If you're a teen and want some spice in you're room liven things up a little, use really wild colors on your walls, bed, and decorations around your room. Don't be afraid to express yourself, not someone who you aren't. Good luck with your room. You'll do great!
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I was wondering would a black beadspread with lime green and hot pink sheets and pillows look good? I mean if the walls are hot pink and lime green? Another thing, how should I paint the walls? Should I do each wall a different color? I thought about painting each wall a different color then putting some kind of design in the other color so that way each wall would have both colors. What do you guys think?
lose the black
Get some decorating help, sounds awful
You have gotta be kidding. Its making m e nauseaous and dizzy just thinking about it.
Hi, my granddaughter (16) has lime green walls, white woodwork, navy wall to wall rug, small rug with raspberry, purple and navy; and white curtains. She has a lime green and white diagonal striped afghan that I made her. It really looks nice....Since you don't know her, I can tell you I got her some light bulbs (4) that turn pink, blue,green and another color alternately as a Christmas present.
I think you love color! That you are young..or at least young at heart. Go for it, if that is what you want to do, you only live once, and no one else will have a room like that. Just dont step into that room if you come down with the flu!!
sounds very colorful and energetic! Go with it!!!!
I too am getting nauseous .If you ever start getting serious headaches you Will regret this decorating scheme .
But if you love it ,go for it,though I would try it with items I could take back to the store if decided I hate it.
Hi Brittany,
Anytime you put bright colors on walls it takes a total paint job to change them. Plus it is hard to do a good job to paint one wall one color and the other another one. You need to be very careful masking so that you don't have it look terrible.
You might choose one of the colors and then use accents of the other one. Like lime green walls and hot pink bedspread.
Also, I'd choose the lighter color because if you decide you don't like it, it will be easier to paint over later.
One thing that is fun to try is go to http://www.behr.com and choose your colors. Click on the explore color box and choose your colors. Then you can see what they look like in a room.
Have Fun
Susan from ThriftyFun
I think something could be done with these colours. I wouldn't go with a black bedspread, though. Would make the bed look like a big dark hole. I would do all the walls in green, though not a loud lime green. Something a little quieter that won't jump out at you and make you sick of it. Use the pink for accent only and find a lighter bedspread. Good luck!
If you're worried about the strength of your color scheme, try adding it a little at a time, so you can stop when you've had enough. Take advantage of online sites that let you "color" your walls and decor and play around with your ideas there. Also, take a look at layouts and art in magazines and books that you like and dissecting them to see what the designers and artists were thinking about. Find something that will tie all of these colors together, even if it's something small like a framed postcard or little figurine.
You have to be very careful that all of your colors work together well, since you will probably have to pick and choose from different companies. Take all of your swatches and colors and put them in a plastic envelope or one of those little photo folders so you always know that everything will work well together.
I have a 14 year old boy, I am a single mom. My son's room is in need of some serious help.
I hate the size. It is so small but, I have to deal with it for now. He is in need of some reorganizing that is simple enough for him. I think maybe there is too much in his room that is why it seems smaller.
I have some galvanised shelves that I bought at Walmart. They run about $30 and they have particle board shelves (don't cringe yet! lol). I ahve yet to do so, but ONE day I am going to gloss paint the particle brd in bright colours. You could do the same for him. They are about 6' tall, 36" wide and about 12-18" deep (can't remember exactly and I can't find me tape msr!
Well it sounds like you are very limited with what you can do. You can get a new comforter and curtains...maybe a bean bag chair. Painting some shelves sound like a good idea. What about a shelf that runs about a 18 inches from the ceiling all the way around the room. That will bring the eye up and make the room look larger.. Do the best that you can with fabric colors and shelving ideas...good luck!!!
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I'd start with a 3 bag declutter with your son - any clutter will make the room look even smaller. Go through the closet and every shelf and cupboard and sort into 'Give away', (to friends, family or the charity shop - anything he doesn't use/has grown out of), 'Put away' (anything he doesn't use but insists on keeping - can be stored in a box in another area, ?garage, and maybe disposed off later), and 'Throw away' (anything broken or stained, general rubbish). 14 is a good age to be getting rid of all his 'childish' toys/books/little plastic freebie toys, etc. Allowing him to sell things he doesn't want on e bay would be a great incentive for him to declutter!
Once you have removed everything you can then look at the layout. Can you rearrange the furniture to make the room appear bigger? A bookcase against the bottom of the bed uses that wasted space. He is at an age now where he may be looking for a quiet area for serious study. Have you thought about one of those 'raised beds' with a ladder and a desk/storage/study area underneath? Here in Australia you can buy these with a tubular steel frame in the primary colours he likes quite cheaply. Any dual purpose furniture in a small room is a bonus.
