If it has come to the time to adapt your child’s bedroom and you need to create a funky teenage space that they won’t feel embarrassed hanging out in, then you’ve come to the right place.
Follow these top 5 tips on decorating your teenager’s bedroom to create a paradise that they’ll love:
Get rid of the bunk bed
Think about how lazy a teenager can be, and now ask yourself this; does your teenager really want to climb 5 steps to get to their bed each night?
Double beds are great for star-fishing, which is exactly what your teenager will want to be doing after a long hard day of studying for their GCSEs or playing their favourite sport with their friends.
Allow memories
Remember that teenagers can be fickle; they make new friends, drift apart from old friends and their tastes change. Let them add photo frames and memorabilia to their walls using Blue Tack, but not Sellotape or glue as it will rip off the paint as they take them down.
Desk space
The amount of homework that your teenager receives in school will only increase and, with GCSEs and A-Levels on their way, they will need somewhere quiet and peaceful to study.
Adding a desk to the bedroom is a great investment and will ensure that your teenager isn’t getting distracted by the downstairs TV or even play-fighting with their brother and sister.
Invest in storage
We hate to say it, but teenagers will only invest in more clothes, shoes and junk as they get older, rather than getting rid of anything. That means the amount of space in their bedroom may not suffice.
Some great ideas for extra bedroom storage include ottoman beds, shoe racks and coat hangers that hang multiple items rather than just the one.
Get inspiration
Don’t go into a teenage bedroom redesign without doing your research. Use interior blogs, furniture websites and Pinterest to create mood boards and suggest cool designs to your teenager.
They should have an input to how the bedroom looks too, and it would be great to cross-compare ideas that you’ve both seen online.
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