02/19/2021 Read in 5 minutes.
In our new article you will learn how to stylishly and beautifully decorate the white interior of a children's room. We bring to your attention the best design projects for children's rooms for 2022 from the Fundament Group of Companies, where there are light wallpapers and walls, furniture, decor or textiles. In our selection you will see harmonious combinations of white with different shades: pink, blue, black, brown, yellow, green and many others.
General characteristics of white color
Data:
- What colors it goes with: with all colors.
- Features of interaction with space: reflects light, lightens furniture, visually expands space, balances bright colors and makes them more positive (for example, red next to white seems less aggressive, and black not so gloomy).
- The most suitable rooms are small or narrow, as well as rooms with a lack of natural light.
- Psychological impact: creates a feeling of purity and freshness.
- The most suitable styles: classic and Scandinavian.
Interior design features
Why is white a great solution for decorating a nursery?
- It is universal - suitable for both boys and girls, and can also be combined with any other shades.
- It has a positive effect on the child, developing creativity, giving a feeling of purity, freedom and freshness.
- In good daylight, you should choose a cool shade of white with a bluish tint, and in case of lack of sunlight, choose a warm shade (ivory, creamy).
- White blurs the boundaries of the room, and if you provide the interior with spotlights, the space will appear wider, which is appropriate in small rooms.
What is the advantage of white tones in the interior?
Thanks to this shade, it can be used in any interior, although due to its properties it may not combine well, due to the fact that stains or dirt will be visible on white wallpaper without a single element or pattern.
Therefore, choosing white wallpaper for the bathroom or kitchen, as well as the hallway, is not always appropriate. In fact, getting rid of any stains is not that difficult, especially if the wallpaper is vinyl or non-woven based.
There are many more good qualities and advantages in choosing white wallpaper. White wallpaper with ornaments or small scenes are best suited to country or Provence style.
The development of classic design, as well as minimalism, is emphasized by striped wallpaper.
Color combinations
Let's consider several successful combinations of white with other shades.
The white and brown nursery looks lived-in and cozy, natural textures with green elements add natural warmth to the interior. Dark colors (black, gray) are more suitable for a teenager. For example, a white and gray room looks stylish and laconic, and if desired, you can add any bright accents to the decor - orange pillows, blue carpet, etc.
The photo shows a gray and white room for a schoolchild with black and brown decor.
White in combination with yellow will add cheerfulness to the interior and muffle its activity. If a child wants a red room, it is better to simply add rich details (carpets, rugs, window curtains) so that the bright color does not tire. You can change them if you wish.
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The photo shows a delicate room for a newborn in white and pink.
A white room looks original in combination with purple, but there should not be too much of such an active color.
Accents
To prevent the room from seeming boring, you should add bright accents. A white room is so boring that sometimes it can make you feel like a hospital room.
To prevent such an opinion from arising, removable large drawings in the form of flowers, animals, etc. can be attached to the white walls in the nursery. A bright children's rug can be laid on the floor, and a variety of decorative pillows can be placed on light-colored furniture.
If you want to leave the walls in pure white colors, then you can hang decorative shelves on the wall, paintings, photo frames, thus hiding a boring, monochromatic wall.
Designers also advise highlighting one wall with colored photo wallpaper or painting it with paint of a different color.
Finish options
The most common way to decorate walls in a white room is with paint. When purchasing it, you need to clarify whether the composition is suitable for children's interiors. Before painting, you need to level the walls with putty, prime the surface and apply the composition in one or two layers. Snow-white walls are diluted with wide or narrow stripes, helping to visually expand or lengthen the room.
Wallpaper is another budget finishing option. They often have a small pattern that enlivens a monochromatic environment. These methods can be combined: creating accent walls, adding lining or gypsum tiles under the brick. It is desirable that all materials be natural, including floor coverings.
The photo shows a white children's room in a Scandinavian style, where half the wall is painted dusty pink.
Both laminate and linoleum for children's rooms must have a material safety certificate. In addition to wooden coverings, you can use carpet in a child's room. If there is an ornament on the walls, the floor covering should be plain so as not to overload the interior.
The ceiling in a children's room does not always remain traditional: to decorate it, paint of rich colors, frescoes, stickers and even wallpaper are used. In this case, it is recommended to make the floor light in order to balance the color palette of the room.
