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Industry related to room decoration for small children is in boom these days.
Imagination and creativity can be most experimented in this part of your home
where the décor has to be changed more frequently with the growing age and
maturity of the children and also their changing tastes and ideals. Here are
some of the ideas that you can use:
* Kids who love soccer or baseball can have matching sets of bedspread,
curtains, sheets, duvets, rugs and wall hangings featuring their favorite sport
or cartoon character.
* Wallpapers with a wide range of kid related themes such as fairies, elves,
Harry Potter, Powerpuff Girls or N'Sync can be used to adorn the walls with
matching borders.
* Match your room décor to the function of the area and make sure that you have
included the appropriate number of beds, their sizes and provided for separate
areas to play and study for the kids.
* There should be enough storage area to allow the kids to keep their books,
clothes and playthings and yet have space to indulge into their favorite
hobbies.
* Walls and floors of their rooms should be easy to clean as kids tend to draw
on them with their crayons!
* Color of the walls should be bold and two or more primary colors can be used
as accents and accessories for that funky child-like look of the room.
* Rooms for small children must have an appropriate bed with a good mattress, a
bed side table with a lamp, alarm clock and a glass of water, desk with a chair
and study lamp preferably in bold colors, bulletin boards and areas where the
child can draw and pin-up his or her creations and a mirror.
* Make sure that there are no protruding sharp corners or breakable things in
the room for small kids and there are no exposed wires, plugs and switches too.
Place child-safe switches in the room.
* Night-light is extremely important and make sure that you can hear your child
anytime he/she needs you. You may use an emergency alarm, intercom or a child
monitor for the purpose.
* Using cork and bright-colored soft rubber tiles, as flooring for kids' room is
safer for them and tend to cushion their falls. Rubber flooring is easier to
wipe and clean too.
* You may paint the lower half of one wall of the children's room with
blackboard paint or hang a real blackboard in their room to allow them to draw
as much as they like.
* Permanence is the last thing you want in a room for small children. So, opt
for more temporary and quickly removable and changeable solutions instead.
* Classic colors for walls and carpets can be made to look funkier with use of
more inexpensive and easily changeable accessories such as trendy lamps, area
rugs, sheets, linens, curtains and toys.
* While bright plastic and other kid-sized furniture is easily available in the
market, adult-sized furniture with a fresh coat of paint can be used too.
* Flexibility is very important while decorating rooms for children of
elementary age or when your family is still expanding.
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