Make your child's room more fun, festive with these 10 tips

How to play with color and get creative with decor.

Tribune News Service
April 22, 2022 at 12:30PM
Creative wall stickers serve as an alternative to wallpaper in this children's bedroom. (Provided photo/TNS)
Creative wall stickers serve as an alternative to wallpaper in this children’s bedroom. (TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Children's rooms by their very nature are meant to be bright, colorful and fun. Looking for ways to bring creativity into a children's bedroom space? Here are some top tips.

1. Bedding. Bedding is a prime decor element and a key opportunity to infuse color prints and patterns.

Orange has gender-neutral appeal in this bedroom. (Scott Gabriel Morris/Provided photo/TNS)
Orange has gender-neutral appeal in this bedroom. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

2. Citrus colors such as green, orange and yellow are both bright as well as gender-neutral.

3. Artwork is an opportunity to bring large-scale color into a children's bedroom.

Bright removable wall stickers provides versatile, portable decor in this children's bedroom. (Provided photo/TNS)
Bright removable wall stickers provide versatile, portable decor in this children’s bedroom. (TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

4. Removable wall stickers provide an alternative to wallpaper and can be used to create an interesting accent wall.

A teepee provides a creative play area in this children's bedroom. (Provided photo/TNS)
A teepee provides a creative play area in this children’s bedroom. (TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

5. Portable play items such as hammocks offer fun play spaces, especially for young children.

6. Shelving provides an opportunity for organization and display in children's bedrooms. More great options are colorful bins and bags.

7. Area rugs offer an opportunity to infuse texture and color into children's rooms.

8. Mix candy colors together if looking to create overall color that allows for a versatile scheme.

9. Select neutral primary pieces such as beds and dressers and infuse color through elements such as artwork, area rugs and accessories.

The creative of use of skateboards creates shelving in this children's bedroom. (Scott Gabriel Morris/Provided photo/TNS)
The creative use of skateboards creates shelving in this children’s bedroom. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

10. Repurpose objects and decor in interesting ways. For example, use skateboards as shelving or a swing instead of a traditional seating or reading area.

Cathy Hobbs, based in New York City, is an Emmy Award-winning television host and a nationally known interior design and home staging expert.

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