In this guide on teen bedrooms and teen rooms, I will provide you with 15 interior decorating ideas that can help save time, money, and resources and ensure that the project that you work with your teenager on progresses smoothly.
As a parent, you will discover that teen boys and teen girls have a style and form of expression that is all their own. You will find as your child progresses into their teen years, they will express an inclination to design their bedroom and other rooms in the home that they call their own using their own style, imagination, and personality.
Naturally, this type of interior decorating project will take some collaboration between you, as the parent, and the teenager, but it is a task that can be easily accomplished.
1. The first thing you and your teen need to do is come up with some ideas. You may want to have her invite some of her friends to this session. Listen to what they have to say, and don’t just automatically say “no” to their ideas. This is a great time for you to share your thoughts, ideas, desires, and even concerns while both bonding and coming up with a great ideas for her new room that you’ll both love.
2. Determine the things your teen would like to have in her new room. Then try to set up different areas in the room for different functions. Maybe she’d like a vanity where she could do her hair and make-up. How about a study area, an exercise area, or a place to hang out with friends? Make the room as cozy as you can and as multi-functional as possible in the amount of space available.
3. Your teen’s ideas for her new room will undoubtedly include a brand new set of bedroom furniture. You need to explain the money situation with her and help her understand that the responsibility of paying for a lot of the things she wants will be up to her. Talk about alternate, less costly ways to update her room, and make sure she participates in everything being done.
4. You might suggest ways that she can redecorate her room while still using the same furniture. Here are a few ideas you may want to give her:
* Suggest painting her furniture either a light color of using creative painting techniques such as sponge-painting or using stencils.
* Take the old storage pieces that were once used for her toys and books and stack them in a more adult way. Then paint the whole new piece one color and add decorative hardware or accent lighting.
* You can update her bed by just buying a more grown-up style of headboard.
* Find new furniture pieces to add to the teen décor by looking through items you are no longer using in the rest of the house, or take a rummage through Grandma’s attic.
* Rearrange the furniture. Sometimes that’s all it takes to give the room a more teen look plus a little paint, new accessories, or funky lighting.
* Go to garage sales, secondhand shops, and flea markets looking for real finds that will look cool but cost very little.
5. Emphasize organization and storage in your teen’s room. When deciding on the things to include in the room include shelves, a bed with storage underneath, ways to maximize the space in her closet, and rolling storage bins that can go under her bed. Get everything organized before starting to decorate.
6. Most teens will have strange (to you) ideas for painting their rooms. Is what he wants something you can tolerate in your house? After all, colors can affect moods, and teens already have plenty of those. Go with his preferences if you possibly can, because you can always paint over them later. You might also suggest only using his color on one wall.
7. The best possible accessories for your teen’s room are things she herself has made. Include items like collages, bulletin boards, and hand-painted items. She will like having these items in evidence to show off her talents and abilities. Also prominently display things like trophies she has won, sports medals, or anything else that shows her accomplishments.
8. For a teen who loves posters, you’ll want to provide bulletin boards, cork strips, or other things that he can hang his posters from without putting tape on newly-painted walls. Another suggestion might be hanging a clothesline or other cord across one end of the room and giving him some clothespins to hang his posters with.
When all is said and done, you’ll find that all of your plans and negotiations have paid off well. And always remember when your mind tells you to censor his ideas, that his ideas are an important part of the person he is becoming. He needs opportunities to express his own tastes just like he needs a great room of his own to do his dreaming in.
Do you want to know more about bedroom design ideas? Better Bedroom Ideas also has information on bedroom window coverings and Moroccan bedroom designs!
As a parent, you will discover that teen boys and teen girls have a style and form of expression that is all their own. You will find as your child progresses into their teen years, they will express an inclination to design their bedroom and other rooms in the home that they call their own using their own style, imagination, and personality.
Naturally, this type of interior decorating project will take some collaboration between you, as the parent, and the teenager, but it is a task that can be easily accomplished.
1. The first thing you and your teen need to do is come up with some ideas. You may want to have her invite some of her friends to this session. Listen to what they have to say, and don’t just automatically say “no” to their ideas. This is a great time for you to share your thoughts, ideas, desires, and even concerns while both bonding and coming up with a great ideas for her new room that you’ll both love.
2. Determine the things your teen would like to have in her new room. Then try to set up different areas in the room for different functions. Maybe she’d like a vanity where she could do her hair and make-up. How about a study area, an exercise area, or a place to hang out with friends? Make the room as cozy as you can and as multi-functional as possible in the amount of space available.
3. Your teen’s ideas for her new room will undoubtedly include a brand new set of bedroom furniture. You need to explain the money situation with her and help her understand that the responsibility of paying for a lot of the things she wants will be up to her. Talk about alternate, less costly ways to update her room, and make sure she participates in everything being done.
4. You might suggest ways that she can redecorate her room while still using the same furniture. Here are a few ideas you may want to give her:
* Suggest painting her furniture either a light color of using creative painting techniques such as sponge-painting or using stencils.
* Take the old storage pieces that were once used for her toys and books and stack them in a more adult way. Then paint the whole new piece one color and add decorative hardware or accent lighting.
* You can update her bed by just buying a more grown-up style of headboard.
* Find new furniture pieces to add to the teen décor by looking through items you are no longer using in the rest of the house, or take a rummage through Grandma’s attic.
* Rearrange the furniture. Sometimes that’s all it takes to give the room a more teen look plus a little paint, new accessories, or funky lighting.
* Go to garage sales, secondhand shops, and flea markets looking for real finds that will look cool but cost very little.
5. Emphasize organization and storage in your teen’s room. When deciding on the things to include in the room include shelves, a bed with storage underneath, ways to maximize the space in her closet, and rolling storage bins that can go under her bed. Get everything organized before starting to decorate.
6. Most teens will have strange (to you) ideas for painting their rooms. Is what he wants something you can tolerate in your house? After all, colors can affect moods, and teens already have plenty of those. Go with his preferences if you possibly can, because you can always paint over them later. You might also suggest only using his color on one wall.
7. The best possible accessories for your teen’s room are things she herself has made. Include items like collages, bulletin boards, and hand-painted items. She will like having these items in evidence to show off her talents and abilities. Also prominently display things like trophies she has won, sports medals, or anything else that shows her accomplishments.
8. For a teen who loves posters, you’ll want to provide bulletin boards, cork strips, or other things that he can hang his posters from without putting tape on newly-painted walls. Another suggestion might be hanging a clothesline or other cord across one end of the room and giving him some clothespins to hang his posters with.
When all is said and done, you’ll find that all of your plans and negotiations have paid off well. And always remember when your mind tells you to censor his ideas, that his ideas are an important part of the person he is becoming. He needs opportunities to express his own tastes just like he needs a great room of his own to do his dreaming in.
Do you want to know more about bedroom design ideas? Better Bedroom Ideas also has information on bedroom window coverings and Moroccan bedroom designs!
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