The inner world of a child is unique and beautiful. Incomprehensible laws reign in it, other winds blow, a restless sea of children's fantasies splashes. Children are not a smaller version of adults, but unique characters of an amazing fairy tale, participants in the magic called "childhood". And thinking over the design of the nursery, you need to remember this.
Each child is unique, and therefore the children's room should serve as a kind of "place of power" for him, emphasize his features and meet his needs.
The basic principles of arranging a children's room
Regardless of who will be the inhabitant of the nursery - a boy or a girl, a newborn or a schoolboy - when decorating a room, it is important to adhere to certain requirements, without which even the most outstanding design loses its meaning.
Room selection
It is unlikely that there will be parents who will argue with the expression "all the best for children." Only the best room is worthy of becoming a nursery, and its choice must be approached responsibly. She must be:
- Spacious. The room should not only organically accommodate the necessary furniture, but also save free space for the games and fantasies of the child. But spacious does not mean the largest in the apartment. Children's happiness will fit perfectly on 20-25 square meters. m.
- Light. Natural lighting of the room from one or two windows should be supplemented by properly thought out sources of artificial light: ceiling, wall and table lamps and lamps.
- Warm. The nursery usually becomes a non-corner room, often located next to the parent. But the presence of heated floors in the room is undesirable: an additional source of drying air is a dubious plus.
Advice. The best option for a child is a room on the east side. It is lighter and warmer than the northern one, but does not overheat like the western and southern ones.
If it is not possible to allocate a separate room for the child, zoning will be a reasonable compromise. An intricate plasterboard construction, a mobile or stationary screen that separates the children's corner from the common room, will serve not only as a guardian of the child's possessions, but also perform practical tasks: niches and ledges can be used as boxes and shelves for children's toys and accessories.
Environmental friendliness and safety
The ecology of the nursery is a factor of paramount importance, leaving behind all other problems of choice. Bringing to life the design of a children's room, you should not take innovations and experiments of the chemical industry as companions. Let the baby serve simple and safe objects and materials:
- wooden or wicker furniture;
- coconut or sesame mattress stuffing;
- curtains and upholstery in natural or mixed fabrics;
- paper wallpaper;
- whitewashed ceiling.
But if the creative impulse of the designer requires ornate solutions in the design of the children's room, you can use high-quality modern materials:
- safe plastic;
- veneered MDF;
- varnishes and water-based paints.
Color
For the design of the children's room of a child of the first year of life, neutral tones are suitable: warm beige shades, soft green and blue, muted ocher.
The attitude of a growing child requires bright, saturated colors, consonant with the raging energy: orange and green, purple and white, blue and red, yellow and blue. The walls of the nursery, decorated with two or three colors, contrasting color transitions on the facades of furniture, bright bedspreads, sofa cushions and other decor will keep you in a great mood throughout the year.
Children's room furniture
The safety of materials is not the only important point in choosing furniture for a nursery.To be able to correctly decide among the abundance of proposed options is already half the battle. You need to understand exactly what kind of furniture is needed - modular, cabinet or built-in - and, taking into account the gender and age of the child, choose the appropriate option.
The fabulous world of a child can be reflected in the most unusual pieces of furniture, from car beds to lockers. One thing should unite them - smooth surfaces and the absence of sharp corners and protruding fragments.
The upholstery on upholstered furniture may not be natural, but it must be hypoallergenic. The upholstery fabric should repel dust and be easy to clean.
Important! When choosing a furniture set for a children's room, you should pay attention to the presence of a hygiene certificate. The conformity class must be at least E1. Preference should be given to products made of wood or MDF.
Features of the design of the nursery depending on the age of the child
The design of the children's room depends on the age and gender of its inhabitant. But if girl's room and a boy of the same age will differ mainly in thematic design, then the difference between the rooms of a newborn and a child of 10–12 years old is great.
Room for the baby of the first year of life
Equipping a nursery for a newborn, it is useful to adhere to several principles.
- The optimal colors for decorating a room are calm, delicate shades of beige, creamy white, diluted with muted "coffee with milk", moderate sandy yellow. Contrasting transitions from color to color are excluded, as well as extremes - the predominance of exclusively white tones or, conversely, dark and monotonous. A few bright color spots are welcome in the form of paintings, hanging modules or toys.
- When choosing between intricate design and simplicity, it is better to choose the latter. The principle of "nothing more" works in this case for reliability and safety. It is better to simply whitewash the ceiling of the nursery, and paint the walls with water-based paints or paste over with wallpaper.
- The closest attention should be paid to the choice of a crib for a baby. Preference should be given to wooden or metal models.
- In the newborn's room, in addition to the crib, only the most necessary furniture should be present: a changing table and a chest of drawers, a small closet, an armchair and a pouffe, a floor lamp or a table with a lamp.
- No dust accumulators - carpets, soft toys, trinkets and shelves with books - should not be in the room.
- On the floor - parquet, cork, natural linoleum or high-quality laminate.
Room for a preschooler and a younger student
The age of a child from 2 to 8-10 years is the most fertile time for the realization of a design fantasy. The leading factor in the arrangement of the nursery is the breakdown of the room into thematic zones:
- sleep and rest area;
- play area;
- study area.
The main recommendations can be summarized in a few points.
- For the sleep zone, a calm, pastel palette and soft, diffused light are preferable.
- The working area is responsible for attention and perseverance and therefore should be separated from the rest of the space by partitions that perform the functions of organizing and storing various accessories. Lighting should be bright and sufficient.
- In the children's play area, you can embody your child's favorite theme: marine, knightly, space, the theme of popular cartoons, princesses and fairies, animals or a fairy forest.
Popular design techniques that allow you to beautifully and correctly organize each zone in the nursery include:
- drywall constructions;
- arches and partitions;
- mobile and stationary screens;
- functional furniture;
- podium, multi-level floors;
- lighting and color design;
- decor and textiles.
And one more important point: when decorating a room for a child, it is useful to maintain consistency and adequacy in design fantasies and not to forget about the child himself, about his tastes and preferences. Your dear little person, entering his new room, first of all should feel love and care, and only then admire the intricate design.
