A parent’s work is never done. When you’re not at work, feeding the dog, or making dinner for the family, you are decorating and maintaining the home, including the kid’s room. While you want your child’s room to feature lovely decor, you need to be practical; kids are prone to accidents, so you don’t want to furnish their room with delicate or expensive items. Here’s how to make their room look luxurious while keeping it child-proof.
Home-Made Art
An exquisite painting may feature child-like images such as carousels, clowns, etc, yet wait until they are a bit older to begin investing in expensive art. While they are young, decorate their room with home-made art pieces made by them. It will make them feel proud of their creations, the walls won’t be bare, and you won’t have to worry about the kids ruining an expensive investment.
Inexpensive Pillows
You could buy throw pillows from the home goods store that are $50 or more but that would not be wise. An inevitable spill or rip will ruin the pillow and have you headed back to the store for more expensive pillows. However, an old t-shirt or favorite blanket can be made into a throw pillow. Head to the crafts store and get filling. Sew the old t-shirt or blanket into a pouch, fill the center, and voila! You have an inexpensive throw pillow; the kids can be as careless and rough with it as they want.
Lasting Bean Bag Chairs
Firstly, bean bag chairs last a long time. When it begins to lose its shape, just refill the center with new filling. If your little one grows out of the bean bag chair, it can be repurposed as a foot rest or handed down to one of the pets to use as a bed. Moreover, bean bag chairs are easy to clean and maintain. Get a model with a wipeable and waterproof exterior. Other cloth fabrics can be removed and thrown in the wash. In a worst-case scenario, you can toss a ripped or stained cover in the trash and purchase a new cover. See a wide selection at www.ComfySacks.com.
Low-Level Design
It’s cute to suit your kid’s room with a bookshelf, television stand, etc, yet things that stand tall have farther to fall when tipped over and also can create a safety hazard. Keep the decor low to the ground. Wait until they are older to incorporate bigger pieces of furniture, shelving, etc. Plus, you don’t want kids reaching for things that are too high and may topple on their head or break.
Throw Rugs
Carpeting is associated to greater levels of comfort, yet carpeting is easy to stain and can trap dirt, pet hair, and dust. Rather than carpet the entire room, stick with hardwood flooring and place throw rugs down where kids will play. That way, if the kids do stain or ruin the carpet, it’s a lot easier to replace and will be cheaper too.
Large Baskets
Baskets are affordable, durable, and you can create a theme with them in the kid’s room. You can even paint the exterior to match the walls, furniture, etc. Best of all, the numerous baskets will make decluttering easy. The kids may even help put away their toys!
Large Chalkboards
Kids can be fickle about decor. They may like a particular color or theme for a short period before changing their mind. However, placing large chalkboards on the walls invites the opportunity to be creative as well as fickle. In addition to chalkboards, parents can hang large whiteboards so kids can use markers too.
Round Designs
It may seem like a no-brainer yet some parents make the mistake of choosing furniture with sharp edges, which invites opportunity for kids to get injured when falling or running by. Choose furniture and room implements with round designs, which may limit the choice of decor but increase the level of safety.
Track Lighting
It’s cute to fit the child’s room with desk and floor lamps, but such items are fragile and break easily. However, track lighting provides plenty of illumination and remains out of a child’s reach. All they will need to do is turn on the light switch. Wait until they are a bit older to get creative with lighting implements.
It may be tempting to get creative when decorating the child’s room, yet consider the child’s age as well as the delicacy of chosen objects. Child-proof decor is much more practical.
Finley King is a single Dad with 2 kids. He wears all hats in his household, from chef to decorator not to mention managing his career. When he does get a spare moment to himself, Fin enjoys writing articles, proving that single Dads can do it just as well as single Moms!
