Design for a nursery for a girl

Making a room for a girl is a more complicated task than creating an interior in the rest of the apartment. When choosing a room design, one must not only rely on one’s own taste, but also take into account the preferences of the little housewife, her age, interests and hobbies. Additional difficulties may be caused by the choice of materials for decoration and furnishings, since a children's room for a girl should be not only beautiful and cozy, but also comfortable and safe for health a child.

Making a nursery: where to start?

Before starting repairs and creating an atmosphere in the girl’s room, we recommend that you create a design project in the development and coordination of which the child himself will participate. The interior design of the room, which you design at your discretion, may ultimately not appeal to the demanding hostess, especially if she is already a teenager. It is not necessary to think through the interior to the last detail, to create a project you need to follow these steps:

1. Choose your primary color scheme.
2. Decide on the design style and overall concept of the room.
3. Think about what furniture will be present in the room, and how it will be located.
4. Decide what materials you will use to decorate the walls, floor, ceiling.
5. Think over the lighting, determine the number and location of the fixtures.
6. Discuss with the girl the key details of the interior and accessories, for example, what curtains, draperies, pillows, carpet will be.

Color selection

The best solution when choosing the color scheme of the walls will be calm neutral colors that will not overload your eyes and serve as a backdrop for a variety of design experiments. For the room in which the girl lives, you can choose one of the following shades:

• pale yellow;
• cream;
• light beige (baked milk);
• peach;
• pale pink;
• light blue;
• light green.

When creating a children's design for a girl, you should avoid dark colors, which can be overwhelming: black, purple, dark shades of brown and blue. For a wall covering, too bright, neon colors are not suitable, the red color irritating the psyche is also undesirable. The white color of the walls may seem uninteresting and depressing to the girl.

Pink dreams

The obligatory presence in the room for the girl of pink color is nothing more than a stereotype, which is absolutely optional to follow. The predominance of too bright and saturated pink shades on the one hand will bore and annoy the child, with another one will severely limit you in choosing a common color scheme, since capricious pink is not “friendly” with everyone flowers.

If a girl really likes this color, it can be present in certain elements of the interior. As a background, it is advisable to use only the most delicate and unobtrusive shades of pink, which will help create a peaceful and romantic atmosphere. When choosing pink as your base color, you should know what works best with it:

• warm shades of white;
• pale blue and turquoise;
• brown;
• Gray;
• mint green;
• light yellow.

Neutral background or pattern?

If you look at a dozen or two photographs of the interior rooms for girls, from babies to teenagers, then you will not see colorful wallpaper with a repeating pattern that used to be an integral part of children's rooms. Why do designers prefer plain walls? The fact is that this design option has a lot of advantages:

1. Solid walls can serve as a backdrop for any interior elements, girlish accessories, drawings, posters, crafts and decorations.
2. The “bare” walls just ask to be decorated, stimulating the girl to show creative abilities and implement her own design ideas.
3. The neutral background allows you to change the situation of the room when changing the preferences of the girl, without resorting to the obligatory change of wall coverings. This is especially true for adolescents who love change.

Tip: if you still think that plain walls in a nursery are too boring, we recommend that you resort to taking combining wallpaper. Paste part of the room with discreet monophonic canvases, separate sections or walls with wallpaper with any pattern you like, matching in color with basic wallpaper. Do not forget that monophonic surfaces are perfectly complemented by vinyl stickers, murals and wall paintings.

Decoration

The nursery is exactly that room where you can not be afraid to experiment. In the girl’s room, you can safely embody the most creative design ideas.

You can revive and decorate the interior of the nursery for the girl with the help of eye-catching color elements. It is a good idea to use the same textile for sewing curtains, draperies, covers for chairs, bedspreads or pillows.

As decor elements, you can use:

• posters and posters;
• photos in beautiful frames;
• vinyl stickers;
• original wall shelves;
• textile;
• unusual lamps;
• beautiful watch;
• wall inscriptions made using a stencil and paint or using vinyl self-adhesive film;
• painting on the walls;
• postcards;
• figurines and cute toys;
• caskets, boxes glued with bright paper or wallpaper.

Tip: if possible, try to create jewelry and decorative details for the nursery with your own hands with the participation of a young needlewoman.

Zoning space

The nursery is a multifunctional room that is used for sleep, games, study and creativity, therefore it is desirable divide it into functional zoneswhich will differ depending on the age of the girl.

For a girl under 3 years old, there are 2 main zones:

• safe playing space;
• darkened sleeper.

Tip: try to place things and toys in the little girl’s room so that some of them are closer to the floor, in the free access of the baby.

A girl from 3 to 7 years old needs 3 zones:

• the play part, which occupies a significant place and helps to ensure the motor activity of the child (preferably the presence of a sports complex);
• a place for creativity;
• space for rest and sleep.

In the nursery for a girl from 7 to 12 years old, a fourth zone is added - a working one, intended for educational classes. In a teenager’s room, as they grow older, the game area is replaced by a space for receiving guests or playing sports.

Furniture in the room for the girl

Furnishings that should be present in the girl’s room:

• bed;
• table for classes;
• wardrobe;
• racks or shelves for storing books and toys;
• chairs or poufs;
• mirror.

If the place allows, it is advisable to place such an important thing for a teenager as a dressing table. It is wonderful if there is a place for a large bed in the room - girls usually spend a lot of time on it, playing, reading and talking on the phone.

Small room interior

The first thing to do if the girl got small room - visually increase it. The effect of expanding space can be achieved with:

• light plain wallpaper in warm colors;
• sliding wardrobe with mirror shutters;
• a large mirror;
• Wall mural with landscape.

For both a little girl and a teenager, it is important that the room has a lot of free space, so the furniture should have a multifunctional design, be modular and mobile. Instead of a large bed, it is better to choose a quality folding sofa or loft bed.

Do not clutter up the small room with large cabinets, you can limit yourself to a small cabinet and shelves. For storage, you can also use the space under the bed and table, purchase hanging cabinets and place them under the ceiling.

Theme Room

Both the little girl and the teenager will like the idea of ​​creating a thematic room, which involves the use of a specific theme or direction in all elements of the design of the room.

Ideas for a themed room interior for a girl:

• Princess's bedside;
• sports room;
• music studio;
• children's room based on your favorite cartoon;
• garden room;
• cowboy room;
• traveler’s room;
• oriental motifs;
• a nursery in the style of the chosen city (New York, London, Paris);
• room in the style of Barbie, Winx, the Witch sorceress.

The following objects and elements of interior design will help to create the atmosphere of a thematic room for the girl:

• wall applications, posters, photo wallpaper;
• bedding and bedspreads;
• Toys
• flowers
• lamps, candles;
• correctly selected pieces of furniture;
• any accessories on the topic;
• appropriate color theme.

Tip: in the theme room, it is desirable to have the main element that sets the tone for the rest of the design. In the princess’s room, the main role can be played by a magnificent bed with a canopy or a berth in the form of a carriage, in the sports one - a simulator, in the natural - photos from hiking and traveling.

Finishing materials for children

The best materials for decorating the walls of the nursery are considered paper wallpaper and water-based paint. These materials are environmentally friendly, safe, inexpensive, and if necessary, the wall can be easily repainted or glued again. A more expensive option is latex paint, the advantages of which include wear resistance, vapor permeability and the possibility of regular washing and cleaning.

As a floor covering you can use cork, qualitative laminate flooring, carpet.

Important! The main requirement for materials for decorating a child’s room is safety. Materials should not contain harmful substances or contribute to the creation of an unhealthy microclimate.