Children's Room

What material is best for a kids bedroom design ?

PLUSH FABRIC

Just like their favorite stuffed animal, kids love soft fabrics when it comes to furniture. A cozy, soft chair is the perfect accessory for any child’s bedroom or playroom. Plush fabric furniture is safe, comfortable and lightweight, making it easy for your child to drag around on a whim. Whether they’re sitting calmly or bouncing around with joy, a plush fabric furniture piece is ready to bend and support as needed.

PAINTED WOOD

From a crib to a playroom table, painted wood is a great choice for kids rooms. Not only is it sturdy and reliable, painted wood is also stylish for the perfect blend of form and function. Whether you’re opting for pastels or darker, bolder colors such as navy blue or red, a painted wood furniture piece is a great foundation that stands the test of time. In addition to providing strength and style, painted wood is very easy to maintain. Whether you’ve got a little one going full Picasso with her first set of crayons or a certain little someone spilled, painted wood wipes clean quite easily. That’s especially important for your kids’ playroom.

WICKER

Thanks to its lightweight construction and classic style, wicker is a great material for kids furniture, particularly for storage items and other pieces your child is likely to interact with directly on a regular basis. Some elements of your child’s room, such as a storage basket or a toy chest, are most kid-friendly when they’re easy for small hands and young arms to lift. Wicker furniture fits this bill perfectly while also providing a durable construction that’s known to stand up well in the face of heavy use.

CANVAS

Similarly, canvas makes a great choice for storage pieces that may occasionally need some cleaning. Canvas lined baskets, bins and trays are perfect from the nursery on through the teen years, making them versatile and reusable at every stage of your kid’s life. You can even opt to combine canvas and wicker for a lined storage basket combo that’s both lightweight and strong with the added bonus of being easy to clean. Stick these baskets onto bookshelves and inside dresser or nightstand drawers for versatile organization that your kids can easily interact with on their own.

UPHOLSTERED WOOD

While we’re on the subject of combining kid-friendly materials, why not blend the strong foundation of wood with the soft plushness of fabric? Upholstered furniture, from fabric-covered headboards to plush kid-sized lounge furniture, is sophisticated in its style and comfortable while in use. Even adults love the blend of snuggly comfort and polished design that upholstered wooden furniture provides, making this type of furniture a true winner at any age. Choose upholstered furniture with an especially plush finish, focusing on fabrics like chenille and washable velvet to make your child’s world extra soft and welcoming.

How big should a kid’s bedroom be ?.

Kids with a twin-sized bed have an average bedroom size of 10' x 10'. Kids with a full-sized bed or bunk beds may need a slightly larger bedroom to allow for more walking room.

How to decorative a kid’s room more imaginative ?

1.To help your kids stay organized, keep things at their height. Closet storage, benches and coat racks will all be used more often if kids can get to them easily. Try adding a few bins to conceal their toys and other items.

2. Most craft and hobby stores sell an additive to paint that allows it to glow in the dark. Try painting stars and a moon on your child's ceiling or a cityscape around the edge of the room. This will get them excited about turning out the lights at night.

3. Try creating a continuous art center by painting a wall with chalkboard paint. You can get chalkboard paint in the color of your choice.

4. Removable wall decals are becoming increasingly affordable and the range of patterns and styles grows every day. Call them temporary wall tattoos and let your kid have fun decorating their room in a way you know you won't have to fix later.

5. Kids are collectors, so make collecting easy. Pictures and postcards don't always have to be stuck to a corkboard. Try hanging them from strings in front of a window or clipping them to a string along the wall to create an interactive border in a room.

6. All kids want display space. Galvanized metal is fairly inexpensive and can be purchased in sheets at most home improvement stores. Just mount on the wall and you have an instant magnetic board.

7. Check your local art and crafts store for peel-and-stick cork. You can cut out any shape, simply peel off the backing and attach to any wall for fun pin-up space. If you want to create a particularly elaborate design, try using a pumpkin carving stencil, a transparency sheet and a projector.

8. Rather than a traditional growth chart put a border around the room. Each month you can use non-toxic, water-based paint to put the child's handprint in the border. Watch them grow together.

9. Be sure to include multiple kinds of lighting in a kid's room. Overall lighting is a necessity but so is a reading light. It may even help them find the bathroom in the middle of the night.

10. If you are painting a dresser or other furniture you know the child will grow out of be sure to let them help. The child could also put their signature on it with personal handprints or fingerprints for a polka-dot design.