The photo shows an unusual room for two children, the main decoration of which is a matte stretch ceiling with a pattern.
Combination options with other colors
There is no other shade as universal as white
It is quite easy to combine it with other tones, and here it is important to use different colors in the decoration of the room, otherwise the decor may be boring
The white palette is universal and can be combined with many other shades in various styles.
In a white children's room, several trends can be used, including minimalism, with simple lines and a minimum of decor, Provence, where aged furniture surfaces are used, loft, classics, etc. In all of the listed styles, the specified shade may be present and be quite organic.
Bright room in high-tech style for school-age children
White children's room in minimalist style with bright accents
White loft option in the interior of a children's room
White room for a newborn in neoclassical style
Romantic bedroom interior for a girl
Combination options:
- White with pink. Pink color is traditionally suitable for the room where a little girl will live. The advantage of this color scheme is that over time the room will not have to be completely remodeled. The colors, where white and pink will dominate, will not lose relevance for both a teenager and an adult girl.
- White with grey. The good thing about gray is that it can serve two functions. It can be made as the main accent, and the rest of the colors in the room will only set it off. Gray tone can also be neutral. The color gray has many shades and tones. There is even a light thermal tone. But the combination of the usual gray and white shades is still considered a classic, which will create a strict space. This could be white children's furniture and gray walls.
- Other options. There are too many options, since the main shade is universal. For boys, you can use shading blue objects and surfaces that will create contrast. Lilac and yellow tones are more suitable for girls, but if you can go overboard with a lilac tone, then a yellow shade with white creates a comfortable and warm environment.
White color significantly reduces the influence of more aggressive shades, such as yellow or red
The combination of white and brown colors looks cozy and warm
Adding natural green shades will successfully dilute the snow-white interior
Furniture and decor
A white children's room is not only walls, but also furniture, as well as all kinds of decorative details.
A white chest of drawers, necessary for storing toys or clothes, fits perfectly into the bright environment, as if dissolving in it. The same goes for bulky cabinets. If the room is small, it is worth placing the storage system around the door: this design saves space and adds coziness by hiding the door.
It is recommended to buy a table for growth. Today, there is special transformable furniture for children that “grows” with the child. The color scheme for furniture can be either restrained or contrasting.
The photo shows a bright bedroom for a girl, decorated with snow-white furniture and airy textiles.
In a spacious children's room, in addition to the bed, you should put a sofa, which will be useful for games, relaxation and receiving little guests.
The bed in the room is the main element; you should choose it with special care. A child will appreciate it if an unusual-looking structure appears in his bedroom: a loft bed, a podium or a house-shaped bed. There are also children's sofas with an orthopedic mattress that can act as a bed.
The photo shows a comfortable sofa with a black and white pattern on the pillows in a children's room for a boy.
Open shelves and shelving are an indispensable element in a nursery. Psychologists recommend placing some books and toys in plain sight so that the child can always reach the desired object. Such designs take up a lot of space, so in a white room it is preferable to place a shelving unit in the same color as the walls.
Both furniture and textiles should not cause dissonance in a white room. You should not use more than three shades in decor. The type and color of textiles depend on the look you want to create for the nursery.
Light curtains, light lace pillows, soft carpets are more suitable for girls, while blinds, Roman blinds, and colored short-pile carpets will be appreciated by boys. However, ultimately the situation depends on the character of the child.
The photo shows an airy and spacious room in milky tones for a schoolgirl.
Kinds
White furniture intended for a children's room is presented on the market in numerous forms. They differ in different parameters and are qualified according to various criteria. All interior items differ in the following parameters:
- by functions performed;
- according to the material of manufacture;
- by design;
- according to the child's age.
Initially, you should highlight furniture intended for sleeping, and this includes not only different beds, but even sofas equipped with high-quality and easy-to-operate transformation systems, so a truly comfortable sleeping place is created. There are also furnishings used for eating. These include tables, chairs and special high chairs for feeding small children. Furniture for classes is usually represented by desks and comfortable chairs, designed in such a way that children sitting at such furniture occupy a comfortable and correct position.
Storage products can be presented in different cabinets, some of them are used for clothes, and others for various toys, books or other items that are certainly available in every children's room. Each piece of furniture is created in such a way that it is functional, comfortable and compact, so that different items can be arranged in a small space. When choosing, it should be taken into account that it should be easy for children to use different products, and they should also be easy to clean from numerous contaminants.
