Showing posts with label teen bedrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teen bedrooms. Show all posts

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Bedroom Decorating Ideas - Exciting Decorating News!

Hi gang, Rick and Cathy here at Bedroom Decorating Ideas. We constantly receive emails from our subscribers requesting more informormation on decorating ideas, not just for the bedroom bedroom.

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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Bedroom Decorating Ideas - Television Decorating Shows

Hi gang, Rick with Bedroom Decorating ideas. Television decorating shows have proven it is possible to have a bedroom that looks designer without the expense of one. Give some thought to your bedroom interior design and great things can be achieved with a limited amount money.

A bedding set should be the first decision on your list. The bedding is likely to be the most dominant element in your room, making it a good place to start planning your design. Choose a bedding in order to match it with the colors or the desired theme of your room.

The closeout bin and discounted items are a great way to create a look for your bed instead of buying sets of expensive items. Go out looking for things that will go with the bedding being sure to bring along some color swatches for an exact match. Go to a home goods or home decorating store and purchase a lot of pillows with different shapes and patterns with your key colors and give your bed a designer look by placing them at the head of your bed.

Another one of the important bedroom interior design tips is careful furniture shopping which can mitigate the high costs associated with this key element to your room design. In this case, being patient often works to your advantage - you could purchase a brand-new set of furniture today at a manufacturer’s outlet, but you could save half or even more of the cost if you scout out great bargains at yard sales and area consignment stores. New knobs and fresh paint job on the old set will accomplish a new look for the overall piece.

If you are looking for a way to spice up your sleeping quarters without spending a great amount of money, try a fresh coat of paint. Why not use bright colors if they enhance the theme you have in mind? Use one of the many different faux finishes or paint effects available from your local paint store for an exclusive look in your home.

For a unique bedroom the accessories are important and shopping for them is fun and money saving at flea markets, private sales and consignment stores. But don’t buy the first great value that you see - a piece of furniture that doesn’t quite fit the vision of your room is no bargain, no matter how inexpensive it was. In order to achieve a perfect look of your room, you must plan what things are needed to for it before you go shopping. Consulting your list will ensure that you only get what you actually need when you go shopping!

If you can picture the bedroom of your choice and know where to shop than bedroom interior design is not as hard and costly as you think. Good sales are a sure way to save money. Your patience in waiting for just the right furniture and accessories will pay off with a designer look for less. Thanks to decorate123.com for this.

Bedroom Decorating Ideas, By Rick Ostler

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Also we value your comments, if you can add more info in regards to this article please do so. Thanks............Rick

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Using Thrift Store Handbags to Decorate Teen Girls Bedrooms

Here is a bedroom decorating idea that your teen daughter will love! What girl over the age of 13 doesn't love handbags? This decorating idea will be a hit with everyone. It is unique and it will solve your daughter's storage problems at the same time.

Choose a section of wall space in her room and paint it a co-ordinating color to match her decor. This will form the backdrop for her eclectic handbag collection. If you want it to really look like "art" you can frame the area by attaching molding to the wall or artfully do some block painting. Mount coat hooks randomly around the framed area. Paint them the same color as the wall so they will blend in or leave them as is if they are decorative.

Now comes the fun part. You get to go shopping! You can find funky handbags and totes very cheaply at thrift stores and dollar stores. It should not cost much more than $20 for a selection of 10-20 handbags. Choose a variety of sizes from little clutch bags to large roomy totes in bright colors and interesting textures.
Hang the purses in a pleasing arrangement on the hooks.

Now your daughter has all the storage space she needs for her accessories, CDs, cosmetics, magazines, etc. PLUS she has a great supply of handbags to use anytime she wants. Maybe if you are lucky she will let you borrow them too!
If you like my teen bedroom decorating ideas please feel free to leave me a comment!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Decorating for Teens- When your teen wants to paint the room black!

When you ask your teen for bedroom decorating ideas for their room you may be in for a shock. If you have teens you know what I am talking about! At some point in almost every teen's life they go through a phase of wanting a black bedroom. First off...don't worry. You don't need to pack them off to a psychiatrist for analysis. This is a perfectly normal phase. But it doesn't make decorating their room an easy task unless you also happen to love black walls!
I had two teens, a boy and a girl, who both at one time requested a black bedroom. I used the same approach with them both and got two very different results but they each ended up with a room they loved, it was truly their own and, NO, I did not paint the walls black! For my daughter we went with white walls so she could create a dramatic effect and my son's room was painted a warm, neutral gray. It is the accessories where I gave them free reign to express their style and individualism.
Teens generally approach life with great passion. What they are into..they are REALLY into. For my daughter it was punk music, art and fashion. For my son it was guitars and heavy metal. Both wanted to plaster the walls with posters. Here are a few alternatives to having them tape your walls up with pictures.
  • Poster frames are a must for any teen bedroom. Have one or two on the wall and your teen can display their favorite poster of the day/week/month without putting tape or thumbtacks into the wall!











  • CD frames. This is a very cool way to turn your teenager's CD collection into wall art. There is space for 20 CDs in the frame, it keeps them organized AND your teen can switch them up as their taste in music changes.











Instead of a headboard I let them be creative. Here are a few ideas I came up with that kept us all happy.
  • If your teen is artistic, get a prepared artist canvas approximately 40" x 24" and a set of acrylic paints and let them paint their own headboard, in their own style.
  • Replace your teen's headboard with a black chalkboard or cork board so they can decorate it at will.
  • This is the one my kids chose. Have a piece of plywood cut to 40" x 24", or whatever size you want the headboard to be, and paint it flat black. Then have your teens pull out their stash of teen/music magazines. Give them scissors and a bottle of podge or white glue and let them decoupage their headboard.

Next you can purchase photo boxes, trinket boxes or use shoe boxes and let them loose on those as well. They can customize them with paint or decoupage and since storage is always an issue in kid's bedrooms these accessories can be put to good use.

For that touch of "black" that they seemed to crave, I purchased some very inexpensive black poly/cotton fabric and made curtain panels and bed skirts. That was enough to satisfy them without painting the entire room black. With these simple bedroom decorating ideas both you AND your teen will be happy!