Kids’ Rooms: How Colour is the Key to Style in a Child’s Room
Create a child-friendly space with shades that will inspire and energise. From first steps to teenage kicks, there is a hue for every mood
Children’s bedrooms can be the least design focused areas in the home. They can exist in an almost constant state of flux, as cots are replaced by bunks; dolls and toy diggers retired to make space for a desk and a double bed. But the good news is, you don’t need to take control of every inch of your child’s room to inject a sense of style. Use colour as a starting point to create an appealing backdrop, whatever your young one is into.
Step on it
Forget the associations with sterile offices, carpet tiles are an affordable flooring option and one which offers brilliant creative potential. Mix and match to create an underfoot patchwork of unexpected combinations and clashes.
Forget the associations with sterile offices, carpet tiles are an affordable flooring option and one which offers brilliant creative potential. Mix and match to create an underfoot patchwork of unexpected combinations and clashes.
Add bright stripes
This high energy mix of mouthwateringly bright fabrics and a blue feature wall is both child- and adult-friendly. Framed prints add extra colour and can be easily switched when tastes change. This is also an inspired scheme for grandparents who have regular little visitors as well as standard-sized guests.
This high energy mix of mouthwateringly bright fabrics and a blue feature wall is both child- and adult-friendly. Framed prints add extra colour and can be easily switched when tastes change. This is also an inspired scheme for grandparents who have regular little visitors as well as standard-sized guests.
Work in warm shades
Look beyond primary colours for children’s rooms. Promote relaxation with calming browns, adding gold accents for a magical touch. Here, yellow has also been used to define the study area (it helps promote clear thinking and imaginative ideas, allegedly) and a white floor provides a fresh contrast and prevents the atmosphere feeling too intense.
Look beyond primary colours for children’s rooms. Promote relaxation with calming browns, adding gold accents for a magical touch. Here, yellow has also been used to define the study area (it helps promote clear thinking and imaginative ideas, allegedly) and a white floor provides a fresh contrast and prevents the atmosphere feeling too intense.
Keep it simple
Children’s wallpapers fall into two distinct camps: over fussy images, best reserved for wrapping presents with, and bold designs that use form and colour to pack a punch. These single colour silhouettes will captivate a child and are easy on the adult eye, too. A white background makes the strong green shade engaging, but not overwhelming.
Children’s wallpapers fall into two distinct camps: over fussy images, best reserved for wrapping presents with, and bold designs that use form and colour to pack a punch. These single colour silhouettes will captivate a child and are easy on the adult eye, too. A white background makes the strong green shade engaging, but not overwhelming.
Go space age
Create a truly futuristic look with the winning combination of white, fluorescent orange and deep, dark blue. The sharp lines where the different shades meet grab the attention and the moody glow from behind the tinted glass doors makes you wonder if that’s a wardrobe or a teleportation device!
Create a truly futuristic look with the winning combination of white, fluorescent orange and deep, dark blue. The sharp lines where the different shades meet grab the attention and the moody glow from behind the tinted glass doors makes you wonder if that’s a wardrobe or a teleportation device!
Choose tasteful textiles
Vintage or ethnic prints are a good way of introducing a range of colours without things getting too shouty. In this bedroom, the slightly washed out tones of the textiles keep the mood subtle, despite the combination of pinks, oranges and yellows. Nothing is too permanent either, which is good news if the inhabitant’s Indian textiles phase is usurped by a passion for crisp white sheets.
Vintage or ethnic prints are a good way of introducing a range of colours without things getting too shouty. In this bedroom, the slightly washed out tones of the textiles keep the mood subtle, despite the combination of pinks, oranges and yellows. Nothing is too permanent either, which is good news if the inhabitant’s Indian textiles phase is usurped by a passion for crisp white sheets.
Paint a pegboard
Instil order — and colour — by stealth with a fun yet functional storage solution. The beautiful shade of blue on this pegboard detracts from the practical nature of this wall and brings together a mishmash of suspended stationery, lighting and artwork.
Instil order — and colour — by stealth with a fun yet functional storage solution. The beautiful shade of blue on this pegboard detracts from the practical nature of this wall and brings together a mishmash of suspended stationery, lighting and artwork.
Make it retro
Think like a teenager and dare to be different. Make an impact with funky geometric wallpaper and matching pops of orange that demand attention. Monochrome accents would usually add a more subdued edge, but when they come in the shape of zebra heads and badger cushions? Not so much.
Think like a teenager and dare to be different. Make an impact with funky geometric wallpaper and matching pops of orange that demand attention. Monochrome accents would usually add a more subdued edge, but when they come in the shape of zebra heads and badger cushions? Not so much.
Stick ‘em up
Wall stickers are more popular than ever today, particularly in children’s rooms where they add instant character and colour. Use them against a neutral backdrop to create a focal point and add matching accessories to make bright shades stand out even more. Stickers can be moved or replaced in a matter of minutes, allowing your child’s bedroom to grow with them.
Explore how to create a wall that stands out
Do you have children at home? How do you bring colour into their room? Let us know in the Comments.
Wall stickers are more popular than ever today, particularly in children’s rooms where they add instant character and colour. Use them against a neutral backdrop to create a focal point and add matching accessories to make bright shades stand out even more. Stickers can be moved or replaced in a matter of minutes, allowing your child’s bedroom to grow with them.
Explore how to create a wall that stands out
Do you have children at home? How do you bring colour into their room? Let us know in the Comments.
Broaden your child’s horizons — artistically or geographically — with an inspiring image that covers an entire wall. Here, a world map makes a colourful addition to this room, but the soft grey of the oceans stops it looking too overpowering. The rug and rocker match some of the countries on the map, too, for a nicely co-ordinated look.
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