A children's room is usually furnished with unique interior items made from high-quality and safe materials. It is considered optimal to choose products made from solid wood, as they will be durable and safe for use. Their cost is considered significant. Furniture made from chipboard is considered inexpensive and varied, but before purchasing you should make sure that no harmful components were used in the production process. Products made of plastic or metal are also often purchased. Wicker items are considered an interesting solution, but they are not suitable for all children's rooms.
Children's furniture, made in white, can be cabinet or play, as well as upholstered or transformable. In most cases, cabinet furniture is used to store various items, clothes and toys. Gaming products are represented by different tables and chairs, tents or entire houses designed for comfortable and optimal play. Transformers are optimal for any child, since due to changes they can last for a long time and are also highly functional. Upholstered furniture is represented by various sofas, ottomans and armchairs, and they are created in such a way that there are no sharp corners or other dangerous elements.
Three separate groups of furniture can be distinguished according to the age of the child. The first group contains interior items intended for babies, and this includes various cribs and cradles, changing tables or high chairs, beds and playpens, as well as other items that are highly comfortable and safe to use for the youngest children. The second group contains furniture used by preschoolers and children in primary school. This includes various tables and chairs, as well as other elements for games and study, and they usually have bright and interesting colors, so they are attractive to kids. The third group includes furniture intended for constant use by teenagers. It focuses on ease of use, as well as on ensuring that children do not experience discomfort while sitting at the table.
Usually, when choosing such products, children take an active part. In the process of choosing white children's furniture, it is important to take into account the personality of the child himself, if he is already old enough to express his own opinion
Design ideas
The children's room is perhaps the best place in the apartment to realize your creative ideas. And since white color acts as an excellent background for non-standard furniture and decor, you don’t have to limit your imagination.
Not everyone will decide on a brick wall in a children's room, but how stylish it looks, adding texture to the atmosphere! You can use both ready-made gypsum tiles and natural masonry bricks - both materials are environmentally friendly and safe.
You can decorate the walls of a white room in simpler ways: with stickers, posters, framed photographs, geometric designs. Homemade balloons, clouds, clusters of paper lanterns, and toy airplanes will look magical under the ceiling.
The photo shows a small nursery for a newborn with stickers on the walls.
For painting on the wall, you can hang a roll of scrap wallpaper or paint the space with chalk paint. Cork boards are also popular, making it easy to display children's creations. In a nursery in the attic, curtains and swings suspended from the ceiling are appropriate. And, of course, any child will be delighted with the second floor, especially if the height of the ceilings allows it to be arranged.
What style is better to decorate?
It is unlikely that a child will appreciate matching any style in his room: the most important thing is that he feels comfortable and safe in this room.
Provence is perfect for romantic girls. A wrought iron bed, floral textiles and antique furniture will fit perfectly into a decor with a French twist.
Modern style is the most win-win option. It combines beauty and conciseness, and most importantly, functionality, which is very important for a children's bedroom and playroom.
In the photo, the floral wallpaper echoes the print on the textiles, and pink harmonizes perfectly with mint and turquoise.
Classic style is difficult to recreate in a room for a child of primary school age: toys, bright books and a sports corner are difficult to fit into an elegant, sophisticated setting. Classicism and neoclassicism are appropriate in a room for a newborn, where order is maintained by parents, or for a teenager who can appreciate and preserve the nobility of the interior.
Scandinavian style is most popular for rooms in white shades, because this is the main color of the Scandi trend. In such children's rooms, most of the materials used are natural: wooden floors, cotton and linen textiles, toys with a minimal plastic content. The furnishings are light and muted.
Another interesting solution is to decorate a children's room in a marine or eco-style. In urban life, children often lack communication with nature, and design with wooden elements, images of the animal and plant world will partially fill this lack.
The photo shows a white room for a child, designed in Scandinavian style.
The loft style at first glance may seem inappropriate in a children's room, but in fact, it is an excellent backdrop for the implementation of all kinds of creative ideas. The roughness of the textures is minimal here, and the feeling of spaciousness is achieved through mirrors and glossy surfaces.
