A kid's room should be a place to retreat for playing or relaxing.
Painting a kid's bedroom can be more challenging that painting an adult bedroom because you want it to be colorful and playful to give the kids something interesting to look at, but still keep it appealing to adults as well. Older kids may want to put bright and bold colors in their bedrooms. Young kids and babies actually benefit in development from seeing bright colors. There are a few solutions that will please everyone.
White Bead Board and Trim
Paint the top half of your child's room whatever color you all have chosen. Put white-painted bead board topped with a chair rail on the bottom half of the wall to tone down the color that might otherwise be too bright or bold. Add white molding and trim where the wall meets the ceiling to break up the color and create a frame for the colored wall.
Mural
Hire a professional painter or paint a mural yourself from a picture. To paint a mural yourself, choose a picture that matches the theme of your child's bedroom and place it on a projector screen. Position the projector opposite the wall that you will be painting the mural to have the picture expanded on the wall. Outline the parts of the picture with a pencil that you want to paint on the wall. Label each section or part of the picture with the color that it should be painted. Turn off the projector and paint inside the lines with the colors noted to make your mural.
Hang Letters and Words
Choose a theme and colors for your child's room that includes letters such as the alphabet, animal names, positive phrases or numbers. Paint the walls in a light version of a color that goes with the theme -- light green would go well with an animal theme. Buy wooden letters from a craft store and paint them to match the theme. For example, the word "tiger" can be painted in a tiger stripe.
If you're doing your child's name or positive phrases, the color options are endless, but you should choose opposing or light and dark colors for the wall and letters to make sure the letters stand out. Hang the painted letters on the wall at different levels around the room to create visual appeal.
Patterns
Make patterns on the walls that match the theme for your child's room. Paint the room a much lighter or opposing color to the colors that you plan to paint the pattern and allow it to dry for 24 hours. Use painters tape to outline the pattern that you will be painting. This usually works best for stripes and geometric shapes, or simpler shapes that can be easily made with tape. Use a ruler to measure the distance between the stripes or shapes if the pattern will be consistent through out the room. Paint the inside of the taped patterns with the darker or opposing colors and let it dry for 2 hours before removing the painters tape. The paint should not dry completely before you remove the tape, only slightly, to avoid peeling off paint that is in the pattern. If you remove the tape too soon, it could bleed outside of the pattern.
Examples of colors that go well together light blue or green for the wall and brown, yellow and orange for the pattern. Light pink for the wall and bright pink for the pattern, with outlines or accents of black, is another option.
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