Decorating Kids Rooms

Decorating children's rooms on a budget

The challenge when decorating kids' rooms is to provide the look your children want while spending only the money you need. But with a little creativity and innovation, this task is not as difficult as it sounds. Decorating kids' rooms on a budget is all about adapting and recycling. Here are some tips and ideas to consider when decorating kids' rooms.

Buy the basics

Children change dramatically from one year to the next, and their tastes change along with them. Focus your budget on the basics - bed frame, mattress, dresser - when decorating kids' rooms. Furnishings with classic or timeless styles will provide a palette to which you and your child can add popular accessories as fads come and go. You can also save money when decorating kids' rooms by sizing in advance. The extra space that a large dresser or full-sized bed takes up now will be useful sooner than you think.

If they're old enough, get your children involved when decorating kids' rooms. Set an accessories budget, and let your kids decide which items are most important to them. The choice and responsibility involved in working with a budget is an education too many children go without.

Decorating kids' rooms the arts and crafts way

If even the accessories budget is tight when decorating kids' rooms, there are many simple arts and crafts type projects that can be done for very little money.

A good example of this is pictures. If wallpaper or a new paint job is unrealistic, decorating kids' rooms with themes can be an inexpensive alternative. Calendars are a great source of photos, particularly since most calendars are thematic. Visit your local bookstore or other calendar vendor early in the new year, and you'll be able to pick up new calendars for 50% to 75% off or more. Frames can be purchased cheaply at large discount stores, and combined with the monthly calendar images will create a unified look for your children's walls.

An alternative source for pictures to use when decorating kids' rooms is the Internet. A decent color printer can print off images that look completely authentic when put into a glass frame. Between the calendars and the online photos, the "walls budget" for decorating kids' rooms should be no more than $20 or $30.

Kids' wall stickers are another inexpensive option for decorating kids' rooms. You can combine them with a wallpaper border instead of doing a full papering job, which will save money and provide your young children with a chance to participate in the room decorating process.

Of course, wall decorations aren't the only part of decorating kids' rooms. You can make throw pillows from your children's favorite, worn out blankets. Beads and necklaces can be hung together to form colorful room dividers. Take a stroll through your local arts and crafts store and look for materials with shapes and textures that could be put to use in a creative and original bedroom theme. Working together with your children is often the best and most fun approach to decorating kids' rooms.
 

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