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Thursday, March 29th, 2018
Double-duty furniture: Flexsteel Living Room Fabric And Kashmira Storage Ottoman
If you’re a parent who’s thinking of setting up a room for your little one, then you might be at a point when you no longer know how to have him (or her) onboard on the project. After all, a kid could default to his favorite cartoon character or would wish for a unicorn-filled bedroom. If none of these designs would make sense with your overall theme, then it’s time to learn a few techniques.
Consider Your Kid’s Happiness
When it comes to a kid’s room, remember that you need to consider his freedom, his sense of creativity, his boundless energy, and of course, his happiness. Think of his room as his personal sanctuary, a playground where no one would judge him.
While kids’ safety matters, this does not go to say that they will see the CCTV cameras and whatnot. Learn to install security features in the room that would not hamper with the fun that is also supposed to happen there.
Make Room for Adjustments
Kids are known for their fickle-mindedness as they alter their tastes from one cartoon character to a sports team, and on. If you want a room that will grow with your kid along with his design preferences, then you might want to invest in the more classic furniture designs.
So, rather than buying a kid-sized drawer, pick one that can store more clothing in the future. If your space allows it, then invest in a bigger bed from the outset unless, of course, when you’re setting up a nursery in which case, you have to pick furnishings that are infant-appropriate.
Buy Double-duty Furniture
A multifunctional furniture is the most ideal piece to put in your kid’s room. This is especially when you’re looking to change a nursery to a bigger child. And when it is finally time to replace the crib with a bed, then make sure that you get the one that has storage underneath. This simple storage solution should help keep your kid’s room tidy.
While parents are cautioned against being ‘boxed in’ on some gender-assigned colors, pink is just so deliciously lovely that it’s difficult to not use on a girl’s bedroom floor.
Use Fun Colors
While you are encouraged to set up a room that your kid could grow into, you might also want to consider that you’re decorating the room for a kid. And a kid will always be a kid so if you are left to pick the colors, then add the fun hues.
Neutrals can be used but be sure to offset the boring look with bold accents. And if the rest of the room is bold-colored, then pick tamed furnishings.
Choose Kiddie Themes
There are many kiddie themes to choose from online. Take the time to scour these options with your little one. Make him point to the ones that he likes and take note of those. Neutral themes include zoo trip, Toy Story, basic pastels, Old Western, farm animals, etc.
For boys’ bedroom themes, you can choose from Captain America (and any other superhero), shark theme, Star Wars, etc. As for girls, the options could include Disney princesses, rainbows, the traditional pink, and playland.
Ask Your Kid for Suggestions
Learn to think outside of the box. To do this, ask your kid for suggestions. You will be surprised at the plethora of ideas that could flow out of his young mind.
If you have, say, a five-year-old who is adamant in picking the paint color for the walls of his room, then don’t hamper that creativity. Give him some control but learn to coax if the colors start to clash. You have to learn to walk the line where you’re guiding the choices that your little one makes while he still has the leeway to suggest what he truly desires.
For starters, you can narrow his paint color options to just five so he can point to the one that makes sense to him the most. You could also do the same thing with the color of the furnishings. Having the kid onboard in this whole project will increase his self-esteem and even his love and respect for you.
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
The Fine Furniture Design Bedroom Poster Bed King 6.6 1050-767.768.769 is a great choice for a bed that your kid will grow into.
Sharing the bedroom can help children bond. It can also teach them to compromise and this is a good thing since most siblings squabble. Spending some time on how you design the bedroom will reduce the quarrels and bickering. Here are some tips on how you can make your little ones share this supposedly restful area –
Ask for the Kids’ Opinion
If you want the design to be more successful, then be ready to include the kids in making the decision regarding their bedroom design. Young children will be more than willing to pick out the linens and wall arts that will be placed in their room. If you want a bedroom that will grow up with your kids, then be sure to steer them away from the cartoon character section.
Another way to involve the kids in decision making is to consider their individual personalities. If you can, have each child decorate a separate section of the room, then do so. Each one could have a wall covered with the kind of art that they go crazy over. Just make sure that their choices complement each other by providing them with an edited selection where they could take their pick.
Establish Some Privacy
Even when you are setting up a small bedroom, make sure that each child is given some private space. You can achieve this with compartments, individual desks, or separate toy boxes.
Set Some Rules
There are bound to be arguments but your role is to keep them to a bare minimum. You need to help your little ones learn to respect each other. You can begin by discussing that their personal properties should be just that – their personal properties. You should set the rule that they must ask for permission before they touch any of the other sibling’s personal properties. Teach them also that it is important to knock before opening the door. When the kids know about the rules, then they are likelier to adhere to them.
