Wall decoration in the children’s room

When giving an entire room to the child’s personal disposal, it must be remembered that it must meet certain requirements. For example, excellent natural and artificial lighting, the naturalness of the materials used and the practicality of wall and floor coverings are the primary criteria by which one can judge the quality of the arrangement of a room for children..

The walls of the nursery are, one might say, «living canvas», with which you can create a kind and joyful mood throughout the room.

We decorate the walls in the nursery beautifully and practically

Wall covering materials here must be safe, breathable, natural. Wood, paper wallpaper, water-based acrylic paints are most suitable for this room.

The walls quite often have to be washed or wiped with a damp sponge, therefore, you need to make sure that the coating is moisture resistant.

The main color of the walls of the nursery should be a neutral shade: pale green, light gray, white, silvery yellow, golden pink, pale blue, beige, cocoa. Against such a background, it will be easier to use bright combinations, and the interior will turn out to be more stylish and versatile..

The following are the most interesting and most practical ways to decorate the walls that will be relevant for a long time in the children’s room and, which is very important, will be interesting for your children.

Oracle or stencil

A very simple, but very effective method, which consists in applying on a previously prepared (leveled, primed and painted) surface of any pattern on a self-adhesive film (oracal), or using a template blank, a sponge and paint. Both the first and second methods will not take much time, but will only require your patience and attention..

Oracle – adhesive film for decoration work, which you can order in any printing house, having previously negotiated with a specialist the exact dimensions, plot and color scheme. In the finished form, the picture on the film can be easily separated from the protective base, and glued in the required place on the wall.

Stencil – a pattern or shape template cut from paper or plastic (flexible metal plate). By applying it to the wall, and using a sponge soaked in paint, you can quickly and easily apply a picture in the required quantity and size.

Wallpaper

An old, proven way of decorating walls in any room. But for a children’s room, wallpaper will be the more successful choice, since it is one of the safest materials for cladding. We recommend using the most ordinary paper-based wallpaper with a neutral pattern or without it at all, if we are talking about a nursery. Children grow quickly, their tastes and preferences change as they grow up, and not every family has the opportunity to re-glue the wallpaper every two or three years.

In a nursery for girls of any age, wallpapers with birds and trees, lace patterns will look great for several years. For the nursery where the boys live, you can choose bold geometric patterns, animal prints or silhouettes, lettering.

Painting

Painted walls are just wonderful, and even more so in a children’s room. Picturesque stories with fairy tale characters, animals, castles and incredible adventures of cartoon characters will delight any child. But is this method as practical as it is attractive from an aesthetic point of view??

One can also argue about the relevance of wall painting in a nursery for a long time, because the plots and characters that a child likes in infancy will not be appropriate in school years and later. In addition, ordering a painting of a large section of the wall is not such a cheap pleasure, and the work takes a lot of time and effort..

And yet, as a compromise, we recommend decorating with painting one wall, or any of its sections, choosing a neutral plot (animal world, marine theme or space).

Tutorials

You can make a room not only beautiful and comfortable, but also cognitive by using such wall decoration techniques that will help develop imagination, intelligence and creativity from early childhood..

Without exaggeration, every parent faced the problem of the appearance of pencil drawings in the wrong places on the walls. And this can be avoided if a certain area in the child’s room is allocated for children’s creativity, painting the wall surface in a dark or light color of matte paint.

In between, it will not be superfluous to attach sheets of balsa wood, so that children can hang their drawings and crafts right on the wall using buttons and paper clips.

Decorate the wall with a large physical map of the world to encourage your child to explore distant lands, continents and oceans.

Spectacular coloring

Ordinary water-based paint can work miracles, which are so necessary for children’s consciousness and the development of imagination. The walls, painted in beautiful, cheerful colors, look appropriate and not boring here, create an atmosphere of fun. It is only important not to overdo it with the choice of the saturation of a particular shade, remembering the psychological impact of different shades of the spectrum, and also, to use them in moderation.

• Painting the walls with stripes, zigzag, check or polka dots – this is a classic design option, relevant for all ages.

• To make the nursery more original and even extraordinary, you can use unusual techniques in coloring to create optical effects: the underwater world, the merging of heaven and earth on the horizon, transparent sky.

Panels

Wood is capable of producing different impressions, and can be very interesting and not boring even in a children’s room, where it seemed that such material looks too adult. If the walls are sheathed with wooden panels, the surface will acquire a pleasant texture, pattern, become practical and versatile. If desired, it will be possible to repaint it, decorate with pictures, nail intricate bookshelves or instruct the children to decorate the wall to their liking..

Wall decor in the nursery

Clean, prepared walls, painted in a neutral, natural bright or pastel shade, are the best backdrop for placing decorative objects of all kinds on the surface. Thus, the walls of the children’s room can be decorated with garlands, pictures, handicrafts, wall decorative houses and animals, models of planes or cars, voluminous words or paper flowers. The main thing is to give the opportunity for expression for your children to the fullest, without constraining them with conventions and rules..

Good luck!