Decorating kids rooms is a challenging, yet fun activity that needs to be repeated often as children grow.  Where do you begin?  In the nursery, the design is entirely up to the parent, but as they grow, the child's taste's and interests must be incorporated.  Because decor changes often, it is also nice to be able to find affordable options that can be changed along with our children. Don't despair; there are some tried and true tips and tricks out there used by interior designers that give a great starting point.  We constantly research these ideas to act as inspiration for art that will grow along with children's minds and bodies.  This blog will share some of the great ideas we've encountered along the way.

1.  Start with Art!

Just as children learn to appreciate music by early exposure, they can learn to recognize and love fine art by having it around them.  There are some amazing pieces out there that are unique, not mass-produced in a third-world country, and not part of some licensing franchise that gets the "I want...." chant started.  A child's imagination is stimulated by art and colour, so put some in their spaces.  Use a piece of art that you or your child are drawn to as a colour pallet for the entire room.  Bring the piece to the paint store to pick the main and accent colours; bring it along to the fabric store for drapery material.  Often you can find inexpensive, solid colour sheets that can be mixed and matched, then make simple pillows out of coordinating fabric to get a burst of colour.

One of our Favourite Kids Decor Organizing tips:

Make a beautiful bulletin board out of a piece of styrofoam.  Oten appliances come packed with large sheets of thick styrofoam-simply go the end section of the fabric bins at Wallmart or fabric stores, pick out a scrap you like and wrap around the board stapling or duck taping to the back.  Then use two sided tape (3m is the best) or screw right through to the wall and you have an artistic way to put up their art etc.  This is for children of an age that can use pins safely, of course!

Check back next week for some more great tips on decorating for children's places and spaces!!!

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