The Hooker Furniture Bedroom Vintage West Nine-Drawer Dresser has ample drawers to hold clothes and other stuff.
Involve Even the Youngest Kids
Families that live in smaller homes often have their youngest kid sleep with the parents. More often than not, they spend longer time than necessary especially when the parents do not want to disrupt the routine of an older child.
Don’t fear because in most cases, children can adapt quickly. In fact, they are even happy to share the room with their sister or brother. If you doubt this, then ask other families that have already experienced moving a younger kid to the older one’s bedroom.
Set Boundaries
Apart from the rules, it would also help if you keep the younger child from messing up with the older kid’s possessions. To do this, have the older kids’ toys or properties kept inside a closet or at a height where the younger one won’t be able to reach.
A Secret Place
Remember that everyone needs a hideaway now and then – even little kids. You don’t have to set up a custom hideaway, it can be a simple playhouse or a tepee a few feet away from their beds. This area has to be somewhere where your little ones will enjoy each other’s company without the penetrating gaze of a parent.
A Place for Everything
It is not just important to free up floor space but also other areas of the new bedroom. It is easy for the kids’ bedroom to become messy especially when they have their play area there, too. Children play and horse around so be ready to set up a storage space that can hold all of their stuff.
Most kids are happy about the prospect of sleeping in bunk beds so let them. The underside of beds can also be storage areas for shoes or toys. Better yet, have a special cabinet or chest in their bedroom. The more drawers each cabinet has, the more stuff it can hold.
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Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Hooker Furniture Bedroom Studio 7H Aon Queen Upholstered Bookcase Footboard Bed 5398-90150: This brilliant footboard design is not just for the bookworms but also a storage unit for kids’ toys, shoes and slippers.
Picking the color scheme for a kid’s room or a nursery can be a bit tricky. Too many parents have automatically fallen to the blue or pink motif afraid of being tagged as peculiar. Color selection is not an exact science that comes with the how’s and why’s and other such definable limits. But once you realize how to work with the complexity of colors, you would realize that this, too, can be measured.
So how, exactly, should you pick the colors that your kids will love?
Know a Little Science
First, many psychological studies conducted by various advertising firms have come up with the conclusion that color selection can be greatly influenced by behavior and mood. Colors, on the other hand, can also influence the motor and neuro behaviors of the people subjected to them. This is true insomuch that colors can now even be used to improve people’s health.
Marketing experts have been using these scientific findings to their advantage. For decades, the day spa decor, even the wallpapers and carpets in your local gym have been specifically designed to affect your moods. Even the biggest restaurants have been capitalizing on colors to raise your appetite.
Go Bold
So you’re one of those dads or moms that can’t take anymore pink or blue inside their kids’ rooms. Well, join the club – there are hundreds if not thousands of parents who are tired of these two standard colors.
Whether you are planning a tweener’s room or a nursery, what you need is a little knowledge of the psychological effects of colors on people. So before you even dare open that can of orange paint, think – how will this color affect my child’s eventual behavior?
So we’re still on science so here’s a little color psychology. Warm colors evoke feelings of comfort and happiness. They create intimate spaces by making huge, open spaces look and feel cozier. Shades of yellow, red and orange stimulate the mind and can energize their beholder. These colors are not that great to have inside a bedroom, though, as they can make the energetic toddler…well, more energetic.
If you really have to use warm colors, then be sure to use it in moderation. An orange accent wall is fine as are a few accessories in warm colors. You can also pair the cooler shades with warm colors so that they are greatly subdued.
Every kid’s bedroom or nursery is in need of this spacious Hooker Furniture Bedroom Studio 7H Sans Serif Door Chest.
All Is Well with Red
Red is known to excite the senses which is why it is widely used in many restaurants. It is there to increase the heart rate and respiration. Red is scientifically proven to up the athletic abilities in a lot of people.
Red, however, is also associated with aggression and one’s inability to focus. There are also some researches that have proven that red can negatively affect your child’s academic performance.
Sunny Yellow, Sunny Disposition
Yellow is a bright and cheerful color. It is associated with motivation and also with happiness. The softer hues of yellow are known to promote concentration while the brighter hues stimulate memory and metabolism.
Use this color if you have a shy kid that you would want to stimulate to become more active.
Talkative Orange
This is a welcoming hue and one that is distinctly social in nature. This color is known to inspire communication among people. Use this color in moderation as it could also over-stimulate the child.
Cool Colors
These are the most calming set of colors that can affect the human body. Think of ocean waves and the calming powder blue sky. As opposed to these cool colors, darker hues can represent the doom and gloom that comes with the onslaught of a storm. So be careful in painting the walls with dark colors especially inside the nursery.
Use pastels which evoke peace and relaxation all of the time.
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