Understand the child and choose the right interior
In order to competently and tastefully arrange a child’s room, you should understand the child’s feelings, character and preferences. The children's room is associated with the best time of life - childhood. Parents should take care that the child has only joyful memories of this stage of life.
A work area, a place for games, a sports corner are mandatory requirements for a full-fledged room for children. Fortunately, modern furniture manufacturers offer multifunctional furniture sets. The loft bed with work area includes a sleeping area, desk, computer space, compact wardrobe, bookshelves and exercise ladder.
The children's room is the child's own territory. If the room is not intended for one child, the interior should provide a personal area, space for privacy
. The ringing laughter and noise in the nursery will be a sign that he is comfortable and joyful living in the fairy-tale interior that his loving parents created for him.
White children's furniture for girls
The following combinations are popular:
With pink. This design solution has long become a classic. Any little girl will be able to feel like a princess in such an environment.
With lilac. Experts advise approaching this paint with caution, as it is quite specific. Overuse of purple can cause irreparable harm to any room.
With yellow. This bright, warm color will add interest to the room. It will create a feeling of the constant presence of the sun. A child in such a room will always feel warm and comfortable. Large furnishings cannot be used in a room decorated in this way. It is desirable that there is a lot of free space. Snow-white furniture will look especially wonderful against the background of yellow walls.
With pistachio. This is not a very popular combination. But discreet pistachio combined with white is truly irresistible.
White children's furniture for a boy
Combinations are usually chosen here:
With blue. The blue and white nursery looks bright and stylish. Blue has many interesting shades, and each of them in combination with white will give a unique result.
With blue. The blue and white color scheme is ideal for a baby's or preschooler's room. It is characterized by tenderness, light and a sense of security.
With gray. This combination is often chosen by teenagers. The darkness of gray can be diluted with bright accessories.
From all of the above it follows that snow-white can be perfectly combined with other colors. It is not recommended to decorate the room in which the child will live in white colors. It will look boring.
Color schemes in room design for a teenage girl
Room in monochrome colors
The palette that surrounds us, invisibly, but constantly affects the mental and even physical state of the body. Scientists have long proven that certain colors can improve mood and cause joy, others can depress and create an oppressive feeling, and others can promote performance and mental activity. Therefore, choosing specific shades for the design of a children's teenage room is as important as high-quality furniture, technical devices or beautiful decor.
How to properly care for a white set
No one will question the elegance and sophistication of white furnishings. To maintain its original appearance, you need to know how to properly care for all the details of the furnishings.
First of all, the material from which the furniture is made affects the care. In general, you need to adhere to the following rules:
- The room must be maintained at average temperature and humidity levels. Furniture should be placed at a distance of at least 1 m from radiators to avoid drying out of the wood and possible deformations.
- The floor covering must be smooth, without distortions.
- If the furniture is upholstered in leather, then it is best to take care of covers made of wear-resistant fabrics.
- For each detail of the furnishings, it is necessary to select a gentle but effective cleaning composition, your own type of polish, etc.
- The child should be prohibited from eating in the nursery. Food residues contribute to the formation of difficult-to-clean stains.
We need to try to clearly explain to children that beautiful white furniture in their nursery requires a special, careful attitude.
A children's room with white furniture looks very interesting. The main thing is not to spare time and effort on its design.
Advantages and disadvantages
Designers advise abandoning wallpaper and giving preference to painting the walls for the nursery. They advise choosing a calm color scheme, and preferably white.
A white, bright room creates comfort, tranquility and a feeling of cleanliness. Also, light colors visually make the room larger.
The white design gives you endless decorating possibilities. You can play with colored accessories, furniture, and wall decor.
However, snow-white design is not suitable for every room. If the room has one small window, and you live in a country where there is little sun, such a room in white can look very gray.
In such a situation, it is better to dilute the white color with bright colors and accents.
Various tones of white:
- asphalt color;
- lactic;
- cream;
- olive.
If you have chosen white walls for your children's room, they can be very beautifully decorated with different patterns.
For example, you can make an individual painting on the wall based on your personal preferences.
For example, for a boy’s room you can make a painting on the wall in the shape of a car, and for a girl, flowers and butterflies are suitable.
Hallway room
Another room that is considered undesirable for choosing white wallpaper is the hallway, as it is a very dirty place and not at all suitable for relaxation.
