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Bedroom Designs for Your Spare Room

By Jo Philipp
Your spare room often turns into a messy mixture of a guest room and a storage room. Since the room is not in regular use it’s easy to just use it as a decorative dumpster and try to cut corners in the décor.

But a great looking spare room can actually increase its functionality. Furthermore, guests staying at the spare room are much happier to visit you if you create a beautiful place for them to stay.

Below are some of our favourite bedroom designs for your spare room. All the designs are simple and easy to achieve and you won’t need to spend a fortune on the décor.

Smart Storage Solutions for Clutter Free Rooms

First, you should definitely ensure your spare room looks clutter free. Make sure you regularly go through the items in the guest room to ensure you don’t just use the cabinets and boxes in the room for storing junk!

Since you’ll be storing some of your ‘leftover’ items in the spare room, you want to opt to have your storage looking fresh and tidy. Make sure you utilise all the space in the room.

Can I use Kids Wall Stickers on Windows?

By Jo Philipp
Wall stickers are a fantastic way to decorate your rooms. They instantly add more colours to your room and are the perfect way to highlight a theme in the room.

You might think wall stickers are only to be used on the wall – not a surprise since they are called wall stickers! But you can use wall stickers in your décor in a number of different ways. Our selection of kids’ wall stickers even allows you to add them to your window!

How to Use Wall Stickers

If you are new to using wall stickers, it’s a good idea to read our guide for applying wall stickers. In short, what you need to know is that wall stickers can be used on any smooth surface!

However, you shouldn’t use wall stickers on surfaces that are close to a source of heat, such as a radiator. In some instances, this might also include a window, which is in direct sunlight. The sunlight could make the colours of the sticker fade quicker.

 

If you are buying wall stickers to use on a unique surface, such as a window, you can always contact to retailer to make sure! Some brands can be used on windows, but if this isn’t specifically mentioned on the product page, you should check before you buy.

Simple Bedroom Designs for Kids

By Jo Philipp

Decorating doesn’t need to be laborious and expensive. There are plenty of clever ideas to use in children’s rooms for creating a fun and practical look. Colourful, personal and fun décor can be achieved with a bit of planning and some clever ideas.

Here are some of our favourite bedroom designs for kids. All of the below ideas are simple to create and they won’t cost a fortune!

Cool and Calming

 

 
Opt to use a decorating colour that is calming and easy to combine with brighter shades. For example, lavender is a great bedroom colour for both girls and boys. You can easily combine this cool and calming colour with brighter shades like orange, blue and green.

Paint the walls and the ceiling with lavender and opt for similar shades with your fabrics. If you are decorating a nursery, you can keep the colours soft and pair your lavender walls with pastel shades of yellow and lilac.

Furthermore, you can also showcase a special theme in the room, as this timeless colour makes using themes easy. You can easily create a jungle-themed room or opt for a space-theme if you like.

Long Lasting Boys Bedroom Ideas

By Jo Philipp
Children growing up so fast might sound like a cliché but it is painstakingly true. Your little baby boy might be playing with soft toy dinosaurs now, but in a blink of an eye, the soft toys have turned into tablets and computer games.

In our previous blog post, we looked at how you can make smart decorating choices with your child’s bedroom in order to create a long lasting décor. This will save you from the trouble of redecorating the whole room every two years, as your child finds a new favourite toy or TV-show – not to mention the sigh of relief your wallet will make!

While the previous post focused on long lasting bedroom ideas for girls, today we’ll be looking at boys’ bedroom ideas.

Skipping the Theme

You should definitely consider skip using an obvious decorating theme in the nursery. Although themes such as jungle and space can be wonderful and fun, they can limit the longevity aspect of your décor.

It’s much better to stick to decorating with a specific colour scheme. This allows you to change the smaller details, such as bedding and photos on the wall, without having to think too much about changing the whole room.

If you do want to use a theme, other than a specific colour scheme, you could go with abstract decorating ideas. For instance, you could opt to have plenty of geometrical shapes in the room. So, add circle photo frames on the wall and include funky lampshades and rugs on the floor.

Creative Ideas for Decorating a Ceiling

Jo Philipp
Many people focus their decorating efforts on creating beautiful walls and including just the right furniture pieces to the room. When it comes to ceilings, most people don’t pay a lot of attention and simply choose to have white ceilings in all the rooms. To most, a white ceiling is the easiest solution that works well in all rooms.

 

While white ceilings are a traditional and timeless way to decorate, you can make your room just a bit more interesting by adding decorations to your ceiling as well. There are a number of creative and unique ways to decorate a ceiling and to make sure it matches the rest of the room.

