Making a room for a girl is a more difficult task than creating an interior in the rest of the apartment. When choosing a room design, you need to not only rely on your own taste, but also take into account the preferences of the little hostess, her age, interests and hobbies. Additional difficulties can be caused by the choice of materials for decoration and furnishings, since a children's room for a girl should be not only beautiful and cozy, but also comfortable and safe for the child's health.
Decorating a nursery: where to start?
Before starting the repair and creating the atmosphere in the girl’s room, we recommend that you create a design project, in the development and approval of which the child himself will participate. The interior design of the room, which you decorate at your discretion, may not end up appealing to a demanding hostess, especially if she is already a teenager. It is not necessary to think over the interior to the last detail, to create a project you need to follow these steps:
- Choose a base color scheme.
- Decide on the design style and overall concept of the room.
- Think about what furniture will be present in the room, and how it will be located.
- Decide what materials you will use for walls, floors, ceilings.
- Consider lighting, decide on the number and location of fixtures.
- Discuss with the girl the key interior details and accessories, for example, what will be the curtains, draperies, pillows, carpet.
Color selection
The best solution when choosing the color scheme of the walls will be calm neutral colors that will not overload the eye and serve as a backdrop for a variety of design experiments. For the room in which the girl lives, you can choose one of the following shades:
- pale yellow;
- cream;
- light beige (baked milk);
- peach;
- pale pink;
- light blue;
- light green.
When designing a nursery for a girl, dark colors that can be overpowering should be avoided: black, purple, dark shades of brown and blue. Too bright, neon colors are not suitable for wall covering, and the red color that irritates the psyche is also undesirable. The white color of the walls may seem uninteresting and depressing to the girl.
pink dreams
The obligatory presence of a pink color in a room for a girl is nothing more than a stereotype, which is completely optional to follow. The predominance of too bright and saturated pink shades, on the one hand, will tire and annoy the child, on the other hand, it will severely limit you in choosing a common color scheme, since capricious pink is far from being “friends” with all colors.
If a girl really likes this color, it can be present in individual elements of the interior. As a background, it is desirable to use only the most delicate and unobtrusive shades of pink, which will help create a peaceful and romantic atmosphere. When choosing pink as your base color, you need to know what pairs best with it:
- warm shades of white;
- pale blue and turquoise;
- Brown;
- grey;
- mint green;
- light yellow.
Neutral background or pattern?
If you look through a dozen or two photos of girls' rooms, from toddlers to teenagers, you won't see the colorful, repeating wallpaper that used to be an integral part of children's rooms. Why do designers prefer plain walls? The fact is that this design option has a lot of advantages:
- Plain walls can serve as a backdrop for any interior elements, girlish accessories, drawings, posters, crafts and decorations.
- The “naked” walls just beg to be decorated, stimulating the girl to show her creative abilities and embody her own design ideas.
- The neutral background allows you to change the decor of the room when the girl's preferences change, without resorting to the obligatory change of the wall covering. This is especially true for teenagers who love change.
Tip: if you still think that the plain walls in the nursery are too boring, then we recommend that you resort to the technique wallpaper combinations. Paste part of the room with discreet plain canvases, separate sections or walls with wallpaper with any pattern you like, matching in color with the base wallpaper. Do not forget that plain surfaces are perfectly complemented by vinyl stickers, photo wallpapers and wall paintings.
decorative design
The nursery is exactly the room where you can not be afraid to experiment. In the girl's room, you can safely embody the most creative design ideas.
You can revive and decorate the interior of a nursery for a girl with the help of eye-catching color elements. It is a good idea to use the same fabric for curtains, draperies, chair covers, bedspreads or pillows.
As decor elements you can use:
- posters and posters;
- photos in beautiful frames;
- vinyl stickers;
- original wall shelves;
- textile;
- unusual lamps;
- beautiful watch;
- wall inscriptions made with a stencil and paint or with a vinyl self-adhesive film;
- painting on the walls;
- postcards;
- figurines and cute toys;
- caskets, boxes, pasted over with bright paper or wallpaper.
Tip: if possible, try to create decorations and decor details for the nursery with your own hands with the participation of a young needlewoman.
Space zoning
The nursery is a multifunctional room that is used for sleeping, playing, studying and creating, so it is desirable divide it into functional areas, which will differ depending on the age of the girl.
For a girl under 3 years old, 2 main zones are distinguished:
- safe play space;
- darkened bed.
Tip: try to place things and toys in the little girl's room so that some of them are closer to the floor, in the baby's free access.
A girl from 3 to 7 years old needs 3 zones:
- the game part, which occupies a significant place and contributes to the provision of motor activity of the child (preferably the presence of a sports complex);
- a place for creativity;
- space for rest and sleep.
In the nursery for a girl from 7 to 12 years old, a fourth zone is added - a working zone intended for training sessions. In a teenager's room, as they grow older, the play area is replaced by a space for receiving guests or playing sports.
Furniture for a girl's room
Furnishings that should be present in the girl's room:
- bed;
- table for classes;
- wardrobe;
- shelving or shelves for storing books and toys;
- chairs or poufs;
- mirror.
If space allows, it is advisable to place such an important thing for a teenager as a dressing table. It's great if the room has room for a large bed - girls usually spend a lot of time on it, playing, reading and talking on the phone.
Small room interior
The first thing to do if the girl got small size room - visually enlarge it. The effect of expanding space can be achieved using:
- light plain wallpaper in warm colors;
- sliding wardrobe with mirror doors;
- large mirror;
- landscape photo wallpaper.
For both a little girl and a teenager, it is important that there is a lot of free space in the room, so the furniture should have a multifunctional design, be modular and mobile. Instead of a large bed, it is better to choose a quality sofa bed or a loft bed.
Do not clutter up a small room with large cabinets, you can limit yourself to a small cabinet and shelving. For storage, you can also use the space under the bed and table, purchase hanging cabinets and place them under the ceiling.
Theme room
Both a little girl and a teenager will love the idea of creating a themed room, which involves using a certain theme or direction in all the design elements of the room.
Ideas for a themed room interior for a girl:
- bedchamber of the princess;
- sports room;
- music studio;
- children's room based on your favorite cartoon;
- garden room;
- cowboy room;
- traveller's room
- oriental motives;
- children's room in the style of the selected city (New York, London, Paris);
- room in the style of Barbie, Winx, Witch sorceresses.
The following items and interior design elements will help create the atmosphere of a themed room for a girl:
- wall applications, posters, photo wallpapers;
- bed linen and bedspreads;
- toys;
- flowers;
- lamps, candles;
- properly selected pieces of furniture;
- any accessories on the topic;
- theme-appropriate colors.
Tip: in a themed room, it is desirable to have the main element that sets the tone for the rest of the design. In the princess's room, the main role can be played by a magnificent bed with a canopy or a sleeping place in the form of a carriage, in a sports room - by a simulator, in a natural one - photos from hikes and travels.
Finishing materials for the nursery
The best materials for decorating the walls of a nursery are paper wallpapers and water-based paint. These materials are environmentally friendly, safe, inexpensive, if necessary, the wall can be easily repainted or pasted over again. A more expensive option is latex paint, the advantages of which include wear resistance, vapor permeability and the possibility of regular washing and cleaning.
Can be used as flooring cork, qualitative laminate, parquet board, carpet.
Important! The main requirement for materials for finishing a children's room is safety. Materials must not contain harmful substances or contribute to the creation of an unhealthy microclimate.