Present storage/shelving may be adequate once you get rid of the clutter. Start with the bed as it takes up the largest space in the room and get bedlinen which is all one colour, (no busy patterns), e.g. red or yellow or blue, and matching curtains. Choose one of the other colours and paint all the furniture, including the bed if you can, so they match. This will co-ordinate the room so it doesn't look so jumbled. Keep wall decoration to a minimum, e.g. one or two large posters, rather than a jumble of smaller things.
Have all your son's stuff on shelves or in drawers/cupboards/containers - nothing rowed on the flat surfaces in the room, or on the floor! LOL! Separate his clothes into summer/winter and store the off season clothes in a box in the closet.
I assume you've thought of trying to find somewhere else for your summer clothes/linens, e.g. linens could be stored under the mattress of the beds they will be used on. Have you used space/vacuum bags for these things? They are protective and will give more room.
Regards
Jo
I'd start with a 3 bag declutter with your son - any clutter will make the room look even smaller. Go through the closet and every shelf and cupboard and sort into 'Give away', (to friends, family or the charity shop - anything he doesn't use/has grown out of), 'Put away' (anything he doesn't use but insists on keeping - can be stored in a box in another area, ?garage, and maybe disposed off later), and 'Throw away' (anything broken or stained, general rubbish). 14 is a good age to be getting rid of all his 'childish' toys/books/little plastic freebie toys, etc. Allowing him to sell things he doesn't want on e bay would be a great incentive for him to declutter!
Once you have removed everything you can then look at the layout. Can you rearrange the furniture to make the room appear bigger? A bookcase against the bottom of the bed uses that wasted space. He is at an age now where he may be looking for a quiet area for serious study. Have you thought about one of those 'raised beds' with a ladder and a desk/storage/study area underneath? Here in Australia you can buy these with a tubular steel frame in the primary colours he likes quite cheaply. Any dual purpose furniture in a small room is a bonus.
Present storage/shelving may be adequate once you get rid of the clutter. Start with the bed as it takes up the largest space in the room and get bedlinen which is all one colour, (no busy patterns), e.g. red or yellow or blue, and matching curtains. Choose one of the other colours and paint all the furniture, including the bed if you can, so they match. This will co-ordinate the room so it doesn't look so jumbled. Keep wall decoration to a minimum, e.g. one or two large posters, rather than a jumble of smaller things.
Have all your son's stuff on shelves or in drawers/cupboards/containers - nothing rowed on the flat surfaces in the room, or on the floor! LOL! Separate his clothes into summer/winter and store the off season clothes in a box in the closet.
I assume you've thought of trying to find somewhere else for your summer clothes/linens, e.g. linens could be stored under the mattress of the beds they will be used on. Have you used space/vacuum bags for these things? They are protective and will give more room.
Regards
Jo
For some awesome helpful tips, search for "dorm room decorating/organizing ideas" on the net. Because dorm rooms are usually very small, there are some really good ideas out there on how to make a small bedroom useful and cute. However, I agree with the previous poster, you HAVE to de-junk the room before you start anything. That activity alone will make a huge difference in the space and look of your son's room. Also, you can often have someone build a loft or find instructions on how to build one yourself in order to raise the bed up for space underneath like a bunk bed.
Since your boy is 14, he's coming into his own. He should be involved every step of the way from the weeding out of clutter, to picking out things to go in. He may not realize it right this moment, but his room should inspire him everytime he goes in there. Pictures of good times, accomplishements, places of honour to put ribbons and tophies, posters etc. I just painted my 16 year olds room, then left the decorating up to him. It's coming along and doing well, and it's all his. Pride in ownership hopefully helps them to keep it cleaner. You may not have much floor space, and organizing may be the bigger part of this job, but you've got walls.
FlyLady.net is your best choice for decluttering. We usually have way more then we need. FlyLady shows you that 5 pair of underwear, socks, jeans, shirts, etc. are all you need. Maybe that's why our laundry was always behind and clutter was in our closet. Mission Orgnanization on HGTV has amazing ideas. PBTeens.com has simple ideas for teen boys rooms. I use a solid colored comforter then accessorize with inexpensive themed pillow cases, pennants, etc. As his interests change so can the room without double the expense. Shop the clearence. I just picked up a King bed skirt for $4.99 at Linnens 'n Things that was $79. I need a full size but can hem up the middle to make it work. Also try ContainerStore.com and iKea.com for more inexpensive ideas. Buy a little each pay check. Have him mow lawns, walk dogs, dog sit, etc. to make money to contribute to his room. He'll be proud of his accomplishments and he will have learned how to budget his money on what he wants. You can do it!
