Teen bedrooms reflect youth and color.
A teenager's bedroom is not only a place for them to sleep. It becomes her haven, her study hall and her hideaway. It is the teen's personal space and should reflect the girl's personality. Decorating a teen's bedroom will take careful handling. Involve her in decisions and choices while still keeping track of your budget and space limitations. With cooperation and compromise, you will be able to design a room that will please you both.
Hip and Happening
Retro colors and decorations bring back the 1960's style of hip.
Retro clothes, cars and colors are making the scene once more. If this is the style your teen gravitates to, let the "age of Aquarius" reappear in the bedroom design. Fake fur bed covers and psychedelic flower decals on the wall can enhance a pale shade of paint on walls and furnishings. Add bean bag chairs sitting on shag carpet throw rugs for your teen to curl up into and place a lava lamp on a desk for homework. Make sure you incorporate storage space for books, clothes and music. Glue strands of beads to lamp shades or create a curtain of beads for the doorway.
Shades of Color
Use shades of the same color to create a room that is teen friendly.
If your teen is having trouble deciding decorate the room, start with a favorite color. With color decided, head to the paint store and look at all the shades and tones of that color that are available. Create a design that utilizes these shades in material, bedding, paint and carpeting. Paint woodwork in an accent color. Hang bookshelves over a work desk. Place favorite posters in frames and allow room for athletic trophies or equipment.
Explore the Teen's Interests
A skateboarder silhoutte can be painted on the wall.
Teens are finding their way and working towards becoming adults. They are developing their own interests and exploring new options. Help them discover themselves by making these interests the focal point for the room. For example, if the teen loves skateboarding, mount old skateboards on the wall as shelves and paint a stencil of a skateboarder making a jump on the wall. A teen who loves Star Wars can frame their favorite posters to hang on the wall and use colors prevalent in the posters for bedding, drapes and rugs. Use metal fixtures as accents to give it that "space age" look.
Geometric Pattern Accents
Geometric patterns are easy to paint on accent walls.
Use splashes of color to give life and sophistication to your teen's bedroom. For example a chic bedroom done black, white and grey will be exciting if one wall is painted with thick red and white stripes. In the same vein, a room decorated in neutral colors will pop when bright jewel tone polka dots are added to the wall. Create an optical illusion against one wall using geometric lines and angles. The room will have added interest with little effort and your teen will learn geometry while creating the designs.
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