A kid’s bedroom is a magical place. It is not just where a child goes to sleep; it is also where they play, learn and read. It can be where they create their secret hiding places and create dens. Kids bedroom furniture needs to be well designed and durable so that it will last the test of time.
Children are not always the more careful when it comes to furniture, so what you buy and create needs to be sturdy and durable. If you are on a budget and would like to decorate your child’s bedroom yourself here are a few tips and ideas to set up on the right steps.
First and foremost use bright, vibrant colours. These colours will help give your kids bedroom a new and positive feel. There is so much you can do without spending a lot of money.
As your child quickly grows, you have so many leftover clothes that can be used for decorating and storing essential bedroom items.
Cabin beds are a great idea, and they also have lots of space for essential storage. They can be great fun as well as functional, and most are designed to optimise every single piece of space available.
For the little ones, you could look at handmade cot beds; they take up less space and are multifunctional and safe to use. They also contain inbuilt storage and can be transformed into a bed once your child starts to grow.
Any parent knows that kids bedrooms can get messy. But don’t panic here is our list of ten ideas to help you create clean, organised storage and shelving will keep all their toys and essentials effortlessly organised and very inviting.
- If you have plenty of trees near you, then you could use the branches to hang curtains to give the room a rustic feel. It would be best if you cleaned the branches, varnish them and hang them on the wall, but make sure you use branches that are strong enough.
- Once your child has finished with their old skateboard, then you could clean them up and convert them into shelves.
- Kids have a habit of annoying dragging chairs across the floor; one option here is to put old colourful socks on the bottom of the chair legs. Adding the socks will not only brighten up the look of the chairs; it will also reduce the noise when they decide to relocate their furniture.
- If you have some spare paint, you can spice up the bedroom drawers and wardrobes with a hint of colour. All you need is a sander, some paint and a little bit of spare time.
- You could buy some wall stencils or stickers and create a tree with adding light at the top. Making the effect of a birdhouse.
- Adding some wheels to the bottom of a bookshelf so it can be moved around easily, one option is to use the wheels from a skateboard that is no longer used.
- Create wall boxes. You can create boxes from durable paper or cardboard and some glue. Cover the cardboard with stickers and wrapping paper, and then you can stick them to the walls.
- You could create a chandelier using your kid’s paintings. If the window is open, then this can also act as a mobile, creating exciting shapes and shadows on the ceiling.
- Create some mushroom chairs, all you need is a few cushions, some red spotted fabric and some tree stumps as bases.
- You could create a new nightstand by recycling an old bedside stand and repainting it.
💡 Additional tip – Why not include a desk and bookshelf to your child’s room this will encourage them to read more and give them the ideal space to do their homework? Bookshelves offer the perfect space to start their first book collection, and they can be quickly back, reusing many household products. Also, wooden desks are long-lasting and feature shelving and drawers handy for those stationery items and colouring books.
Hopefully, this guide will have given you a few ideas for how to organise and tidy up your kid’s room. We hope this has inspired you to get started and create the ideal room for your child that they will enjoy for years to come.