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Mommy I Want -
Decorating a Boy's Room
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"Mommy, I want green walls, red furniture,
blue carpet and all my trucks lined up along the walls!"
Let’s address the second scenario... Adam is a three to seven year old boy
who wants green walls, red furniture, and blue rugs with his trucks on parade.
First, we need to find a color palette that reflects some of his preferences
but also flows from the main living areas (we’ll assume this is in the same
home as Amy’s and that we have a sage green/terra cotta/plum color scheme).
The carpet throughout is light sage green.
My first idea is to use a border or wallpaper that has a truck pattern (there
are lots of these to choose from) in a rich green, with rusty/brick, blues
and plum. This flows well from the main areas and allow the hues and shades
of color that Adam wants in his room.
Let’s wallpaper the entire room with a plaid that correlates with a truck
border below the chair-rail, and we’ll install the border at the chair-rail
height (approximately 36 inches from the floor). For the sake of budget,
let’s paint above the chair-rail a warm beige/cream color. We could make
Adam a headboard from plywood cut in the shape of a Stop sign and painted
rusty/brick red tones with white lettering to blend with the room. (Could
also be a Yield sign or Railroad crossing sign -- either would be easy and
cute in the room.)
We are going to use a ready made bedding ensemble in solid dark green with
the other colors introduced in shams, bed skirts, pillows, etc., mixing the
green, dark blue, brick, plum, and beige. (Maybe we could make an accent
pillow to resemble a Yield or Railroad sign.) The window treatment can be
made from a matching sheet to the bedding ensemble. Lots of simple sewing
ideas are available or simply use a ready made window treatment. I suggest
that a tab valance with contrasting buttons would look good.
Let’s find some poster art that has trucks on it and frame it as inexpensively
as possible. Paint the frames, dark green, dark blue, brick, and plum, and
create a grouping with the framed art above the chair-rail in an open wall
area of the room. Display some of Adam’s trucks on some shelves or the dresser,
etc. For lighting, we'll fill a glass lamp jar with match cars and use some
light fixtures that resemble Stop lights and Railroad Crossings (they are
available -- you just have to look -- or use other lighting sources as needed).
We’ll add a dash of greenery and Adam’s room is done!! Let’s see if we have
all eight decorating components addressed in Adam’s room.
Flooring - sage green carpet
Walls - beige paint, with plaid wallpaper and truck border at chair-rail
height
Furniture - Headboard built to resemble Stop sign painted brick red,
dresser, bookshelf, night-stands, etc.
Window Treatments/Bedding Ensembles/Accent Pillows - Dark green bedding
ensemble with accent pillows, shams, bedskirt in dark blue, brick red and
plum; tab window valance in dark green with contrast beige buttons
Lighting - practical and decorative; idea- use a lamp base filled
with match cars and others as needed
Artwork - Poster art of trucks, in painted frames
Accessories - Adams trucks and treasures (maybe some other items found
to work with theme)
Floral/Greenery - greenery added as needed on shelf, dresser or tree
in void corner
All eight decorating components of Adam's room have been addressed, his room
is very cute and economically decorated. We have provided Adam the trucks
he wanted, and the colors of green, blue, red (brick/burgundy tones) he requested
in his room, just in different locations. The colors all flow and work well
with the main color scheme of the home and reflect a sense of style. Obviously,
there are hundreds of options and directions we could have taken, but
Adam’s desire for trucks and certain colors gave us the inspiration for
decorating the room this way. Use your imagination when decorating a
child’s room and have fun!
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