Re: Any ideas for decorating boy's room?

On Jul 1, 11:00=A0pm, "tarapower08" <u44525@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> JennP. wrote:
> >>Since our son has been cosleeping with us, we haven't done anything
> >>with his room. He doesn't even go in there except to maybe pull a book
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> >>just wondering what other ideas are out there or are painting and
> >>wallpaper pretty much tried and true?
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> >I don't tend to do "theme" decorating in general so I'd pick a couple
> >of complimentary colors that you like and go from there. Find a rug or
> >window treatments first, then pick your wall color. It's MUCH harder
> >to find window treatments and rugs to match your paint than the other
> >way around. Not sure I'd do any borders or wallpaper that is themed.
> >It will look dated much sooner than you think.
>
> >For my son's room, I found some red and blue plaid window treatments I
> >liked =A0then picked his carpet and wall colors around that. I've added
> >some framed "art" in s****ts themes as he gets older (he's 7.5 =A0now)
> >since that is what he likes, but really, it's nothing much more than
> >New England Patriots, Uconn football and UNH hockey posters. In nice
> >matching =A0frames, posters can look pretty good.
>
> >JennP.
>
> I think that for a boys room, brown, light green, and Light blue are
> beautiful together...and it will still be grown up enough for when they
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> older because of the mixture with brown....just look at those colours
> together and I think you will love it....you can also do the blocks of
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> on one wall and use those wooden dark brown square blocks...like a
shelf.=
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> cant explain this kind of shelf but you can get them in different sizes.
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> have three of these square shelves on my sons wall with pictures inside
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> prayer in the middle sized one. It looks so nice.
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> I dont even know how old he is but It looks good for all ages :)- Hide
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thanks for the tip! i do intend to paint light or sky blue on the
walls. and if we go with a replaceable safari or nature border, light
blue up above the border then light green below.