But if you add contrast in the form of stripes or large patterns, the room will be transformed and will look much taller. You can also use white brick wallpaper, the look will be much more interesting.
Pros of a white children's room
A room in light colors does not require strong design intervention; all you need is to correctly place accents and choose furniture.
A bright room allows you to play with different color accents in terms of accessories, such as pillows, lamp, curtains, rug.
Giving preference to bright accessories, it is still better to leave the furniture in light colors.
Children's rooms in white houses create a feeling of cleanliness and comfort.
The advantages of such an environment:
- visually expands the space;
- suitable for decorating a room in any style;
- transforms the room, brings maximum comfort to it.
One of the main advantages of snow-white furnishings is the ability to decorate the room of a child of any gender. Now you can buy different furnishings in a white shade.
Painting walls for a boy
Taking into account the temperament of boys who constantly need to redo something, change something, and show their imagination, you should pay attention to the rapid change of shades. As a base, a children's room in gray tones, as well as classic light blue or dark blue, is suitable.
A plain wall can be enlivened with colorful patterns or thematic designs. The most popular trends in wall decoration are:
- futuristic landscapes;
- cartoon characters;
- space theme;
- cars;
- dinosaurs and the aquatic world;
- pirates and knights.
The pirate theme can be emphasized with furniture - a wooden bed turns into a ship, a wooden box into a treasure chest.
Young sailor's room
Proper use of white shade
Using this color, it is possible to decorate the room in a modern style. However, it is important to do this correctly so that the room does not look boring. For these purposes, it is important to know about the secrets of using white tone.
To prevent the room from looking boring, you need to add catchy colors and objects to the white interior. You can decorate it with furniture made from natural solid wood and original decorative details.
The snow-white tone combines well with different tones. It is for this reason that a white wall surface can be decorated with ornaments and cartoon animals. All this will bring originality and charm to the interior.
A combination of white and black will look perfect in a boy’s nursery, while for a girl it will be the best combination with pink, burgundy, and milky. In this matter, the main thing is to correctly combine white and other tones.
Basically, the snow-whiteness of a room depends on the lighting and the quality of the coating itself. In addition, whiteness turns a small room into a bright and fairly spacious room.
A snow-white shade is a great solution when arranging a nursery. It will fill the space with a special atmosphere, making it much more fun and comfortable.
Light, ventilation and other technical components
Air conditioned room
Long before zoning, arranging furniture and other things to put things in order, you need to think through and implement several important points:
- o access to fresh air and ventilation;
- o providing warmth in the cold season and coolness in the summer heat;
- o good sound insulation so that neither the teenager’s parents nor the teenager and his friends disturb each other;
- about lighting.
A workplace near a window requires a reliable heater
It is this last point that we need to dwell on in more detail. It is highly desirable that each of the proposed functional areas be illuminated separately. So, in the corner for reading, studying and working, you will need a powerful table lamp; it would be nice to equip the sleeping place with a night light, which even in the dark the girl can easily reach without getting out of bed. In this case, you need to leave a common bright chandelier to illuminate the entire room at once. It is desirable that the selected lighting fixtures be harmoniously combined with the chosen design for the space of a teenage girl aged 12–16 years.
A room with varied lighting
An important point: in organizing a healthy microclimate in a children's room, whether for a preschooler or a teenager, household appliances in the form of air conditioners, air purifiers and humidifiers will help parents. All of them are created to provide optimal air parameters at different times of the year, which is necessary for healthy sleep and wakefulness of the child.
Humidification and air purification are important for a teenager's health
And only after all the measures for the technical arrangement of a teenage girl’s room can you begin design.
Children's room design 2022 (photos, ideas)
Practicality, safety, versatility and complete comfort - these are the main components for a children's room 2022. And this is not surprising, because this is exactly the place where your child should feel light, free and at ease. Let's look at what you should pay special attention to when decorating the fashionable interior of a children's room 2022.
Baby bed
You'll know it's time to look for baby bedroom ideas when he starts climbing out of the crib. It can begin at any age from one year to 18 months.
You can convert the crib into a daybed by simply removing one of the sides. Alternatively, you can also buy a larger low bed with little or no railing.
