Seeing as it’s the school holidays at the moment, I thought it would be the perfect time to get your children involved in a decorating project.
There’s never a good time for their room to be turned upside-down during term-time so why not make a plan to makeover their space during the Easter break, half term or the summer holiday?
There are so many benefits to getting your child involved in decorating their own room. Not only will they feel more grown-up and respected when their choices are approved, but it also lets them take ownership of their space and hopefully they’ll keep it tidier as a result..!
Plus, if they’re spending time in a room filled with their favourite colours, artwork and textures, they’ll feel happier day-to-day too.
Allowing your child or teenager to plan and decorate their own room not only lets them get creative and use their imagination, but it also means they’ll need to work out quantities of paint or wallpaper to cover the square footage of the walls – therefore fulfilling some learning objectives at home.
Primary school-aged children will love selecting colours for their room. And, youngsters might want to express their creativity by creating a mural across one wall. It’s easy to achieve this on a budget with tester pots of paint and a bit of imagination. Can you picture just how fun a mural would be for a child to paint?!
You might want to give older children a budget for furnishings so they can create a buying list or a spreadsheet, enabling them to compare the cost of different materials and products and learn how to balance a budget.
Also, while they’re physically completing the decorating project with you – painting, wallpapering, DIYing, upcycling, building flat-packed furniture – they’ll be learning useful life skills for the future. The personal development benefits are endless!
Giving a teenager the freedom to decorate their room allows them to express their personality. They can select artwork that reflects their interests but in a subtle way. You can explore trendy prints and posters from Posterstore to find photographs of locations from films they love, like Harry Potter, inspirational quotes or posters by their favourite artists.
It’s important to allow teens to create a space that makes them feel grown-up. And the added bonus is that the room probably won’t need redecorating again in the future if they choose timeless colours and designs – after they move out, you can simply add a double bed and it becomes a guest room!
I believe that planning and decorating their room is such a fun project to work on together and they certainly won’t get bored – there are so many options available and interesting tasks to take on that they’ll have the motivation to see it through to completion.
I hope you’ll have fun together if you plan a room decorating project with your child or teen. Let me know in the comments below how it turns out and I’d love to hear your hacks for creating a fun room on a budget.
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