Make your teen's bedroom a place she'll want to come home to.
A newly arranged bedroom can bring new life to an old space. Teenagers like to reinvent themselves, and changing up a bedroom is one opportunity. Consider the habits of the teen in question before deciding where each piece of furniture or a decoration should go. Always speak to your teen before you start moving furniture around. You don't want the hormones rearing up and protesting the placement of the bed.
Instructions
1. Remove all furniture from the room, if practical. It will help you be more creative if you start with a blank space.
2. Decide where the bed should go. If the room is large, an angled bed is something unusual. In a smaller space, furniture may be better left flush with the wall. After you've decided, mark the area where the bed will go with painter's tape, ribbon or string.
3. Mark off space for a bedside stand near the bed. Your teen should be able to keep a glass of water, a book and reading glasses on it.
4. Mark a space for the desk directly across from the bed or just off to the side. Your teen should have a clear view of it from the bed. On sick days, she can watch movies on her computer monitor.
5. Mark space for a chair against an empty wall, space permitting. Place a bookshelf on one side of the chair and a bureau on the other. The top of the bureau can be used for holding collectibles or display items.
6. Bring the furniture in after the room is marked the way you like. Bring in the furniture that will be in the back of the room first and work your way up to the front.
7. Place educational decorations near the desk so your teen can see them while sitting there. Add a cork board over the bureau for him to decorate with pictures and memorabilia. Let him choose fun posters to be displayed near his bed.
8. Hang curtains from the windows to block out light when your teen needs extra sleep. If the room is tall, hang them from a rod right above the window. If it's a shorter, smaller space, hang the rod with L-brackets just below the ceiling and put floor length drapes on it.
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