Design Tips

 

Decorating Ideas for a Girls Room

 

Need some great ideas for decorating for girls?

There are a variety of themes and ideas that you can decorate a bedroom with depending on what you want. It is good have basic decorating ideas for whatever kind of room you decide to have.
Here are some decorating ideas for a girl's room.

 

Paint Colors by Benjamin Moore

Limesickle (top) and Ballerina Pink (bottom)

Trim

shelf trim mounted at eye level to create contract line for paint

Bedding:

There are some amazing patterns and colors to choose from. 
This bedding is by Serena & Lily

Wall Accents:

Designing a girl's bedroom should be easy if you know what your daughter likes (flowers, butterflies, princess). Let her help
you decorate with what she likes. She'll take pride in her room and want to invite all her friends to share this space too.

Other Accents:

Add decorative pillows, stuffed animals, bookshelves and frames to accentuate the colors on the walls. Pull colors from the bedding and wall decor to pull it all together.

Make it functional:

Plan your layout to function with all of your furniture and accent choices.  Always keep play space and storage space for toys, books and clothes in mind too.  Make it easy for kids to keep their spaces tidy too: bins, bookcases and hooks are a must!

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Decorate with Simplicity

Keep It Spare and Simple

There's something about three carefully placed blocks  on a shelf against a colorful painted wall.  On a Shelf in any room - use items that are decorative and sentimental to you or just because you like it!  Whether they're built-ins, bookcases or decorative wall ledges, there are
as many ways to accessorize shelves as there are things to accessorize them with.  Use Homeworks Etc. signs and frames to accessorize your shelves. 
This Surf Board Pine Shelf is made to order.  Call 1.866.978.9255 to order your custom shelf, frame and/or sign ideas. 

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Design Tip #1 by Dara Wyton

A very popular trend right now in home decor is wallpaper. For a fun wallpaper affect, without having to do this permanent feature, PAINT BLOCKS of COLOR on 1 wall in your child's room in various sizes or in a checkerboard fashion.  Then, hang HOMEWORKS ETC. easy to decorate wall decor to the walls. This will create a wonderfully graphic, 3 dimensional  affect to any room for girl or boy.  Daisies and butterflies can be intermixed to create a fab room for GIRLS.  Transportation or Sports wall decor will make a great feature wall for BOYS.

Design tip #2 by Dara Wyton

Be Inspired: create a word wall of inspiration on your family wall. On a blank white wall (or any contrasting color) apply Homeworks Etc. signs of inspiration and/or frames in a random pattern or in a more structured grid pattern. This will create a wonderful dramatic focal point and generate a conversation piece.

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DIY - Capital Letters

I found this idea on HGTV by Chelsey Bowen.  An analogous color scheme of orange, yellow and green is the basis for this car-themed boy's bedroom. A chalkboard border is painted around the room to look like a road, and a combination of striped and patterned fabrics add visual interest to the space.

Purchase our Capital Letters to create this look for you child's room. Wrap your favorite fabric (with batting) and spray glue to a pre-cut piece of  MDF board that you can purchased at Home Depot (NOTE: attach a sawtooth hanger to mount MDF to the wall).  Glue gun or spray glue to adhere your hand painted letter to the fabric. Adds a great decorative accent to coordinate with bedding and other  fabric in the room.

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DIY - Awesome Toddler Bed

 

 

I found this project on Project Nursery by
the fabulous Design Mom via another amazing
blog Design Sponge. 

Check out the DIY details HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DIY - Blackboard Wall

 

 

I found this blackboard wall on smorgasbord.

As you can see, it was a huge hit with the kids.

You could also add decorative trim or molding
to your wall to add a framed finished touch.

Check out the DIY details from Canadian House & Home magazine HERE.

 

 

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