I use this dot com web site for getting ideas
http://www.kidsthemebedrooms.com
I have 3 boys and in their bedrooms I have bookcases that we bought at Wal-Mart for 30.00 each and I have small colorful plastic boxes for putting in small things that make their room look messy along with their books. Each bookcase has 5 shelves. 2 plastic shoe boxes fit on one shelf and 3 plastic flip top boxes fit on another and there is still 3 shelves for books.
I have 3 under the bed boxes for toys the 10-yr. old has a lot of little cars and he puts all his cars in one box the box is big about 20 inches by 3 foot it is on wheels. 3 of them fit nicely under his twin bed. My 17-yr. old uses his for CD's, DVD's and PS3 games, one is used for his car magazines and one is used for model cars. He has a king sized bed so he has 6 boxes. He has his socks, etc. and sweaters and I think collector T-shirts in the other 3. My 12-yr.old has a comic collection and a star wars collection and he loves to write stories and draw so he has that kind of stuff in his boxes.
You can double your closet space by hanging 2 rods. You can buy a rod on 2 chains with "S" hooks at a department store or you can get out the tools and make one like I did. I had a wooden dowel rod that was about 1-1/2 inches round and 4 foot long. (Any length that fits your space. Add a chain in the middle if you go past 4 foot if you use wood.) I used 2, 30 inch chains and 2 radiator hose clamps and 2 screw type chain link connectors. I wrapped the chain around the top rod and connected the end link close to the rod to hold the chain to the rod. (That was cheaper then buying 2 "S" hooks but check at your store.) Then I opened the radiator clamps with a screwdriver and put it through the last chain link. Then I wrapped it around the dowel rod and tightened it up with a screwdriver until it would not slip off the dowel.
Also you might try over the door shoe organizers. We use the cloth kind for small items. Things that the kids take to school each day so that they can just grab and go My 17 yr.- old has his car keys in one and his MP3 player, his wallet and water bottle for his morning run. The younger boys have marbles, bouncy balls and tiny toy part for action figures, one-shoe space holds 2 or 3 action figures. We have a wire shoe rack for shoes over the door on the inside of the closet and the cloth one on the outside facing the room.
If you have room in the closet on the floor after the shoes are on the wall then you might consider totes on the bottom of the closet.
When we finished organizing my 17 yr.-olds room he had so much room left over that he has 2 armchairs and a small table in his 10x12 room
I hope that this helps
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My son will be turning 16 in April and I would like to redecorate his bedroom, but am not very creative. He is very mild-mannered. Please help with ideas.
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Another website that may be helpful to you.
www.decorating-kid-rooms.com/
Ask him what HE wants - colors, furniture, desk, etc.
ders no point in askin him wat he wants ma bro is 17 and he does NOT no how 2 tidy his room all he does is grafitti the walls.... my mum is not impressed.
i was just wonder how to decorate a boys room in jeff gordan.
I agree there is no point in asking him for ideas but I do like the fabric on the walls ideas that was in a dorm decorating website
A great site for redecorating teen rooms is http://www.decorating-kids-rooms....
For some theme ideas targeted to your son's age you may want to read www.decorating-kids-rooms.net/
I'm 16 years old and I'm re-doing my room, I love lime green and I saw somewhere lime green walls with blue carpet and I loved it, but my parents said I can't change my carpet because it's pretty much new. The room I'm in now the carpet is hunter green and the walls are white (boring). I'm not sure of what color walls would look good with the hunter green carpet so if you have any ideas please let me know.
Hi-Since you liked the lime green And blue combo so well why not ask your mom if you can do two walls in lime green,and two in an icy, almost white shade of blue.or , if you prefer two lime green-which would be a good combo with the hunter green carpet, and two in a warm neutral shade like cream? - Colleen
My children's rooms have a hunter green carpet & the walls are painted pale yellow. Looks sharp! You could then add the lime green that you like so much by using throw pillows or other decorative accents. I like this combination because so much goes with it - by choosing the right shades & the right accents you can use several colors, i.e rose, ivory, pale blue, etc. Good luck!
Im painting my room blue and lime and i don't no what to do with the paint i don't no if i should do stripes or something i need help i am painting it today and i want to paint it a way i will love im panicing plz help me im 12 and i need help deciding this!!!!!