Magic canopy
Your little one will love a big baby bed, and you can make their sleep even more special by adding a canopy. You can choose custom awnings for your little ones' room with blue skies, stars, rainbows, or Disney princess designs.
Bright books
Bright books on beautiful and fashionable bookshelves are perfect for the fashionable interior of a children's room 2022. You can teach children from a young age to love reading and books, as well as telling bedtime stories, because as we know, education is very important in the modern world.
Playful lanterns
Add brightness and color to the baby's room decoration with colorful and playful lanterns, while the baby's room decoration can contain pink and colorful ponies that hold and attract attention. This will be real joy for your baby.
Color design
Of course, the beautiful design of a children's room 2021 most often looks bright and rich, but you can also choose pastel colors, the same blue or pink shades, so as not to overload the room with color.
Advice! If you are not sure about the color, you can choose "dreamy" white children's rooms for both girls and boys room decor. Thus, you will create a peaceful and serene atmosphere in which your baby will feel calm. As for bright colors, you can add them in any other way.
Alphabet wall
The possibilities when creating an alphabet wall are endless. This is great for both genders and one of the best ideas for a child's room, especially since they are just starting to learn letters and numbers. Choose colorful letters in different shapes to entice your young minds.
Mix up some art
As your baby develops and begins to explore the world, you will have a variety of your baby's drawings and crafts. Use them to decorate your room.
Advice! Don't forget that finger paints, which most parents dread, could be part of colorful wall art. The fashionable design of a children's room 2021 should successfully combine practicality and creativity.
Shelves and racks
There are always a lot of toys and other small things in a baby’s room. They can look extremely untidy if there is nowhere to store them. Use colorful boxes, large cotton bags that can be hung, or drawstring bags for this purpose.
Racks for storing small items can be different. For boys, they can imitate a spaceship, a car or a rocket, it all depends on your imagination.
Shelves for girls' rooms should be painted hot pink, red or cherry. Keep in mind that shelves and racks should be safe and convenient so that your child can easily reach his favorite things.
Soft Provence, warm country and cozy Scandinavia
Children's room in Provencal style
Three more interesting trends for the design of a teenage girl’s room, echoing each other in some features, are Provence, country and Scandinavian style. They are characterized by light shades, floral patterns, natural fabrics, thoughtful decorative elements and a unique atmosphere of warmth.
Country in the children's interior
Simplicity, restraint, maximum functionality are inherent in the Scandinavian direction. And Provence, also called “French country,” is distinguished by lightness, even airiness, comfort and calm colors. The classic country style, like its “brothers,” is thoughtful and natural, but only in this direction there are notes of grace, even a certain mannerism.
Scandinavian design in the bedroom
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This design of children's and teenage rooms is perfect for any girl aged 10 years and older: calm, warm colors will allow you to set the necessary accents, and summer motifs will set a sunny mood for the overall atmosphere.
Warm summer country
Finishes and possible color elements
White color is capricious - it gets dirty easily and needs constant care. Therefore, it is better to choose practical materials for finishing that will be easy to handle later:
- laminate or linoleum on the floor - both are easy to clean, both do not absorb odors and liquids, and are not sensitive to aggressive chemicals;
- paint the walls or cover them with washable wallpaper - both will be easy to clean later, even if the child decides to be creative and draw on them;
- paint the ceiling or make it suspended - both do not absorb odors, are easy to clean, do not suffer from humidity and last a long time.
Most often the walls in children's rooms are painted.
It is advisable not to have glossy surfaces. The white color is already reflective; if there is additional gloss in it, it will become too shiny and the resemblance to an operating room cannot be avoided.
Colored elements are designed to dilute the sterility of white, making it more fun and interesting. They actually set the main tone.
We dilute the sterility of white with bright elements
They may be as follows:
- Stickers . Large, colorful, depicting flowers, birds, favorite characters. They can replace the painting and will easily come off when you get tired of it.
- Posters or paintings . With flowers, with abstract patterns, with musical groups and anything else. They will add liveliness and brightness and are easy to remove.
- Colored wall or two walls . They will attract attention and completely change the perception of the room. The color may not be uniform, but with patterns or abstract tints. Or it could be a mural depicting a diagram from a book.
- Colored ceiling . An interesting, non-standard solution. You can not just paint it, but apply a design - the sky, intertwining leaves, the sun, the moon, stars and anything else.
