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Boy, teenagers can be tough to please. In fact, as a parent trying to preserve peace in the household while raising a couple of teens, you’re in for a rough ride. However, by providing your growing teens a sacred space where they can feel safe, productive, and free to just be themselves, you can help nurture a loving relationship and prevent any quarrels that may arise. With that in mind, here are ten teen bedroom ideas your kids are bound to love.

Encourage self-expression

More than anyone else, a teen needs to be able to express their uniqueness, so it’s a good idea to involve them into the process before springing for a floral wall pattern they’re going to hate. Or will they? You won’t know if you don’t ask.

Design a multi-purpose setting

This is not just a place where they should sleep and pretend to study, this is a place where they’ll spend their time socializing with friends, listening to music while thinking about how everyone else’s musical taste sucks, and just doing the things they love most. For this reason, the room not only needs to serve an aesthetic, but a functional purpose as well.

Introduce a statement wall

Speaking of aesthetics, you can bet that your teen will try to decorate an entire wall in their favorite art, or huge posters of their favorite actors, musicians, and, in rare cases, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Whatever the case may be, why not take the concept a step further by creating a statement wall boasting a colorful mural of their favorite celebrity? It sure beats a poster and it will make the room that much cooler!

How about a video game room?

Gaming has become an important part of the modern lifestyle, and there is no reason why your teen shouldn’t indulge every once in a while. Designing a gaming room can be a fun and rewarding project, so make sure your kid is a part of the entire process.

Add a chalkboard wall

You know what complements a great study area? A chalkboard wall where they can put they thoughts, tasks, and even write motivational quotes that will inspire them to study, yes, but also push towards achieving their long-term goals. Side note: the wall doesn’t have to be black, you know.

Build an intimate reading nook

Reading nooks are cool, and not enough teen rooms nowadays have one. Sure, the bed could serve the same purpose, but having a purpose-built space for reading is bound to get them away from their smartphone screes and transform them into lifelong learners.

Make storage easy to use

For some reason, teens hate storage space. How else do you explain all those clothes lying about everywhere, or that one lonely chair in the corner covered completely in dirty laundry? The best thing you can do is to provide the room with plenty of smart storage your kids will actually use.

Create a comfy, sociable space

Again, for reasons unknown, teens love sitting and lying anywhere but the areas designated for these activities. For this reason, you need to think outside of the box and provide plenty of sitting room they, and their friends will actually use. A floor seating area with pillows and bean bags usually does the trick.

Build a truly inspiring study area

Some teens love to study, but most of them don’t even know where they left their books when the school year began. To make your kid actually want to pick up a book and learn something, numerous factors will come into consideration, of which their surroundings will plat a vital role. The space needs to be conducive to productivity, so consider getting the right desk, chair, and equipping the area with all the essentials for a productive study session.

Let them choose their ideal color palette

Last but not least, teens tend to be very passionate about their likes and dislikes, and one of the biggest mistakes you can make is assuming that you know exactly what will appeal to their sense of aesthetics. Choosing colors for the room is a tricky task, and it would be a wise decision to create the color scheme with their help – something they will be able to enjoy completely. And hey, if they want a completely black theme, let them have it, it’s their room.

 

Designing a bedroom for a teenager is definitely not an easy task, especially if you think that you don’t have to include them into the process. However, by following these design tips, you will have no problem creating a safe and enjoyable space your teen is bound to love.

With the hot shiny summer just around the corner our homes will be filled with light and warmth. In order to let your home shine bright and exude welcoming cheerful atmosphere you have to make sure it is properly decorated. And the walls are just the right place for making a difference. Do not let your wall stand bare and dull, fill it with various forms of art and bring back vividness into your home.

Washi Tape Art

Playing with washi tape is always fun and it makes one easy DIY project. Just get a few roles of your favorite colors and patterns of washi tape and do miracles on your walls. Choose the wall you want to bring back to life and make your own cute polka dots on it. You can also use this tape to write some quotes or inspirational words to keep you going each day, or just play with shapes and colors and create perfect decoration for the boring white wall.

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Washi tape tutorials by Designrulz

Framed Scarf

Who says you can only frame art and photos? Just like any girl, you probably have lots of colorful scarves that you do not even wear. So why not give them purpose and turn them into art? Choose a scarf or two you desire, cut them in half and make a few smaller framed pieces for your hallway’s wall decoration. However, if you think you will regret cutting them, just fold them into the shapes and sizes you desire and put inside a frame. These colorful fabrics can easily change the atmosphere in your home and make a great contrast to pale empty walls.

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Framed scarfs by Apartment Therapy 

Print the Art

Printed wall art is one of the easiest ways to decorate your home. Additionally, it offers you the opportunity to choose from a vast variety of patterns, images, shapes and colors. To add a touch of elegance and style into your living room you can have some wall art prints featuring modern or abstract art; for more relaxing atmosphere have images of your favorite beaches and relaxing places printed. The team at Smooth Decorator bumped into an amazing Australian firm (with affordable art, mind you) called Wall Art Prints. Here’s a sneak peek of their lovely beach art:

Beach art by Wall Art Prints

Sunrise over Cancun beach, Just a step away, & Beach glow by Wall Art Prints

Clipboard Wall Art

Even the most ordinary and seemingly boring item in your home – a clipboard – can pose as an innovative piece of decoration. Take as many clipboards as you want and simply hang them on the wall. Take a few colorful pieces of papers and print out different letters on them. Attach the papers to the clipboards and have fun spelling out some inspirational words, or just let them be an interesting decoration above the desk.

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Clipboard wall by White House Black Shutters

Fabric Panels

Creating your own fabric panels is probably the fastest way of giving your home a makeover. Find some patterned fabrics that you like and cover empty canvas with them. Have different sizes and shapes of the canvases and look for colors that will only make your home more inviting. Let the floral patterns and geometrical shapes on soft fabrics make your every day filled with happiness and warmth.

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Fabric wall art by DIY Fun Ideas

Living Wall Art

Each home needs a touch of nature in order to be complete and fresh. It may seem impossible to decorate your walls with plants, but there actually is a solution – air plants. These refreshing little fellows are easy to fit anywhere and they just look cute. Take a few smaller wooden boards and put a few nails in it in various shapes. Use colorful strings to create a small network on the board and connect the nails, but make sure to leave enough space for the cute plants.

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Air plants by Apartment Therapy (ETSY roundup)

Never leave your wall dull and empty. As you can see there are numbers of creative ways of decorating them. Choose your favorite and bring your interior back to life.