. Just paint them the same color and purchase hardware for the front of drawers that all match. Hardware is not very expensive when you consider the price of buying a brand new bedroom set.

Use wrapping paper scraps
Use magazine clippings
Use advertisement clippings
----------> Learn to do decoupage. This is an extremely easy craft skill that even kids can help to complete. Basically you lay down a piece of paper after applying the decoupage medium.... (glue type stuff)... it sticks.... then you let it dry. You come back after it dries and apply another coat of the decoupage medium to the surface to lock it onto the project surface.
Very simple to do...yet makes an incredible look.
A friend of mine did this to the drawer fronts of a small white dresser. She cut the 'Winnie the Poo' design off of a shoebox because she loved the picture on it. She actually decoupaged them to the front of the dressers. It was great. I thought they would fall off with so much use of the dressers everyday.... but NO ... they stayed on and never even looked vulnerable to wear and tear. I was very impressed with the whole technique. TRY IT!
http://www.craftown.com/instruction/deco...

---------> You could also use an old large picture frame to make a collage of your childs artwork... or just feature one picture and just add ribbons as borders to it. Like scrapbooking on a large scale.
http://www.crazyaboutscrapbooks.com/arti...

------------>Use paper lamp shades made out of your childs own artwork.
Remove the shade from an old lamp.
Make the design of the lamp shade out of paper that your child can color on and decorate. Give them only the colors that will work in the room. Allow them to use glitter, or beads to glue onto the paper... whatever will work. Perhaps punch holes in the paper to allow light to shoot out of the holes that will dance on a dark wall, or use transparent paper scraps to make a 'stained glass lampshade'. The ideas are endless. When the child is done... simply put the shade onto the lamp.

Use things that you already have:
------------> Old empty CD cases... pop the center black CD holder out, put in some decorative paper, add your own photo... then mount to the wall with sticky Velcro. This way you can change out the pictures anytime you want. These do not have to be 'photos'.. They can be pictures of ballarinas, or baseball cards... whatever you think your child will like.

----------------> Old detergent bottles or 2-Liter soda bottles
Cut the tops off the bottles leaving a small bowl size. Cover this with fabric that you get from old curtains or bed sheets that match the design of the room.

-----------------> Use old curtains or bedsheets to cover items for storage. Such as old baskets that you have, old pillows that you can recover to match the room, or old plastic bottles that can be made into 'catch alls' for the dresser top or desk top. You can make these for toy storage or art supplies as well.

-----------------> Use paint store sticks. (They are free at the hardware store.) Paint them or stain them whichever color you prefer. Glue on some springy clothes pins to the front to serve as an artwork display center. Put a small hanger on the front of the paint stick to hang it from the wall. Add as many or as few as needed to make the display center on the childs wall. Usually spacing them one foot apart is enough to allow room for the artwork to be displayed.

...............> Find an old headboard at a yardsale/fleamarket or free from a friend. Perhaps you already have one.....
Paint it or cover it with fabric. Cover it with an old comforter that you glue or staple to the surface. This will be in place of the batting that most people buy for this purpose. An old comforter already has the batting in it and as a bonus is covered in fabric. (Batting is the fluffy stuff you buy in sheets for apolstering things.)
No one will see the comforter because you will then again cover it in your desired fabric. Fabric can be purchased at the fabric store/ Wal-Mart/ craft stores.... you can find great deals and pick out EXACTLY what you want. Then you can be as creative as you want to be.

Repurpose furniture
---------> Turn an old narrow tall bookshelf on its side where the shelving now forms 'cubby holes'. Have someone cut wood that will fit over the top of these 'holes' to form lids. Cover these with batting and fabric to make seating for the room. Use hinges on the back of the cushioned lids to allow the child to open his/her new toy box. Be sure to apply lots of wood glue to the shelves to hold them in place... and reinforce the sides of the whole shelf with glue and wood strips to hold it together. ***Remember, you can paint it, stain it, decoupage it, whatever you like to make it match the decor of the room.

-----------> Find an old sheet. Fold it over and sew the ends up to make a pillow.... Stuff it with old clothes, old pillow stuffing, whatever you can find to make a big fluffy long floor pillow. Kids can use this to form a horseshoe to lay on while watching TV, playing video games, making a fort, wrestling, whatever makes them happy. (You can dye the sheet to make it the desired color that will match the room.)

-----------> You can take a regular area rug and paint it to match the room as well. Just take a regular paint roller.... and paint it a solid color... then once it dries.... add whatever design you want to add to it. A small nap rug is best so it wont have long shaggy painted strands to trip people up.

Hope these ideas help. :o)

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