- Chalk wallpaper or slate paint . They can be any color, and you can also draw on them - an excellent solution for a small child’s room.
- Colored carpet on the floor . Not only will it act as an accent, but it will also add comfort. It will be a pleasure to play on it, read books and even sleep.
- Colored furniture . Also a non-standard solution, which allows, along with changing the set, to completely change the appearance of the room.
A colored carpet on the floor is a bright accent for any room
You can glue wallpaper to the lower third of the walls, you can paint them with patterns, you can give them texture, you can apply abstract bright spots and tints.
In fact, the colored elements can be absolutely anything. A person who acts as a designer is limited only by his imagination.
Draw attention to the wall with bright wallpaper
Advice. You need to be careful with colored elements. There should not be too many of them and they should be combined with each other.
Walls and ceiling
We traditionally cover the ceiling with white paint or make it suspended. When decorating walls, you can use several options:
- paint;
- stick regular or liquid wallpaper.
Light “marshmallow” shades are calming, make the space wider and create coziness, but at the same time they are impractical when the child is small. For a child under 7 years old, it is better to leave the upper part of the wall white, and cover the lower part with light washable wallpaper. Decorate the transition between the halves with a beautiful edging of a discreet color.
From the age of seven, children become more careful, and then the walls can be completely covered with white paint or light wallpaper. They may not be plain, but with a pattern or ornament. It will look sophisticated and add a pop of color to the room. Liquid ones are perfect if there are noticeable unevenness or cracks on the walls. These shortcomings can be easily eliminated thanks to the texture of such a coating.
You can decorate the interior with a cute mirror, photographs, paintings or images of your favorite characters. They should be designed in gentle, neutral colors: light green, blue, lilac, pink.
For harmonious development, children need bright accents, so children under three years old will be attracted to objects in red, orange, and blue. To do this, you can use hanging pockets in intense colors, pictures or a rug. Such elements must be present in the nursery, but in small quantities, so as not to overstimulate the child’s psyche.
For an older girl, a photo in a soft pink or lilac frame, a large carved mirror, embroidered paintings and funny stickers on snow-white furniture will be enough. If white dominates the room, you can use any other colors. It will get along well with gray, black, purple, ultra-green or orange, if during adolescence the owner of the room wants to experiment with design.
How to decorate a child's room in different periods?
At different periods of a child’s life, colored elements can be different, carry different messages, and there can be different numbers of them.
The main thing is to focus on the age of the child
Baby's room
In the room of a baby who doesn’t even go to kindergarten yet, warm shades of white, diluted with pastel, soft colors, are appropriate. It can be:
- pink;
- peach;
- pale lilac;
- baby blue.
A children's room in white colors can be decorated with racks or shelves
They can color:
- patterns on the crib;
- a canopy over the crib, if there is one;
- a carpet on the floor, which you simply cannot do without, because the child needs somewhere to learn to crawl and then walk;
- patterns and pictures on the walls - parents should still like them, because the child is too small to express his opinion.
Not everyone prefers a canopy on their crib
Toys can act as bright spots. A cabinet with them can be highlighted and made an accent, or you can curtain it with a curtain of the same delicate color, which is chosen in addition to white.
Large bright accents will be inappropriate.
Preschooler's room
In a preschooler's room, when changing the headset and accents, you can take his opinion into account, turning the renovation into a real game and training in decision-making skills.
Delicate pastel colors for a little boy's room
The colors can be left pastel, or you can choose brighter ones. Be sure to highlight zones - one for sleeping, the other for games, and separate them with colors.
In the sleeping area:
- pastel colors that set the mood for relaxation and peace;
- a canopy over the bed or a curtain that separates it from the rest of the room;
- a bedspread that can also be colored;
- a small night light that will save a child from the fear of the dark and act as an accent at the same time;
- a minimum of things and a minimum of furniture
A great option - a minimum of things and furniture
In the games area:
- bright colors that encourage fun and activity;
- a cabinet with toys where they are arranged or laid out;
- a soft carpet on which you can sit or lie while reading a book, putting together a puzzle, playing with cars or building with a construction set;
- pictures, paintings or posters on the walls depicting your favorite characters.
Divide the room into zones
In the play area, you can make a small piece of slate wall so that the child can draw. Or put a table on which it is convenient to sculpt and do crafts.
