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The first
step to creating a fantasy kids room for your kid is
to identify his or her fantasy. Does your child want to be a
race car driver or an astronaut, a deep sea diver or a
forest ranger, a Princess or a Pirate? To begin creating
your kids fantasy bedroom, then, find out what your child's
idea of a perfect fantasy kids room is.
The best
fantasy kids rooms are those designed around a theme. Why?
Because when all the individual elements of a bedroom
contribute to the same overall vision, it creates a unity of
elements and gives the room a comforting sense of wholeness
that a slapdash jumble of every cool accessory and idea that
catches their fancy can never give.
Help
your child choose a theme for their fantasy kids room and
you'll be able to create an entire world of their own that
they can immerse themselves in with pleasure and delight.
Some
fantasy theme room ideas for boys include: tropical jungle
safari, ocean voyage, space voyage, vehicles (planes,
trains, automobiles), construction zone, medieval kingdom,
rock star, the Wild West - and so on.
Some
fantasy theme room ideas for girls include: tea party,
floral meadow or garden, Princess, movie star's dressing
room, prima ballerina, carnival, animals, undersea world -
and so on.
Once
you and your child have settled on a theme, a easy way to
begin designing a fantasy kids room around that theme is
with a custom theme bed as its centerpiece. A little boy
wanting a jungle fantasy theme room, for example, will go
ape for a custom treehouse bed. A little girl wanting a
Princess fantasy theme room, on the other hand, will
treasure a custom castle bed. The possibilities are endless!
The
added benefit of starting with a custom theme bed is that
you can them create the rest of the fantasy kids room around
that one prominent item.
A great
next step is to select a color scheme based on the theme and
custom bed. Pick pillows, bedding, curtains, borders, rugs,
carpet, paint, wallpaper, furniture, accessories, all to
compliment that color scheme. Oceanic scenes (whether above
or below the sea), for example, will have a lot of blues.
Garden parties and jungle safaris will have a lot of greens.
You can see how easy it is to come up with colors once
you've first chosen a theme.
The
final step in the process, then, becomes simply to
accessorize. Animal-themed fantasy kids rooms, for example,
might call for some stuffed animals placed about, castle
fantasy kids rooms (whether for a Princess or a Prince)
might benefit from a coat of arms on the wall. Again, the
ideas are endless.
So sit
down with your kids as soon as you can, and start designing
the fantasy kids rooms that will make their fantasies come
true.
By
Johnny
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