Painting your teen's room is simple; she can help with the task.
The teen years are a time of discovery and change. As such, nailing down a color for her bedroom can prove challenging. What she likes today may not be what she likes tomorrow. She might love her purple and gold school colors right now, but as she matures she might prefer pastels. You may find yourself clearing out her room again to give it a new paint job. There is a plus side, though. When your child's a teen, she's old enough to help with the painting.
Instructions
1. Ask your teen to select a theme for the room. This will help determine not only the budget, but also the colors. Because a teen's room decor always seems to be in flux, you might ask him to choose a color scheme instead of a decorative theme. This allows him to change the accessories without having to change the paint color. But if he selects a theme, such as Hawaiian, help him select the paint colors that go with that motif.
2. Paint one wall a vibrant color and paint the other walls around it a lighter shade of the same color. This will make the darker wall the focal wall. The purpose of that wall is to draw the eye. It's a great backdrop for posters, a bed with a cool headboard or a large mural that covers part of the wall.
3. Write on the wall. If your teen has a decidedly poetic side, ask to her to choose some of her favorite quotes and paint them in script on the walls. Paint the walls a dramatic color like hot pink and use black paint for the lettering.
4. Allow your teen to go a little wild by allowing her to paint each wall a different color or by choosing unusual embellishment. Let her add zebra stripes to one wall, if that's what she wants. Although these may not be paint choices you'd choose, give your teen a bit of room for expression. These are the years when your child is figuring out who she is. It's just paint, which can be painted over.
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