Creating a fun and functional space for your little one can be tricky. With their ever-changing needs, interests and hobbies, the perfect room won’t stay perfect for long. Whether you’re looking to redecorate entirely or to just give your child a fresh bedroom makeover, you may be struggling for ideas. If so, consider these top tips to help harness your inner interior designer and earn cool parent points.

Consider a Cabin or Loft Bed

A loft bed is an excellent space-saving idea for your child’s room that provides a free area below, perfect for seating or storage. Make this space a cosy chill-out zone with beanbags, fairy lights and a plush rug, or transform it into a study station with a desk and bookshelf. You could even slot in a single-seater sofa bed to create the ultimate sleepover nook.

Although the frame height of loft beds varies, mid-sleeper cabin beds are generally more suitable for younger children. With the added bonus of built-in storage units, cabin beds are convenient pieces of combination furniture that will free up extra space in your child’s room.

Be Careful With Themes

It’s easy to get carried away with a theme. However, your child might be into dinosaurs today, and you could go to town transforming their room into a Jurrasic wonderland, but inevitably, there will come a day when dinosaurs are no longer cool. To keep your child’s room current and relevant to their interests, avoid themed wallpaper and features you can’t easily swap and change as time passes.

Consider sticking to a neutral colour palette, save for one wall, which can become a feature focal point, providing a pop of colour, patterned wallpaper or even a mural. This will save you from having to redecorate the entire room when a change is required.

Smart Storage

Choosing your storage units wisely can make tidy-up time quicker and easier. Organising toys, clothes and school items into accessible boxes and bins will ensure stress-free mornings and a (mostly) mess-free bedroom.

When considering durable furniture items, look for high-quality materials such as hardwood. However, storage units don’t need to be boring - a painted chest of drawers can look chic, striking and will last for years through your child’s various phases.

Arrange Furniture Mindfully

A child’s bedroom should be multifunctional - an area where they can sleep, study and play. Providing you have enough space, consider dividing your child’s room into areas dedicated to separate activities to ensure maximum focus and restful sleep. This is also applicable if you have more than one child sharing a room.

For many children, sharing a space with a sibling is less than ideal, particularly when there is a considerable age gap. If this is the case in your household, arrange their bedroom furniture strategically. Aim to create as much privacy as possible by using items like bookshelves as dividers and provide each child with personal storage spaces. You could even give them creative freedom by allowing them to pick their own bed sheets or colour schemes.

Declutter

Every so often, a good clearout does you good. Every parent understands the sheer amount of stuff children accumulate. Get your child involved and make three piles - things to keep, things to donate and things you’re unsure of. For the “unsure” pile, set a 30-day deadline, and if they haven’t been worn or played with in that time frame, into the donate pile they go. You could even sell any unwanted clothes or toys and put the profits into your redecoration project.

Chalkboard Paint

Use chalkboard paint to cover an area of your child’s bedroom - it could be a small section or an entire wall. This enables a fun way for your child to get creative by adding doodles, patterns and notes. As well as a fun design choice, a chalkboard wall is an invitation for young children to experiment with mark-making, a vital component of learning to write and draw.

Reading Nook

Reading is exceptionally beneficial to the development of children of all ages. Not only that, but it’s tremendously fun. Feed your child’s imagination by providing them with a comfortable nook, perfect for reading. Set up your reading nook in a corner, window ledge, or tent with soft lighting, blankets and ample storage. You could even theme their reading area in accordance with their favourite book series.

Resources:

• ​Oak Sideboards - PubPub​
• ​Living Room Sideboards - Muslim Association of Canada​
• ​Painted Oak Chest of Drawers - Nimbus​
• ​Large Oak Dining Table - Sitelio​
• ​12 Seater Dining Table - Neocities​

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