Decorating your child's room should be fun and exciting for all involved. The most important thing to remember when planning or decorating your child's room is to keep the decor age appropriate. You wouldn't want to decorate your 3 year old daughter's room in the same style as your 13 year old daughter's room. That doesn't mean you have to start decorating all over every few years. What it means is that you should strive to create a room that will grow with your child.
Get a feel for what colours your child likes. If they are fairly young show them a box of crayons and let them pick out their favourite colours and use those colours as inspiration for the child's room decor. The older child or children can easily tell you what colours they prefer.
Don't force your style or colour likes and dislikes on your children. Despite their young age they are developing their personality's and their rooms are an extension of it. (Of course if they insist on all black walls and Marilyn Manson posters, it's reasonable to say No). The lesson here is to set limits but also to give your child room to create their special place in the home.
Use your imagination (and ask for their input) when painting your child's room. The wall treatments can range from applying a calming and soothing neutral wall colour to creating fantastic murals that bring your child's dreams to life.
Colour choices:
0 to 4 years : pale, calming shades should be used to create a restful atmosphere. In the range of softer colours, we tend to gravitate toward blue-violet, yellow-wheat, turquoise and pink-orange, etc. Another great idea is to apply motifs to the top of the wall and on the ceiling since most of the time, the infant is gazing upwards.
5-10 years : the use of lively shades just may help wake them up to a new awareness of colour. Your selection could be inspired by something the child likes (celebrities, a sport or recreational activity, favourite animals, etc). Boys usually prefer darker shades such as blue and red. Girls lean toward vivid colours such as violet and pink.
11-17 years : adolescents spend a lot of time in the refuge of their rooms. As a rule, they prefer strong, vivid, dark colours such as red, navy blue and black. These shades act as a backdrop for all their neat "stuff".
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