Nursery design: basic principles

The inner world of the child is unique and beautiful. Incomprehensible laws reign in it, other winds blow, the restless sea of ​​children's fantasies splashes. Children are not a smaller version of adults, but unique characters of an amazing fairy tale, partakers of magic called “childhood”. And thinking over the design of the nursery, you need to remember this.

Each child is unique, and therefore the children's room should serve as a kind of “place of power” for him, emphasize his features and meet his needs.

Basic principles for arranging a children's room

Regardless of who will be the occupant of the nursery - a boy or a girl, a newborn or a schoolboy - during registration rooms it is important to adhere to certain requirements, without which even the most outstanding design loses meaning.

Room selection

It is unlikely that there will be parents who will argue with the expression "all the best for children." Only the best room is worthy of becoming a nursery, and its choice must be approached responsibly. She must be:

• Spacious. The room should not only organically accommodate the necessary furniture, but also save free space for the games and fantasies of the child. But spacious - does not mean the largest in the apartment. Children's happiness will fit in 20-25 square meters. m
• Bright. The natural lighting of the room from one or two windows should be supplemented by correctly thought-out sources of artificial light: ceiling, wall and table lamps and lamps.
• Warm. The nursery usually becomes a non-corner room, often located next to the parent. But the presence of heated floors in the room is undesirable: an additional source of air drying is a dubious plus.

Tip. The best option for a child is a room on the east side. It is lighter and warmer than the north, but does not overheat, like the west and south.

If it is not possible to allocate a separate room for the child, zoning will be a reasonable compromise. The intricate drywall design, a mobile or stationary screen that separates the children's corner from the common room, will serve not only the custodian of the possessions of the child, but also perform practical tasks: niches and ledges can be used as boxes and shelves for children's toys and accessories.

Environmental friendliness and safety

Children's ecology is a factor of paramount importance, leaving behind all other problems of choice. Realizing the design of a children's room, you should not take in the satellites the innovations and experiments of the chemical industry. Let the baby serve simple and safe objects and materials:

• wooden or wicker furniture;
• coconut or sesame stuffing mattresses;
• curtains and upholstery from natural or mixed fabrics;
• paper wallpaper;
• whitewashed ceiling.

But if the creative impulse of the designer requires ornate decisions in the design of the children's room, you can use high-quality modern materials:

• safe plastic;
• veneered MDF;
• water-based varnishes and paints.

Color

Neutral colors are suitable for the design of a child’s room for a child of the first year of life: warm beige shades, soft green and blue, muted buffy.

The worldview of a growing child requires bright, saturated colors, consonant with raging energy: orange and green, purple and white, blue and red, yellow and blue. The walls of the nursery, decorated with two or three colors, contrasting color transitions on the facades of furniture, bright bedspreads, sofa cushions and other decor will maintain an excellent mood throughout of the year.

Furniture for a nursery

Material safety is not the only important point in choosing furniture for children. To be able to correctly determine among the abundance of the proposed options is already half the battle. You need to understand exactly what kind of furniture is needed - modular, cabinet or built-in - and, given the gender and age of the child, choose the appropriate option.

The fairy-tale world of the child can be reflected in the most unusual pieces of furniture, from car beds to lockers. They should be united by one thing - smooth surfaces and the absence of sharp corners and protruding fragments.

Upholstery on upholstered furniture may not be natural, but it must be hypoallergenic. Upholstery should be dust repellent and easy to clean.

Important! When choosing a furniture set for a children's room, you should pay attention to the presence of a hygienic certificate. The compliance class must be at least E1. Preference should be given to wood products or MDF.

Design features of the nursery depending on the age of the child

The design of a children's room depends on the age and gender of its occupant. But if girls rooms and a boy of the same age will differ mainly in thematic design, the difference between the rooms of a newborn and a child of 10-12 years old is great.

Room for the baby of the first year of life

When equipping a nursery for a newborn, it is useful to adhere to several principles.

1. The optimal colors for room decoration are calm, gentle shades of beige, creamy white, diluted with muffled "coffee with milk", moderate sandy yellow. Excluding contrasting transitions from color to color, as well as extremes - the predominance of exclusively white tones or, conversely, dark and uniform. Some bright color spots in the form of paintings, hanging modules or toys are welcome.
2. Choosing between intricate design and simplicity, it is better to choose the latter. The principle of "nothing more" in this case works for reliability and safety. It’s best to simply whitewash the ceiling of the nursery, and paint the walls with water-based paints or wallpaper.
3. The closest attention should be paid to the choice of cots for the baby. Preference should be given to wooden or metal models.
4. In the room of the newborn, in addition to the crib, only the most necessary furniture should be present: a changing table and a chest of drawers, a small cupboard, an armchair and an ottoman, a floor lamp or a table with a lamp.
5. There should be no dust accumulators — carpets, soft toys, trinkets, and bookshelves — in the room.
6. On the floor - parquet, cork, natural linoleum or high-quality laminate.

Room for preschooler and primary school student

The age of a child from 2 to 8-10 years is the most fertile time for the realization of design fantasy. The leading factor in the arrangement of the nursery is the breakdown of the room into thematic zones:

• sleep and rest area;
• play area;
• training zone.

The main recommendations can be reduced to several points.

1. For the sleep zone, a calm, pastel palette and soft, diffused light are preferable.
2. The work area is responsible for attention and perseverance and therefore should be separated from the rest of the space by partitions that perform the functions of organizing and storing various accessories. Lighting should be bright and adequate.
3. In the children's play area, you can embody your favorite child theme: sea, knightly, space, the theme of popular cartoons, princesses and fairies, animals or a fairy forest.

Popular design techniques that make it possible to beautifully and correctly organize each zone in a nursery include:

• drywall constructions;
• arches and partitions;
• mobile and stationary screens;
• functional furniture;
• podium, multi-level floors;
• lighting and color design;
• decor and textiles.

And another important point: when decorating a room for a child, it is useful to maintain consistency and adequacy in design fantasies and not to forget about the child himself, his tastes and preferences. Entering your new room, your dear little man, first of all, you should feel love and care, and only then admire the intricate design.