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Childrens Bedrooms

When you're expecting a new baby, planning the room is among the exciting parts of planning. If you're planning on remaining in that house for some time and your new child will become adults there and always telephone it home, this bedroom will play a large part in your children's life.

It's easy, when you're expecting a baby, to get a little caught up with mental visions with soft, soothing pastel colours, stimulating mobiles, cosy cocoons and plenty of frills, especially if you know you're expecting a girl. However, you have to remember babies grow up unbelievably quickly. Before you can hardly submit, that tiny little our that's all big eyes (and a bawling mouth) staring at you over the top of a blanket will morph into something rambunctious that gets a place messy just by looking at it, then into a person with hobbies as well as a desire for privacy. Plan ahead.

Let's start with basic principles. No matter what age your son or daughter is, warmth and storage space are always needed. Make sure that you have a good and efficient supply of heat in the bedroom. A radiant bar heater is not a good solution - it's rather risky. Go for night stores, heat pumps, oil column heaters, fans or passive solar heating (the latter is much cheaper eventually but needs to be included in the house design from the beginning).

Shelving and cupboard/wardrobe space can be a must. Make sure that a number of the shelf space is within Childrens bedrooms so that children can (theoretically, anyway!) put things out for themselves. Avoid old-fashioned toyboxes. They become cluttered, the lids are deadly for little finger and what you would like is always right end of it. A set of stacking storage cubes are better, but watch out for sharp corners.

Be careful with inner surface decorating. While it may seem to be sweet to have wallpaper that has a design of fluffy lambs or perhaps teddy bears this may not be appreciated when the little one is older. Who remembers Adrian Mole inside Sue Townsend novel where he tries unsuccessfully to paint covering the Noddy wallpaper in his / her bedroom on reaching his teens? Keep to a nice neutral pattern or coloring. Colours to avoid include bright primaries (too stimulating for just a place where you want someone to relax and also sleep), white (will demonstrate every little mark it is rather sterile and harmful) and pink (you might be expecting a girl, but she may come out a tomboy or a new feminist and loathe lilac). Sky blue, light yellow (buttercream or perhaps pale lemon) along with the greens are good bets. Let the interior decorating grow while using child - borders, posters, rugs, duvets and the like could be added later on seeing that interest develop. Don't bother with blackboard paint for a wall. The whole attraction of drawing on a wall is because it can be naughty and forbidden. A child who desires to express him/herself artistically might be happy enough with your roll of newsprint and/or pavement chalks. This is usually less costly, too.

Other items that will be appreciated throughout life are usually thick curtains, lighting and a music system. Having good curtains this cut out the light through the outside is one way of ensuring children of any age get a good night's sleep -start having neutral ones, then upgrade to indicate the child's preferences. The ritual of best and closing curtains is definitely one parent routine that won't be outgrown too quickly. A desk lamp are going to be good for late-night feeds and changes initially, and will be used for reading asleep later. And the stereo will certainly play soothing music to a baby, play a story tape for you to amuse an unwell school-aged child, provide background music pertaining to exam swatting, and maybe provide something for an aspiring artist or dancer to practise with.