Here are some of our favourite ideas for decorating a ceiling.

Lighter Shade of Paint

There’s no reason to avoid painting the ceiling with a similar shade to your walls. While a dark paint can make the room look a bit smaller, this doesn’t necessarily mean the room will look crammed and small.

If you are using brighter wall paint on your rooms, you could easily use the same colour on the ceiling as well to give the room a simple makeover. Alternatively, it is a good idea to pick the ceiling paint one or two shades lighter to the wall paint.

Bedroom Designs for Small Rooms

By Jo Philipp
Small bedrooms might seem like the bane of modern living, but these tiny spaces don’t need to cause you unnecessary headache. A small bedroom can guarantee you can create a personal and functional room that has plenty of character to stand out from the crowd.

While decorating a small room won’t mean you need to make too many compromises with great designs, it does mean you need to carefully plan your project. You should also utilise the common wisdom of great décor tricks for small spaces, using colour and shape to your advantage.

So, if you are looking for inspiration for getting your tiny bedroom looking stunning, the following designs will hopefully provide you with plenty of ideas.

Be Smart with Multi-Purpose Furniture

 

Bunk beds are great way to save space in a small room. Image courtesy of Mia & Steven Mestdagh, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

You definitely need to make the most of the space and multi-purpose furniture is the best to help you do so. Opt for a tall bed, which has plenty of storage room at the bottom to guarantee you don’t need to add a lot of wardrobes or cabinets to your room.

If you are adventurous, go for a double bunk bed and spend your nights sleeping a bit higher! Bunk beds aren’t just for kids and you can use the below space for your make-up table or for creating a beautiful reading corner for yourself.

If you want to add sitting solutions to your room, make sure they have another function as well. Get a large wooden trunk and fill it with your shoes or smaller storage boxes. Create a soft futon pillow on top and place the trunk against the wall for a modern sofa.

Combining Different Wall Art Types in Your Décor

By Jo Philipp
When it comes to decorating, wall art is a great way to add more colour and fun to your décor. There are now tons of different styles of wall art to choose from – you can go for traditional wall art or add an eye-catching wall mural to your room.

But with so many amazing wall art options, it might seem difficult to pick your favourites. Furthermore, different wall art types come with differences in design and you need to pay attention to how you combine them in your décor.

Whether you are looking to use murals, photos or wall stickers, the below tips will help you combine different types of wall art in your décor. Hopefully, you’ll find plenty of inspiration for your home décor from the following ideas.

A Common Theme

When it comes to decorating, the most important thing to remember is to have a theme in mind for the space. Whether you are decorating a kid’s room or the kitchen, you want to make sure you choose a common thread for the décor.

You could combine photos with a wall decal. Image courtesy of Fox Wu, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

This could be simple the colour palette you want to use or it could be a specific idea such as ‘travel’ or ‘board games’. Once you have the theme set up, combining different wall art types is much easier – all you need to do is make sure both represent this theme.

Long Lasting Girls Bedroom Ideas

By Jo Philipp
Children grow so quick – just when you get started with getting your bundle of joy to sleep at night, you need to say goodbye to them as they start their own adult lives. Watching your children grow so fast isn’t just an emotional rollercoaster ride, but it’s also quite a journey into becoming a smart budget-maker and a master decorator!

Decorating children’s room with a specific age-related décor can be a costly experience. One year your child could be a massive fan of Peppa the Pig, while the next, they are all about Barbie dolls. You definitely won’t see a teenager get excited of teddy bear wallpapers and pink furniture!

So, are there any decorating tricks you could use to your advantage right from the get-go? Here are our favourite decorating ideas that will last a long time in a girl’s bedroom and which could be easily adaptable with simple accessory changes.

Our Top 10 Tree Nursery Wall Stickers

By Jo Philipp
If you are looking for a beautiful focus point for your nursery, then a tree wall sticker might be the perfect option to go with. There are plenty of designs out there and you can instantly add a bit of serenity to your nursery with tree stickers.

Here are our top 10 tree nursery wall stickers to add colour and playfulness to your nursery.

1. Kids on Tree Swings Wall Sticker

 

This beautiful tree-inspired wall sticker is perfect for a nursery. The design fits either a girl or a boy’s nursery and the black and green design guarantees you can easily combine with different coloured décor themes.

The lovely tree swing theme adds plenty of motion to the room as well. This would be especially cute idea to combine with an indoor swing. A beautiful swing in the nursery would be the perfect spot for feeding your child.