Interior design features
Why is white a great color for decorating a child’s room?
- It is universal – suitable for both boys and girls, and can be combined with any other shades.
- It has a positive effect on the child, developing creativity, giving a feeling of purity, freedom and freshness.
- In good daylight, it is worth choosing a cool shade of white with a bluish undertone, and in the absence of sunlight – a warm one (ivory, cream).
- White erases the boundaries of the room, and if you provide the interior with spotlights, the space will seem wider, which is appropriate in small rooms.
Color combinations
Let’s consider several successful combinations of white with other shades.
The white and brown nursery looks lived-in and cozy, natural textures with green elements add natural warmth to the interior. Dark tones (black, gray) are more suitable for a teenager. For example, a white and gray room looks stylish and laconic, and if desired, you can add any bright accents to the decor – orange pillows, a blue carpet, etc.
The photo shows a gray and white room for a schoolchild with black and brown decor.
White combined with yellow will add cheerfulness to the interior and muffle its activity. If the child wants a red room, it is better to simply add rich details (carpets, blankets, curtains on the windows) so that the bright color does not tire. If desired, they can be changed.
The photo shows a delicate room for a newborn in white and pink.
A white room looks original in combination with purple, but there should not be too much of this active color.
Finishing options
The most common way to finish the walls in a white room is paint. When buying it, you need to clarify whether the composition is suitable for a children’s interior. Before painting, you need to level the walls with putty, prime the surface and apply the composition in one or two layers. Snow-white walls are diluted with wide or narrow stripes, helping to visually expand or stretch the room.
Wallpaper is another budget finishing option. They often have a small pattern that enlivens the monochromatic environment. These methods can be combined: create accent walls, add clapboard or gypsum tiles under the brick. It is desirable that all materials are natural, including floor covering.
The photo shows a white children’s room in Scandinavian style, where half of the wall is painted dusty pink.
Both laminate and linoleum for children’s rooms must have a material safety certificate. In addition to wooden coverings, carpet can be used in a child’s room. If there is an ornament on the walls, the floor covering should be plain so as not to overload the interior.
The ceiling in a child’s room does not always remain traditional: to decorate it, paint in rich colors, frescoes, stickers and even wallpaper are used. In this case, it is recommended to make the floor light to balance the color palette of the room.
The photo shows an unusual room for two children, the main decoration of which is a matte stretch ceiling with a pattern.
Furniture and decor
A white children’s room is not only walls, but also furniture, as well as all sorts of decorative details.
A white chest of drawers, necessary for storing toys or clothes, fits perfectly into a light environment, as if dissolving in it. The same applies to bulky cabinets. If the room is small, it is worth placing a storage system around the door: such a design saves space and adds coziness, hiding the door.
It is recommended to buy a table for growth. Today, there is special transformable furniture for children that “grows” with the child. The color scheme for the furniture can be both restrained and contrasting.
The photo shows a light bedroom for a girl, decorated with snow-white furniture and airy textiles.
In a spacious children’s room, in addition to a bed, you should put a sofa, which will be useful for games, rest and receiving small guests.
The bed in the room is the main element, it should be chosen with special care. The child will appreciate if his bedroom has an unusual design: a loft bed, a podium or a bed in the form of a house. There are also children’s sofas with an orthopedic mattress, which can play the role of a bed.
The photo shows a comfortable sofa with black and white pattern on pillows in a boy’s room.
Open shelves and racks are an indispensable element in a child’s room. Psychologists recommend placing some books and toys in plain sight so that the child can always reach the desired object. Such structures take up a lot of space, so in a white room it is preferable to put a rack of the same color as the walls.
Both furniture and textiles should not cause dissonance in a white room. Do not use more than three shades in the decor. The type and color of textiles depend on the image you want to create for your child’s room.
Light curtains, light lace pillows, soft carpets are more suitable for girls, while blinds, Roman blinds, and colored short-pile carpets will be appreciated by boys. However, ultimately the decor depends on the child’s character.
The photo shows an airy and spacious room in milky tones for a schoolgirl.
Design ideas
A children’s room is perhaps the best place in the apartment to implement your creative ideas. And since white is an excellent background for non-standard furniture and decor, you can let your imagination run wild.
Not everyone will dare to have a brick wall in a children’s room, but how stylish it looks, adding texture to the decor! You can use both ready-made gypsum tiles and natural bricks from masonry – both materials are environmentally friendly and safe.
You can also play up the walls of a white room in simpler ways: stickers, posters, framed photographs, geometric patterns. Homemade balloons, clouds, clusters of paper lanterns, toy airplanes will look magical under the ceiling.
The photo shows a small nursery for a newborn with stickers on the walls.
For You can hang a roll of unnecessary wallpaper on the wall or paint the space with chalk paint. Cork boards are also popular, as they are easy to place children’s creations on. In a nursery in the attic, canopies and swings suspended from the ceiling are appropriate. And, of course, any child will be delighted with the second floor, especially if the ceiling height allows for its arrangement.
What style is best for decoration?
It is unlikely that a child will appreciate the compliance with any style in his room: the most important thing is that he should feel cozy and safe in this room.
Provence is perfect for romantic girls. A wrought iron bed, textiles with a floral pattern and antique furniture will fit perfectly into a French-inspired setting.
Modern style is the safest option. It combines beauty and conciseness, and most importantly, functionality, which is very important for a child’s bedroom and playroom.
In the photo, the floral wallpaper echoes the print on the textiles, and pink is in perfect harmony with mint and turquoise colors.
The classic style is difficult to recreate in a room for a primary school-age child: toys, bright books and a sports corner are difficult to fit into an elegant, sophisticated setting. Classicism and neoclassicism are appropriate in a room for a newborn, where parents maintain order, or for a teenager who will be able to appreciate and preserve the nobility of the interior.
The Scandinavian style is most popular for rooms in white shades, because this is the main color of the Scandi direction. In such children’s rooms, most of the materials used are natural: wooden floors, cotton and linen textiles, toys with a minimum of plastic. The decor is light and muted.
Another interesting solution is to decorate the children’s room in a marine or eco-style. In the conditions of city life, children often lack communication with nature, and design with wooden elements, images of animals and plants will partially compensate for this deficiency.
The photo shows a white room for a child, designed in Scandinavian style.
At first glance, the loft style may seem inappropriate in a child’s room, but in fact, it is an excellent background for the implementation of all sorts of creative ideas. The roughness of textures is minimal here, and the feeling of spaciousness is achieved through mirrors and glossy surfaces.
