Children's Room Design

When creating a design for a children's room, it is important to carefully choose materials, furniture, and decorative elements. All objects surrounding the child must meet safety standards, be environmentally friendly, and the colors must be harmonious, evoking positive emotions.

Also, in the development of a project for a children's room, it is necessary to take into account the gender, the tastes of the child himself.

Features of the design of the room for children

How a child develops is influenced by everything around him, in particular his bedroom. Children and adolescents spend a lot of time in it, so try to create a good atmosphere. Even the smallest space can be made a cozy nest, where any activity is pleasant. First of all, using an online square footage calculator, take a measurement of the room.

Let's analyze the main points in the design of a children's room.

Neutral finish

• You shouldn't paint walls, floors, and ceilings in a variety of colors if you don't want to make repairs almost every year. After all, the child grows quickly, and with him, his interests are also rapidly changing.
• Colorfulness is good only for very young children, then you will have to redo the look of the room completely, changing the wallpaper, floor, and ceiling covering.
• Optimally, finish using neutral shades suitable for any age, and bring brightness with textiles, curtains, carpets, which are then easy to change without serious costs. It is not required to make major repairs, it is enough to simply change the design with the help of a variety of objects, relying on the child's new hobbies.

Light furniture

Saturated colors look bad with wood, the interior turns out to be ridiculous. Therefore, if you want to make a bright bedroom, put a white furniture set. The light color looks perfect against a backdrop of colorful accents.

Competent color combination

We already have detailed material about the harmonious combination of colors in the interior, everything that is said in it is also relevant for the nursery. The child will be more comfortable if the finish is done in unsaturated pastel colors.

Avoid unnecessary variegation: if there are many bright colors in the room, the baby will not be able to stay in it for a long time, this will oppress him.

There are tons of cool pastel colors for a child's bedroom - pistachio, light yellow, turquoise, light pink.

Safety for gaming and exploration

Furniture, textiles, decor can harm in two ways:

• emitting harmful substances;
• provoking injury.
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Furniture is made mainly from MDF and chipboard, which emit formaldehyde and other bad components that can undermine the health of a child.

The maximum emission of formaldehyde from such material does not exceed 10 mg per 100 g of dry weight - almost the same characteristics for natural wood.

Please note that the furniture should not smell, even if the scent is pleasant!

When buying furniture made of chipboard, you should not worry about the high level of formaldehyde, but about the relatively low strength of the material. For example, a shelf can bend under heavyweight, and hinges sometimes fall out of facades.

Furniture may fall on the child. Everything must be securely fastened. There should be no objects that can be easily overturned by their own weight. It is also important to pay attention to the quality of the processing of the ends - if they are poorly covered, moisture can get into the plate.

There have already been cases when children hung on the pedestals and threw them over on themselves, receiving serious injuries or even death.

Furniture made of wood is safer for the child since it is a natural material and it is more stable due to its mass.

Children's room layout

The layout is different depending on the area and shape of the room, as well as on the number of children living. It should be divided into three main zones - work, play, and sleep. If there is a lot of space, you can add additional areas for sports, hobbies.

Design of a small children's room

If the area is small, place the furniture set against the walls, do not overload it with many unnecessary items. For example, if the child is already a year old, then the changing table in the room is completely useless.

A good idea for a small room is to use part of the window sill under the desktop. On the wall near the window, you can hang shelves for storing stationery, books, and soft toys.

Increase a small area visually, using the lightest shades in the decoration, correctly distributing the main and additional lighting.

Narrow children's room design

The harmony of shades will help to visually adjust the proportions of the child's narrow bedroom, for example, it is better to glue long walls with light-colored wallpaper, and small ones with dark wallpaper. Bright accents will also help distract from imbalances.

The room can be divided into an educational playroom and a sleeping room with the help of screens, mobile partitions, or a low podium. From furniture for narrow rooms, space-saving transformers are suitable.

What colors are categorically unsuitable for decorating a children's room?

• Do not use too dark tones close to black as the main ones. They have a depressing effect on the psyche, perception, and emotional state of the child.
• Choose light and colorful shades, they evoke a positive, uplifting mood. Psychologists say that the ivory color - light with a golden hue, as well as pale blue - has a good effect on babies.

Styles in the design of a children's bedroom

Look at the photo of the interior design of children's rooms in apartments, houses, made in the most popular styles.

Classic

The classic interior combines beauty and practicality, with a minimum of luxury. The set is wooden, light. Wallpaper of calm shades, plain or striped, with flowers, ornaments. Simple curtains with tulle, lambrequin, garters.

Minimalism

The main charm of the style is the absence of unnecessary items and accessories. Transformable designs that save space are great. For kids, it is allowed to combine simplicity with bright details and use 'juicy' decor.

Modern kids room

It is characterized by conciseness, functionality, practicality without luxury, unnecessary details. The main thing that parents strive for when choosing this style is comfort for the child's games, learning, and sleep.

Grunge style

The purpose of the grunge style is to create a cozy and practical interior. Therefore, he does not tolerate unnecessary items, only functional furniture, and a few decorative accents. Such an interior is difficult to implement in a small room, you need a lot of space and light.

Materials are exclusively natural - this is a huge advantage for a children's room.

For finishing they use wood, stone, and for textiles and jewelry - leather, linen, cotton, silk.

The grunge style is more suitable for teenagers, as with its help you can express your individuality, turn a room into a real refuge from the outside world.

IKEA style

Children's rooms from IKEA are a whole world where a child can embody his fantasies, creative ambitions. The company's catalog contains interesting solutions for children of any gender. You can arrange an incredible jungle indoors or a whole trip around the world.