Be sure to choose colors that will be combined - or will be related, or will be different shades of the same color (rich blue in the play area, delicate blue in the bedroom) or will be contrasting.
Choose colors that will go together
Schoolboy's room
In a schoolchild's room, the child's opinion is also important to take into account. What kind of walls does he want to see, what kind of carpet, what kind of books? You can leave the sleeping and playing areas unchanged, adding a working area to them.
At this age, you need to take into account the wishes of the child
In it:
- calm colors that help you concentrate: green, blue, brown, delicate yellow;
- a table at which it is comfortable to sit and write, a chair that can be easily adjusted to suit the child’s height;
- a lamp that is placed on the left hand so as not to spoil the handwriting and eyes;
- shelves on which textbooks will stand, notebooks will lie, school awards will stand, if any.
A white children's room can “grow up” with the child
Be sure to include something that relates to the child's hobby. Drawings of cars on the walls, for example, or a telescope by the window. Try to ensure that everything fits together and that even in a state of chaos the room does not look repulsive.
Be sure to choose a table that will be comfortable for your child to sit at.
Student's room
When the child is no longer even a teenager, but a young man, you can allow him to decorate the room to his taste, clean the play area, remove drawings from the walls, throw away, distribute or save toys.
But no one will stop parents from taking part and giving some advice.
At this age, you can let the student arrange his own room
Must be in the room:
- Sleeping area with calm relaxing colors, bed and night light.
- A work area, with a table, a chair, colors that set the mood for work and things that help in work.
In the style of minimalism - easy and simple
The walls can be decorated with posters, paintings, and patterns. Replace pictures of favorite bands with photographs of family or places the child wants to visit. Buy a new carpet or just throw away the old one, decorate a place to relax with an armchair and a cozy lamp.
Decorating a bright nursery
To prevent total white from tiring the eyes of those in the room, it needs to be diluted with other colors. Colored parquet and laminate flooring, prints or patterns on wallpaper, paintings and rugs will be used. It is not necessary to make everything white from the ceiling to the floor - one of the walls can be painted in a different (preferably pastel) color, or all four walls can be trimmed around the perimeter with wooden panels. And you shouldn’t use glossy textures - in a white children’s room there will already be more than enough light, and the gloss reflecting the sun will quickly finish off those in it.
Advice! Curtains and furniture upholstery can serve as a bright accent: textiles go well with the smooth texture of white walls. A combination of furniture from the same ensemble, but with upholstery in different colors, will be especially advantageous.
When decorating a bedroom to grow, it is better to use furniture of a simple shape and also white, changing the upholstery or covers as necessary. This will make it easier to change the environment as the child grows up, when children’s toys and pictures are out of place in a teenager’s room.
Fortunately, you can combine white with absolutely any color: be it black, be it red, or even shades of turquoise and yellow. A white background will allow your imagination to run wild, softening even the most acidic combination and combining, if necessary, mismatched furniture and accessories. Can:
- hang posters or pictures around the room;
- decorate them with drawings;
- choose wallpaper with a colored print.
While white dominates, it will be difficult to overdo it with other colors - they will naturally fit into the overall interior, creating the impression of a solid pattern on the canvas.
Room for a girl in white colors
Lovers of delicate “girly” interiors have a place to roam. You can recreate a room from The Great Gatsby by furnishing the room with elegant Art Deco furniture with coral upholstery, hanging the flowing curtains that Fitzgerald sang about, and adding rugs to match. In this case, the walls should not be bright white, but with a drop of scarlet - a shade of “pink pearl” or lighter. For those who do not want to force their child into a pink frame or simply do not like the style of the 20s, you can combine white with silver, pearl or, in contrast, red or terracotta. Less “Instagrammable”, but much more lively will be combinations of several colors:
- brown and yellow;
- purple with light green, green or mint;
- red with muted yellow;
- beige or peach with blue accents (curtains or a couple of pillows on the bed);
- pale coffee and turquoise.
Practicality of materials
You need to make sure that light-colored materials are practical. This means that when painting walls white, the paint may peel off, crack, and may have little pigment.
The final result directly depends on quality materials. Good paint will not be erased by wet cleaning of the walls, and it is also necessary to choose a composition so that dirt can be easily washed off.