When it comes to how they want their room to look, your older child is less likely than a little one to be fobbed off with a token Angelina Ballerina pillowcase. Fortunately, though, they are probably open to more sophisticated decorating schemes, so there’s bound to be a colour scheme between their ideal (black) and yours (eau de nil) that you can agree on.
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Show them inspirational room schemes on this site to push them gently in the direction of a shade they might not otherwise accept. If you’re thinking wallpaper, there are tons of designs that are neither boringly adult or cringingly childish – check out www.absolutezerodegrees.co.uk, www.timorousbeasties.com or www.cathkidston.co.uk.
Once you have got the kid-friendly sophistication sorted, your young person may feel the need to personalise the space a little. For creative types, you could stick up oversized sheets of paper on one wall for them to express themselves artistically – lining paper is cheap and disposable. Or buy plain canvasses from art shops for them to paint and produce their own masterpieces. Alternatively, get hold of a really big picture frame and let them fill it with photos, notes, doodles and memorabilia for a cool montage that they can take down and change as often as they like.
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If they want something really grown up, they need look no further for inspiration than our bedroom design galleries – we’ve got great ideas for colourful bedrooms, neutral bedrooms, contemporary bedrooms and traditional bedrooms.
As they juggle their hectic social calendars, some kind of noticeboard for all those invitations is a good idea. Take the blackboard paint idea to a whole new level with magnetic blackboard paint for a chalk board that can hold up notes as well. Alternatively Kidicraft (www.kidicraft.co.uk) sells magnetic paint that you apply as an undercoat before finishing with your chosen wall colour for a subtle wall-as-magnetic-noticeboard effect.
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