HEY I JUST MOVE HERE TO A MOBILE HOME AND I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY MY ROOM IS BECAUSE IT IT BORING AND UGLY. IT HAS TYPE OF WOODEN WALLS AND I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT THEM OVER BUT REALLY I DONT KNOW IF I SHOULD PLEASE HELP ME E-MAIL ME AT flackiss13pooh @ yahoo.com (remove spaces)
Hmm...maybe since you really like lime green, you could add some shelfs that hang on your wall and paint them lime green with a hunter green accent. Then you could paint your room with the blue color that you wanted for your carpet. You could even change your bed sheets to a cool tye-dye, which is cheap-but very chic.
GOOD LUCK!!!
I'm 13 and I am moving. My room will be 13x12. I need some help decorating and help with a color. I have a desk, a chair, a double bed, and a fish tank. I also have a walk in closet.
You must be very excited to get your own room !
What's your favorite color? What are your hobbies? Do you like sports? Do you like to read? Can you post more detailed info? Thanks ! =)
i like the colors porple and green i also am a fashonista hope these details help
Purple and green are complementary colors (they're my favorite color combo)
Choose your main color (walls)and your secondary color (for your door, trim, etc).
You could use black and white for your accents (that's what I think of when I think "fashionista") -- picture frames, furniture, cool things on the bookcase and desk, etc. white would probably be best for your furniture, or even a white wash. You can go to a mirror and glass shop and get a piece of glass to go on your desk....and put your favorite fashionista-stuff under the glass.
Your bedspread can incorporate any combination of these colors and you can have different colored pillows to bring it together.
Can you draw designer-like fashion sketches? What a cool way to decorate your room! Frame your sketches, make a collage, decoupage sketches on furntiure -- hope these ideas help !
(PS: I bet the fish tank already has all these colors !)
I am 15 and my room has light blue walls with no border on it, but I am now a fan of pink, but I don't just want my walls to be pink and boring I want some enlightment in it. But instead of pink I was also thinking about putting my walls as clouds and the border as moons, suns, and stars.
check out the rooms of pbteen.com you can order one of their catalogs. They are kind of expensive, but you can use them just as a guide to get lots of good ideas. they are a division of pottery barn.
WHat I did in my daughters room (and everyone compliments me on it) is Sponge paint the room 2 colors on top. Draw a line across the middle of the room first using a level.. Sponge the top and leave the bottom white. The put a nice border across the line you drew across the middle of the wall. To sponge, I used purple first then light pink over it and found a border with the colors in it. Trust me, it looks awesome. I may be 36, but I am very young at heart!
Sponging sounds like an awesome idea for clouds. Walmart has the sponging material at a reasonable price and I"ve never tried it but it seems pretty easy. They also have stencil so that you could do the border yourself-that way its more free and not so uniform like a border would be. Maybe you could somehow incorporate pics of you and your friends in the clouds or make your clouds into different things- you know- how you look in the sky and say "that cloud looks like such and such" or you could get a poster board and decopage a collage of your friends pics and famous celebs or singers or whatever your into and make your own creative matting or frame. YOu could also go to a craft store or walmart and get inexpensive remnants of fabric and-if you have a sewing machine or know someone that does- you could also incorporate pics into curtains or make your own- with your favorite color or choose a pattern or color of fabric and make your own. Sounds like you have great ideas already- just take those and run with them- its just paint- if you don't like- you can change it later- or just experiment until you find whats perfect for you! Either way- it will be you- not what everybody else has! i just thought of something else- they have those little stars and moons and things that glow in the dark- maybe for the ceiling- that would be cool- turn out the lights and look up at the stars :) HAVE FUN!
Well what i did for my room was just put pics of everything i like and since i love stas and moons my curtins are like that then you know how for a shower curtin you need those things to hold them up well i used those and hung them on the bar it looks awsome.if i discribed my room to you you might think that it's ugly but it's really cool.well thats my idea.also i only put colors that i like in my room and thats what you should do to.
what we did for our daughters- painted the walls a pretty blue color (angel eyes) all the way up except for one foot from the ceiling- we painted that a light silver then we bout a pretty silver glaze to go over the light silver. between the two colors we painted white clouds (because we could not find a border we liked) then at the top where the silver was we stenciled yellow stars different sizes and moons- this is very beautiful. we have yellow curtains and a beautiful blue comforter set and I made yellow star pillows out of the same fabric of the curtains. bought a night light at target w/moons and stars for a couple of bucks. GREAT turnout can last for years
Does anyone have any good teen bedroom ideas? My favourite colour is blue. I am not a girly girl. I was thinking about putting a fish tank in there but am not sure.
Thanks.
